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The data dividend: scaling and accelerating the impact of AI with trusted data
AI is as important a challenge to organisations and society as computing was in the 1970s: those who failed to harness the technology didn’t survive. So how can firms adopt AI to improve current operations or devise new services and business models?
For most companies, they are still developing the building blocks by collecting, storing and sharing troves of data, and analysing it with advanced analytics and big data techniques—important technologies on the path to AI. The potential benefits are huge.
Generative AI is going from consumer internet applications to the enterprise. Digital twin technologies and intelligent document processing can improve organisations’ predictive abilities and productivity.
However businesses must address a range of operational and governance concerns. AI answers are prone to biases that can lead to misguided approaches and strategies. And to train the models, adding more computing power and energy consumption comes at a cost to companies and the environment.
To ensure effective AI adoption, organisations must establish guardrails for data quality and transparency, eliminate potential biases, monitor model performance and strive to ensure that AI outputs can be explained. Commitments from leading AI companies to uphold safety, governance and trust set the tone for responsible development in the private sector. How else can companies develop beneficial AI systems? What role should standards play alongside regulation?
This extension of the Data Dividend series, programmed by Economist Impact and supported by IBM, brings together pioneers in government and industry to discuss the value of AI for business, public services and other sectors. Discussions will focus on AI applications and data inputs, AI governance, and the risks and opportunities in AI adoption at scale.
The event explores vital topics:
- How can technology leaders use AI to create a competitive edge for their organisations? What are the most promising, unexplored opportunities?
- What are the main concerns for data and analytics leaders in 2023? What challenges do they face?
- How should companies scale up their data-centric AI development? What are the conditions for building trustworthy AI?
- How are companies managing the emergence of generative AI tools?
- How is generative AI augmenting the workforce—and what is the role of humans? How do people’s skills need to change?
- How may the regulation of data and AI evolve?
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Patrick Bangert
SVP data, analytics & AI, Searce
Patrick is the senior vice-president for data, analytics, and AI at Searce, which provides professional services for cloud applications. He heads the profit center that is responsible for all projects with a data scientific character globally. Until recently, Patrick led the AI Division of Samsung SDS from 2020 to 2023 bringing AI tools and services into Samsung Cloud for computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning with a particular focus on medical imaging. He holds a PhD in AI and has over 20 years of business experience.
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Global and north american practice director, digital intelligence. GHD Digital, GHD
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Nipa Basu
Global and north american practice director, digital intelligence. GHD Digital, GHD
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Jennifer Curtiss
Chief data officer, Scotiabank
Jennifer has over 20 years’ experience in data strategy, delivery and management in the financial industry. She’s currently the Chief Data Officer for Global Banking and Markets at Scotiabank. Prior to Scotiabank, she was the Enterprise Chief Data Officer at Freddie Mac and spent 7 years leading the Enterprise Data Governance and Data Platform teams.
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View Profile Matthew D’Ambrosio
Senior vice president, global chief compliance and ethics officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Matthew D’Ambrosio
Senior vice president, global chief compliance and ethics officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Matthew D’Ambrosio is senior vice-president and global chief compliance and ethics officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance, a position he has held since 2017. Prior to joining Walgreens he spent seven years as chief compliance and ethics officer at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, a division of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Mr D’Ambrosio also served as chief compliance officer for Reliant Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by GSK in 2007. Prior to that he worked at several life-sciences companies, including 11 years with Johnson & Johnson, where he headed compliance programmes in each of the company’s three core sectors: pharmaceuticals, medical device and diagnostics, and consumer products.
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Ash Dhupar
Chief data officer, BAE Systems
Ash Dhupar leads the data and analytics strategy at BAE Systems, driving digital transformation programmes that unlock strategic and tactical business opportunities He has expertise in the use of data and analytics to transform financial performance, customer experience, operational efficiency, and products and services. Mr Dhupar’s previous endeavours include being CEO and chief data & analytics officer at The Incredible Minds, where he led the creation of disruptive AI platforms for health care, retail and fintech. He is an advisory board member for Rutgers University, and author of an upcoming book, “Deep Profits: Driving Business Growth with AI-driven Organisations”.
