The buzz: “This is the era of the Internet of Things (IoT)—and it promises to change our lives completely” [www.digitalistmag.com/iot/2017/02/06/promise-of-internet-of-things-04888745). Intel predicts that by 2020 there will be 200 billion connected devices on the Internet of Things. Yes, IoT is already revolutionizing manufacturing, transportation, consumer electronics, healthcare, and construction. But what is its real value for businesses, citizens, the economy, the environment – and where will it have the most significant impact? What is the rate of change, especially with 5G versus 4G? The experts speak. Mark Albrecht, itelligence: “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen” (John Steinbeck). Corinna Kramer, SAP: “I hate to commit it, but this has been one of the hardest things to discover” (Astronaut Alexander Gerst). Join us for The Promise of IoT and Connectivity: Big Picture, Big Impact.

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The Promise of IoT and Connectivity: Big Picture, Big Impact.

The buzz: “The smart city is a gift, a chance to transform old and slow systems and structures into a smart future.” (J. Nürnberger whatsupgermany.de/smart-city-quotes). By 2025, 4.7 billion people will live in urban areas (Deloitte), with technology playing a key role in the global movement to cities and how cities prepare for this growth. What exactly is a “smart city”: Wi-Fi everywhere, state-of-the-art transportation management, something else, all of the above? We’ll look at smart cities like Masdar City, Belmont, and NEOM to learn how they planned and who benefits. The experts speak. Tom Raftery, SAP: “I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact” (Elon Musk). Michael Rander, SAP: “The future depends on what you do today” (Mahatma Gandhi). Dante Ricci, SAP: “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost” (Dalai Lama). Join us for Future Cities: Role of Technology in Global Urbanization.

Future Cities: Role of Technology in Global Urbanization

The buzz: “Welcome to the experience economy, where—as the Harvard Business Review so eloquently put it—"a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event" (Daniel Newman, www.forbes.com). The experience economy is here. It’s live 24/7, it's emotional, it's global, it’s powerful and it's influencing the way we live, work and do business. But how can businesses manage all of that to stay relevant? By collecting experience X-data at every meaningful touchpoint and combining it with operational O-data, then analyzing and understanding the experience gaps and what to do about them. The experts speak. Bruce Temkin, Qualtrics XM Institute: “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem” (Captain Jack Sparrow). Timo Elliott, SAP: “If you have to be naked, you’d better be buff” (Don Tapscott). Join us for The Experience Economy: What It Means for Business and You.

The Experience Economy: What It Means for Business and You

The buzz: “Much of the hype around blockchains has focused on their potential to fundamentally change the financial services industry…our two-year research project…provides strong evidence that the blockchain could transform business, government, and society in perhaps even more profound ways” (D. Tapscott, A. Tapscott). Blockchain, creating trust among multiple business processes and parties, is becoming a cross-industry necessity in finance, food safety, government, gems and pharmaceuticals. The experts speak. Dan Rao, Toyota: “Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler?” (Milton, Office Space). Raimund Gross, SAP: “Nobody is going to hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done” (Rocky Balboa).

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The buzz: “Data is not like a vitamin that you can just pop in your mouth and be done with it. In fact, data, by itself, is totally useless to your business” (Bill Su). Data analytics is analytics, right? Not quite! Where predictive analytics uses machine learning to predict what will happen, augmented analytics uses machine intelligence to boost human intelligence with the why, so we can work faster and smarter on ever-larger datasets. Is your company positioned to parse the nuance from the noise? The experts speak. Hanno Schoklitsch, Kaiserwetter Energy Asset Management: “We can’t change the wind but we can adjust our sails” (Aristotle). Ran Merkazy, Lloyd’s Register: “The pace of change is so fast – that you will have to learn all your life” (Yuval Noah Harrari). Richard Mooney, SAP: “I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it” (George Bernard Shaw). Join us for Predictive vs Augmented Analytics: Finding the ‘Why’. Episode Key words (Comma Separated)

Predictive vs Augmented Analytics: Finding the Why

The buzz: “highly-developed gadgets, connected to the Internet, have changed the way we communicate, use humor, study, work, shop, play, and behave” (tech.co/news). Digitalization and innovation are disrupting lives and businesses. How does this impact you? Innovation experts predict by 2020 the average person will have more conversations with bots than with their significant other. By 2030, the largest Internet company will be education-based with smart bot instructors personalizing lessons. Machine learning may soon predict heart attacks four hours in advance. The experts speak.Julien Kopp, Deloitte: “The people that really create the things that change the industry are both the thinker-doer” (Steve Jobs). Mike Flannagan, SAP: “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination” (Einstein). Jana Richter, SAP: “There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path" (Neo, The Matrix). Join us for Automating Your Business and Life: Embracing New Technologies.

Automating Your Business and Life: Embracing New Technologies

The buzz: “Smart city applications must be aligned with where a city and its citizens want to go” (Daniele Loffreda). Like never before, businesses are leveraging Intelligent technologies to experience profit and purpose at the same time by helping the world run better, improving lives and growing business. Smart cities are on-board, using IoT, big data and predictive analytics to serve the global massive urban expansion. The experts speak. Rubens Costa, Philips Lighting: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work” (Steve Jobs). Dante Ricci, SAP: “The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow” (R. Buckminster Fuller). Stephen Jamieson, SAP: “The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy” (Kalu Ndukwe Kalu). Join us for Good Business At the Intersection of Profit and Purpose.

Good Business At the Intersection of Profit and Purpose

Digital transformation is changing every facet of the way we live and work. Technology is behind everything from automation, to connectivity and the experience economy. Industries and infrastructures know innovation is imminent. Yet only a small fraction of organizations feel they have mastered digital to a point of differentiation from their competitors. Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she invites you to take an additional coffee break with game-changers for our series on how innovation leaders are embracing digital transformation to redefine their business models and outcomes, no matter the industry, on Reinventing Life and Business with Game-Changers. Let’s discuss the impact digital innovation is having on our world, from boardrooms to bots and beyond, and how a combination of intelligent technologies, services, and industry expertise are helping businesses optimize processes and resources, to ignite innovation and improve every area of business.

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