9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT – Registration & Networking Breakfast

10:00 AM EDT – Welcome Remarks

• Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

10:05 AM EDT – Opening Remarks

• Bill Lobig, Vice President, IBM Automation Product Management, IBM

10:10 AM EDT – Enabling Efficiency: How Much Work Can be Automated 

When it comes to workforce transformation, there’s no question automation wields great influence. Nearly all occupations will be affected by automation, but how much work can be fully automated? In this panel leaders will explore fundamental changes occurring in their organizations and where automation will have the most impact. How are digital solutions improving operations and profitability? What are the challenges to implementation, manage IT overload and combat social apprehension?

• Amy Brady, Chief Information Officer, KeyBank
• Brad Sorenson, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Boston Scientific
• Moderator: Mandeep Singh, TMT Team Lead & Senior Analyst & Host, “Tech Disruptors”, Bloomberg Intelligence

10:35 AM EDT – IBM Sponsor Spotlight: Can Intelligent Automation Redefine Work in the Public Sector?

When COVID lockdowns hit, public sector employees became a lifeline for many in their community who continued to need benefits payments, healthcare support and more. Those government organizations that had digitized and automated their core processes continued operations with skeleton crews, allowing most of their workforce to focus on delivering human services. Join George Warner, Founder, Horizon View Services and former Director, New York State, Information Technology Services, and Bill Lobig, Vice President, IBM Automation, in a discussion about how intelligent automation can redefine work for the public sector.

• George Warner, Founder, Horizon View Services
• Moderator: Bill Lobig, Vice President, IBM Automation Product Management, IBM

10:45 AM EDT – Bloomberg Intelligence Presentation: How Could Metaverse Enable Automation & Transform Work

The metaverse is coming and will transform how we work, where we work, and the jobs we can do. Major enterprises have already started to embrace Metaverse technologies to simulate experiences in the virtual world before moving into the physical world to optimize production, reduce labor costs and upskill employees. In this session we’ll explore technological accelerations that are paving the way to a new reality and the role automation plays in the metaverse.

• Presenter: Mandeep Singh, TMT Team Lead & Senior Analyst & Host, “Tech Disruptors”, Bloomberg Intelligence

11:00 AM EDT – AI, Data, Automation: The Digital Roadmap to Transform Work

In this session, executives discuss the changing nature of work. How data skills will give employees a competitive edge for the future and how strides in digitization and automation will improve workforce operations and accommodate the “work from anywhere” economy.

• Sears Merritt, Head of Technology & Data, MassMutual
• Nick Perugini, SVP & CIO, Corporate Functions & Capital Technology, General Electric
• JoAnn Stonier, Chief Data Officer, Mastercard
• Moderator: Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

11:25 AM EDT – Closing Remarks

• Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

11:30 AM EDT – Program Concludes