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Fredy Diaz
Deputy chief data officer, USDA
Fredy Diaz has served as USDA’s deputy chief data officer since December 2022. Prior to joining USDA he was director of analytics at the United States Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). He previously led the data-analytics centre of excellence responsible for building analytical and GIS products for auditors and investigators, and developing the OIG’s data strategy. Before joining the USPS OIG Mr Diaz worked in the Labour Department’s real and personal property division, as well as the Department of Defence in aviation weapons system procurement and logistics. Prior to this he served in the Marine Corps for nine years, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Orlando Gadea
Global vice president, Stanley Black & Decker
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Heather Gentile
Director of product management, IBM Data and AI Software
Heather Gentile is director of product in IBM’s data and AI software division. She applies AI technologies to develop innovative solutions for IBM’s watsonx.governance and governance, risk and compliance portfolio, enabling responsible, transparent and explainable AI. Ms Gentile has a passion for innovation and works with IBM’s technology and design teams to lead user-experience workshops to solve for AI governance, risk and compliance challenges. Her experience includes financial services, regulatory agencies and other highly regulated industries. Before joining IBM she oversaw the compliance analytics division of regulatory solutions at Wolters Kluwer.
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Alexander Izaguirre
Chief data officer, Weill Cornell Medical College
Alex Izaguirre is chief data analytics and experience officer (CDO) for Weill Cornell Medical School and is charged with developing a comprehensive data and analytics vision to help the missions make better data-informed decisions, while fuelling a superior experience for internal and external customers. Previously he served as CDO for New York City’s Health and Hospitals corporation, the largest public health system in the United States, where he led the development of data solutions supporting situational awareness, clinical operations optimisation and resource/staff planning during the covid-19 pandemic. Prior to this Mr Izaguirre was an executive partner with Gartner Research.
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Sudeep Kesh
Chief innovation officer, S&P Global
Sudeep Kesh is chief innovation officer for S&P Global Ratings. His team is responsible for research, development and training programmes in the realm of emerging risk, primarily focused on digital risks like cyber, artificial intelligence and technology disruption, the interplay between these and financial markets, and implications for the evolving risk landscape more broadly. Mr Kesh also leads the Technology Disruption Research Lab across S&P Global and has led training programmes to galvanise analysts’ thinking on these matters. In prior roles he has headed a global team of credit research and economics professionals producing research reports on various credit research topics.
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Nickle LaMoreaux
Senior vice president and chief human resources officer, IBM
Nickle leads IBM’s people strategy, skills, employee experience and services, and global HR team supporting more than 250,000 IBMers across 170 countries.
In her 20 years at IBM, Nickle has led HR across organizations ranging from services to software to emerging markets – supporting the company’s business growth through leadership development, talent acquisition, performance management, and skill building.
As VP of Compensation and Benefits, she led the design and deployment of all compensation and benefits programs globally. She was also responsible for the HR activities associated with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and drove the people side of the Red Hat acquisition.
Nickle holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Duke University.
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Matt Lewis
Chief artificial and augmented intelligence officer, Inizio Medical
Matt leads the Augmented Intelligence function across Inizio Medical. With 25 years of life sciences experience, Matt specializes in partnering with key stakeholders to speed time to decision leveraging artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, digital innovation and bespoke consultancy. He has deep expertise in oncology/hematology, neuropsychiatry and rare disorders and has contributed to the launch of over 60 treatments globally.
Matt Co-Chairs the AI Task Force at ISMPP, was the featured speaker in 2023 for the Medical Affairs Professional Society Executive Consortium, on Augmented Intelligence, and is the Executive Lead for Inizio Medical’s Business Employee Resource Group on Mental Health and Wellbeing.
