May 18th // Warsaw
OUTPACE
TOMORROW
Calling all fearless innovators, leaders and optimists. All horizon crossers, groundbreakers and tireless motivators. Those who know the difference between being ready for change – and being the change.
Discover how you can transform your business into one that’s so resilient, capable, future-ready and fast that you can outpace tomorrow and have time to spare.
It’s analytics & AI. It’s free, live and in-person!
Spend an action-packed day on the expanding edge of analytics and AI with fellow business leaders, technology experts and industry movers and shakers.
During this complimentary event, you’ll have every opportunity to learn, guide and be inspired about the future of data, analytics and AI – and all that it means for your business.
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker
Aleksandra Przegalińska, Vice-Rector, Kozminski University
Professor at Kozminski University, habilitated doctor in the field of management sciences. She received her Ph.D. in the philosophy of artificial intelligence at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw. Currently the Vice-Rector for International Relations and ESR at Kozminski University. From 2016 she conducted research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. A graduate of The New School for Social Research in New York, where she participated in research on identity in virtual reality, with particular emphasis on Second Life. Currently Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. In 2022, she started working with the Labor and Worklife program at Harvard. She is interested in developing artificial intelligence and language processing natural science, machine learning, social robots, and wearable technologies.
Petr Fabera
Chief Data Manager & ČSOB CZ Director Rainbow and DQM, Československá obchodní banka, a. s.
Tomasz (Paweł) Kulik
Member of the PZU (P&C) & PZU Życie (Life Insurance) Management Board, PZU Group
AGENDA // MAY 18th
9:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:05
We'll kick off SAS Innovate on Tour with a welcome from Hava Kvartova, our local host, who will highlight the agenda and preview some of the day's key takeaways.
Hana Kvartova, Regional Director, SAS Central Europe
10:05 - 10:25
From the pain points of data overload and complexity to scaling accurate decision-making across the enterprise. Discover how we help organizations innovate faster, elevate everyone, deliver results you can trust, and provide analytics on your terms through the foundational pillars of productivity, performance, and trust.
Gavin Day, Executive Vice President, Office of the CEO, SAS
10:25 - 10:45
How to leverage simplified integrations, improved cloud capabilities, and a streamlined product experience for better customer experience, lower risk, more profit, and smarter supply chains. We will also showcase a customer example to demonstrate the tangible business value of productivity..
Alice McClure, Director of Technology, Product Marketing, SAS
10:45 - 11:00
Experience the fastest analytics platform in the market to deliver maximum customer value and business results at optimized costs for performance. We'll showcase a customer example to highlight the benefits of leveraging a high-speed analytics platform for your organization.
Marinela Profi, Product Marketing Strategy Lead and Data Scientist, SAS
11:00 - 11:15
Let's discuss integrating bias detection and explainability into your analytics platform, ensuring that your decisions are transparent, trusted, and unbiased. We'll showcase the business value of trusted decisions and share a customer example to illustrate the impact of responsible innovation.
I-Sah Hsieh, Principal Social Innovation, SAS
11:15 - 11:30
How to accelerate time to value by integrating industry-specific solutions like Fraud, Risk, and Customer Intelligence into the analytics platform. We'll showcase how AI-driven solutions are helping organizations across different industries make better decisions and improve business outcomes with a customer example demonstrating tangible results.
Mike Blanchard, Vice President Customer Experience, SAS
11:30 - 12:00
A fireside chat Q&A with SAS executives, covering a range of topics such as the company's roadmap, key announcements, partnerships, and IPO story. The opportunity to hear directly from SAS leadership and gain insights into the company's strategy and plans.
Gavin Day, Executive Vice President, Office of the CEO, SAS
Mike Blanchard, Vice President Customer Intelligence, SAS
I-Sah Hsieh, Principal Social Innovation, SAS
Alice McClure, Director of Technology, Product Marketing, SAS
Marinela Profi, Technology Product Marketing Lead and Data Scientist Advocate, SAS
Moderated by Hana Kvartova, Regional Director, SAS Central Europe
12:00 - 13:15
13:15 - 13: 45
The evolution of data-driven decision-making has been rapid in recent times. We have learned new techniques and methods to analyze and interpret data in real-time. After the emergence of machine learning and predictive analytics, we enter the era of generative AI that can be applied extensively across every business area. The keynote presentation will provide an opportunity to discuss the future of data-driven decision-making: the integration of AI into more business processes, the role of humans in AI-driven decision-making, and ethical considerations and challenges.
