We are delighted to announce that the event of the year is back! Yes, it’s that time again, so polish your shoes, straighten your bow ties and fix your hair, because Thea Halstead and Dom Ponsford will be back on our screens hosting another fun and exciting awards ceremony on the 7th December. The awards will be shown via the Global Data platform and for those of us based in the office, you will have the opportunity to watch with your colleagues and raise a a glass (or plastic cup) to our winners! 

Investment Monitor’s webinar in partnership with CINDE Why is Costa Rica a key destination for the top big pharma companies?

Available to view on-demand. 

As a top destination, Costa Rica has become LATAM’s ideal location for pharmaceutical industries, medical devices, a hub for strategic suppliers, R&D activities, and clinical studies. 

Now home to 5 of the top 7 Big Pharma Companies in the MedTech sector, the country has given a step further in the pharma industry with the expansion of companies. Leveraging operational enhancement through drug testing & clinical trials, to patient data analytics, pharmacovigilance, manufacturing, and packaging, Costa Rica has emerged as the top choice for deploying a series of complex high-added-value processes.

Learn why Costa Rica has become such a sought-after nearshoring destination directly from the success cases of managers and leaders from Roche and Merck; companies established and prospering in the country for many years over.

An expert panel will then dissect the challenges businesses face in delivering superior customer experience excellence, why technology must be paired with strategy, and the tools innovative organisations are deploying to gain competitive edge.

Tech Monitor’s webinar in partnership with Hexaware Vast, Fast, And Relentless: Consumer Buying Enters A New Era. Available to view on-demand. 

The opportunity to engage customers digitally has never been greater —but so is the cost of failing to meet their expectations. Evolving technology and consumer expectations are changing how consumer-facing organisations across industries communicate with, engage and sell to consumers. Customer journeys are becoming increasingly hybrid, a mix of digital and physical experiences, making it more challenging but ever more necessary to pursue customer experience excellence.

During this exclusive Tech Monitor webinar, in partnership with Hexaware, Senior Forrester Analyst Michelle Beeson will share insights and research to illustrate changing consumer behaviors that will shape the future of retail, as well as the engagement strategies consumer-facing organisations are adopting to navigate this rapidly changing landscape.

An expert panel will then dissect the challenges businesses face in delivering superior customer experience excellence, why technology must be paired with strategy, and the tools innovative organisations are deploying to gain competitive edge.

Key topics:

• How are customer needs, behaviours and expectations evolving? What trends are we seeing?
• What engagement strategies are consumer-facing organisations adopting to navigate this rapidly changing landscape?
• What does it take to deliver the next best experience to customers in an increasingly competitive and crowded environment?
• What impact does this have on internal business alignment and processes?
• How can more agile approaches to collaboration be implemented across the business to manage the end-to-end customer journey?
• The importance of a customer centric approach when selecting new products, services and technologies

Tech Monitor’s webinar in partnership with Hexaware- Econometrics of Cloud: How can you optimise cloud investments and gain the greatest value for your organisation? will be live on 13 October 2022 at 3:00 pm BST

Overview

Enterprises today are at a crossroads with their cloud strategies. There is a massive upside to utilising public cloud services, but economic tightening is top of mind for all executives. Join us on 13 October at 3:00 PM BST to hear from cloud experts as they discuss strategies to responsibly scale cloud adoption, implement proper cloud FinOps controls, and the key decisions organisations need to make today.

Why attend?

• Take away practical insights into strategies to responsibly scale cloud adoption
• Gain a greater understanding of the value of cloud transformation and get useful pointers to create a solid business case for cloud investments
• Sharing best practices on enabling and optimising cloud spend

Speakers:

• Prashant Kelkar, Chief Strategy Officer, ISG,(Chair)
• Nikhil Date, Director – Engineering and App Services, Domestic & General
• Keith Groom, Global Head of Partner Sales for Microsoft & VMware Workloads on AWS
• Milan Bhatt, Corporate Vice President, Head of Cloud, Hexaware

The smart manufacturing sector has experienced significant growth over the course of the last few years, as various industries continue to adopt new technologies in the hunt for maximum efficiency.

However, manufacturers’ supply chains have faced unprecedented disruption with the combination of the UK leaving the EU and the global pandemic, sitting alongside rocketing cost of transport, energy and raw materials. This disruptive cocktail has forced businesses to dramatically review their supply chain arrangements at speed, and explore which industry leading technologies can be harnessed to achieve company-wide agility.

This Tech Monitor webinar, in partnership with Infor, will explore how manufacturers of all sizes can realise the benefits of increased digitisation, connectivity and automation at a time of unparalleled disruption.

• Is volatility the new normal for the global manufacturing industry?
• Which technologies are manufacturers adopting to build resilience in their global supply chains?
• How can technology adoption be effectively paired with strategy?
• How can manufacturers incorporate advanced analytics into their supply chain operations?
• What does future hold for smart manufacturing?

The demand for and sophistication of sustainable investment offerings continues to grow, but a new addition to MiFID II is set to have deep and wide-ranging implications for the investment industry at large.

In this webinar experts discuss what the latest developments mean for investors, the wealth managers who serve them – and the future of the investment landscape.

The discussion will cover:

• The growth and development of sustainable investing in recent years, including the rise of personalised offerings
• Tools that can be used to integrate clients’ value preferences
• The burdens and responsibilities for advisers and asset managers that have arisen from the new elements of MiFID II
• How to meet those responsibilities effectively
• The wider implications of the regulation and how they may reshape the investment industry in years to come

• Edwin Smith, Editor, Spears
• Lydia Pinnell, Senior Strategist, Clarity AI
• Rodolphe Bocquet, VP of Partnerships and Regulations, Clarity AI

Join FSN the Modern Finance Forum and Sage for this webinar aimed at heads of finance in organisations looking to.

Boost productivity by eliminating manual processes around multi-entity reporting – making reporting quick and automated.

Get real-time visibility and insights into the data needed to make informed management decisions.

Gain efficiencies and free up resources for value-add activities by streamlining processes like procurement, month-end-close, consolidations, allocations, fund management, and compliance reporting.

Overview

Costa Rica, LATAM’s most sought-after nearshoring destination, is quickly gaining awareness as the prime location for the development of life-centred solutions. Additional to its already established world-class ecosystem of leading OEM’s and manufacturers in the life sciences industry, the country is now also leading the bio-revolution for new materials and nutraceuticals, and boosting circular economies.

Bolstering an astounding 60% of forest coverage, 6% of the world’s biodiversity and 99% of its electricity coming from renewable resources, its natural availability of raw materials (and human talent) is unmatched; transforming organic fibers and fruit waste to beauty products and building materials such as bricks, is already a reality in the country.

This webinar will address how and why Costa Rica is leading this new bio-revolution, and much more, directly from the success stories of Yellow Pallet, Kokora & Tropical Matter; companies already established and prospering in the country.

Agenda

DAY 4 – Tuesday 25^th October 2022

Technology at the heart of the net zero revolution:

The tech sector has the extraordinary potential to unlock renewable energy systems at scale. According to some estimates, digital technologies could help reduce global carbon emissions by up to 15% – one-third of the 50% required by 2030. While the exponential growth of new technologies is accelerating net zero progress, the energy-intensive increase in computational and manufacturing efficiency can, in turn, lead to counter-productive effects. Join us on day 4 for a close-up on the climate impacts of the tech sector, shedding light on the risks and opportunities in the tech market, and its role in the net zero revolution.