ISG Returns to In-Person Events with Digital Business Summit in London
Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, today announced its return to hosting in-person industry events with the 2021 ISG Digital Business Summit, which will be held on location in London, as well as online, June 29–30.
The first ISG event to be held in person since March 2020, the Digital Business Summit is welcoming a broad range of industry leaders for two days of in-depth exploration and discussion around digital business technology and strategies. In-person participants will gather at London’s Park Plaza Victoria Hotel, a week after all limits on social contact in the U.K. are lifted, as currently planned, on June 21. All attendees can access the event content live on location or on-demand.
In-person and remote speakers include leaders from such organizations as Lloyds, Amadeus, Re-source, Mars, Royal Bank of Canada, Virgin, Nokia, Unisys, Axians, Tillburg University and Metis Digital.
“The pandemic has changed industry events, just as it has changed the workplace and other areas of human engagement,” said Karen Healy, partner and global leader of ISG Events. “Participants have welcomed the chance to continue learning and networking at virtual events during the pandemic. Now, with conditions improving, we are pleased to welcome thought leaders to London for the face-to-face interactions we’ve all been missing, and to continue reaching people not yet able to travel.”
The ISG Digital Business Summit will explore the future workplace, the voice of the customer, cybersecurity, cloud and platform solutions, the agile enterprise, smart environments, networks and data and analytics. Keynote presentations will be delivered by Barry Matthews, founder and managing director of Re-source and an expert in open talent, outsourcing and consulting, and Volker Machmeier, director of cloud services vendor management for leading global travel technology provider Amadeus.
“As we return to an altered landscape, with global demand for technology and business services at record-high levels, this is an opportune time to meet in person to examine the digital business impacts and possibilities created by this disruption,” said Steve Hall, partner and president, ISG, and host of the ISG Digital Business Summit. “Enterprises are continuing to make digital transformation a business imperative, pursuing mergers and acquisitions to swiftly deliver new capabilities, and providers are increasing their focus on delivering cloud modernization, cost optimization, resilient and agile operations and personalized experiences.”
Hall noted growing cybersecurity concerns have increased spending on security solutions by 40 percent between 2019 and 2020. Cybersecurity will be addressed in numerous sessions at the ISG Digital Business Summit, including a panel d
