According to International Data Group, 89% of organizations have adopted or have plans to adopt a digital first strategy to drive revenue and innovate. Digital Transformation covers a broad range of activities: using technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs, improve customer experience, capture develop new / tailored products and services and increase revenue, keep up with competition and stay on top of market trends. A recent Forrester survey shows that executives believe that by 2020, 47% of their revenue will be influenced by digital changes to their businesses. Corporates are adopting various models to digitize or to enter the innovation space, whether through creating new digital leadership roles/committees, investing strategically in new ventures/startups, or setting up internal independent processes and strategies. This panel gathers business leaders to discuss how they are leveraging technology and digital platforms to grow their business, their objectives and the varying models they’ve adopted, and the challenges they’ve faced and lessons learned.

Speakers:
Savio Ibrahim, Regional Territory Manager – Gulf & Levant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tarek Hashem, Sales Director, SAP
Moderator: Gary Sheynkman, Investment Partner, GINCO Investments