A Live Virtual Event Connecting Canada's Industry Leaders, Sponsored by SUSE
Toronto, October 15, 2020
Overview
IDC Canada, along with our Platinum Sponsor, SUSE, are delighted to invite you to our new live virtual event experience, IDC Connections 2020: Future Enterprise Strategies, taking place on October 15, 2020. IDC's vision of the Future Enterprise is an organization that is completely digitally transformed. Such an organization underpins business processes with technology, is fueled by innovation, is platform-enabled and ecosystem-centric. The Coronavirus pandemic has underscored the importance of digital transformation in the eyes of CEOs across all industries in Canada. IDC will show you how to flatten your organization's recessionary curve by leveraging technology.
Learn actionable takeaways on IDC's "Future Enterprise Strategies" in this fully reimagined 2-hour virtual experience connecting leaders across industries and bringing together IDC's leading analysts to share expert insights as Canadian organizations move forward.
IDC will take you through the new CEO priorities for becoming a digital enterprise and show you the Five Stages to Enterprise Recovery offering guidance and emerging best practices for getting through the economic aftermath and recalibrating for the Next Normal. We’ll also explore how to better secure your organization for the digital economy and show you what a future workplace will look like. Finally we’ll tell you why the cloud is so important for the future of your digital infrastructure.
Join us for two keynotes sessions, a CIO Panel session and 2 breakout sessions, along with plenty of opportunities for digital networking and to engage with knowledgeable vendors in our expo area.
This virtual event is designed in a personable new format that allows for engaging conversations and digital networking. It includes short, digestible presentations followed by interactive Q&A sessions. Please review our Agenda for more details about the topics and speakers.
Register today to join us! There is no fee to attend this virtual event.
Key Topics
IDC Connections 2020: Future Enteprise Strategies Canada will provide essential guidance on:
Opening Remarks from IDC Canada & Our Platinum Sponsor, SUSE
Lars Goransson
Managing Director, IDC Canada
Brent Schroeder
Global CTO, SUSE Canada
12:4013:00
The Future of Enterprise – Priorities Driving Technology Decisions (Sponsored by TELUS Cyber Security)
Meredith Whalen
Chief Research Officer, IDC
This year, digital transformation initiatives were put to the test as we stressed tested our digital systems, culture, and customer engagement models. While tech leaders are rightfully proud of what was accomplished during the first weeks of the pandemic, many shortcomings were exposed. Most analytical models couldn't keep up with the rapidly changing context of business. Widespread work-from-home models exposed security vulnerabilities. And too much labour was thrown at problems where business processes were not fully digitized. Upon reflection, 42% of tech leaders will invest in technology to close the gap in their digital transformation.
As we look beyond COVID-19 remediation work, tech leaders need to guide the business in getting their digital roadmaps back on track. Determining the long lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is key to this work. Which business changes are here to stay? And what will role will technology play?
Join Meredith Whalen, IDC’s Chief Research Officer, as she outlines the next tech initiatives you should be focused on. Ms. Whalen will address:
Creating digital parity among your global workforce
How social awareness is the new differentiator
The role technology will play in automating operations, labor and IT
Canadian CIO Panel Discussion: Best Practices and Experiences within a Cauldron of Change – Moderated by IDC (Sponsored by RingCentral)
Joseph C. Pucciarelli
Group Vice President & IT Executive Advisor, IDC
Kin Lee-Yow
CIO, CAA Club Group
Irene Zaguskin
Chief Operations and Technology Officer, The Printing House
Samantha Liscio
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, WSIB
Kevin Krempulec
Vice President, Field Operations, RingCentral
As we enter the fourth quarter of 2020, it is already clear this will be a year to remember especially for CIOs and IT technology leaders -- because, despite the many accomplishments to this point, how our organizations, and the IT Team, respond in the next 18-months will have more future impact than the incredible roads we have just traveled.
