THE DISRUPTORS’ AGENDA

Take on your industry with insights, solutions and confidence. Pick and choose from each day's sessions. You'll find all of it right here. And on our downloadable agenda over here.

September 2017

  • Monday 18th
  • Tuesday 19th
  • Wednesday 20th
  • Thursday 21st

Thank Goodness It’s Monday!

Don’t like Mondays? Well, this one’s different. Here’s how we do Mondays at NEXT:

  • Arrivals and check-in for all our VIPs (Yes, you’re a VIP!)
  • A friendly welcome reception for everyone

This is the calm before the storm. Click on over to Tuesday where we’ll keep you really busy.

Welcome to the Digital Revolution: NEXT 2017

Here we go! We'll keep you busy, informed and fed. Find the solutions to your challenges. Find your center and enter NEXT 2017:

  • NEXT General Session presentations by industry visionaries
  • NEXT Solutions Showcase, featuring the future. The Showcase will be open from 10:00am – 6:00pm
  • Twenty-five breakout sessions with five different themes
  • A special track especially for developers learn more here.
  • And a Gala Dinner you won't want to miss!
  • Yes, yes. Breakfast and lunch, too

Pro Tip: Check back here often for way more information about topics and times. We might even find something better and change the agenda you saw before.

8:30 - 10:00

NEXT General Session

Transformation Today

Toshiaki Higashihara,
Hitachi, Ltd.

Unleashing the
True Value of Data

Brian Householder,
Hitachi Vantara

Transformation in Action

Hicham Abdessamad,
Hitachi Consulting;
Bud Denker, Penske

Competing To Win in
the Age of Disruption

Geoffrey Moore, Author

Transformation Award Finalists Announced

10:00 - 1:00

NEXT Solutions Showcase

[We didn’t forget about lunch. It’s served in the Showcase.]

1:00 - 1:45

Breakout Session 1

Map to the Future: Hitachi Technology Roadmap and Vision

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

RegTech Adoption in Financial Services: Turn Regulation Into Opportunity

FS Financial Services

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Solve Customer Problems In Industrial IoT

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

How To Build Your Smart Data Center — the Ultimate Goal of Digital Transformation

DX Digital Transformation

Accelerate Your Data Center Transformation With Intelligent IT Analytics and Automation Software

RR Real-World Results
2:00 - 2:45

Breakout Session 2

VMware and Hitachi: Customer Case Studies on Accelerating Their Path to Hybrid Cloud

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

Blockchain for the Real World

FS Financial Services

Start Your DX Journey – Hitachi and Verizon Deliver Industrial IoT Services Engagement

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

How Advanced Video Analytics Improve Business, Operational and Security Intelligence

DX Digital Transformation

Tips and Techniques From Real Companies Who Improved Their Private Cloud Experiences

RR Real-World Results
3:00 - 3:45

Breakout Session 3

Hyperconverged Systems for Digital Transformation

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

Turn Banking APIs Into Your Competitive Edge

FS Financial Services

Intel and Hitachi Team Up To Accelerate Digital Transformation on the Manufacturing Line

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Full Steam Ahead for Railways on the Digital Transformation Express

DX Digital Transformation

The Future of Healthcare Data, Now: Unifying Information for Improved Patient Care

RR Real-World Results
4:00 - 4:40

Breakout Session 4

How to Keep Up Through Digital Transformation with Next-Generation App Development

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

Digital Transformation for Financial Services: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

FS Financial Services

Industrial IoT Solutions for Smart Assets: The Top 5 Takeaways

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Finding the Big Value in Big Data

DX Digital Transformation

How Las Vegas Has Become a Smarter City With IoT

RR Real-World Results
4:50 - 5:30

Breakout Session 5

Telecom 5.0 – Next Generation, Intelligent Data-Center Technologies Transform Customers’ Experiences

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

Data Governance in a GDPR World

FS Financial Services

Artificial Intelligence Breakthoughs in Industrial IoT

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Digital Transformation Achieved – Hitachi Transformation Award Finalists Share Their Journeys

DX Digital Transformation

Another fabulous session coming soon!

