Agenda
Morning – 16:45 CEST:
Arrival and Registration at Hotel SOFIA
16:45 – 17:00 CEST:
Assembly of guests at Conference Foyer
17:00 – 17:05 CEST:
General Welcome: Masters of Ceremonies, Rosanna Lockwood and Tim Wagemakers
17:05 – 17:15 CEST:
Opening TCS Summit 2023: Introduction Saptha Chapalapalli, Head of Europe, TCS and Amit Kapur, Head of UK and Ireland, TCS
17:15 – 18:00 CEST:
Keynote: The art of making the impossible possible by Bertrand Piccard, Explorer and Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation
18:00 – 18:45 CEST:
Panel: Emerging tech trends everyone must be ready for
Featuring:
Ipek Ozsuer, Chief Digital and Information Officer, dsm-firmenich
Harsha Deshmukh, Executive Vice President & CIO, Infineon Technologies AG
Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE for SAP Product Engineering, SAP SE
Rob Elsey, Group Chief Digital Information Officer, Co-op
Moderated by Tim Wagemakers
18:45 – 22:30 CEST:
Welcome Reception at Hotel SOFIA’s Garden
Thursday, 28 September
07:00 – 08:30 CEST:
Breakfast
08:45 – 09:00 CEST:
Assembly of guests at Conference Foyer
09:00 – 09:05 CEST:
General Welcome: Masters of Ceremonies, Rosanna Lockwood and Tim Wagemakers
09:05 – 09:35 CEST:
Keynote Address: K. Krithivasan, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, TCS
09:35 – 10:20 CEST:
Interview: Geopolitics in dynamic times with Prof. Alexander Stubb, Former PM of Finland and The Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State
Moderated by Rosanne Lockwood
10:20 – 10:50 CEST:
Coffee Break at Conference Foyer
10:50 – 11:35 CEST:
Panel: The state of innovation
Featuring:
Jerzy Janeczko, Chief Information Officer, Lonza
Howard Watson, Chief Security and Networks Officer, BT Group CTO, BT Group PLC
Archana Jain, Group CTO, and Head of Infrastructure Services and Security, Zurich Insurance
Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Chief Experience Officer, Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited
Dr. Harrick Vin, CTO, TCS
Moderated by Tim Wagemakers
11:35 – 12:20 CEST:
Interview: The role of business in building greater futures with N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons in conversation with Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times.
Moderated by Rosanna Lockwood
12:20 – 12:30 CEST:
Wrap up: Master of Ceremonies, Rosanna Lockwood and Tim Wagemakers
12:30 – 13:30 CEST:
Buffet Lunch at Conference Foyer
13:30 – 17:30 CEST:
Pre-registered Networking Activities
18:30 – 19:00 CEST:
Departure to Gala Dinner
19:00 – 22:30 CEST:
Gala Dinner at Caves Codorníu. Located just 30 minutes from Barcelona, Caves Codorníu is the oldest wine and cava producer in Spain
Friday, 29 September
07:00 – 09:00 CEST:
Breakfast
07:15 – 08:45 CEST:
City Run: Stimulating 3K/5K morning run along Avinguda Diagonal
09:15 – 09:30 CEST:
Assembly of guests at Conference Foyer
09:30 – 09:35 CEST:
General Welcome: Masters of Ceremonies, Rosanna Lockwood and Tim Wagemakers
09:35 – 10:45 CEST:
Pitch: The Changemakers
Featuring:
Jörgen Hellberg, CIO, PostNord
Christopher Blatchford, Chief Technology Officer, Kingfisher Group Plc
Vera Ingallati, VP, Global Application Management Systems, Sodexo
Dr. Marcus Heidmann, co-CIO Private Bank, Deutsche Bank
10:45 – 11:15 CEST:
Coffee Break at Conference Foyer
11:15 – 12:00 CEST:
Panel: Accelerating the sustainable enterprise
Featuring:
Helen Dean, CEO, Nest Corporation
Bryan O'Connor, CEO and Executive Director, AIB Life
Eelco van der Enden, Chief Executive Officer, Global Reporting Initiative
Moderated by Rosanna Lockwood
12:00 – 13:00 CEST:
Interview: The Gamechangers with Paula Radcliffe, former long-distance runner and champion, Marlou van Rhijn, triple Paralympic champion in sprint distances and Nils van der Poel, world- and Olympic champion speed skating
Moderated by Rosanna Lockwood
13:00 – 13:15 CEST:
TCS Summit Europe 2023 take-aways: Saptha Chapalapalli, Head of Europe, TCS and Amit Kapur, Head of UK&I, TCS
13:15 – 14:30 CEST:
Closing Lunch
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