- 27 September 2023
- 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Raffles City Convention Centre
EVENT OVERVIEW
There is no doubt that today’s business leaders are under duress. The past three years have shown that disruption is not only the norm but to be expected. The ongoing uncertainty, inflation, global economic, and geopolitical turbulences have created unprecedented challenges and disruptions in current businesses’ operating environments.
While we are always hopeful that things will eventually become less chaotic, as leaders it is incumbent upon us to build organisations that are resilient to disruption and adaptive to change. CEOs and his/her C-Suite team must forge ahead to meet their strategic business goals and key stakeholders’ expectations through relentless innovations and business transformation amid the changing dynamics.
Running in its fourth year under the theme of “Optimise, Accelerate and Transform” at C-Engage Convention 2023, we ask business, technology, finance, and operations leaders how they are laying out frameworks that will enable them to not only transform the business (and business model) but possibly innovate their way out of current and future crises.
At this year’s flagship event, we will cover:
- The essentials to outperform and be agile
- The future of work
- Managing the margin pressures in an inflationary environment
- Leading enterprise in the post digital transformation
- Closing the talent hole and managing the AI generation
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
C-Engage Convention aims to give insights on driving technological transformation and on addressing pressing concerns to optimize digital investments and business performance to over 300 senior IT and finance leaders from multiple industries in the region.
This one-day event offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in panel discussions, attend hands-on workshops on harnessing the power of disruptive technologies, and witness first-hand best practices in deploying the right technology and strategy to be successful in moving to the next phase of digital transformation and managing the change.
High-Level Industry Speakers
We gather 30+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices to your digital transformation journey.
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 business leaders on stage.
Networking Opportunities
Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with our business leaders, end users, 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 conferences we crafted for you - FutureCIO and FutureCFO conferences.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, CHROs, CROs, CSOs, CSCOs, CPOs, Directors, Heads, MDs, SVPs, VPs, Leads, involved in:
- Information Technology
- Finance
- Operations
- General management
- Procurement
- Supply Chain
- Sustainability
- Innovation & Digital Technology
- Human Resources
- Risk Management
Last year’s event
AGENDA
08.15
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09.00
Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks
09.15
PANEL DISCUSSION I: Building Business Resilience through Technology
- How IT should be run in the future in the face of volatile markets and unstable geopolitics situation
- Supporting business growth targets through business and digital transformation
- Improving the quality of IT projects execution and lead time to deliver core IT services
- Fostering strong relationships with key partners across the business
- Measuring and communicating the value of IT investments to the business
MODERATOR:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETYPANELISTS:
Khang Nguyen Trieu, Group Chief Technology Architect, ACCOR09.50
KEYNOTE I: Staying Productive and Secure with Digital Immune System
A Gartner report reveals that by 2025, organisations that invest in building digital immunity will increase customer satisfaction by decreasing downtime by 80%.
Enterprise IT leaders struggle with their data protection strategies due to inefficiencies from slow legacy backups, rapid adoption of cloud-native, SaaS and Kubernetes, unreliable recoveries and complex management across their datacentres. In the age of repeat cyber-attacks, ensuring data protection, backup and instant recovery for IT resiliency is key.
- Optimising business resiliency with the digital immune system
- Controlling and managing data anywhere in the hybrid cloud
- Creating a centralised visibility, data and backup management for instant recovery
- Leveraging the cloud for data protection and security
- Automating workload backup and discovery on-premises, edge and in the cloud
10.15
PANEL DISCUSSION II: CIO’s Playbook in Creating Composable Business Models for IT
- The future of tech in the next normal in Singapore – hybrid environments, inflation, supply chain constraints and talent crunch
- Designing resilient and flexible digital systems and infrastructure for uncertain times
- Elements of composable business structure and technology for IT
- Strategic planning and budgeting for high-composability enterprises
MODERATOR:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY09.00
Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks
09.15
PANEL DISCUSSION I: Continuing the Pace of Change: Unlocking Growth Opportunities and Tackling Challenges in 2023
- Doing more with less in the growing volatility, uncertainty complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) environment
- Managing the margin pressures: How can finance leaders help accelerate recovery?
