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Business meets and inspiring seats

There’s nothing like an inspiring conference to reinvigorate a business and its team. Here’s our pick of the best for 2017.

Business meets and inspiring seats

Datacloud Europe

Monaco, June 6–8, 2017

Set against a quintessentially Monégasque backdrop of superyachts and supercars, Datacloud Europe is the leading event for the data centre and cloud services industries in EMEA. With more than its fair share of C-level executives in attendance, the conference offers an opportunity to connect influencers and decision-makers with clients, suppliers and investors. The 2017 event kicks off with the 10th Datacloud Awards on the evening of June 6 — a gala dinner to recognise outstanding achievement in innovation and service excellence. Over the course of two days, more than 180 industry experts will present on a variety of topics including blockchain, open source, data centre automation, software defined everything, data analytics, Internet of Everything, artificial intelligence and VR, and webscale impact. Organisers have also created a handy event app to enable the scheduling of appointments before you even set foot in the glamorous principality.

datacloudcongress.com


Open Innovation Summit

London, April 25–26, 2017

A curated group of 25 industry experts who work at some of Europe’s most innovative companies will share their tips and tools for fostering open innovation at this year’s summit. Hosted by Innovation Enterprise, the discussion points of the event will include effective communication, organisational goals, and action planning, presented in interactive and thought-provoking formats. Among the line-up of keynote speakers are BP’s Robert Sorrell, Bayer’s Stefan Jaroch, and Google’s Nina Bjornstad. There will be ample opportunity for networking with like-minded people as well as scope to collaborate. Innovation Enterprise is renowned for its summits thanks to the leading decision-makers it manages to attract as both speakers and delegates, year after year.

theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/open-innovation-summit-london-2017


CeBit Australia
CeBIT Australia, 2016, Sydney

CeBIT Australia

Sydney, May 23–25, 2017 

Now in its sixteenth year, CeBIT Australia has earned its spot as one of the leading business technology events in Asia–Pacific. Thousands of tech professionals from various government departments, enterprises, SMEs and start-ups will converge on Sydney’s Darling Harbour for three days of listening, networking and sharing in May. The scheduled conferences will cover everything from big data and analytics to the Internet of Things, and there will also be a multizone trade exhibition, a start-up exhibition zone, PitchFest competition, and networking events such as dinners and bike rides.

cebit.com.au/program


CIO Leaders Summit

Hong Kong, June 21, 2017

The CIO Leaders Summit aims to highlight 2017’s leading and emerging technologies, as well as the current challenges that CIOs all over the world are facing. Now in its fourth year,
the event will provide senior IT professionals with a chance to listen, learn and interact with their peers, while sharing their own experiences of what’s affecting them in their industry. Speakers include Lend Lease’s Head of Innovation for Asia, Derek Ariss; Safexpress’s CIO, Anjani Kumar; and Telstra’s Head of IT Integration and Transformation, Jacqueline Teo. In addition to the keynote speakers, there will be a series of roundtable discussions, networking lunches, and a gala dinner. One-on-one private meetings can also be arranged for you to build new business relationships, and a personalised itinerary can be curated to ensure you get to attend the sessions that will be of most benefit to you.

cioleadershongkong.com


CMO100

San Francisco, December 5, 2017

Global Business Intelligence is bringing together the CMO community and creating a world-class platform for business leaders to learn and grow at CMO100. Tackling the theme of ‘the digital enterprise’, the 2017 conference will delve into the topic of technology and discuss how it can be used for competitive gain in the business world. There will be think tanks, panel discussions, and interactive workshops throughout the program. Combined with the high quality of delegates and speakers, it will result in a dynamic mix of thought leadership and best-practice strategic outcomes. CMO100 is just one of many events that Global Business Intelligence will be hosting in 2017, specifically for chief marketing offficers.

gbievents.com/events/cmo100-san-francisco

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