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With one of the most turbulent and transformational years the world has seen drawing to a close, there has never been a more pressing need for business leaders to reimagine what’s possible through the lens of innovation. Join EY’s Global Chief innovation Officer Jeff Wong as he explains how to harness this unprecedented opportunity to drive growth for long-term value creation, whilst implementing business practices that foster a more diverse, sustainable and equitable future for all. Giving you the tools to turn times of volatility into moments of discovery.

Cathy delves into responsible AI and her recent work with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and Harvard on Workforce Transformation, the role of work training programs as well as ensuring AI is free of bias.

Google’s Office of the CTO (OCTO) is made up of senior Google technology experts and former enterprise CTOs. Given than no one person can adequately cover and connect all the topics that a customer wants to explore, the OCTO is uniquely potent. Join its leader, Will Grannis, as he digs into examples of how the OCTO is transforming entire businesses. Will also tackles how the OCTO is helping customers amid COVID and overall expectations of the C-Suite.

Healthcare today experiences high costs, limited access, and variable quality and experience, stemming from poor user design, lack of insights, and poor data access. Additionally, consumer demands and expectations of their healthcare experience are changing, the industry is shifting from volume to value, and technology is rapidly advancing. Vish will discuss a 3-horizon model that is transforming Walgreens Boots Alliance into a consumer-centric healthcare company.

Join Mr. Mariano as he discusses the Global Strategy On Digital Health and its vision to improve health for everyone, everywhere, by accelerating the development and adoption of appropriate, scalable, and sustainable person-centric digital health solutions to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals.

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, we developed an online interactive dashboard, first released publicly on January 22, 2020, hosted by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The dashboard visualizes and tracks the number of reported confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries for all countries affected by COVID-19. Further, all the data collected and displayed on the dashboard is made freely available in a GitHub repository, along with the live feature layers of the dashboard. The motivation behind the development of the dashboard was to provide researchers, public health authorities and the general public with a user-friendly tool to track the outbreak situation as it unfolds, critically, with access to the data underlying it. The demand for such a service became evident in the first weeks the dashboard was online, and by the end of February we were receiving over one billion requests for the dashboard feature layers every day, which since increased to between three and 4.5 billion requests every day. The dashboard has been featured on most major national and international media outlets (NYT, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, etc), and is either directly embedded in their websites, or used as the data source for in-house mapping efforts. Further, members of the public health community, including local and national governmental organizations, emergency response teams, public health agencies, and infectious disease researchers around the world rely on the dashboard and its data for informing and planning COVID-19 response. In this talk I will give a brief overview of the evolution of the dashboard, discuss some of the challenges we faced along the way, and suggest some methods by which disease tracking could be done better in the future.

• In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, we (CSSE) developed an online interactive dashboard to visualize and track the number of reported confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries for all countries affected by COVID-19. The underlying principles guiding the effort from day one have been open data and open science.
• The value for information has never been more apparent. Requests for the data have reached 4.5 billion per day. The data is relied upon by the general public, media outlets, researchers, public health agencies, and government policy makers to inform COVID-19 response.
• We have encountered many challenges throughout this data collection and sharing effort. In response, we have identified critical features that must be embedded into future infrastructure for real-time reporting and open data sharing during an ongoing public health crisis.

Technology has long enabled customer-centric innovation, but in this session, we will explore how tech will help to drive the rebuilding of the travel industry, particularly given the realities of a post-pandemic world. Matt Swann, Chief Technology Officer at Booking.com, will discuss how Booking.com has leveraged tech to adapt and meet the customer needs during the height of the pandemic, and how they are innovating both product and tech to adjust for the future of travel.

With cyber-attacks having increased massively since the recent pandemic, organizations and individuals now face more threats to their information security than ever before. This session paints a picture of the current threat landscape, lays out a path to protect against data breaches and hacking as well as discusses the importance of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

Today’s content is more visual, deeply immersive and connected. The power to create this type of content comes from real-time 3D (RT3D), a technology forged in gaming and currently changing other industries. This session will explore the areas that real-time creation impacts, including media and entertainment, industrial and more, and will include real-life examples to illustrate the power of real-time as the catalyst for change in the world.

Future immersive experiences will rise from the intersection of Extended Reality, Collaboration and AI technologies. Join Paul as he outlines HP’s vision and maps the steps of the journey that begins with the world’s most intelligent Virtual Reality headset and data-driven, revolutionary experiences.

UPS hold many ‘world firsts,’ one of which is being the first organization to fly commercial drone deliveries outside the visual line of sight. Join Juan Perez as he paints a picture for a whole new world of speed, convenience and safety achievable through innovative new technologies such as drones, AI and self-driving cars.

Jonathan and Brad sit down to discuss the role of blockchain tech both in terms of how COVID-19 is changing the world and how the U.S / China confrontation and other geopolitical conflicts are changing the nature of global commerce. They also delve into Ripple’s business and the role of virtual currencies and new types of payment systems in enterprises.

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The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (OET) develops national educational technology policy and establishes the vision for how technology can be used to transform teaching and learning and how to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible for early learners through K-12, higher education, and adult education.