- Areas to raise and cut spending in 2023
- Ensuring long-term sustainable growth post-pandemic
- Project financing in 2023: Maximising access to capital amidst changing dynamics
MODERATOR:
Editorial consultant, CXOCIETYPANELISTS:
Goh Yin Shian, Group Finance Director, GOODPACK09.50
KEYNOTE I: Moving beyond Automation and into Autonomous Finance
- Shifting from process automation to intelligent automation
- Autonomous finance for augmented real-time insights, effortless compliance and greater flexibility in financial strategy
- Narrowing the financial close and aiming to make it touch-less
- Accelerating back-and-middle-office finance operations to ensure digital maturity
- Operationalising AI to move an autonomous, touchless financial close
10.15
PANEL DISCUSSION II: Digital Transformation and Reality Gap: What’s Next Post Digitalisation?
- Advancing digitalisation initiatives vs. traditional work environments
- Capitalising on digitalisation investment to stay resilient, flexible and efficient amidst escalating costs
- Keeping up with digital acceleration while ensuring employee’s continuous engagement
MODERATOR:
Editorial consultant, CXOCIETY10.50
Morning Coffee Break
11.15
KEYNOTE II: Winning the War against Data and Analytics Errors with Data Observability
Data errors have a huge implication on the decision-making process and CIOs often facing unhappy stakeholders about inaccurate or late analytics is certainly no fun. To successfully deliver error-free data on time, IT leaders will need to systematically apply observability to accelerate the organisation’s automation journey and improve data quality with a shorter latency to the response.
- Key challenges in eliminating data errors
- Architecting the use of active and passive metadata to drive better, faster and most consistent business decisions
- Monitoring, reacting and aligning organisational focus to applied observability
- Best practices in employing observability of data analytics
11.50
FIRESIDE CHAT I: The Next-Generation of Cloud: Mapping Cloud Strategy for 2023
- What is coming for cloud computing in 2023 and beyond?
- Prioritising cloud initiatives in 2023
- Achieving the greatest value in the most reasonable lead
INTERVIEWER:
Editorial Consultant, CXOCIETY
12.15
PANEL DISCUSSION III: Fast-Tracking Application Modernisation and Embracing Agility in Digital Enterprise
Dealing with legacy systems and technology today and in the coming years is complicated and finding the necessary expertise to deal with legacy technology can be challenging. Enterprises with a lot of legacy technology find that legacy systems are a major inhibitor to staying agile and accelerating their digital transformation initiatives. This session will discuss insights into modernisation drivers, challenges, and best practices.
- The state of legacy systems in 2023
- Application modernisation in the context of digital acceleration
- Accelerating application modernisation with platform engineering
- Roadblocks facing enterprises in Singapore working to modernise legacy systems into their digital infrastructure
- Roadmap for application modernisation for the digital enterprise
MODERATOR:
Editorial consultant, CXOCIETY
11.15
FIRESIDE CHAT I: FinOps for CFOs: Taking Control of Cloud Costs
When the pandemic hit, organisations pushed themselves to rapidly modernise their applications and platforms and in the pursuit of cost savings, many aimed to become ‘cloud-first’ enterprises. However, as businesses square up this year, organisations may overspend on their cloud technology and struggle to keep cloud costs under control. This session will delve into FinOps or cloud financial operations, an approach that let organisations realise the maximum business value from using the cloud by making data-driven spending decisions.
- FinOps at the top of CFO agenda 2023
- Developing structure and strategy for cloud financial management
- Establishing FinOps for internal finance, IT and other teams across the organisation
- Metrics that support cloud cost optimisation
- Cloud cost-saving methods and mistakes to avoid
INTERVIEWER:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
11.50
KEYNOTE II: Driving Organisational Speed and Agility with Self-Service Data and Analytics
A Gartner survey reveals that companies that invest in productivity and efficiency to fight inflation will outperform those who just increase prices. Instead of just passing on inflationary costs to customers, improving efficiency, productivity and quick data-driven decision-making is a better bet for the business’s long-term competitive advantage.
- Leveraging big data and self-service analytics to drive innovation, higher productivity, growth and revenue
- Empowering finance teams to take on the leadership role with deep, trustworthy and data-driven insights while reducing risks and costs
- Enabling finance teams to turn data into insights independently with self-service data analytics capabilities
- Creating secure collaboration for quick data-driven decision-making with autonomous, self-service, cloud data warehouse
- Ensuring data governance and security in self-service data analytics
12:15
PANEL DISCUSSION III: More than Turnover and Profits: Making Finance a Better Strategic Partner to Business
- Rewriting and solidifying the finance function’s roles as the most trusted strategic business partner to capture new opportunities
- Evolving transactional finance to value creation and becoming enterprise’s critical enablers
- Up-skilling the finance team to leverage fully on digitalisation and better partner with the business
MODERATOR:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
PANELISTS:
Kamlesh Birla, CFO – APAC Cocoa, OFIMitesh Mittal, CFO, South East Asia, OTIS ELEVATOR
Jasmine Teo, General Manager, ASEAN, CCH Tagetik, WOLTERS KLUWER
12.40
Lunch
13.45
KEYNOTE III: Embedding Adaptive AI in Business Process Execution
Gartner predicts that by 2026, enterprises that have adopted AI engineering practices to build and manage adaptive AI systems will outperform their peers in operationalising AI models by at least 25%. In the near future, more businesses are projected to lean on adaptive AI systems to scale efficiency and improve customer experience.
- Building and enabling self-adapt AI models that adapt more quickly to changing real-world circumstances
- Keeping AI aligned with the enterprise’s business goals
- Incorporating trust into adaptive AI systems
- Streamlining the AI delivery processes to maximise business value
14.15
FIRESIDE CHAT II: Making the Most of Sustainable Technology
A 2022’s IDC survey found that 83% of respondents agree sustainability is the most important criterion in IT buying decisions. As technology continues to take a larger role in corporate sustainability practices, purpose-driven CIOs need to create and implement a comprehensive sustainable technology strategy.
- Driving an environmentally sustainable tech agenda 2023
- Creating a framework for sustainable technology deployments
- Scaling digitalisation technology initiatives with ESG goals
- Sustainable future in the cloud
- Investing in technology that will drive the enterprise’s sustainability, improve financial results, optimize IT resources and customer operations
INTERVIEWER:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
14.40
PANEL DISCUSSION IV: Optimising Work Everywhere: The Future of Work in the Era of Flexibility
- CIO’s changing role in managing the next generation of work
- Workforce and operations issues in the future enterprise
- The rise of the metaverse and how it affects the future of work
- Fundamentals in making hybrid-first strategy work
- Maximising employee engagement with automation and digital intelligence
- Empowering the workforce to work seamlessly with digital labours
MODERATOR:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY13.45
FIRESIDE CHAT II: Ensuring Financial Resiliency in the Face of a Potential Economic Downturn
Pritika Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Research in the Gartner Finance Practice says: “CFOs are telling their FP&A leaders that they need to improve the flexibility of budgeting and forecasting, enable faster capital reallocation, and updated financial models to reflect rapidly changing business realities”.
With economic activity slowing down, optimising sales is often a challenge for many businesses. As businesses enter into low-growth and high-cost settings, securing collections has become difficult and cash flows get increasingly difficult to predict.
- Improving working capital and cash flow amidst high-interest rate and squeezing credit to ensure business continuity
- Transforming cost structures to operate efficiently and balance fluctuations
- Creating more agile, scalable and flexible FP&A
- Optimising business decisions and cash flows with AI/ML-driven scenario planning
- Rolling forecasts and scenario planning to protect free cash flows and reserves
INTERVIEWER:
Editorial consultant, CXOCIETY14.15
KEYNOTE III: Monetising ESG: Measuring the Value of ESG Investments
Today’s CFOs are often tasked to ensure their organisation’s sustainable initiatives successful. With the myriad and speed of ESG developments, calculating the value of the return of ESG initiatives is difficult.
- Stepping up enterprise’s ESG initiatives in a digital world
- Managing the ESG’s values and risks as regulations and standards change
- Tying the benefits of ESG back to the business’ financial returns and income statement
- Leveraging technology to improve productivity, customer experience and intertwine these with ESG strategy
14.40
PANEL DISCUSSION IV: The New Breed of Finance Team: How to Start a Team of Experts for the Future Finance
- The future of AI-driven finance organisation
- Determining the needs and skills beyond accounting
- Developing AI and data competency in the finance team
- Finding and retaining digital skills: How to attract business-savvy and tech-savvy finance talents?
