CIO Panel Discussion: Building a Culture of Innovation

The mantra in today’s IT organizations is indisputable: build more apps faster. But it’s not easy. IT leaders are recognizing that their teams are shackled by legacy applications, the backlog has become unmanageable, and it’s difficult to remain agile with a growing portfolio of applications.

Key topics we will address with the panel are:

• Application development priorities in the digital age
• The evolution of IT automation
• Where the disruptors are in your organization
• How to control and exploit low-code for maximum benefit

Alonso Yañez - Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica

Laura Alejandra Juarez Tinajero - Iconn

José de Jesús López Iriarte - AstraZeneca

Damian Matta - Software AG

Tania Sánchez Olaiz - Grupo Elektra

Health Care Innovation: Machine Learning To Promote Early Diagnosis

The inclusion of new technologies in health care ecosystem is changing the way diagnose is handled, in this conference you’ll hear how Machine learning is supporting Health Care professionals and patients have a better life

José de Jesús López Iriarte - AstraZeneca

Generative Artificial Intelligence & Implications For Modern Retailers

Generative AI has already shown its great potential across many businesses and industries. Retail applications offer an interesting panorama. An amazing combination of leading-edge technologies such as AI, Cloud, Advanced Analytics, and Blockchain are creating amazing business scenarios capable of exceeding Customer´s expectations while generating new business models and innovative ways to create value.

In this talk, we will explore, very pragmatically, the real potential of Generative AI applications in the modern retail industry

Alonso Yañez - Walmart de Mexico y Centroamerica

How Flexible Funding Models Are Key For Effective IT Execution

Miguel Suarez - Seguros Monterrey NYL

Roundtable - Simplifying & Making Organizations Truly Connected To Meet Today & Future Demands

No two organizations are alike, but we see customers, business partners and employees across all industries demanding the more connected and efficient experiences you need to create to compete in a world that evolves and changes at an ever-faster pace. Without the ability to simplify integration of applications, devices, data and cloud, as well as the ability to optimize processes and portfolios, connect systems and “things” such as sensors, equipment and robots, organizations will not get the structure they need to evolve in the journey of transformation and innovation. What if you could improve all this connection capacity, bringing technology, processes and people together in order to transform data into value, grow and differentiate yourself in the market? This session will discuss how organizations from multiple sectors are tackling these challenges

Damian Matta - Software AG

Innovation: Do's & Dont's

This session will talk about the Do's and Dont's while innovating

Angelica Estrada Leon - The Coca Cola Company

Networking Break & Meet The Experts

Bank & Fintech Synergies: The Best Of Both Worlds

Collaboration between a bank and a fintech can be a winning partnership.

The bank can provide the necessary support to enable the fintech to deliver its value proposition effectively, while the fintech brings the innovation and agility that can drive the bank's digital evolution and transformation.

Mario Piazzesi - Banco Invex

CIO Panel Debate: Structuring for Success — Crafting Your Future Hybrid IT Culture

The world has changed; so has your workforce. CIOs are competing against organisations across the world for talent and must drive the business forward while evolving internal structures and processes to achieve efficiency. In this hyper-competitive, human-centered environment, CIOs are asking, “Where do we go from here?”

Join this panel debate with your peers and discuss:

• Assessing technologies to be adopted, and phased out, to remain competitive
• Ensuring your human-centric, flexible work strategy is future proof
• Reskilling, upskilling and re-imagining your approach to talent in the face of changing technologies and the hybrid working world

Guillermo Lozano - L'Oréal

Yami Hagg - Mondelēz International

Heriberto Landetta - GM Financial

Ignacio Pérez López - Mizuho Bank México

Robin Mata - Johnson & Johnson

The Power Of Ecosystems

How ecosystems create value for consumers and all their participants in a highly competitive and changing business environment

Javier Solano Vázquez - Sodexo

Networking Lunch 2:10 pm

Mastering the Conversational Era with AI: How Integration of a Singular Intelligent Conversational Platform Transforms Your Company's Growth

Business Messaging and AI-Driven Conversations strategies are reshaping how companies connect with their customers. We will share how by integrating “one” platform, a new paradigm can be established in both internal and external business interactions. From operational efficiency to innovative acceleration of growth, we will explore diverse use cases that drive sales, strategically position products, and provide effective 24-hour customer service. All of this demonstrating the commitment  to offer a "secure" space for conversations between brands and people.

Diana González - Blip LATAM

What If We Speak The Same Language?

Having the business and the technology areas speaking the same language demands attention, comprehension, and willingness to agree on common results.

Let’s face it; neither IT is concerned for understanding the business jargon and processes nor our business folks are interested or prepared to understand what goes around our proposed solutions to them.

Before pandemics we started to witness shy interactions between both entities; now on the 2020s decade and with digital transformation booming everywhere there’s a real need to look for a single language.

Let’s put numbers and figures on the table and offer hints on how to approach and become a value-added organization to our business folks.

Heriberto Landetta - GM Financial

Unleashing Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Citizen Development for Digital Transformation

Participants can expect a comprehensive and insightful talk on the potential of citizen development in driving digital transformation and innovation. I will be discussing the need for citizen development and sharing best practices and success stories from Johnson & Johnson. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of citizen development and practical strategies they can implement in their own organizations.

Robin Mata - Johnson & Johnson

The Disruptive CIO (From Traditional to Transformational)

Identify the different path that must be followed at the CIO level to be able to bring improvements to the organization from inside and outside the organization, but from a strategic point of view and not necessarily only technical and operational, have a vision of the entire forest and not only the IT tree, how to have a positive impact by leading corporate strategies holistically and working alongside the executive team, creating a culture of innovation and simple and easy services focused on customer expectations with a future vision of continuous improvement

José C. Arriaga Murcia - Tokio Marine México

Leveraging AI Large Language Models in Media

Nowadays, with the exponential growth of emerging technologies, the media industry is shifting from traditional technologies to innovative ones, such as: RPA, Low code, AI, AR, 5G, Machine Learning, just to provide some examples. One of the key sectors within the media industry is “News” and with the introduction of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, most news media companies are looking towards this emerging technology to leverage content creation, curation, and transcription with the use of AI’s Large Language Models (LLM’s) with the intent to create more content with less time and resources, and automate tedious tasks in the newsroom

Enrique Calderon Gaona - Multimedios

Innovating With "Clientology": Designing Value Propositions Through Customer Knowledge & Technological Trends

We will explore how technological innovation and a deep understanding of the customer come together to create exceptional value propositions. We will understand the fundamental importance of connecting with the client's needs through approaches such as "Design Thinking". We will understand the importance of designing unique and meaningful value propositions based on these perceptions, combining them with current technological trends, from Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Reality, and how they are integrated into impactful solutions.

Julio César Gutiérrez Gómez - Thermo Fisher Scientific

CIO Edge Mexico Closing Panel Debate- The New CIO Mandate in an Increasingly Volatile Business Environment

Future CIOs must go beyond their usual focus on operational efficiency – they need to help businesses cope with macro challenges like geopolitical instabilities, new supply and energy disruptions, and significant economic uncertainties. They must also be critical execution leaders as lines of business and operational teams struggle with micro-challenges like changing client expectations and significant price instabilities in raw materials and labor.

Martin Krueger - BMW de Mexico

Eduardo Guevara - Element Fleet Management

Cesar Pulido - Baker Hughes