2020 dramatically altered the landscape of work, and business leaders have been forced to make important and swift changes to keep pace with the uncertainty. We’ve learned that we can be more remote than we ever thought was possible. As we head into 2021 and with the promise of vaccines on the horizon, this panel will explore the ways the workplace has changed forever, what we’ll revert back to, and how we’ve gotten creative with technology along the way.

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The rapid development of AI raises urgent questions about ethics and consumer protection issues — from bias, accountability and fairness to social justice and the integrity of our democracy. In this panel discussion, we will discuss why should private/public leaders care about trust gaps in AI, the areas leaders should prioritize, and finally how to close these gaps.

There will be 10 billion people living on our planet by 2050. Already today, half the world has no access to healthcare. In the developed world huge healthcare adds to rising costs, making models for care delivery unsustainable. In addition, the world’s healthcare systems account for 4% of global CO2 emissions, more than aviation or shipping. Our healthcare systems are unsustainable. Against the backdrop of these challenges, the world is battling the global COVID-19 pandemic putting care providers under increased, immense pressure to innovate and ensure access to quality care. Jeroen Tas, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Philips will share his views on how new digital models of networked care delivery can enable sustainable healthcare within the ecological boundaries of our planet.

• How Philips has reinforced its leadership as a purpose-driven company to deliver on its commitment to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation, positively impacting 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030
• How emerging digital technologies support the transition to sustainable healthcare
• How innovative business models drive sustainable transformation

Joy sheds light on the technology’s enormous potential in promoting more sustainable living. Ddigital inclusion, environmental protection, security and trustworthiness, and healthy and harmonious ecosystems are four key areas of this interesting discussion which will also examine the importance of companies and counties working together to make meaningful progress in sustainable socioeconomic development.

Ken delves into Ford’s next generation vehicle electrical architectures; sensing and computing stacks; energy, propulsion, and sustainability; advanced materials and manufacturing; and controls and automated systems.

A growing global population, decreasing agricultural land due to urbanization and accelerating climate change has put innovation and technology on center stage. Learn how Cargill is using innovation to provide bold, sustainable solutions from alternative proteins to natural, low calorie sweeteners by fermentation to bio-industrials.

• Technologies such as bio-informatics, protein production, synthetic biology and ingredient informatics are advancing exponentially and are entering the agrifood space at a rapid pace
• The power of Cargill, combining cutting edge innovation with one of the world’s largest global supply chains, is changing the way our food is produced with sustainability and health as the most critical drivers
• Key examples of how Cargill is winning range from alternative protein production to healthier, low carbon footprint sweeteners to health technologies

Digital technologies have become vital during COVID-19. In times of crisis, from natural disasters to pandemics, digital connectivity is what is keeping people, governments and businesses connected. Yet half of the world’s population is still without internet access, with the vast majority concentrated in developing countries. Closing the Digital Divide will require global leaders in public sector and private sector innovators, including young entrepreneurs, to discuss new ways to accelerate digital access and create ubiquitous, affordable, and reliable connectivity for all, especially the poorest and most vulnerable communities. A powerful call to action on behalf of women and girls, who are still being left out of the fastest-growing and highest-paying jobs in the tech revolution. Digital Talent program that focus on education and training as key to levelling the playing field. Interventions from tech leaders and entrepreneurs who are working to close the connectivity gap by creating scalable, sustainable platforms and jobs for the youth and women in society. In this fireside chat, we will discuss the opportunities for Digital Economy in Smart Green Cities and Digital Government as the foundation for society to develop resiliency in the post COVID world. At the same time, we are mindful of the dark side of technology and data governance such as personal data protection regulation to address citizens' and consumers' rights yet fostering digital economic growth while fostering private sector innovation.

Technology is a key enabler allowing a whole raft of industries to meet their own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This session will delve into how technology is driving more sustainable operating and business models across a variety of industries.

Frank Nazzaro, CIO of Freddie Mac, explains how the modern delivery software development model, which goes beyond Agile, increases development velocity and quality.

*Please note: This interview is conducted by Reuters Editorial, which operates independently from the Reuters commercial operations. Reuters journalists have the sole right to determine who they interview and the questions they ask, with no regard to sponsorship and in keeping with the Trust Principles of integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

• Understand how COVID-19 has changed business forever and how companies like Dropbox need to embrace the opportunity and build products for distributed teams
• Learn about adjusting product strategy and roadmaps to deliver tools that support a virtual first world
• See how the future of technology has changed from a CIO's perspective

Organizations are not lacking good ideas, they are in need of an organizational and mindset change to put execution in the heart of their businesses. What are the operating models that have been successfully used to make innovation a pervasive discipline across the entire enterprise in order to create the agility at scale and the resilience necessary to thrive in the uncertain and unpredictable new business environment?

The tech sector spawns the most innovative, disruptive and successful companies in the world but identifying entrepreneurs with big visions able to executive high growth plans is key! This diverse panel will plot the steps needed to successfully navigate the technology investment landscape to secure those top-tier groundbreaking deals!