Aleksandra Przegalińska, Vice-Rector and Associate Professor at Kozminski University
13:45 - 14:45
Companies seek solutions to ensure resilience in the face of financial and economic uncertainty, ongoing supply chain disruptions, or geopolitical instability. The rapid development of AI is an opportunity for businesses to grow rapidly. On the other hand, the pace of technology development and lack of crucial regulations make organizations increasingly cautious and uncertain in implementing innovations on a large scale. Join business leaders for an interactive discussion on responsible innovation in artificial intelligence.
Aleksandra Przegalińska, Vice-Rector and Associate Professor at Kozminski University (Moderator)
Tomasz (Paweł) Kulik, Member of the PZU (P&C) & PZU Życie (Life Insurance) Management Board, PZU Group
Hana Kvartova, Regional Director Central Europe, SAS
Sławomir Soszyński, CIO, ING Bank Śląski S.A
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:20
Effective digital sales strategies are crucial for a hyper-personalized world. In his presentation, Bartosz will explore the effective integration of digital marketing strategies and data analytics in driving sales within a leading Bank in Poland. He will indicate how to leverage customer insights, optimize online channels, and utilize analytics to enhance targeting and personalization. Attendees will gain valuable insights on leveraging digital tools and data-driven approaches to maximize sales and customer satisfaction in the competitive banking landscape.
Bartosz Witorzeńć, Head of CRM, Bank Pekao SA
In today’s world, increasing customer lifetime value is more challenging than ever. Brands struggle to get the unified customer view needed to deliver seamless, hyper-personalized customer experiences across all channels. Join the discussion and learn how artificial intelligence can help uncover critical insights in large amounts of data to identify high-potential customers early and take the right action at the right time to deliver value.
Mike Blanchard, Vice President Customer Experience, SAS
Krisztián Brenkus, Head of Customer Experience and Digitalisation, National Lottery of Hungary
Umut Deniz, Global Head of Customer Engagement, Home Credit International
Marek Grabowski, B2C Customer Value Management Director, Orange Poland
Rafał Kozłowski, Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company Poland
Online crime is on the rise globally, and the Nordics are no exception. In this presentation, Kim will go through current fraud trends ranging from various scams, phishing, malware, and others that are current in Finland and the Nordics. He is also putting some words on how to tackle various fraud modus using advanced technology such as the SAS Fraud Management system and artificial intelligence.
Kim Sirén, Head of Fraud Management, OP Financial Group
Continuous changes in financial markets, regulations, customer behavior, and a solid technological push for cloud computing have marked the last years. For all institutions being agile and “expecting the unexpected” becomes vital in today’s turbulent times. The recent troubles of Credit Suisse and even the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) probably do not mark the start of a new financial crisis. However, it shows clearly that a proper approach towards analytically supported Risk Management, including Stress Testing, becomes increasingly challenging. It is vital for all companies and will be discussed during the “Managing Risk In Challenging Times“ panel.
Konrad Korczak, Director of Control and Fraud Prevention Department, Santander Bank Poland
Paweł Metrycki, Managing Director, Deputy CRO, PKO Bank Polski S.A.
Miłosz Trawczyński, Senior Manager Consulting, SAS
Mariusz Ustyjańczuk, Partner in Charge of Risk Advisory, Poland & Baltics, Deloitte
Zuzana Žemlová, Board Member, 365 Bank
In the VUCA world, where the source and front-end systems change every year, business changes even faster, employees rotate very often, and the customer expects real-time service, analytical tools have to be very elastic in terms of integrations, universal in skills needed to use them and as automated as possible. As the gap between business-savvy analysts and programming data scientist grows, analytical tools also diverge into two groups: easy clickable and hard code. Let’s see how Play and UPC adopt their analytical toolkit to thrive and bring value to that reality.
