AGENDA 2019
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AGENDA
8.00 – 9.00
Registration and morning coffee
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CONFERENCE CHAIR: Paweł Oksanowicz, TV and radio presenter |
9.00 – 9.10
Opening and welcome
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Mirosław Andziak President & CEO of InfiniteDATA |
Morning plenary session (Conference room: Opera Ballroom, second floor)
9.10 – 9.50
AI as a key change driver
Artificial Intelligence is being viewed as the key change agent in the way business will operate worldwide. Let look closer at what might happen and what is happing right now. Cybersecurity as a good example of how AI will change the rules of the game – due to automation in the detection and response.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Menny Berzilay, Tel-Aviv University Watch the video from Menny Berzilay |
9.50 -10.20
Retail as tech sector
The long- and short-term impact of automation on the retail sector. Why the way we sell and buy will be quite different from that what we know today ….
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Cate Trotter, Insider Trends Watch the video from Cate Trotter |
10.20 – 10.35
Coffee break
10.35 – 10:55
Towards Democratized Automation
Automation is not only about cost reduction. It is about being capable of doing things beyond our traditional reach. Mirek will highlight the latest enterprise automation trends and will talk about how to achieve the highest levels of automation maturity in the enterprise environment.
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Mirosław Andziak President & CEO of InfiniteDATA |
10:55 – 11:05
Global announcement of EMA Radar Report for Workload Automation 2019
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Dan Twing, President and Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise Management Associates |
11.05 -11.45
Panel discussion:
Evolution of Enterprise – how AI, automation and cognitive tools will shape the business
We all know there is no Digital Transformation without Automation – but what are key factors here? What really stops enterprises to enter the automation journey? Are they aware of real benefits that are achievable today? Do they believe in the concept of digital citizenship and automation democratization in the enterprise? Are big organizations ready do approach and adapt AI tools? And finally – how might IT looks like in 10 years?
PANELISTS:
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Oktawiusz Kacza, VP, Sabre Polska |
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Dan Twing, President and Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise Management Associates |
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Karol Mazurek, Managing Director, Accenture |
PANEL MODERATOR:
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Paweł Oksanowicz, TV and radio presenter |
11.45 -12.00
Automation Excellence Awards 2019 Ceremony
12.00 – 12.20
Coffee break
12.20 – 14.00
Parallel tracks
Enterprise Automation and Orchestration
Automation of IT itself – how to conquer the increasing technological complexity and cost
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CHAIRMAN: Paweł Oksanowicz, TV and radio presenter |
(Conference room: DonGiovanni, second floor)
12.20 – 12.50
Latest News on Enterprise Automation
The latest research study results on the enterprise automation market. Review of the software vendors in enterprise automation space. Latest the EMA Radar Report 2019 results brefing.
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Dan Twing, President and Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise Management Associates |
12.50 – 13.20
AutomateNOW! Roadmap update
Adam will provide the latest updates to AutomateNOW! platform roadmap. Will explain and share the vision for the platform for the next 3 years to come, InfiniteDATA Lab focus and priorities, and R&D initiatives.
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Adam Kaczmarek, Chief Technology Officer, InfiniteDATA |
13.20 – 13.40
Datawarehouse automation success story
The story of the automation project. Its origin, assumptions, implementation challenges and results. The case study that brings the perspective of 'Before' and 'After', experience sharing and valuable lessons learned.
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Daniel Sosiński, Presales & Senior Architect, InfiniteDATA |
13.40 – 14.00
Democratized Automation - Opportunities and Threats of digital citizenship approach to enterprise automation.
A discussion panel of experts in the Enterprise Automation field, that reveals the brights and shadows of democratized approach to enterprise automation. Panelists will discuss the automation maturity of the organizations and their impact on digital transformation strategies.
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Ariel Kenneth Ampol, Customer Success Manager and PH Site Leader, InfiniteDATA |
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Pekka Barck, Asia Business Development Manager, InfiniteDATA |
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Łukasz Gliński, Technology Consulting Manager, Accenture |
RPA and AI
Nothing will be the same – how cognitive tools and Robotic Process Automation will shape and change the way enterprises operate
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CHAIRMAN: Michalina Krupa, Accenture |
(Conference room: Carmen, second floor)
12.20 – 12.50
How to effectively set up Target Operating Model for Intelligent Automation program
Let’s discuss challenges of: mapping key benefits against strategic goals, defining governance rules and the organizational design, creating pipeline qualification process, agreeing on delivery and service model, designing a scalable technical environment to support robot development.
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Michalina Krupa, Intelligent Automation Manager, Accenture |
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Monika Jaroń, Head of Business Organization & Projects Department, UNIQA |
12.50 – 13.20
Democratize process automation and the use of AI. The role of RPA in the IT toolset and the threat of the shadow IT
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Aleksander Kania, Director, UiPath |
13.20 – 13.40
Voicebot revolution in telecom’s customer care
Evolution of processes management in Enterprise – growing role of AI. What is MAX and why it is excellent example of how we can automate and simplify processes. Why we have chosen voicebot instead of chatbot (what is far more popular solution)? What is the easy part and what is the hard part if you have to deal with bots. Where are the boundaries of applicable AI today?
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Remigiusz Franek, Director Customer Care Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Development, Orange Poland |
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Marek Młyniec, Partner Technology Consulting Leader, PWC Advisory |
13.40 – 14.00
Automation for the Speed of Change
All roads lead to automation for the modern enterprise, but there are hidden perils for the teams and businesses on the way.The ability to change fast while delivering high quality has become imperative for all businesses (small, medium, large). So, the question is not if testing will change, but how?