- Managing the new breed of finance talents in Singapore and the region
MODERATOR:
Editorial consultant, CXOCIETY15.15
Afternoon Coffee Break
C-ENGAGE CONVENTION PLENARY
15:40
CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME REMARKS
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
15:45
C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION I: The Agile C-Suite: The CXO’s Agenda in Mastering the Essentials to Outperform
- Creating structured operating models to win amidst the changing innovation dynamics
- The Board’s role in supporting C-Suite
- Accelerating while reducing the risk of innovation
- Fully embracing tech enablement and capabilities necessary to innovate quickly and repeatedly
- Scaling digital and innovation capabilities across the organization
MODERATOR:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY16:20
C-SUITE KEYNOTE: Elevating Data Insights for Future-Ready Innovation Strategy
Regardless of their size, data reshapes every industry and no company or leader can afford to do it alone. While CEOs may benefit significantly from insights garnered from data, few have seen the practice of engaging with analytics directly. However, they should be comfortable orchestrating the analytics responsibilities of their direct reports in the C-suite. This session discusses best practices in managing insights from various sources and translates them into a future-ready innovation strategy at the top level.
- Think big, start small: Mandating a data-driven culture in the organisation
- Building confidence in using data insights to create value
- Meeting the challenges in using customer data to drive the innovation cycle
- Putting the right technology in the hands of the right people
- Harnessing data analytics, intelligent automation and AI to stay relevant innovative and competitive
16:45
C-SUITE FIRESIDE CHAT: Innovation Matters: Overcoming Human Barriers to Innovation
Creating a culture that accounts for the human side of innovation, including worries about failure, criticism and the impact of a career that holds back people from embracing innovation. As innovation is a critical factor in driving growth, this session aims to explore the fundamentals that leaders need to know to tap opportunities for growth through innovation.
- Preparing for an era of innovation without borders
- The correlation between culture, employee experience, leadership style and success rate of innovating
- Tackling the internal and external resistance to innovation and change
- Creating a sustained culture of innovation
- Advice for business leaders facing difficult transformation challenges
INTERVIEWER:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
17:10
C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION II: Strategies for Digital-First Innovations
Globally, business leaders are using a barrage of ever-arriving new digital technology and automation tools to stay relevant and secure their digital futures. Also, the changing consumer habits, the arrival of Web3 and the constant evolution of digital technologies have required business leaders to innovate, reimagine and reset their outdated business practices through building digital-first strategies.
- The future of digital-first enterprises
- Creating value from the digital ecosystem to successfully operate in the digital sphere
- Establishing measurable digital-first strategies
- Addressing the true digital-first leadership
- Lessons from transformation leaders
MODERATOR:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
17:45
Closing Remarks
17:50
End of Event
2022 SPEAKERS
Head of Infrastructure Projects Delivery and Digital Transformation
PANASONIC ASIA PACIFIC
Managing Partner & Country Leader, Singapore
IBM CONSULTING
CIO for Business Banking and CTO for Digital Platforms
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
2021 SPEAKERS
Group Head of Global Shared Services and Finance Process Optimisation
INTERNATIONAL SOS
Sourabh Chitrachar, Regional VP- IT Strategy & Ops, LIBERTY MUTUAL
Head of Controlling and Planning Agile Digital Lab & Digital Academy, ABB
Head of Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Stability and Controls, Private Banking Technology, CREDIT SUISSE
Vice President Finance – Global Categories, Marketing & R&D, GSK
Lim Shih Hsien, Head of Technology Masterplanning and Security, CISO, CSO, CERTIS
CIO for Business Banking and CTO for Digital Platforms
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Managing Director, South Asia, RACKSPACE TECHNOLOGY
Regional VP and Head of APAC Digital Services, RGP
Senior Vice President & GM, Asia Pacific & Japan, KOFAX
Business Director, New Entry Market, CCH Tagetik APAC,
WOLTERS KLUWER
Managing Partner & Country Leader, Singapore
IBM CONSULTING
Senior Director, Cloud Insight & Strategy , ORACLE JAPAC
Head of Global Solution Center – Expertise & Innovation, SANOFI
EY Technology Consulting Leader, Partner, EY ADVISORY
Director DevOps and Cloud Development, SINGTEL
Executive Director and Asia-Pacific Chief Economist, IHS MARKIT
General Manager, Finance Operations, Downstream & Trading Reporting & Analysis, SHELL
Assistant Director, e-Invoice Project Office, IMDA
Regional Vice President – Revenue Southeast Asia & India, RGP
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