Business Innovation Summit 2024 | The Economist | 19 March 2024 | etc.venues Bishopsgate, London, 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3YD, UK

Empowering leaders to innovate and seize growth opportunities through generative AI and other emerging technologies.
Generative AI has dominated the media but what does it mean for companies? Can the technology unlock transformative new efficiencies across business functions? Balancing the risks and opportunities will be crucial for productivity and growth.

This conference convenes senior executives from a range of industries and disciplines—including strategy, technology, operations and marketing—to discuss specific examples and case studies. Get fresh perspectives and actionable insights from more than 70 influential speakers with debates and panel discussions on the most pertinent business issues for C-suite executives.

Who attended?
• Seniority: C-level, VP/SVP, senior directors, senior partner, company secretary, directors, partner, global/dept. heads, managers.
• Job function: strategy, growth, operations, data, analytics, technology, digital, innovation, digital transformation, people, talent, human resources, DEI, culture, and wellbeing
• Other: start-ups and entrepreneurs, future of work influencers, authors, philanthropists, mental health ambassadors

2024 Speakers

Vittorio Cretella
Chief information officer, Procter & Gamble

Valeriya Ionan
Deputy minister for Eurointegration, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Pierre-Yves Calloc’h
Chief digital officer, Pernod Ricard

Prasanna Gopalakrishnan
Group chief technology officer, Sky

Dušan Šenkypl
Interim chief executive, Groupon

Ming Tang
Chief data and analytics officer, NHS England

Alex Drummond
Chief strategy officer, American Express

Mark Sandys
Chief innovation officer, Diageo

Amanda Clark
Chief operating officer, international, Papa Johns

Dan Shapero
Chief operating officer, LinkedIn

Prerana Issar
Chief people officer, Sainsbury’s

Eric Phillips
Senior vice-president and chief digital officer, Delta Air Lines

Lesley Salmon
Senior vice-president, chief digital & information officer, Kellanova

Katja Busch
Chief commercial officer, DHL

Leslie Cafferty
Senior vice-president and chief communications officer, Booking Holdings Inc.

Georgina Owens
Chief technology officer, William Hill International

Julian David
Chief executive, Tech UK

Yann Bry
Chief strategy and operations officer, AXA Next

Naina Bhattacharya
Chief information security officer, Danone

Ronald den Elzen
Chief digital and technology officer, The HEINEKEN Company

Julia Massies
Managing director, Pernod Ricard UK

Sanjeevan Bala
Group chief data and artificial intelligence officer, ITV Plc

Lucas Herscovici
Chief direct-to-consumer officer, AB Inbev

Dr Rebecca Swift
Senior vice-president, creative content, Getty Images

Nadine Thomson
Global chief technology officer, GroupM

Grzegorz (Greg) Ombach
Senior vice-president, head of disruptive R&T, Airbus

Stephanie Peterson
Chief customer officer, AXA

Koen Burghouts
Global vice-president innovation and general manager new brands, PepsiCo

Nicole Eagan
Chief strategy and AI officer, Darktrace

Scott Somerville
Chief marketing officer, E.ON UK

Philip Davies
President, EMEA, Siegel + Gale

Paul Dongha PhD
Group head of data and AI ethics, Lloyds Banking Group

Neta Meir
Group innovation senior vice-president, Sodexo

Chris Baynham-Hughes
Head of open innovation labs EMEA, Red Hat

Kerry Sheehan
Head of AI policy, UK Government AI Regulation Taskforce

Scott Ellis
Client director and executive committee member, Gate One

Ikhlaq Singh Sidhu
Dean and professor, School of Science & Technology, IE University

Marloes Pomp
Vice-president, European AI Forum

Arco Berkenbosch
Chief innovation officer, Smurfit Kappa

Pinar Ozcan
Professor of entrepreneurship and innovation, Oxford University Saïd Business School

Lee Fulmer
Chairman, reporting and data standards transformation board, The Bank of England

Joseph Moscola
Executive vice-president, Enterprise Services, Northwell Health

Tracy Nesdoly
Vice-president, marketing communications, Rakuten Kobo

Roger Rohatgi
Vice-president, global head of design, BP

Ole Mølskov Bech
Corporate vice-president, NNWay and facilitation, Novo Nordisk

Dr Chandrima Ganguly
Research lead, Diverse AI

Sebastian Weyer
Chief of staff and managing director, Solsten

Bilal Gokpinar
Professor of operations, technology and innovation and head, marketing and analytics, UCL School of Management

Dr Didier Vila
Chief data and AI officer, Utility Warehouse

Subira Jones
Corporate burnout prevention consultant, The Fireproof Career

Dr Christina Yan Zhang
Chief executive, The Metaverse Institute

Christopher Bishop
Chief reinvention officer, Improvising Careers

Thomas Lee-Devlin
Global business correspondent and co-host, Money Talks podcast, The Economist

Arjun Ramani
Global business & economics correspondent, The Economist

John Ferguson
Global head, New Globalisation, Economist Impact

Jeremy Kingsley
Global lead, strategic foresight, Economist Impact

Dexter Thillien
Lead analyst, technology and telecoms, Economist Intelligence Unit

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Darktrace
• Siegel+Gale
• SABANCI

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Red Hat

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Fetch.ai
• Gate One
• Miro

ASSOCIATION SPONSOR:
• Kontent.ai

SUPPORTERS:
• Women In Tech Forum
• AI & Partners
• The Metaverse Institute
• Diverse AI
• CMS