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WELCOME NOTE

EVENT OVERVIEW

With the enduring uncertainty, two and half years after the coronavirus first emerged, technology leaders in Southeast Asia are expected to continue driving transformation and pushing innovation.

As enterprises enter to new next-gen ecosystem, which emphasizes on agile and digital-first mind-set and adoption, CIO’s role today has become multifaceted. CIOs hold the key to ensure their organisations’ business continuity, sustainability, growth and future success by advocating change, advance innovation, and differentiation using emerging technologies. 

As part of the efforts in creating future-ready enterprise, not only CIOs are required to be in charge of accelerating digital transformation, but also reset their leadership strategy and IT operations model to support business recovery in a rapidly changing business landscape.

Therefore, looking ahead to 2022, CIOs and IT leaders in ASEAN will still have to deploy multiple cloud tools and platforms to connect to other environments, provide flexibility and stay agile. Also, to improve their business operations and customer experience, IT leaders will need to tap into the latest activities in the technology space around big data, IoT and automation – to name a few.

Moreover, with the increase uses of cloud, remote work, digital payment and mobile devices, CIOs will have to step up their games in securely scaling their business.

CXOCIETY is pleased to launch our FutureCIO ASEAN vSummit under the theme “Multi-Dimensional Strategies for Staying Relevant, Responsive and Resilient”.

Taking place on 13 July 2022 from 9am to 12:30pm (GMT +8), the FutureCIO ASEAN vSummit will gather IT leaders and senior information executives from multiple industries across ASEAN to address CIOs’ concerns and business priorities this year. This virtual forum aims to discuss the best-in-class IT strategies and emerging technological and innovation trends to be agile, future-ready and resilient amidst the constantly evolving business landscapes.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

CIOs, CTOs, Directors, Heads, MDs, SVPs, VPs, Leads, involved in:

  • Information Technology
  • IT Operations
  • IT Architecture and Strategy
  • Big Data/Analytics
  • Cloud Management
  • IT Security and Technology Risk 
  • Privacy/Data Protection

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

The FutureCFO Conference aims to give CFOs, who also act as their company’s strategic business partner and catalyst, insights on ensuring corporate growth and successfully mitigating risks and challenges amidst the current economic and political uncertainties in their countries. The conference will also address strategies and best practices on how CFOs can reimagine finance functions and their organizations to survive and thrive in today’s fast-paced and digitally driven landscape.

This by-invitation only one-day event will gather over 120 senior finance leaders from multiple industries and offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in incisive panel discussions that discuss real-life business cases, updates and strategies to meet the most pertinent challenges facing the finance function in 2020.

High-Level Industry Speakers

We gather 20+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices important to your finance function management and transformation.

Interactive Discussions

Be part of our interactive panel discussions that address the current hot topics, share ideas and experiences and get the answers to your pressing questions from prominent finance leaders on stage.

Networking Opportunities

Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with fellow finance and treasury leaders in the region, solution providers and many more at our event through luncheons, coffee breaks, one-to-one meetings and informal introductions.

Targeted In-Depth Sessions

8 hours of learning and networking opportunities packed into 10 in depth sessions. Listen to corporate-driven best practices and case studies sharing that are targeted to your profession through the personalized country-specific conferences we crafted for you - FutureCFO Conferences.

AGENDA

09:00

CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME REMARKS
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

09:05

FIRESIDE CHAT I: The CIO Action Plan: Technology Priorities for CIOS to Stay Agile, Resilient and Relevant in 2022

According to the 2022 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey, CIOs expect IT budgets to grow 3.6% — the fastest year-over-year growth rate in more than a decade. That’s a global average, with APAC CIOs expecting the greatest change (3.9%). As enterprises push to accelerate digital transformation (DX) and integrate across silo initiatives, how should IT leaders in ASEAN prioritise their internal initiatives to future-proof their organisations?

  • Meeting the new business expectations
  • Setting the priorities straight
  • Executing a digital-first strategy: Getting business to own it to stay ahead of competition
  • Choosing the emerging technologies amidst the rapid pace of technology change: Which technology bets to invest?

 

Interviewer:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Interviewees:
Mohamed Hardi, Director & CIO, NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD
David Tay, CIO Asia, LENDLEASE ASIA HOLDINGS

09:30

KEYNOTE I: Bringing Profit and Planet Together: That’s Economics

With the ongoing pandemic disrupting business and society, the issue of business’ environmental responsibilities in the supply chain has been brought to the top of priority lists. 

With a greater awareness of factors that count towards an organisation’s carbon footprint, CIOs are positioned to drive change within their organisations on the road to becoming more sustainable by leveraging technology tools and platforms. How can CIOs champion digital transformation and harness the power of data for optimization to influence ESG improvements?

  • Sustainability as part of IT strategy
  • CIO’s role in leading ESG initiative or strategy
  • Key drivers of sustainability and digital transformation
  • Regulatory implications on how organisations execute sustainability and plan for the future 
  • Adopting analytics, AI and IoT to ESG framework


Cynthia Quah, Vice President, Head of Cloud SEA, SAP

09:45

FIRESIDE CHAT II: How to Become and Remain a Data-Driven IT Leader?
  • Revisiting big data management strategy: What data to keep and what to discard?
  • Managing people, processes and technology for data assets, governance and analytics
  • Data and application modernization in a complex hybrid landscape
  • Optimising intelligence and analytics with automation and data fabrics


Interviewer:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Interviewees:
Balaji Uppili, Region CIO, GE HEALTHCARE
Miao Song, CIO, GLP

10:10

PANEL DISCUSSION I: Stepping into the Post-Pandemic Era: Leading in the Age of Transformation 2.0

According to IDC, DX has entered the 2.0 era, laying the foundation of future enterprises where digital operations achieve scale and innovation speed is a magnitude greater than of traditional businesses.