Monika Książek, Head of Data Science, Play & UPC
As organizations progress in their digital transformations alongside a solid need to scale AI across all their business processes, aligning strategy, sponsorship, talent management, driving AI culture, and the responsible deployment of AI becomes paramount. During the panel discussion, industry leaders will discuss what actions should be taken to increase AI maturity, speed up the adoption of analytics in multiple areas and unleash more value from it.
Petr Fabera, Head of Data Management, Československá obchodní banka, a. s.
Piotr Grzywacz, Global Partner Solutions Lead, Microsoft
Radosław Kita, Head of Data Science, Ringier Axel Springer Polska
Adam Kutyma, Business Analysis Director, PLAY
Marinela Profi, Technology Product Marketing Lead and Data Scientist Advocate, SAS
Paweł Sikora, Senior Product Area Lead, ING Bank Śląski S.A.
16:20 - 16:45
Piotr Frankowski, Head of Customer Advisory Poland, SAS
Luděk Šafář, Head of Customer Advisory Central Europe, SAS
Tomasz Tarasiuk, FSI Customer Advisory Lead Poland, SAS
16:45 - 16:50
Hana Kvartova, Regional Director, SAS Central Europe
16:50 - 22:00
Nova Wola Restaurant, (by registration)
AGENDA // MAY 23rd
12:30 - 13:00
Light lunch & check-in
13:00 – 14:00
Tour of DFB Campus
Visit of the newly opened innovation and training center of the world‘s largest sports federation
14:00 – 14:10
Welcome
Helene Lengler, Managing Director, SAS
Dr. Holger Blask, Managing Director Marketing and Sales, DFB
Katie Gallus, Presenter
14:10 – 14:45
Keynote Geopolitics, Digital Sovereignty and the Role of Data – How to Master our New World Order
Dr. Katrin Suder, Chairwoman of German Digital Council
14:45 – 15:20
SAS Keynote Move the World Forward
Bryan Harris, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, SAS
15:20 – 16:05
Responsible Innovation
When organizations prioritize ethical data practices, we can help mitigate harm to vulnerable populations and drive important human-centered innovations that improve our world
Reggie Townsend, Data Ethics Practice Director, SAS
16:05 – 16:35
Coffee break
16:35 – 17:05
Data Ethics and Responsible AI
Panel discussion on new ESG standards, social innovation, and trust in technology
Dr. Katrin Suder, Chairwoman of German Digital Council
Reggie Townsend, Data Ethics Practice Director, SAS
Najat Messaoud, Senior Director Azure Business Group, Microsoft Germany
Dr. Thomas Gaber, Partner, KPMG Austria
17:05 – 17:35
Innovation is in the Air
Proven AI in the cloud, designed to deploy and scale easily, has the power to quickly transform your boldest ambitions into your proudest accomplishments
Udo Sglavo, Vice President of Advanced Analytics, SAS
17:35 – 18:10
SAS Direction
Fireside chat about latest news and announcements from SAS
Bryan Harris, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, SAS
Raj Verma, Chief Executive Officer, SingleStore
Helene Lengler, Managing Director, SAS
18:30 - 19:00
Transfer to dinner destination
optional shuttle service
19:00 – open end
Executive Dinner at Frankfurt Main Tower
First-class Michelin starred dining and networking experience at 187 m above street level
- Please note that currently all seats are taken. We will be happy to put you on a waiting list. -
ANY INDUSTRY // ANY CHALLENGE
SAS customers worldwide use analytics and AI to stay ahead of change and transform their data into catalysts for growth and innovation. Ready to see how?
INSURANCE
Foster efficiency and innovation, create a better customer experience and become a hyperintelligent, AI-driven organization.
GOVERNMENT
Put your data to work to make better, faster, and more cost-effective decisions for the people you serve.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Create agile customer experiences as you optimize cost-to-serve, grow consumer confidence, and build lasting brand loyalty.
RETAIL
Create world-class customer experiences, improve supply chain performance and plan for any scenario.
MANUFACTURING
Exceed production goals and handle numerous issues around cost, quality, asset performance, supply chain and changing demand.
LOCATION // WARSAW
Crowne Plaza® Warsaw – The HUB
Rondo Daszynskiego 2
00-843 Warsaw
Poland
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