CIO in Metaverse and Augmented Reality

October 6th, 2022 – Radisson Blu Hotel, 10th edition.

Browsing the Internet 30 years ago was a curious experience for most of the people and few would have predicted that this invention will have such a great impact on our life. Thinking about mobility or remote work was senseless while the Wi-Fi networks were invented in 1997. The iPhones appeared on 2007 and everybody laughed on Steve Jobs vision and now we are all carrying our live in our smartphones.

Now, there is Metaverse. This word does not have a definition yet, but analysts predict already 5 trillion USD in Metaverse value by 2030 and private equities and venture capital invested 13 bln USD in 2021. Perhaps Metaverse is the next iteration of the Internet and we have to be ready to embrace it.

Meanwhile, the current technology trends are maturing and evolving. Everything is migrating to the cloud accelerated by the pandemic times. The artificial intelligence and the machine learning occupied their space and they are developing new services for the companies and customers. Analytics and BIG Data increased their shares in the IT departments portfolios and the applicability of the blockchain become very visible. Some large financial institutions are betting on NFTs and crypto world.

But the political and the economic environment are grey and tends to become very dark. It is not about one crises. There are a set of crises that will explode soon. The war on Ukraine brought the cyberwar to an unprecedented level and the economists predicts another Great Recession. And again, all the eyes are on the CIOs. Will the companies continue to invest in technology to remain on the market or will they go back to the cutting costs philosophy? What is the next move of the CIOs?

Main topics:

• Top digital trends for 2023. How the future will look like?
• Everything moves to the Cloud. What systems will remain on premise?
• Edge Computing. How to build a Cloud and multi-cloud strategy?.
• Transforming the business models through Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning and Robotics
• Digital Business Transformation and New type of businesses
• What is Metaverse?
• Ransomware and the latest cyber protection. Zero trust architecture.
• Cybersecurity challenges into the digital world. How the Ukraine war impacted on business?
• Security by design. Industrial Control Systems vulnerabilities.
• Disaster Recovery and the Business Continuity.
• Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics
• Data Governance. Data Protection. Security, Risk and compliance
• European Digital Agenda. GAIA-X, Digital Markets Act.
• Where to apply the blockchain technology in the business?
• What is the role of the CIOs in the VUCA New world order?
• Delivering the future of work. The digital work force.

Section 1: TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY

 Section 2: CYBERSECURITY RESILIENCE

 Section 3: ACCELERATED DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION