Oracle Leaders Circle Agenda

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Tuesday, September 17

10:30
a.m.
Registration
Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:30 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
11:30
a.m.
Networking Lunch
Pacific Terrace
11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
All Leaders Circle programming will take place in the Grand Ballroom at the InterContinental Hotel San Francisco.
1:00
p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mark JeffriesAuthor and Moderator
1:00
1:05 p.m.
1:05
p.m.
The Cloud and Data – Foundations for Modern Business
Safra CatzCEO, Oracle

Modern business will be in the cloud and data will be the key resource. This is what drives digital, business transformation, change management and all of the underlying technologies that allow customers to succeed and thrive.

Grand Ballroom A|B|C
1:05 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
1:15
p.m.
How to Make Data and Analytics Strategic to Your Organization
Rita SallamDistinguished Vice President Analyst, Gartner Fellow

As companies begin to realize the importance of quality and value in their data, how should they be thinking about the right strategies for using, sharing, managing, analyzing and securing that data? This session will provide an overview of the current landscape and what strategies companies could deploy to maximize the value of their data.

Grand Ballroom A|B|C
1:15 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
1:45
p.m.
Convene + Detonate to Compete: Bringing People Together to Drive Growth and Impact
Dan HelfrichChairman and CEO, Deloitte Consulting

“Convene + Detonate to compete” may seem like a counterintuitive idea. But in today’s tech-driven world convening with an unconventional partner or bringing your people together in new, different ways can help your organization be more competitive. Attend this session to learn more.

1:45 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:15
p.m.
Data as the New Business Imperative
José ArrietaChief Information Officer, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
John NicastroCDO, SVP Enterprise Data & Analytics, SiriusXM/Pandora

Compliance, data breaches, and digital transformation are just some of the drivers forcing a change in company strategy, culture, and structure. Rising demand for up-to-the-minute, high-quality data has put companies under more pressure than ever before. How can data be harnessed and applied in the most effective way?

2:15 p.m.
2:45 p.m.
2:45
p.m.
Customers: Acquiring Them and Keeping Them plus Strategies for Growth
Dawn HudsonFormer Chief Marketing Officer at the National Football League and Former President and CEO, Pepsi Cola North America and PepsiCo Foodservice

The essential driver for growth is growing market share. Even if you have a solid base of customers that you can sell to on a continual basis, you likely need to grow by acquiring new customers. What kinds of strategies are companies looking at when it comes to customers and their experience of your brand?

2:45 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
3:15
p.m.
Transition and coffee break
3:15 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30
p.m.
Customer-Hosted Roundtables

All roundtables will take place on the 4th Floor of the InterContinental Hotel.

Top Priority: Identifying and Nurturing the Right Talent for the Skills You Need Now
Gretchen AlarconGroup Vice President, Human Capital Management Strategy, Oracle
Steven BirdsallSenior Vice President, HCM, Oracle
Sarah ChavarriaChief People Officer, Delta Dental
Anthony PortanneseManaging Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, DTC
Jeff RegisterDeputy Director, Defense Human Resources Activity, Department of Defense

In this session hear customers share their company’s experience and examine where their business processes and technology evaluations have shaped their path to addressing changing skills needs. Topics covered include identifying how hiring practices have changed, whether a culture of continuous learning is possible, and how leadership development is evolving.

Room: Laurel Hill
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Top Challenge: Getting Silos to Agree and Strategize for a Unified Customer Experience
Des CahillHead CX Evangelist, Oracle
Michael BaschSenior Vice President, CX, Oracle
Salvatore AncorettiHead of Customer Marketing, Ferrari S.p.A
Antonia CasamassimaChief Information Officer, Ferrari S.p.A
Kirstin HornbyVice President, Marketing and Customer Support, Rakuten
Jerry DriessenAssistant CIO, City of San Jose

In this session hear customers share their company’s experience and examine how they got their line of business stakeholders to come to the table and discuss their customer experience strategies. Topics covered include where the conversation starts to drive alignment in what the ideal customer experience should be, how the technology conversation helps with that, and the right balance of AI and the human factor to create agility for changing customer expectations.

Room: Twin Peaks
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Top Issue: Changing the Finance Conversation from Numbers and Data to Valuation
Rondy NgSenior Vice President, Financials Application Development, Oracle
Rob SchillingSenior Vice President, ERP, Oracle
Jac AmerellVice President and Controller, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Jill TimmExecutive Vice President of Finance, Kohl’s Corporation

In this session hear customers share their company’s experience and examine the drivers that helped steer finance conversations to better reflect valuation discussions. Topics covered include the changes in how businesses work with finance, the skillsets needed to continuously evolve for finance to remain transformational instead of transactional, and how data security and governance are maintained while driving innovation.

Room: Cathedral Hill
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Top Challenge: Architectural Readiness Planning for Current and Future Data Consumption
Andrew MendelsohnExecutive Vice President, Database Server Technologies, Oracle
Don JohnsonExecutive Vice President, Product Development Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle
Doug ClareVice President, Product Management, FICO
Eric GrancherHead of Database Services, CERN

In this session hear customers share the key factors driving new technology needs and the skills needed to enable their companies to handle the diversity of data now and in the future. Topics covered include what considerations impact these decisions, what security looks like, and the safety features that need to be in place to create peace of mind.

Room: Telegraph Hill
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Top Challenge: Creating a Supply Chain That Delivers Beyond Product Movement
Jon ChorleyChief Sustainability Officer and Group Vice President, Supply Chain Management Product Strategy, Oracle
Orlando McGeeExecutive Vice President, Global Operations, Anixter
Carl WalserChief Information Officer and Senior Director of IT, General Dynamics Mission Systems
Steve GerkenSenior Director, Finance, General Dynamics Mission Systems

In this session hear customers share their company’s experience driving organizational alignment across departments to increase visibility, improve information sharing, and drive efficiency beyond the supply chain. Topics covered include how supply chain and business strategies can align to create value beyond operational functions, what the supply chain of the future looks like, how technology creates opportunity, and how you can apply supply chain principles across other functional areas such as talent or relationship management, IT, and finance to create innovation.

Room: Nob Hill
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:30
p.m.
Oracle @ Oracle Experience Reception

Join Oracle’s executive team for a unique networking reception at Oracle OpenWorld’s newest gathering place—the Oracle @ Oracle Experience! This exciting, interactive destination will host over 60 sessions, all dedicated to showcasing how Oracle moved its Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Sales and Marketing operations into the Oracle Cloud. Oracle line of business executives and IT leaders will all be present at the reception to network, answer questions, and show you how we’ve reimagined Oracle to deliver exceptional experiences for customers and employees.

Moscone West, 2nd floor
4:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 18

9:00
a.m.
Registration
Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
9:45
a.m.
Coffee Service
Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
All Leaders Circle programming will take place in the Grand Ballroom at the InterContinental Hotel San Francisco.
10:00
a.m.
Embedded AI and Machine Learning
Safra CatzCEO, Oracle

AI and Machine Learning are fundamentally changing the way we work. Safra will discuss how AI will work with data and analytics to drive this technology.

10:00 a.m.
10:05 a.m.
Fourth Industrial Revolution: Are You 4IR-Ready?
Paul GaynorPartner, Global Advisory Technology Consulting Leader, PwC

Our world continues to rapidly evolve as uncertainty surrounding trade, economic growth, regulations, and geopolitics looms. At the same time, the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is bringing emerging technologies that are pervading virtually every aspect of modern life, and affecting consumers, manufacturers, and cities. The very nature of 4IR rewards those who understand how to operate in this new digital environment. 4IR is gradually shaping how we live and work (and even play), while also ushering in a revolution of experience. Is your business ready to take advantage of this shift?

10:05 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:30
a.m.
The Endless Possibilities of Data – Putting Analytics to Work
T.K. AnandSVP, Analytics, Oracle
Bernard MarrAuthor
DJ PatilHead of Technology - Devoted Health, Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist for President Obama
Rita SallamDistinguished Vice President Analyst, Gartner Fellow
Moderated by: Mark JeffriesAuthor and Moderator
10:30 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:15
a.m.
The AI Revolution and the Impact on Business
Greg WilliamsEditor-in-Chief, WIRED Magazine

Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more commonplace, even in our daily lives (hello, Alexa, Siri). In business, AI and machine learning have a variety of uses today and the technology is becoming more and more useful. Greg Williams will provide an overview of the current landscape and what’s on the horizon.

11:15 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
11:45
a.m.
Creativity, Intuition, Curiosity, and Imagination: The Four Traits That Will Dominate the Workforce of the Future
Duncan WardleFounder of iD8 & innov8 and former Head of Innovation and Creativity, Disney

During the session, access the wordly real-time translation app that speaker Duncan Wardle will be discussing at: https://attend.wordly.ai/join/GPJA-7142

How will we compete in the next decade? What skills will our workforces need to survive in a decade of total disruption and rise in AI? How do we hire, train, and retain the best talent and prime them for innovation? Simple: the skills that make us most human. That’s right, to succeed in the coming decades, the human workforce will need to embrace the parts of us that are exceedingly difficult to replace with artificial intelligence—traits such as creativity, intuition, curiosity, and imagination.

11:45 a.m.
12:45 p.m.
12:45
p.m.
Networking Lunch
Pacific Terrace
12:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:00
p.m.
Larry Ellison, CTO and Executive Chairman, Oracle
Streamed Live from Oracle OpenWorld
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:00
p.m.
Leadership and Change
Polly LaBarreAuthor

All change goes against the rules. Polly LaBarre arms leaders with a Maverick Manual to hack the status quo and ramp up originality, invention and game-changing disruption. The true work of leadership, she says, is inspiring, unleashing and simplifying human creativity, passion, and resourcefulness-creating a cultural DNA where the response to change happens almost as fast as change itself.

3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30
p.m.
Larry Ellison, CTO and Executive Chairman, Oracle
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7:00
p.m.
Oracle CloudFest.19
7:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.

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