The e-commerce boom is stressing last mile businesses. Volume and cost pressures are increasing, while customer expectations continue to rise. To successfully navigate this last mile operational paradox, businesses will need to focus on four main KPIs: 

• Operational flexibility to manage unpredictable demand peaks 
• Reducing costs by increasing operational efficiencies 
• Maintaining customer satisfaction despite growing expectations 
• Implementing technology that supports  

Topics of Discussion: 

• Navigating the operational paradox  
• Reducing costs whilst meeting demand  
• Gig economy 
• Future-proofing operational efficiency  
• Technological advances  

The digital landscape is changing, from cloud computing to AI and machine learning, to cybersecurity. Uncovering these changes and the priorities companies face in implementing these changes is imperative in order to understand the impacts these factors may have on cybersecurity.  

Join us in this discussion where ransomware mitigation, network visibility, cloud migration and secure digital transformation will be discussed.  

Topics of Discussion: 

• Network visibility  
• Ransomware mitigation 
• Secure digital transformation 
• Secured cloud migration 

With a turbulent economic climate and inflation rising, learning how to respond to these uncertainties is crucial for CPGs. The impact on customer behaviour can be profound, forcing brands to rethink how to drive consumer engagement and sales most effectively. How to do this, however, becomes a challenge for CPG companies, especially when asked to do more with less.

In light of data regulation and ongoing privacy changes, brands need to focus on capturing first party data which has been a challenge for CPG brands….until now.. When used correctly, first party data drives relevancy which increases consumer engagement, sales and life-time value. Historically, CPG brands have had to rely on retailers for accurate and scalable data. However, the tables have turned, and CPG companies are now capturing both consumer’s rational and emotional preferences at scale. Increasing trust and transparency on the path to purchase.

CPGs, with the right tools, can build operational resilience, drive top- and bottom-line value, and lay the foundation today to put significant distance between themselves and the rest of the pack as the economy gains a firmer, more predictable footing.

Topics of Discussion:

• How to best acquire and use first party data
• The impact of inflation on consumer habits and how to prepare for future changes
• Re-thinking strategies to increase consumer engagement 

While not a new concept, digital security is evolving at a rapid speed. Whether it’s the pandemic changing working lifestyles, or the convenience of cloud services, the migration to the cloud has been prevalent in many industries. Data becomes more at risk in the cloud, so understanding how it can be accessed to therefore protect the data becomes important. Understanding your attack surface and implementing a zero trust policy – never trust, always verify – is a key strategy in protecting data.  

Now, with the looming post-quantum threat, businesses need to be forward thinking in order to think about additional security measure they need to implement in order to protect their data from attacks such as “harvest now, decrypt later”. Knowing what needs to be secured, visibility of cryptographic assets and implementing crypto agility will allow companies to test algorithms and transition to hybrid cryptography, therefore protecting against post-quantum threats.  

This discussion will explore digital security transformations in a world where post-quantum is an inevitable threat, identifying pain points in digital security systems and how zero trust and identifying cryptographic assets can lead to a secure data protection plan.   

Topics of Discussion: 

• Digital Security Strategies  
• Zero Trust 
• Challenges in digital security systems 
• Visibility of your systems and cryptographic assets 
• Post-quantum preparedness 

Companies everywhere are in constant conversation to create a safer and more inclusive working environment for women. Building on talent from women all over the globe can increase creativity, innovation, financial results and decision making - and Sprinklr are embarking on this change. Sprinklr believe a diverse workforce results in unique perspectives, and therefore better performance. 

Join us in this discussion where we will address DE&I issues, the gender gap, and what companies can do to improve this.  

Topics of Discussion:

• Practices to address gender inequality  
• Creating a diverse workforce  
• Workplace attractiveness  

Companies everywhere are in constant conversation to create a safer and more inclusive working environment for women. Building on talent from women all over the globe can increase creativity, innovation, financial results and decision making - and Sprinklr are embarking on this change. Sprinklr believe a diverse workforce results in unique perspectives, and therefore better performance. 

Join us in this discussion where we will address DE&I issues, the gender gap, and what companies can do to improve this.  

Topics of Discussion:

• Practices to address gender inequality  
• Creating a diverse workforce  
• Workplace attractiveness  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are incredibly important in all organisations. Allowing new perspectives and insights with companies affords businesses with the ability to disrupt and change the workplace for women. Talend is committed to creating this diverse workforce and giving women within their organisation a sense of belonging.

Join Talend in this discussion with Spotlight to discuss the barriers women face and how these conversations can help us address the gender disparity within the workplace.

Topics of Discussion:

• Embracing a more gender diverse workforce
• Creating a safe working environment for women
• Career development

With inflation rates rising and a changing geopolitical climate, the pressure to achieve targets whilst budgets are shrinking is a looming challenge for marketers across the globe. Competition is on the rise, and with finances becoming increasingly tighter for many companies, refining what works is imperative.  