  • Pivoting towards transformation 2.0
  • The changing role of CIO and tech leaders in leading future enterprises
  • Broadening scope and scale of transformation initiatives to address rapid changes and dynamic customers’ needs
  • IT leadership lessons in 2021
  • Meeting the challenges ahead: How should IT leaders lead in 2022?


Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Panelists:
Francisco Castillo, Ph.D., SVP – CIO, MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES
Annie Chong, Regional IT Director, MSD
Lee Siew Kit, Vice President (Technology & IT), SINGAPORE CRUISE CENTRE
Sumeet Puri, Chief Technology Solutions Officer, SOLACE

10:50

KEYNOTE II: The True Cost of Cybercrime
The price of digital transformation and innovation comes with new risks. As organizations consider both keeping their business moving and moving to the cloud, leaders will be faced with tough choices. IT leaders with limited budgets are continually balancing the dilemma of investing in new technology for the business or protecting the organization from new cyber threats. 
 
News headlines relentlessly tout millions of dollars lost resulting from cyber-attacks, but the real question that everyone really wants to know is will that happen to us? And if it does, what’s next? How much will it cost the business? How much should we spend to mitigate those threats?
 
  • The cost to pay the ransom for ransomware
  • The money lost by businesses in downtime from a cyber-attack
  • The cost for hackers to launch a targeted threat campaign
  • Where organizations should start when considering their future strategy

 

Jennifer Cheng, Director of Product Marketing, PROOFPOINT

11:05

PANEL DISCUSSION II: Redefining CIO-CISO Relationship amidst Evolving Business Outlook and Threats
IT and IT security leaders play essential roles in protecting an organization. While these two functions may have different needs, drivers, and objectives, how should the two leaders complement each other securing their organization from cyber security risks?

 

  • Threat landscape in ASEAN in 2022-2023
  • Understanding the CIO and CISO relationship
  • The evolving roles and responsibilities of CIO and CISO in the ever-changing threat landscape
  • C-Suite reporting structure
  • Security risk assessment and mitigation: Balancing operational needs, business goals and security recommendations within the organisation 
  • Fostering collaboration for successful cyber security protection across all supply chains

 

Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Panelists:
Antonius Ruslan, Information Security Professional, HALODOC
Maz Mirza bin Mohd Aminurashid, Head of IT, MASS RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION
Apol Salud, Deputy CISO, RADIUS TELECOMS and Head of Security Engineering, MERALCO
Wilbertus Darmadi, CIO, TOYOTA ASTRA MOTOR

11:40

FIRESIDE CHAT III: Powering the Next-Gen Enterprises with Hyper-Automation
  • Balancing strategic alignment of growth and efficiency
  • Achieving end-to-end enterprise automation
  • Combining RPA with AI and ML for operational excellence and next-level customer experience

 

Interviewer:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Interviewee:
Brian Briggs, Vice President of Customer Solutions and Operations, LAIYE

12:00

PANEL DISCUSSION III: Managing IT Talent War amidst the Great Resignation

2.5 years into the pandemic, keeping experienced staff motivated has not been an easy feat for IT leaders. IT leaders must now embrace different work models and source from different venues to stem an escalating talent crunch.

  • The great resignation and what it is like in ASEAN
  • Re-evaluating the increasing business expectations in blurred work-life boundaries 
  • Recruiting and retaining in the era of mutual prosperity
  • Direct hire vs. outsource: Balancing the in-sourcing and outsourcing mix
  • Women in tech: Gender diversity in IT


Moderator:
Jason Seng, People Advisory Services Partner, EY

Panelists:
Roslind Kaur, Head of Group IT, AXIATA
Vilma Rufon, Director Corporate IT, LUEN THAI HOLDINGS
Benedict Sulaiman, Vice President – Information Technology, RAMSAY SIME DARBY HEALTHCARE INDONESIA

12:35

CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS & END OF SUMMIT

Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

SPEAKERS

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

Annie Chong

Regional IT Director

MSD

Antonius Ruslan

Information Security Professional

HALODOC

Apol Salud

Deputy CISO, RADIUS TELECOMS and Head of Security Engineering,

MERALCO

Balaji Uppili

Region CIO

GE HEALTHCARE

Benedict Sulaiman

Vice President - Information Technology

RAMSAY SIME DARBY HEALTHCARE INDONESIA

Brian Briggs

Vice President of Customer Solutions and Operations

LAIYE

Cynthia Quah

Vice President, Head of Cloud SEA

SAP

David Tay

CIO Asia

LENDLEASE ASIA HOLDINGS

Francisco Castillo, Ph.D.

SVP - CIO

MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES

Jason Seng

People Advisory Services Partner

EY

Jennifer Cheng

Director of Product Marketing

PROOFPOINT

Lee Siew Kit

Vice President (Technology & IT)
SINGAPORE CRUISE CENTRE

Maz Mirza bin Mohd Aminurashid

Head of IT

MASS RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION

Miao Song

CIO

GLP

Mohamed Hardi

Director & CIO
NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD

Roslind Kaur

Head of Group IT

AXIATA

Sumeet Puri

Chief Technology Solutions Officer

SOLACE

Vilma Rufon

Director Corporate IT

LUEN THAI HOLDINGS

Wilbertus Darmadi

CIO

TOYOTA ASTRA MOTOR

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