Schedule: TechServe Executive Summit 2024

TechServe Executive Summit & SIM TechExec: Keynote

Self Leadership: 7 Tools to Help you Lead Yourself Better & Inspire Others

Ryan Leak - Best Selling Author, Executive Coach

Have you ever wondered, “What’s it like for people to be led by me?” When someone is hired to be a leader in an organization, what often doesn’t come with the gig is a leader… for the leader. One of the biggest hurdles leaders face is not actually leading people but leading themselves. Most leaders are often given titles with very little vision. They’re often given expectations with very little direction. The old saying rings true. It’s lonely at the top. Leaders desperately need a go-to strategy and system they can rely on when they feel like they’ve got no one in their corner to guide them.

Through his consulting work, Ryan Leak has been guiding 15,000+ C-Suite leaders every year through 7 key steps toward better self-leadership that leads to better people and organizational leadership.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

What’s it like to follow me? (The Self-awareness Question)
What credit can I give away? (The Team Player Question)
What mistakes can I own? (The Humility Question)
How can I get better? (The Self-improvement Question)
Why am I doing it? (The Purpose Question)
Who am I equipping for the future? (The Legacy/Succession Question)
Who knows who I really am? (The Transparency Question)

Breakout Sessions for Technology Staffing Firms

Breakout sessions include topics aligned with the following themes:

High-Impact Leadership & Cultivating a Performance-Driven Culture: The dual imperatives of leadership: strategic decision-making and fostering a high-performance culture
Opportunities Amid Disruption: Identifying opportunities amid disruptive forces transforming client buying practices and the industry landscape
The Blueprint for High-Performing Teams: Attracting, Developing and Retaining a High-Performing Team
The Tech Stack: Leveraging AI and Automation for Immediate and Future Success: Exploring the latest advancements in AI and automation driving both short-term wins and longer-term competitive advantage

Breakout Sessions for Technology Staffing Firms

Breakout sessions include topics aligned with the following themes:

High-Impact Leadership & Cultivating a Performance-Driven Culture: The dual imperatives of leadership: strategic decision-making and fostering a high-performance culture
Opportunities Amid Disruption: Identifying opportunities amid disruptive forces transforming client buying practices and the industry landscape
The Blueprint for High-Performing Teams: Attracting, Developing and Retaining a High-Performing Team
The Tech Stack: Leveraging AI and Automation for Immediate and Future Success: Exploring the latest advancements in AI and automation driving both short-term wins and longer-term competitive advantage

TechServe Executive Summit & TechExec General Session

Unleashing Human Potential: Robotics as the Architects of Our Future

Presented by Chad Wright, CIO, Boston Dynamics

In the era of accelerating technological advancement, we stand on the cusp of a new paradigm – a world where humans and robots collaborate as partners in innovation. Robotics is poised to transcend its industrial roots, becoming an integral part of our workplaces, our homes, and even our daily lives.

This presentation will illuminate the extraordinary possibilities of this human-robot partnership. Imagine robots not as mere tools, but as co-creators, capable of amplifying human ingenuity and liberating us from mundane tasks. We'll delve into the groundbreaking advancements that are enabling robots to unleash human creativity by automating repetitive and dangerous work, freeing our minds to focus on strategic thinking, innovation, and the pursuit of passions.

We'll explore how robots are revolutionizing industries from manufacturing and logistics to security and safety, reshaping them with unprecedented efficiency and precision. We will not only showcase the current transformative nature of robotics but also paint a vivid picture of how these advancements will empower us to solve complex global challenges such as aging populations, rising labor costs and changing work preferences. This is not just a vision of the future, it's a reality unfolding before our eyes. Robots are not only transforming our industries but also enriching our lives, empowering us to create a brighter, bolder future for all.

Executive Summit & TechExec General Session

The Indefinite Talent Crisis: How Technology, AI and Automation Can Save Us
Dr. Tassu Shervani - Associate Professor, Cox School of Business, SMU, & Leadership Consultant

While the accuracy of macroeconomists even three months out is often not much better than a coin flip, demographers---those who study the vital statistics of the human population---can predict with near certainty the size of the workforce 10, 20 or 30 years hence. What do they say? Despite common fear that technology in general and AI in particular will cause widespread job losses, advancements in AI and automation will in fact save us from the devastating effects of the decline in the working age population and shrinking talent pool.

In his compelling keynote, Dr. Tassu Shervani, Associate Professor of Business and Leadership Consultant to top executives of major U.S. companies, will share his striking insights on these transformative trends that will reshape the economy, employment and technology for decades to come, along with the significant implications for the internal and external IT teams that support businesses.

Breakout Sessions for Technology Staffing Firms

Breakout sessions include topics aligned with the following themes:

High-Impact Leadership & Cultivating a Performance-Driven Culture: The dual imperatives of leadership: strategic decision-making and fostering a high-performance culture
Opportunities Amid Disruption: Identifying opportunities amid disruptive forces transforming client buying practices and the industry landscape
The Blueprint for High-Performing Teams: Attracting, Developing and Retaining a High-Performing Team
The Tech Stack: Leveraging AI and Automation for Immediate and Future Success: Exploring the latest advancements in AI and automation driving both short-term wins and longer-term competitive advantage

SIM & TechServe Joint Panel Discussion

The Future of Work & Talent

Moderators: Mark Roberts, Tech Serve Alliance & Mark Taylor, SIM

How will IT work get done in the future? While the much-hyped AI revolution will certainly play an important role, it is but one aspect of a multi-dimensional inquiry. From what skill sets will be in demand, the state of the U.S. IT workforce, immigration policy, the role of offshore and nearshore, to the evolution of the wide-ranging modalities in which work is performed including reliance on internal resources, staff augmentation, managed services to fully outsourcing projects, these trends and market forces will converge to create a future very different from the present. By bringing together thought leaders from different vantage points, the panel will offer insight on what the future holds for businesses, their internal IT organizations and service partners.

Breakout Sessions for Technology Staffing Firms

Breakout sessions include topics aligned with the following themes:

High-Impact Leadership & Cultivating a Performance-Driven Culture: The dual imperatives of leadership: strategic decision-making and fostering a high-performance culture
Opportunities Amid Disruption: Identifying opportunities amid disruptive forces transforming client buying practices and the industry landscape
The Blueprint for High-Performing Teams: Attracting, Developing and Retaining a High-Performing Team
The Tech Stack: Leveraging AI and Automation for Immediate and Future Success: Exploring the latest advancements in AI and automation driving both short-term wins and longer-term competitive advantage

Closing Keynote

Economic Disruption and Geopolitical Turbulence: Forces that Will Shape the New World Order for Businesses

Dr. Tassu Shervani - Associate Professor at the Cox School of Business at SMU & Leadership Consultant

Building on his earlier keynote addressing the transformational effects of demographics and technological innovation, Dr. Shervani explores two additional forces that will define the future: economic disruption and geopolitical turbulence. Beginning with how we’ve arrived at this critical inflection point, he will unpack the historical developments that have created the highly prosperous global economic landscape from which U.S. businesses have particularly benefited. He will then address how decades of stability that once fueled business success are giving way to escalating geopolitical risks including rising nationalism, the fraying of democratic norms and the rule of law, and emboldened adversaries more willing to engage in conflict, marking a future far more uncertain than the past. Not to mention the need to redesign supply chains as a major consequence of the economic and geopolitical shifts. While economic disruption and geopolitical turbulence bring heightened risks, they also offer opportunities for those better prepared to navigate the evolving landscape.