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Kareem Yusuf Ph.D
Senior vice president, product management and growth, IBM Software
Kareem Yusuf leads product management and growth for IBM’s software portfolio. His focus includes product strategy and roadmap, customer acquisition, expansion, retention based on compelling product experiences, and market perception and sentiment. He also leads IBM’s sustainability initiative, including the company’s technology point of view and corporate environmental affairs.
Kareem has been with IBM for over 24 years and has held senior leadership positions in a variety of disciplines across the company including offering management, software development, SaaS operations, mergers & acquisitions, and field technical sales.
He has a Ph.D from the University of Leeds, focused on Decision Support Systems for Civil Engineering construction. He maintains an active interest in all things technical, with a particular interest in digital media and programming languages. He is a TED Speaker and also the author of “Enterprise Messaging Using JMS and IBM WebSphere.”
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Executive vice president, global chief legal, risk and regulatory officer, Nasdaq
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John Zecca
Executive vice president, global chief legal, risk and regulatory officer, Nasdaq
As executive vice-president and global chief legal, risk and regulatory officer, John Zecca provides legal counsel to Nasdaq’s senior management and oversees the quality of legal services across the global organisation. He is also responsible for developing, reviewing and maintaining Nasdaq’s global risk programme, as well as market regulation and the office of corporate secretary. Mr Zecca previously served as Nasdaq’s general counsel for North America and chief regulatory officer, responsible for the corporate law, intellectual property and regulatory teams. Before joining Nasdaq in 2001, he served as legal counsel to a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and practised corporate securities law.
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Charlotte Howard
Executive editor, The Economist
Charlotte Howard is The Economist‘s executive editor, New York bureau chief and co-host of the Checks and Balance podcast. Prior to this, she served as The Economist’s US business editor. In other beats she has covered the energy sector and climate policy, consumer goods and retail, the global health-care industry and politics and policy in America’s Midwest. She joined The Economist in 2004 and is a graduate of Yale University.
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Jeremy Kingsley
Global lead, strategic foresight, Economist Impact
Jeremy Kingsley is global lead for strategic foresight at Economist Impact and regional practice lead for technology and innovation within Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He helps corporations, foundations, governments and non-profit organisations navigate and shape complex issues in technology and innovation policy. Prior to this Mr Kingsley was technology editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). He joined The Economist Group in 2017 from Nesta, an innovation foundation, where he oversaw the Challenges of Our Era research programme. He has 15 years’ experience covering technology, innovation and business issues as a journalist, researcher and consultant at WIRED, The Economist, EIU, Financial Times, Slate and the Future Laboratory.
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Sarah Repucci
Global head of research programmes, Economist Impact
Sarah Repucci oversees a global research portfolio on sustainability, health policy, and globalisation for the Policy and Insights team of Economist Impact. Drawing on more than 20 years’ experience in the social impact space, she spearheads production of cutting edge custom programmes to drive positive change in the world. Previously, Repucci worked for Freedom House, where she oversaw Freedom House’s flagship publications including Freedom in the World, and led the expansion of Freedom House’s research on global democracy and human rights as Vice President of Research and Analysis. She also worked for Transparency International and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, and as an independent consultant for a range of NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organizations, and private businesses. Her commentary has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, the BBC, National Public Radio, and Foreign Policy, and she has testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. She holds a master’s degree from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Williams College.
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- Chief: data, digital, analytics, risk, compliance, privacy, customer experience, governance, technology, marketing, finance and information officers
- VPs, Heads and Managers of: data scientists, data engineers, data architects, data analytics, data security customer and client relations, head of risk management, AI, machine learning, data management
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Data is an asset and differentiator in a competitive market and world filled with disruption, uncertainty and change. As digitalisation gathers pace, pioneering companies are using data as an essential resource to seize opportunities, optimise operations and create new revenue streams. Using data as a creative compass has become a foundation for anticipating and responding to new challenges, generating value, adapting to changing customer needs and improving time to market. A robust data strategy aligned with the overall business can open new sources of competitive advantage, allowing enterprises to distinguish themselves, enlist the best talent, identify risks and opportunities, and make smarter, better-informed decisions during times of economic change.
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