IDC West Africa CIO Summit 2021 | International Data Corporation (IDC) | 17 June 2021 | Virtual Event
Venue
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| Event Date |
Thu Jun 17 CEST (over 3 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Thu Jun 17 5:00am - Thu Jun 17 8:15am |
| Location | Virtual Event |
| Region | EMEA |
Details
While COVID-19 has disrupted every element of global business, it has also demonstrated the critical importance of digital transformation. As the journey from crisis to recovery gets underway, the enablement of a Future Enterprise must be the end goal for any successful business.
The digital installment of the IDC West Africa CIO Summit 2021 will navigate a broad range of themes that are central to this journey, so join us as senior IDC analysts and respected IT leaders take a deep dive into the new economy and explore what it means for your business.
The event’s dynamic agenda will take you through a series of presentations, panel discussions, real-life use cases, and dedicated industry tracks, giving you a bird’s eye view of the current market situation, the latest technological innovations, and strategies for propelling your organization to meet the unique challenges of these unprecedented times.
Speakers
2021 Speakers
Mark Walker
Associate Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Meredith Whalen
Chief Research Officer, IDC
Ian Jansen van Rensburg
Chief Technologist and Senior SE Manager, VMware
Karan Dixit
Vice President, Middle East & Africa – UiPath
Frank Dickson
Program Vice President, Cybersecurity Products, IDC Worldwide
Rory Duncan
Research Vice President, Cloud Service Providers, IDC
Matthew Eastwood
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure, Cloud, Developers and Alliances, IDC
Waseem Youssef
Systems Engineering Manager for North, East and West Africa, Palo Alto Networks
Bradley Smith
Market Development Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, Citrix
Thabiso Hlatshwayo
Solution Consulting Manager, OpenText Africa
Ravi Baldev
Manager of Data Protection Solutions, Dell
Saqib Chaudhry
Head of Digital Innovation and Development, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Tim Youngblood
Former CISO, McDonald's (USA)
Mike Towers
CISO, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International (USA)
Rasha M Abu AlSaud
Head of Information Security Risk, Leading Bank in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Jihad Mohaidat
VP, Education Technologies, Higher College of Technology (HCT) (UAE)
William Braun
CIO, Chevron Corporation (USA)
Vipin Gupta
CIO, Toyota Financial Services (USA)
Louise van der Bank
CIO, AfriSam (South Africa)
Ghinwa Baradhi
Chief Information Officer MENAT, HSBC Bank (UAE)
Sanjay Khanna
CIO, RAKBANK (UAE)
Taif Muhsin
VP, Integrated Operations, Innovation & Future Technologies, Expo 2020
Nick Burton
Chief Information & Digital Officer, AVON International (UK)
Mariana Pereira
Director of Email Security Products, Darktrace
Ifeyinwa Kojo
Sales Lead, Hewlett Packard Enterprise operated by Selectium
Karthik Ananda Rao
Chief Evangelist, ManageEngine
Justice Anyai
Senior Security Architect and Evangelist, Checkpoint
Stuart McKenzie
Senior Vice President, Mandiant EMEA
Sponsors & Partners
2021 Partners
STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• NITDA
SUMMIT PARTNER:
• VMWare
• UiPath
PLATINUM PARTNER:
• OpenText
• Dell Technologies
• Palo Alto Networks
• Citrix
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP PARTNER:
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise operated by Selectium
• ManageEngine
• Darktrace
• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd
• FireEye
• Poly