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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. 

Kyndryl featured session: Executive Track 

Empowering Innovation: The Human-Centric Approach in the Age of AI​

     
Join Catherine Malkova, SVP, Kyndryl Consult as she highlights the transformative potential for organizations to innovate by centering around the ‘human’ in the age of AI.
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We'll explore strategies to win in this evolving environment by prioritizing human-centric modernization. We’ll focus on the creation of robust foundations, supportive environments and strong governance structures that unlock employees’ productivity and innovation, driving ever more secure, engaging, and proactive customer solutions.

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 featured session

 
AI for Personalized, Proactive & Productive Experiences
 

Speaker: Ron Xavier, Microsoft Chief Architect, 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 Customer roundtables

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

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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Explore how Kyndryl can help your organization build strong data foundations for GenAI success  

 

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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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, 1:00 PM OR Wednesday, November 20, 4:00 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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Empower every employee to drive business efficiency and personalized workplace experiences, with Kyndryl’s Enterprise Executive Assistant, 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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Data and AI are the cornerstone to the experiential economy 

When: Tuesday November 19, 3:00 PM OR Wednesday November 20, 2:00 PM
Speaker: Kayla Broussard, Distinguished Engineer, U.S. CTO – Consumer & Travel
 

Key topics:

Learn how AI can differentiate your business and provide unique, personalized experiences that drive stronger customer loyalty.

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Learn how Kyndryl drives enterprise digital transformation through Generative AI with Azure and NVIDIA

When: Wednesday, November 20, 12:00 PM OR Thursday November 21, 12:00 PM
Speakers: Venkat Jagana, VP & Distinguished Engineer, Global CTO  Modern Platforms​
Joseph Fu, Sr. Director, Cloud and ISV GTM, NVIDIA
 

Key topics:
 

Learn how Kyndryl’s AI end-to-end solution framework helps enterprises integrate AI services, hardware, data, LLMs, business processes and applications. This approach leverages Azure OpenAI services and NVIDIA’s solution stack in a cloud-consistent fashion to build generative AI solutions. 

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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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Achieving digital resilience for financial institutions

When: Wednesday, Nov 20, 1:00 PM 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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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
Sarah Maston, Microsoft, Principal Solution Architect & Director, Global Partner Development


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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