RR Real-World Results
7:00 - 10:00

NEXT Gala Dinner

The Digital Revolution Rolls to Wednesday

Stay strong! Today there are so many more insights to gain, people to meet, and cookies to stuff in your pockets:

  • NEXT General Session presentations by industry visionaries
  • NEXT Solutions Showcase, featuring the future. The Showcase will be open from 7:30am – 10:00am and 11:00am – 5:30pm
  • About 25 breakout sessions with five different themes
  • A special track especially for developers learn more here.
  • And a Women’s Leadership Forum with inspiring speakers
  • NEXT Closing Event – with spectacular entertainment! Can’t wait to tell you more.
  • And of course, food throughout the day

Pro Tip: Check back here often for way more information about topics and times – and more about the evening’s jaw-dropping entertainment! And don't forget that we might make some changes to the agenda to make it that much better for you.

8:30 - 10:00

Women’s Leadership Forum

9:00 - 9:45

A Wall Street Journal Interview

10:00 - 11:45

General Session

The World is the
Domain of IT

Hitachi Technologists

The Power of Analytics and IoT To Drive Real-World Outcomes

Dr. Nigel Tomkins,
Meat & Livestock Australia

What Does the Future
Hold? “The Next 20 Years”

Dr. Michio Kaku, Futurist

Future Technologies:
AI and Robotics

Senior Hitachi R&D Executives
and Dr. Michio Kaku

Hitachi Transformation Award Winner Announced

12:00 - 1:00

NEXT Solutions Showcase

[We didn’t forget about lunch. It’s served in the Showcase.]

1:00 - 1:45

Breakout Session 1

Map to the Future: Hitachi Technology Roadmap and Vision

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

How to Design Your Platform for Compliance Monitoring and Surveillance

FS Financial Services

Unlock a Greater Business Value With Fog Computing

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

How To Succeed in a Cloud of Data Chaos

DX Digital Transformation

Driving with AI: The Future of Mobility and Transportation

RR Real-World Results
2:00 - 2:45

Breakout Session 2

The Future of Object Storage? Here’s What’s NEXT

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

The Journey to Build the Next Robo-Advisory Service for Banking

FS Financial Services

Disrupt Your Industry and Create Business Value with Hitachi’s Lumada IoT Platform

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Delivering Toys at the Speed of Fun

DX Digital Transformation

How Hybrid Cloud Helped Transform the University of Utah Healthcare

RR Real-World Results
3:00 - 3:45

Breakout Session 3

Is Enterprise Storage Dead?

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

Customer 360: Know Tomorrow’s Customers With Data Services

FS Financial Services

Choose the Right IoT Platform for Your Business

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Accelerate Your Digital Transformation With Strategic Co-Creation

DX Digital Transformation

How To Share Data and Insights Across Organizations for Better Operations and Security

RR Real-World Results
4:00 - 4:45

Breakout Session 4

Digitize Your Enterprise With Cloud Solutions

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

Put Identity at the Heart of Security: Strong Authentication via Hitachi Biometric Technology

FS Financial Services

Protect Your Hitachi IoT Solutions With Cisco’s Threat Defense

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Find the Value in Your Data, the Foundation of Your Digital Transformation

DX Digital Transformation

South West Water Optimizes Operations With IoT, Analytics and Cloud

RR Real-World Results
4:50 - 5:30

Breakout Session 5

Digital Transformation With Holistic Hybrid Cloud

IT ENTERPRISE I.T.

RegTech Adoption in Financial Services: Turn Regulation Into Opportunity

FS Financial Services

Factories of the Future: Symbiotic Production System for Intelligent and Agile Factories

IOT INTERNET OF THINGS

Drive Transformation and Value With Modern Platform, Next Generation Hyperconverged

DX Digital Transformation

Delivering High-Throughput Science with Brocade Gen 6 Fibre Channel and Hitachi Flash Storage

RR Real-World Results
8:00 - 11:00

NEXT Closing Event

Now You Can Relax

You’ve had busy days and evenings, filled with facts, futures and fun. Now you can go back to work and transform your organization. No problem. You’ve got this! But first, let’s get through Thursday.

  • A filling breakfast
  • Morning departures

Have a safe trip home. See you NEXT year!