Social listening has been used by customer-centric brands to better understand their audience needs. Moving beyond this to true customer intelligence combining data science, market knowledge, and technical insights uncovers actionable insights for businesses exploring more strategic questions, resulting in impactful consumer insight. 

In this roundtable we’ll explore how moving beyond social listening can allow a brand to improve their products and services, understanding what works for their brand to combat the turbulences faced in this period of economic downturn.

Topics of Discussion:

• Establishing customer intelligence use cases in your organisation. 
• Development of traditional social listening to create a competitive edge between businesses.  
• Identifying strengths/weaknesses of conventional social listening
• Analysing the impact of social listening on the current economic climate. 
• Exploring how AI and machine learning can play a part in this

Many organisations have moved to hybrid-working, meaning their reliance on the cloud has become imperative. How has the move to hybrid working affected business? But more so, how has it allowed for women to build upon their career development? Being a woman in leadership is often a tough position to be in. Climbing the ladder is often difficult. Breaks from work, maybe pregnancy or care related breaks, can often hinder the development to leadership as resources for support are lacking. Using the cloud to allow for hybrid-working to combat this could perhaps be the key. 

However, data continues to explode exponentially and across many different mediums providing greater potential for threat actions. How are businesses attempting to combat this? Research has shown that a more diverse workforce allows for more creativity and innovation, meaning smarter and new ways to protect data are created. Women within the workforce are key to this. Encouraging more women to join this industry is pivotal to creating a safer digital space. 

Join us in this discussion where we uncover women’s individual journeys to a career within cloud and data. 

Topics of Discussion:

• The skills shortage for women
• Encouraging women to work within cloud and digitalisation 
• The impact of hybrid working
• Protecting data with hybrid-working
• Why aren’t more women coming forward into the industry?

Risk management doesn't always mean eliminating the chance of having a security incident, it's about handling if and when it does occur in a calm, collected, and methodological manner so a small incident doesn’t turn into a major one. Or worst case, a major one is identified and mitigated in minutes, as opposed to days. 

This has a habit of reinforcing the “there is no real ROI” argument that IT leaders regularly hear from the C-level, but a motivated threat actor will not give up just because they were stopped once. 

Join a panel of thought leaders to explore what proactive measures businesses have in place now, what they will look to implement as part of their go-forward strategy to reduce the overall impact and expense of an incident and the potential future ones, and how the shift to the cloud has changed global security strategy. 

Topics of Discussion:

• Identifying challenges with proliferation of attack surfaces 
• Containing attempted attacks 
• Safeguarding a remote/hybrid workforce 
• Increasing speed and effectiveness to respond to cyber security incidents  
• Securing business continuity with Interruptions

How can business leaders adapt to economic uncertainty and use talent data to enhance workforce mobility and transformation? Against the backdrop of a tumultuous global economic climate, finding and keeping the best talent is a business imperative. 

And as leaders face record-breaking attrition rates, and dramatically changed employee expectations, they must shake the trepidation and proactively use the resources at their disposal to stay one step ahead. 
Indeed, organizations are required to build talent pools – even before there is an open role to fill, and of course, explore how AI and talent/skills data can bolster their ambitious talent strategies. 

So, in a landscape where replacing a full-time employee can cost up to 2x the amount of that employee’s annual salary (Gallup) - how are the best-in-class ensuring they’re spending that money where it counts? 

Join Beamery to explore these challenges and uncover how to transform your talent strategy and achieve intelligent workforce planning. 

Topics of Discussion:

• Using skills as a foundation for hiring and workforce planning
• Understanding what's working in the market in 2023 and within your own organization to future proof your talent strategy
• Deconstructing jobs during uncertain economic times

Many organisations have moved to hybrid-working, meaning their reliance on the cloud has become imperative. How has the move to hybrid working affected business? But more so, how has it allowed for women to build upon their career development? Being a woman in leadership is often a tough position to be in. Climbing the ladder is often difficult. Breaks from work, maybe pregnancy or care related breaks, can often hinder the development to leadership as resources for support are lacking. Using the cloud to allow for hybrid-working to combat this could perhaps be the key. 

However, data continues to explode exponentially and across many different mediums providing greater potential for threat actions. How are businesses attempting to combat this? Research has shown that a more diverse workforce allows for more creativity and innovation, meaning smarter and new ways to protect data are created. Women within the workforce are key to this. Encouraging more women to join this industry is pivotal to creating a safer digital space. 

Join us in this discussion where we uncover women’s individual journeys to a career within cloud and data. 

Topics of Discussion:

• The skills shortage for women
• Encouraging women to work within cloud and digitalisation 
• The impact of hybrid working
• Protecting data with hybrid-working
• Why aren’t more women coming forward into the industry?