Reflecting on our future choices, many of us have similar questions as we weigh the many critical strategic challenges, choices, and opportunities before us over the short and medium-term. Our live panel discussion will discuss these issues through the lens of leadership experiences, tempered with best practices, from three extraordinary Canadian CIOs.
During our discussion, Joseph Pucciarelli, Group VP & IT Executive Advisor, IDC Executive Programs, will focus on the topics below, as well as taking live questions through our event platform:
Strategic technology decisions are being made for 2021 and beyond; how are they positioning your organization and its stakeholders for success?
Many leaders made necessary decisions that resulted in the accretion of technical debt for their IT infrastructure. How should the technical debt discussion be framed with business leaders, managed, and remediated?
Many organizations experienced a productive burst of employee engagement during these past months. How is your organization, and the IT team, "bottling this magic" and sustaining it going forward?
Practical leadership best practices for CIOs and IT executives during this period of transition, opportunity, and risk.
The CIO Best Practices Session is sponsored by RingCentral and we will hear a few words from the Canadian Vice President, Kevin Krempulec at the beginning of the Panel Session.
13:4514:05
Breakout Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
Breakout Session 1
13:45 - 14:05
The Future of Trust: Securing the Enterprise Without Walls (Sponsored by Mimecast)
Kevin Lonergan
Research Manager, Security and Infrastructure
The Future of Trust: Securing the Enterprise Without Walls (Sponsored by Mimecast)
Canadian organizations were struggling with the cybersecurity risks associated with digital transformation long before the pandemic reached our shores. Fast forward to today and these risks have only compounded themselves as organizations accelerate their DX roadmaps causing data to be distributed more so than ever before. Not only are we dealing with rapidly expanding attack surfaces and limited timeframes to secure new workloads being rushed to deployment, but some of our fundamental security technologies failed us during the pandemic, leading many organizations to rethink their approach to controls and connectivity. As in the past when we evolved the conversation from cybersecurity to cyber resilience, to secure the future "enterprise without walls" we'll need to embrace the concept of trust and understand how it affects organizations, individuals, and partners. During this presentation Mr. Lonergan will:
Introduce IDC's five elements of trust and its importance in the "post truth era"
Fundamental shifts in how Canadian organizations approach risk and cybersecurity spend in a post COVID-19 state
How security services will play a pivotal role in securing the enterprise without walls
Future of Digital Workforce in Canada (Sponsored by Hitachi Vantara)
Jean Philippe Bouchard
Vice-President, Future of Work and Mobility Research
Future of Digital Workforce in Canada (Sponsored by Hitachi Vantara)
The future of work, pre-COVID-19, was already rapidly changing due to the ever-evolving possibilities of technology. COVID-19 generated a shift in our value systems, priorities, investments, processes, access, and understanding of what is and is not possible.
The technology focus of Canadian organizations has shifted since provinces implemented lockdown measures. Previously, organizations were focused on work culture and how to attract, retain, and reskill the right talents. In the current context, we have seen an acceleration of innovation in Canada in the first half of 2020 in order for organizations to remain agile and respond to the continuously evolving health and safety guidelines mandated by the various levels of government.
We believe that this “next normal,” typically referred to as a post-COVID-19 state, will continue to see rapid innovation and agile development of technologies to allow for continuous digital transformation. In this context, most of what we previously knew will be impacted: education as a concept and practice, the location of work and offices, and the ways organizations and their ecosystems collaborate. While human work will be augmented and replaced in some situations, human skills such as compassion, adaptability, and problem solving will be more valuable than ever.
