February 7: Governing IA for Long-Term Success

Danilo has ran 3 major global transformation programs in different industries and companies, all market leading organisations. In this keynote Danilo will be taking pages out of his own tried and tested book where he will explain, using real life examples, how to design and deliver a transformation program that creates significant impact. He will be covering:

• What technologies you will need
• Why there is no silver bullet to transforming a company (a common mistake)
• How does the maturity curve evolve over time and how to use it to measure where your company is at (transformation is a journey)
• What major ingredients do you need holistically to make transformation a success (its not all about technology)

Field of Study: 0.6 CPEs for Information Technology – Technical 

Danilo McGarry

Head of Digital Transformation
Alter Domus

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Federated models of governance are used to scale RPA across the enterprise. This session will discuss how a federated model differs from traditional centralized governance structures and the security it offers as a governance structure. 

• The role of a federated CoE as a strategic and supportive function 
• How business units work within a federated model to design, develop and deliver RPA 
• The guardrails in place to ensure the correct security, restrictions and access authorization 

Field of Study: 0.6 CPEs for Information Technology – Technical 

Craig Ward

VP, Controller
LSC Communications, LLC - Lakeside Book Company

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Document extraction and predictive analytics emerged as key investment priorities of automation leaders as reported by SSON Analytics. While Optical Character Recognition (OCR) has often been prized for its ability to digitize PDFs, its far-from-seamless integration into data systems means it lacks the intelligence to carry digitization beyond a single task. This session will look at how true paperless capabilities require more than an OCR tool, including: 

• Past the PDF: the technology needed to identify, extract and insert data into enterprise systems 
• How content reading tools fit into scaled automation 
• How content reading can enable to the automation of new processes 

Field of Study: 0.6 CPEs for Information Technology – Technical 

Benjamin Berkowitz

Digital Process Automation, Director Data, Technology, & Engineering
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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