Intelligent Automation Select
MAIN DAY ONE: Sunday, June 23, 2024
11:00 am - 11:30 am
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REGISTRATION & WELCOME ORIENTATION
After signing in at the Registration Desk, kick off your event experience by joining your peers for a delicious luncheon and lively conversation.
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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NETWORKING LUNCHEON
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
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CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
Glen Stambone -
Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Director, Project Management Office,
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM
Glen Stambone
Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Director, Project Management OfficeBOEHRINGER INGELHEIM
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
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PANEL DISCUSSION: DEVELOPING IMPACTFUL AUTOMATION ROADMAPS & EVALUATING THEIR FEASIBILITY & VALUE THEY CAN OFFER YOUR ENTERPRISE
Vivek Goel -
Chief Artificial Intelligence Strategist,
WELLNESS CONNECTION
Seshu Yalamanchili - Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Application Strategy and Execution, VISA
Nick Laughlin - CPA, Director of Process Improvement & Intelligent Automation, BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE
Duffie Brunson - Former Director, Enterprise Data Oversight, FANNIE MAE
Navigating the complex automation landscape demands a strategic roadmap that guides the planning and execution of diverse automation programs. As automation leaders, you are most likely tasked to develop short and long-term automation program roadmaps, and most notably, are measured on how effectively you and your team stick to them – and even more importantly, if the automation roadmaps you crafted and the programs you executed upon provided their intended value to your organization.
In this session, topics of discussion will include, yet will not be limited to:
- Developing highly impactful and realistic automation program roadmaps
- Strategies to identify/manage potential risks & program hiccups associated with a variety of IA program rollouts
- Navigating stakeholders buy-in and adoption – and infrastructure, data, technical, and workforce obstacles
Seshu Yalamanchili
Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Application Strategy and ExecutionVISA
Nick Laughlin
CPA, Director of Process Improvement & Intelligent AutomationBLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESSEE
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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CLIENT USE CASE: A HOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION IN REDEFINING PROCESSES WITH INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
Neeraj Mathur -
Former Director, Intelligent Automation,
MAJOR TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Gourav Datta - Vice President of Intelligent Automation, CIKLUM
In this compelling Use Case session, a major technology company will recount their transformation that focused on the comprehensive redefinition and automation of their Lead-to-Cash operations. Faced with the challenge of rapidly transforming their business model, the organization needed to redefine and automate processes across Demand to Quote, Order to Fulfill, and Invoice to Cash. The session will cover how meticulous business process mapping and implementation of IA best practices led to over 1.6 million hours saved for the business, by way of such activities as: development of key business processes, integration for intelligent document processing, and the implementation of conversational AI for real-time automation. Furthermore, the session will also share insights on formulating a cloud migration strategy that led to the successful migration of over 200 bots from on-premises to the cloud, ensuring quicker deployment and lower operational costs – as well as how they expanded the existing IA Center of Excellence to incorporate process mining to generate actionable insights and drive efficiency improvements across the organization.
In this session, topics of discussion will include, yet will not be limited to:
- Intelligent Automation as an integrated strategy across business functions
- Applying best practices to transform core operations
- Developing strategies for effective cloud migration of automation bots
- Using process mining to scale and sustain value-add automation efforts
Sponsored by: Ciklum
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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NETWORKING BREAK
Enjoy some light snacks and beverages while meeting up with your automation peers.
FIRESIDE CHAT: EFFECTIVE IA PROJECT COLLABORATION BETWEEN AUTOMATION TEAMS AND FUNCTIONAL LEADERS TO PROVIDE VALUABLE BUSINESS OUTCOMES INTO THE ENTERPRISE
3:00 pm - 3:25 pm FIRESIDE CHAT: EFFECTIVE IA PROJECT COLLABORATION BETWEEN AUTOMATION TEAMS AND FUNCTIONAL LEADERS TO PROVIDE VALUABLE BUSINESS OUTCOMES INTO THE ENTERPRISE Vipul Vohra - Head of Business Process Excellence & Automation, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISESAdam Smykowski - Head of Solutions, VALLEY BANK
Curt Burghardt - Vice President of People Delivery, UNUM
As organizations, most notably enterprise organizations, prioritize their digital transformation initiatives, the spotlight turns to process automation as a means to enhance efficiency across various functional areas. However, before automation can take center stage, it requires a concerted effort involving automation teams, functional departments, governance, IT, audit, and more. Furthermore, before any functional area process or processes can be automated, there are many steps that must be taken between automation teams, the functional area in need of an automation roll-out, as well as many other parties, such as governance and oversight, IT, audit, and much more, so to ensure program feasibility prior to launch.