The Future of Trust: Securing the Enterprise Without Walls (Sponsored by Mimecast)
13:45 - 14:05
The Future of Trust: Securing the Enterprise Without Walls (Sponsored by Mimecast)
Canadian organizations were struggling with the cybersecurity risks associated with digital transformation long before the pandemic reached our shores. Fast forward to today and these risks have only compounded themselves as organizations accelerate their DX roadmaps causing data to be distributed more so than ever before. Not only are we dealing with rapidly expanding attack surfaces and limited timeframes to secure new workloads being rushed to deployment, but some of our fundamental security technologies failed us during the pandemic, leading many organizations to rethink their approach to controls and connectivity. As in the past when we evolved the conversation from cybersecurity to cyber resilience, to secure the future "enterprise without walls" we'll need to embrace the concept of trust and understand how it affects organizations, individuals, and partners. During this presentation Mr. Lonergan will:
Introduce IDC's five elements of trust and its importance in the "post truth era"
Fundamental shifts in how Canadian organizations approach risk and cybersecurity spend in a post COVID-19 state
How security services will play a pivotal role in securing the enterprise without walls
Future of Digital Workforce in Canada (Sponsored by Hitachi Vantara)
13:45 - 14:05
Future of Digital Workforce in Canada (Sponsored by Hitachi Vantara)
The future of work, pre-COVID-19, was already rapidly changing due to the ever-evolving possibilities of technology. COVID-19 generated a shift in our value systems, priorities, investments, processes, access, and understanding of what is and is not possible.
The technology focus of Canadian organizations has shifted since provinces implemented lockdown measures. Previously, organizations were focused on work culture and how to attract, retain, and reskill the right talents. In the current context, we have seen an acceleration of innovation in Canada in the first half of 2020 in order for organizations to remain agile and respond to the continuously evolving health and safety guidelines mandated by the various levels of government.
We believe that this “next normal,” typically referred to as a post-COVID-19 state, will continue to see rapid innovation and agile development of technologies to allow for continuous digital transformation. In this context, most of what we previously knew will be impacted: education as a concept and practice, the location of work and offices, and the ways organizations and their ecosystems collaborate. While human work will be augmented and replaced in some situations, human skills such as compassion, adaptability, and problem solving will be more valuable than ever.
Vice-President, Future of Work and Mobility Research
14:0514:10
CIO Association of Canada: The Voice of the CIO
Philippe Johnston
President Elect, CIO Association of Canada
Philippe Johnston will speak on behalf of the CIO Association of Canada before the closing keynote.
14:1014:30
The Future of Digital Infrastructure is Cloud: Ensuring Faster Delivery of Innovation Everywhere (Sponsored by Palo Alto Networks)
Richard Villars
Group Vice President Worldwide Research
Future enterprises depend upon infrastructure that ensures quick deployment of digital resources and effective operation of resilient technologies, anywhere and everywhere. Prior to the pandemic, CIOs recognized that Cloud was the key to their infrastructure plans but talked about cloud journeys of up to 10 years. Now, they need to complete the shift in less than half that time to support aggressive business and IT automation plans. Join Rick Villars, IDC Group Vice President: Worldwide Research, as he outlines how enterprises can develop a successful digital strategy and navigate the transition from infrastructure to digital infrastructure. Mr. Villars will discuss:
The three pillars of Digital infrastructure
The new KPIs at the heart of your Digital Strategy
Learn about IDC’s 5 stages to enterprise recovery, identify your organization's current status and understand what you need to do to become a fully digital enterprise
Learn some best practices for moving toward a digital organization from our Canadian panel of CIOs
Understand why security and trust are even more important for your organization during the crisis and into the recovery phase
Examine how workplaces will change as a result of the crisis, and how they will look in the future
Understand how implementing digital infrastructure & the cloud will be essential on the road to recovery
Gain access to IDC’s knowledgeable expertise at no cost
Connect with peers through digital networking opportunities and learn more about our sponsors’ offerings to help your organization on its digital journey
Who Should Attend:
C-Level executives from Canadian businesses and organizations
Managing Directors for Canadian operations
Senior IT executives from Canadian businesses and organizations
Senior decision-makers from Canadian businesses and organizations
Guests of our sponsors
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What will a Future Enterprise Look Like?
Who Should Attend
C-Level executives from Canadian businesses and organizations
Managing Directors for Canadian operations
Senior IT executives from Canadian businesses and organizations
Senior decision-makers from Canadian businesses and organizations
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