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Join Peter as he share his insights on:
-The dark side of scaling Agile in the enterprise
-The roles that test automation plays in a broader enterprise automation roadmap
-Research on what quality practices and metrics separate DevOps leaders from laggards
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Peter Szedlacek, Director of Alliances EMEA, Tricentis |
Data & Cloud
In the deep ocean of data – what will the future analytics look like in the cloud and bigdata world
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CHAIRMAN: Michał Jaworski, Microsoft |
(Conference room: LaBoheme, second floor)
12.20 – 12.50
Modern Data Infrastructure in a Hybrid, Heterogenous Enterprise Environment on Azure with Process Automation. Emotional Story.
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Piotr Zając, Cloud Solutions Architect in Microsoft |
12.50 – 13.20
The role of Cloud in an artificial intelligence with regard to smart claims
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Maciej Skowroński, Intelligent Automation Capability and Delivery Lead, Accenture |
13.20 – 13.40
Data Quality process automation in complex environments
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Konrad Mokrzański, Presales Manger & Architect, Integral Solutions |
13.40 – 14.00
Snowflake the Data Warehouse built for the Cloud
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Piotr Pietrzkiewicz, Sales Engineer, Snowflake |
Workshops - Part 1
this is complimentary element of the Enterprise Automation Forum 2019 agenda – you have to register for workshops separately
1. Model-based Test Automation and yes, without programming!
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Roman Zednik, Global Team Lead Solution Architects, Tricentis |
(Conference room: Rubinstein, third floor)
2. AutomateNOW! - leveraging microservices architecture with JLupin
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Marek Bodzan, Principal Architect, InfiniteDATA |
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Piotr Heilman, Software Developer, JLupin Software Studio |
(Conference room: Chopin, third floor)
3. AutomateNOW! and SAS platform integration
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During the workshop we will present existing capabilities and possible integration scenarios between AutomateNOW and SAS platform. SAS® Data Integration Studio is one of key elements of SAS platform commonly used when implementing data warehouses and analytical repositories. SAS DI Studio jobs can be embedded in processing flows of AutomateNOW using dedicated plugins which utilize SAS Metadata to control both definition and execution of those jobs. This allows for full and easy to maintain integration of analytical data processing with enterprise class workload automation solution.. The workshop will showcase simple case study of integration of both technologies deployed on public cloud infrastructure.
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Piotr Florczyk, Data Engineer, SCS Expert |
(Conference room: Paderewski, third floor)
14.00 -14.50
Lunch (Foyer, second floor)
14.50 – 16.20
Afternoon plenary session (Conference room: Opera Ballroom, second floor)
14.50 – 15.30
Change now!
What stops us from undergoing a change and what we can do about it? How to conquer fears, doubts and our inner resistance to change. Personal perspective.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Henri Hypponen, Creative Director, Author, Speaker & Entrepreneur Watch the video from Henri Hypponen |
15.30 – 16.20
Roundtable discussion session
Parallel roundtable discussions are the part of the conference that engages all participants. It serves several purposes. First of all, participants have the opportunity to exchange their opinions and experiences about a specific issue that is important to that group. Secondly, participants can meet and talk with the leader/host of the roundtable discussion – they are selected professionals with vast knowledge and experience.
There will be one session of discussions - every conference participant can take part in one discussion.
Among several proposed roundtable discussions:
Enterprise Automation and Orchestration
1. Opportunities and threats of democratized approach to automation?
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Pekka Barck, Asia Business Development Manager, InfiniteDATA |
2. How ITOps process automation will look like in 10 years from now?
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Ariel Kenneth Ampol, Customer Success Manager and PH Site Leader, InfiniteDATA |
3. What are the boundaries of AI adoption by Enterprise Automation platforms?
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Grażyna Zyszczak, Business Development Executive, InfiniteDATA Services |
RPA and AI
4. Common mistakes in RPA implementation project and how to avoid them? Pilot RPA projects – how to identify processes that should be automated?
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Paweł Stanaszek, Business Support Solution S.A., Pelion Group |
5. Who should be in charge of AI and RPA initiatives – IT or business?
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Jakub Żmuda, Acting IT Director, PLL LOT |
Data & Cloud
6. Clouds, robots, users and licences
How to navigate in the growing complexity of possible models of how digital services are being valued and priced – to choose the safe path in digital transformation journey, to save money and avoid litigations
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Marcin Maruta, Senior Partner, Maruta Wachta Law Firm |
7. Digital transformation into a sustainable, efficient organization.
At this expert table you will be equipped with best practice and insights how to build a sustainable, digital organization based on 5 important pillars: efficiency, simplicity, technology and digitalization/automation.
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Michaela Caroline Jarisch, Executive Innovation & Business Development, A1 Telekom Austria |
Workshops - Part 2
(this is complimentary element of the Enterprise Automation Forum 2019 agenda – you have to register for workshops separately)
1. From zero to Snowflake in 90 minutes
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Piotr Pietrzkiewicz, Sales Engineer, Snowflake |
(Conference room: Rubinstein, third floor)
2. AutomateNOW! sensors, monitors and infinite integration workshop
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Krystian Stępień, Head of Consulting Practice, Solution Architect, InfiniteDATA |
(Conference room: Chopin, third floor)
16.20 – 16.30
Closing and final remarks
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Mirosław Andziak President & CEO of InfiniteDATA |
Participants of Enterprise Automation Forum will learn from real leaders and practitioners. This is a full-day conference - with great keynotes, intensive parallel tracks and valuable roundtable session.
More details soon.
Enterprise Automation Forum Report 2018
This report is one of the results of the Enterprise Automation Forum 2018.