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Kyndryl at Microsoft Ignite 2024

November 19-22, 2024
McCormick Place – West Building
Chicago, IL

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Building the digital foundation to grow your business with AI

Discover how Kyndryl helps customers build strong digital foundations to unlock new insights with Microsoft AI.

Learn what technologists and business leaders need to know about AI at Microsoft Ignite 2024 - an annual conference featuring keynote announcements, technical and business-focused sessions, and opportunities to engage with Microsoft partners.

Kyndryl is a Gamechanger Sponsor and will showcase how we collaborate with Microsoft to help enterprises optimize their workplaces, handle data readiness, modernize infrastructure and enhance security with responsible AI services. From Copilot, Copilot Studio and Power BI for Microsoft 365  for workplace collaboration and virtualization, Kyndryl and Microsoft help elevate your digital employee experience, productivity, retention, and optimize your AI tools. 

Executive Decision Maker session

The new paradigm: ‘human plus’, innovation, and playing to win in the age of AI

     
Speaker: Ismail Amla, SVP, Kyndryl Consult

Senior vice president, executive leader, and author of ‘From Incremental to Exponential’ Ismail Amla discusses the new field of play for organizations, and how the evolution and proliferation of technology creates a new imperative around the ‘human’ in the age of AI. 

This session explores: 

  • What we mean by ‘human plus’ as we navigate rapid change and innovation in the new normal. 
  • The evolution of customer, citizen, and employee experiences.
  • Building human foundations for security, resilience, and ethical data practice. 
  • Imperatives for success, including leveraging technology modernization initiatives while creating agile human-centered organization.
Kyndryl featured session
 
AI for Personalized, Proactive & Productive Experiences
 

Speaker: Ron Xavier, Microsoft Chief Architect and Guild Leader, Digital Workplace Services, Kyndryl

 

In today’s digital-first world, exceptional user experiences are essential. This session will explore how AI-driven solutions create personalized, proactive, and productive connected experiences for employees and customers. Key topics include personalized XLAs, proactive digital experience management through AI-powered observability, and productive AI assistants like M365 Copilot. Learn how AI can unify EX and CX, driving innovation and growth across your enterprise in the age of AI.

Kyndryl featured session
 
Building the right data foundations to grow your business with AI  

 

Speaker: Wiem Sabbagh, Global Data & AI Leader, Consult Partner, Kyndryl

Before enterprises can effectively capitalize on new AI technologies, they must first establish the right foundations that supports their business goals. This includes creating a strategy to modernize their existing applications and data landscape and incorporating security and compliance measures into their ecosystem from the ground-up.  

 

Learn how Kyndryl’s modernization framework and end-to-end services help enterprises prioritize and create a strategy to modernize and integrate new AI capabilities, including generative AI. 

Kyndryl Customer roundtables

Kyndryl Executive Meeting Center, Marriott Marquis, “Journalism Room”

Learn how Kyndryl and Microsoft are taking Mainframe Modernization to the Next Level

When: Wednesday November 20, 2:00 PM OR Thursday November 21, 11:00 AM
Speakers:Marc Reed, Enterprise Architect, Kyndryl
Ken Gambon, Director & Principal, Global Engineering - Applications, Data, and AI Practice, Kyndryl


Key topics:
 

Learn the tangible benefits your business can achieve by moving applications off the mainframe, including instant access to mainframe data using Microsoft AI technologies. 

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Explore how Kyndryl can help your organization build strong digital foundations 
 

When: Tuesday November 19, 2:00 PM OR Wednesday November 20, 3:00 PM 
Speaker: Wiem Sabbagh, Global Data & AI Leader, Kyndryl Consult Partner


Key topics:

Learn how Kyndryl’s end-to-end services help develop a strategy to modernize and integrate new AI capabilities, including generative AI and software from OEMs.  

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Build Security Resilience with Security Operations as a platform (SOaap)

When: Wednesday November 20, 1:00 PM OR Thursday November 21, 12:00 PM
Speakers:Leon Crisp, Director, Kyndryl Security & Resiliency Practice
Brian Wishnousky, North America Security Operations, Kyndryl

Key topics:


Through interactive discussions and a demo, gain valuable insights into how SOaap provides comprehensive advisory, implementation, and managed services to fortify security postures.

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Empower every employee with Kyndryl's Enterprise Executive Assistant to drive business efficiency and personalized workplace experiences, powered by Copilot
 

When:Tuesday November 19, 3:00 PM OR Wednesday November 20, 12:00 PM
Speakers: Ron Xavier, Microsoft Chief Architect and Guild Leader, Kyndryl Digital Workplace Services
Jim Koniecki, Global Director and Consult Partner, Kyndryl Digital Workplace Services
 

Key topics:

Understand how to enhance efficiency and personalization
See demo of proactive AI engagement
Learn how to assess strategic value and ROI

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Build the hybrid future faster with pragmatic modernization

When:Tuesday November 19, 1:00 PM
Speaker: Nicolas Sekkaki, SVP, Kyndryl Cloud Practice

Key topics:

We’ll explore several industry use cases in modernizing with the Microsoft Cloud.

You’ll learn:
Imperatives for success
Key pitfalls to avoid
How to achieve ROI while modernizing

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Achieving digital resilience for financial institutions

When: Wednesday, Nov 20, 1:00pm OR Thursday November 21, 1:00 PM
Speaker: Niloy Sengupta, CTO and GTM Strategy Leader, Financial Services

Key topics:
 

How to get ahead of new cyber regulations and guidelines
How financial institutions can prioritize resilience and security in their payments modernization journeys 

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Kyndryl improves employee experience with ServiceNow HR Service Delivery on Azure


When: Tuesday, November 19, 2:00 PM OR Wednesday November 20, 3:00 PM
Speaker: Marilyn Nelson, VP, Kyndryl U.S. ServiceNow Alliance

Key topics:
 

Why ServiceNow and Azure were selected to provide a differentiated experience
Success metrics, including reduced MTTR and improved agent productivity  

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GenAI In Automotive & Manufacturing-Unlocking Next level Of Efficiencies (M&E)

When: Tuesday, November 19, 2:00 PM OR Wednesday November 20, 3:00 PM
Speaker: Manbir Singh, Digital Transformation Leader US - Manufacturing & Energy Sector, Kyndryl

Key topics:
 

Learn how GenAI empowers users to predict single facilities outcomes leveraging insights from multiple locations.
Understand how these new AI-driven efficiencies lead to better resource allocation and cost savings

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Learn more about Kyndryl and Microsoft partnership

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