In this session, topics of discussion will include, yet will not be limited to:
- Working effectively with various areas of the business, so to help identify which processes could, should, or should not be automated
- Identifying, reviewing, and analyzing current and future automation program rollouts
- Challenges and solutions of collaborating with various functional area leaders, with respect to determining if a potential automation program meets the required technical, infrastructure, workforce, audit, governance, and other business requirements
1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS
3:00 pm - 3:25 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGSThe 1:1 Business Meetings with the event’s sponsor partners will enable you to connect with a wide array of automation solution providers, so to help you uncover extensions to your existing technology stacks as well as new technology solution providers that can help your enterprise organization achieve its various digital and business transformation objectives.
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm
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TRANSITIONAL BREAK
ALIGNING YOUR AUTOMATION STRATEGIES WITH YOUR ENTERPRISE’S STRATEGIC VISION
3:30 pm - 3:55 pm ALIGNING YOUR AUTOMATION STRATEGIES WITH YOUR ENTERPRISE’S STRATEGIC VISION John Jiang - Ph.D, Former Chief Research & Solution Architect and Cloud Big Data Architect & Data Scientist, HITACHITo ensure a competitive edge, most organizations are in full throttle mode of planning or implementing a wide array of digital and business transformation initiatives, as well as developing their long-term strategic initiatives, across the enterprise as well as on a functional level. In turn, you and your automation teams are under a lot of pressure to develop impactful automation roadmaps, strategies, and performance measurements.
In this session, topics of discussion will include, yet will not be limited to:
- Methods to align your various automation programs with your organizations’ overall strategic vision
- Identifying areas of the business that could benefit from x type of automation initiatives
- Aligning your automation budgets with your organization’s silo and overall business objectives
John Jiang
Ph.D, Former Chief Research & Solution Architect and Cloud Big Data Architect & Data ScientistHITACHI
1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS
3:30 pm - 3:55 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGSThe 1:1 Business Meetings with the event’s sponsor partners will enable you to connect with a wide array of automation solution providers, so to help you uncover extensions to your existing technology stacks as well as new technology solution providers that can help your enterprise organization achieve its various digital and business transformation objectives.
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
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TRANSITIONAL BREAK
BENCHMARKING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MEETING YOUR TOP KPI - SCALING UP YOUR # OF SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATION INITIATIVES
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm BENCHMARKING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MEETING YOUR TOP KPI - SCALING UP YOUR # OF SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATION INITIATIVES Rahul Trivedi - Vice President of Operations, TRANSUNIONAs automation leaders, most of you are measured upon the # of successful automation programs you and your teams deliver your organization each year - and the business value your projects bring into the organization. And more often than note, this is your top KPI. That said, this is definitely a subject worth discussing with your peers.
In this session, topics of discussion will include, yet will not be limited to:
- Effectively duplicating the # of successful IA programs you and your team rollout per year
- Developing a roadmap for scaling up your organization's IA programs
- Managing and resolving unexpected technical and program roll-out hiccups
1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGSThe 1:1 Business Meetings with the event’s sponsor partners will enable you to connect with a wide array of automation solution providers, so to help you uncover extensions to your existing technology stacks as well as new technology solution providers that can help your enterprise organization achieve its various digital and business transformation objectives.
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
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TRANSITIONAL BREAK
Continuation of…BENCHMARKING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MEETING YOUR TOP KPI - SCALING UP YOUR # OF SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATION INITIATIVES
4:30 pm - 4:55 pm Rahul Trivedi - Vice President of Operations, TRANSUNIONContinuation of…BENCHMARKING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: MEETING YOUR TOP KPI - SCALING UP YOUR # OF SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATION INITIATIVES
1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGS
4:30 pm - 4:55 pm 1:1 BUSINESS MEETINGSThe 1:1 Business Meetings with the event’s sponsor partners will enable you to connect with a wide array of automation solution providers, so to help you uncover extensions to your existing technology stacks as well as new technology solution providers that can help your enterprise organization achieve its various digital and business transformation objectives.
4:55 pm - 5:55 pm
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NETWORKING RECEPTION
Enjoy some light snacks and beverages while meeting up with your automation peers.
