Janet Schijns

Today’s business and technology environment doesn’t allow for you to take your time when it comes to success. Today’s leaders must quickly design and develop new paths to growth that can both outperform and outfox their competitors. This session is not for the faint of heart or the conservative “18 month” timeline planners; it’s designed for leaders and their teams who need to consider more agile and disruptive ways to achieve their goals in a 5G edge compute everything as a service world within a quick timeline while maintaining quality and efficiency.

Let’s face it, talent is like milk: it has a shelf-life, and eventually, it will expire. So, what can you do to create a team that can succeed in a world where 5G, edge compute, quantum, robotics and AI can replace at least half of our reason for being? Where digital go to market engagement is replacing physical sales routes in new and exciting ways? How can you evolve (right now) to take advantage of this exciting technology in your business and your life? Come to this session prepared to challenge many of your deeply held beliefs about “how things work” as Janet shares real-life case study examples for the future, and a practical plan to ensure your company and teams still matter in a new world.

The bottom line *is* your bottom line can’t survive without the right choices in the AI arena. If you want to be successful in today’s multifaceted and complicated world, you need the right security posture and the right strategy to win. Come along on a journey through the “puts and takes” of security risks created by the myriad of connected technologies that will make AI mainstream and the largest security risk we have seen in our current world. From 5G to edge computing to quantum computing the business priorities for innovation conflict with the need to secure the plethora of data being thrown off by the “machines”. Come listen to a resident industry expert on how to best prepare yourself for the journey ahead.

Is there a glass ceiling for diversity candidates? If so, then who puts it there, and how do we shatter it? What will it take to finally have women entrepreneurs and executives at the top of the totem pole? In this session, you will hear from a C-suite executive who will share the reality (the good, the bad, and the ugly) behind her journey to the top and what we can all do to ensure that we support diversity leadership at every level, in every facet of our businesses.

It seems every firm now considers itself a technology firm (or looking to become one). Technology use in customer experience, sales, marketing, product and operations is no longer just the stuff that “Geekspeak” is made of—it’s for all of us. Most importantly today’s organizations cannot afford to get left behind on this very critical journey using 5G to power their growth. Come along with the talented Janet Schijns as she breaks it down into language and concepts everyone within your organization can understand, get behind and get moving on—today.