Whether fuelled by a pandemic or driven by necessity, digital transformation is a constant. Evolving technology and an increasing focus on the need for security are at the heart of every customer’s priority list. 

How well you anticipate their needs is paramount. There’s synergy in meeting a customer where they are on their journey and preparing your support team to adopt the necessary flexibility for successful outcomes.  

In the ongoing spirit of Women’s History Month, This Woman in Cybersecurity panel discussion will be focused on ''The Speed of Evolution: Keeping Pace with Digital Transformation''  

Topics of Discussion:

• Speed of Transformation - “We’re in this together”
• Pace and response times are moving quickly, is technology keeping up?
• The need to adopt and employ a robust cybersecurity plan
• Financial impacts of technology adoption

Despite economic uncertainty, SaaS spending isn’t slowing down. If anything, companies are just getting smarter about what, how, and when they buy. In fact, Gartner predicts worldwide software spend will grow 11.8% in 2023. 

To ensure you're making the most informed SaaS decisions, it’s important to build the right procurement process for your organisation that address the biggest factors influencing SaaS purchases today, like inflation and ongoing public health concerns. 

Topics of Discussion:

• How to identify what to cut across your tech stack
• Tips for managing your software renewal process and avoid things falling through the cracks 
• Ways to increase stack transparency across the business
• Tactics that can be used to address modern economy risks like inflation, ongoing public health concerns, and digital transformation when making SaaS purchases

The consumer journey has changed, and brands are no longer in control. As such, marketers are finding new ways to meet consumers where they are, and effective marketing is harder than ever before. Therefore, it’s essential to communicate in a way that offers authenticity, creativity, and personalization – what better leaders to drive this shift than female changemakers? Change is here, and women are leading the way.

Change never comes easy, and as women more frequently step into elevated leadership roles, we face our own specific set of challenges (and opportunities). With the human-centric approach women bring to leadership, female leaders are particularly equipped to drive the relationship-led marketing strategy necessary to succeed in today’s creator economy. Additionally, studies have shown that the more diverse the group, the more creative and innovative the output, and the more profitable the results.

This roundtable discussion will be an open conversation around the challenges and opportunities facing women in marketing today. Specifically, how we can leverage our strengths to drive change for ourselves, our marketing teams, and our greater industry. 

Topics of Discussion:

• The journey to your career 
• How diversity, in gender and other areas, leads to innovative solutions 
• Barriers to change today (and tools to drive transformation) 
• Why women are uniquely equipped to tackle marketing’s biggest challenges

The consumer journey has changed, and brands are no longer in control. As such, marketers are finding new ways to meet consumers where they are, and effective marketing is harder than ever before. Therefore, it’s essential to communicate in a way that offers authenticity, creativity, and personalization – what better leaders to drive this shift than female changemakers? Change is here, and women are leading the way.

Change never comes easy, and as women more frequently step into elevated leadership roles, we face our own specific set of challenges (and opportunities). With the human-centric approach women bring to leadership, female leaders are particularly equipped to drive the relationship-led marketing strategy necessary to succeed in today’s creator economy. Additionally, studies have shown that the more diverse the group, the more creative and innovative the output, and the more profitable the results.

This roundtable discussion will be an open conversation around the challenges and opportunities facing women in marketing today. Specifically, how we can leverage our strengths to drive change for ourselves, our marketing teams, and our greater industry. 

Topics of Discussion:

• The journey to your career 
• How diversity, in gender and other areas, leads to innovative solutions 
• Barriers to change today (and tools to drive transformation) 
• Why women are uniquely equipped to tackle marketing’s biggest challenges

COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and the rise in inflation levels have increased anxiety for many employees, with many uncertain about their future. Employees mental health and lifestyle has been severely affected by these turbulences, creating challenges that are specific to individuals. A global wellbeing report conducted by Alight found that more than half working remotely positively impacts their overall wellbeing, with 81% saying they’d be interested in working remotely. In order to support employee wellbeing, benefits teams must coordinate with those HR areas that control how flexible work styles are and provide to support remote workers.

Financial instability is also of a big concern for employees with inflation increasing rapidly. Again, Alight found that only 38% of employees rate their financial wellbeing positively. Employees want to regain more control over their finances, yet this is an area many find intimidating and could benefit from help in this area, possibly reducing their anxieties surrounding the global turbulences and thus increasing their positively level for their work. 

HR technologies need to adapt and improve to provide support for their employees. Only 1 in 3 say their HR systems are effective. A proactive employee wellbeing strategy demonstrates to employees that their organisation is genuine about supporting their welfare. Implementing a HR technology that is personalised through AI would allow employees to make better decisions, thus adapting to the global climate and meeting the needs of individual employees. 

Topics of Discussion:

• Global uncertainties effecting employee experience 
• Improvement in HR technology to improve employee experience and wellbeing
• Use of AI to improve employee decisions
• How to improve employees´ financial wellbeing through more flexible means & options