"Progressive CIOs across the region are increasingly leveraging digital technologies to transform their customer-engagement strategies, business operations, and operating models in order to compete and thrive in the new digital economy," says Jyoti Lalchandani, IDC's group vice president and regional managing director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. "And with annual spending on digital transformation initiatives in the Middle East and Africa set to top $23 billion next year, the time has come to recognize the region's most successful and innovative digital trailblazers."
With a focus on the tangible benefits brought about by such initiatives, awards will be handed out in the following categories:
- 'Best Customer Experience Transformation'
- 'Best Business Operations Transformation'
- 'Best Information Transformation'
- 'Best IT Service Transformation'
- 'CIO of the Year'
All nominees must have held the position of CIO (or equivalent) within an organization based in the Middle East for at least 24 months and must have demonstrated excellence in the fields of innovation, change management, IT governance, business enablement, and cost efficiency. To submit your nominations and learn more about the judging process, please visit idcmesummit2018.com/awards.
IDC's Middle East CIO Summit 2018 will host more than 200 of the region's most influential ICT leaders at Dubai's JW Marriott Marquis hotel on February 21-22. Combining an eclectic mix of presentations, panel discussions, focus groups, and workshops, the Summit's agenda for 2018 has been designed to help the region's CIOs exploit the transformative powers of innovation accelerators such as robotics, artificial intelligence, next-gen security, and the internet of things.
In a new twist for 2018, the Summit will include a series of sessions focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities presented by some of the region's key country markets, as well as 24 separate focus groups that will explore the industry's very latest developments in an intimate roundtable setting, thereby enabling delegates to tailor their Summit experience to meet their own individual needs.
Away from the event's main venue, attendees will be able to participate in various informal activities like golf, seaplane city tours, driving experiences at Yas Marina Circuit, and heritage desert safaris, to name just a few. There will also be a dedicated awards ceremony to acknowledge the efforts of the Middle East's most inspirational ICT leaders, confirming the CIO Summit's status as the industry's premier platform for networking and professional development.
IDC has a wide range of partnership opportunities available for the Middle East CIO Summit 2018. To learn more, please visit idcmesummit2018.com. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #IDCMECIO.
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IDC in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey
For the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey region, IDC retains a coordinated network of offices in Riyadh, Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg, Cairo, and Istanbul, with a regional center in Dubai. Our coverage couples local insight with an international perspective to provide a comprehensive understanding of markets in these dynamic regions. Our market intelligence services are unparalleled in depth, consistency, scope, and accuracy. IDC Middle East, Africa, and Turkey currently fields over 130 analysts, consultants, and conference associates across the region. To learn more about IDC MEA, please visit www.idc-cema.com. You can follow IDC MEA on Twitter at @IDCMEA.
