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“We have to be looking for better ways and making sure that the technology is as sustainable as possible”. Discover more in this roundtable debate on sustainability. 

IT leaders are not waiting to be pushed to address new environmental concerns.

Looking to discuss the role of the CIO within sustainability, a seasoned mix of technology leaders in the HotTopics community were joined by Sasha Qadri, exploring how this impacts the technology team while delving into the expectations of partners and the wider supply chain.

Our sustainability panellists included:

• Christina Scott, Chief Product and Technology Officer, OVO
• Conor Whelan, CIOO, Experian
• Paul Coby, CIO, Persimmon Homes
• Benjamin Jones, CTO, GFK
• Jon Townsend, Director of Technology & Information Security, National Trust
• Clare Ward, Worldwide Technology Leader Travel & Hospitality Solutions, Amazon
• Christian Zachriat, Global Sustainability Lead, Cisco

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Discover how IT leaders navigate the challenges of driving business innovation while balancing operational efficiency, cost reduction and security.

IT leaders are expected to take a proactive role in supporting the organisation’s digitisation efforts by providing the technology platforms that both enable and power innovation.

With a greater need for IT leaders to reduce complexity and costs, strengthen security and improve customer experience, delivering the agility and speed to enable innovation has been given a new place in the list of priorities. What types of innovations are IT leaders enabling through technology and what capabilities are most valued for supporting innovation?

Insights from our business innovation speakers included:

• Dave Roberts, Global IT Director, Stantec
• Thomas Naylor, CIO, Enablement Ltd
• Ian Rutherford, Vice President, Value Proposition and Proposals, Cisco

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Discover the various approaches technology leaders are taking to drive ESG initiatives and forge a path towards a more sustainable future in "Partnering for a More Sustainable Future".

The technology C-suite holds great power and the prospect of great change.

With more organisations taking action with their ESG initiatives and policies, it is clear that leaders are starting to place sustainability at the forefront of their agenda. What remains unclear is how leaders should be executing the plan for this sustainable future. How should we understand—and agree upon—as a community, what responsibilities we hold for our teams, businesses and the wider world? 

With HotTopics’ Editor, Peter Stojanovic, moderating, the speakers of this roundtable debate included:

• Carolyn Brown, CIO, British Medical Association (BMA)
• James Maunder, CIO, The London Clinic
• Alex Bazin, CTO, Lewis Silkin
• Laura Kendrick, CIO, IPG Mediabrands
• Christian Zachriat, Global Sustainability Lead, Cisco 

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One of the most notable relationships in the C-suite today is that of the CIO and CISO. While the CIO was mainly responsible for implementing and managing an organisation’s IT function and infrastructure, the CISO was more focused on developing and implementing cybersecurity procedures and strategies.

While the main goals and responsibilities of these two executive technology leaders now overlap, there is still much more to be done to create a more cohesive relationship. Most recently, there have been issues over reporting lines, budgets, organisational structures and risk appetite. 

What exactly is required to unite the CISO and CIO to unify them in their roles and goals? In this roundtable, our Head of Strategy, Doug Drinkwater, spoke with a panel of CIOs and CISOs to find out more.

The speakers of this roundtable include: 

• Brian Brackenborough, CISO, Channel 4
• Ravinder Arora, Global CISO & DPO, Infogain
• Aidan Hancock, CIO, Johnson Matthey
• Anuj Tewari, CISO, TMF Group
• Nilesh Halai, SASE GTM and Sales Acceleration EMEA, Cisco

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Technology leaders share thoughts on data-powered experiences, outlining emerging trends to drive maximum impact.

This panel of technology leaders and experts discussed the importance of data-empowered experiences, explored how data can be used to enhance customer experience and picked out some of their key strategies that deliver ROI and delight customers

Insights from our data and technology panellists:

• Maritza Curry, Head of Data, BNP Paribas Personal Finance SA (RCS Group)
• Daria Grishina, IT and Data Director UKI, Danone
• Ian Cohen, Chief Product & Information Officer, Acacium Group
• Colin Simpson, Global IT Director, PZ Cussons
• Leon Gauhman, Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Elsewhen

This roundtable was recorded at The Studio in partnership with Elsewhen.

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