Forging the Ideal Path Towards Modern, AI-Optimized Infrastructure

CIO Dinner

June 19, 2024 - London, UK

VISIONARIES

Sharon Prior Heathrow
Sharon Prior

CIO

Heathrow

Dinner

A seasoned digital business transformation leader and CIO, focused on digital, business growth, and agile delivery. I have extensive international experience working in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, and across multiple industries (banking, financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, retail, oil & gas, FMCG, government, and engineering). Extremely excited about how digital technology is shaping businesses, especially data analytics, AI and machine learning, and the opportunities they bring to drive exponential growth. Key specialities: digital business transformation, IT strategy, change leadership, agile delivery, digital product development, design thinking.

James Hooper Google  Cloud
James Hooper

Customer Engineering Lead, UKI

Google Cloud

Dinner

As a leader at Google Cloud, James empowers teams to solve business challenges using innovative solutions and the latest Cloud technologies. Having been in the industry for over ten years, James helps businesses navigate and harness the transformative value of cloud. When not leading the cloud charge, you'll find him chasing after three kids, playing his guitar at open mics, or taking on physical challenges.

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6:30 PM-10:00 PM

Forging the Ideal Path Towards Modern, AI-Optimized Infrastructure

For today’s businesses, cloud migration is pivotal, unlocking opportunities to innovate faster, derive insights from data, and harness AI's potential to drive efficiency and competitive advantage. However, the journey must be seamless and downtime-free, maximizing existing IT investments. As AI evolves into a business imperative, cloud migration becomes increasingly vital, especially in establishing AI-optimized infrastructure capable of supporting advanced analytics, machine learning, and other AI-driven applications. Yet, each journey is unique and multilayered. In our executive discussion, we will highlight several options for swiftly and seamlessly migrating key applications and workloads, ensuring organizations stay ahead in leveraging AI-driven infrastructure to propel their digital transformation efforts.


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