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UK Boards want AI use cases that deliver measurable ROI, yet half of AI projects in the past two years failed to show business impact. While 50% of CEOs believe AI will reinvent their business model within 3–5 years, 70% will demand clear proof of value before approving new investments in 2026.
The reality? Trusted, production-ready AI is already embedded in ERP and HCM platforms, trained on your most valuable data and ready to deliver incremental gains today. Instead of endless whiteboard sessions and cleaning unstructured data, organizations can unlock instant benefits by simply activating embedded AI in finance, supply chain, spend, and HR—while still pursuing moonshot custom AI projects.
Join IDC analysts and NTT DATA’s Chris Gabriel and Richard Bourne as they explore why the “less glamorous” side of AI – turning it on – might be the fastest path to tangible business outcomes.
Agenda
IDC, SAP & NTT Data Webinar
One day event
Delegates join Zoom
IDC Analyst Welcomes everyone and explains logistics.
IDC Analyst Scene Setting Presentation
Fireside Chat with IDC and NTT Data
Q&A from the Audience
Speakers
Andrea Siviero
Senior Research Director, EMEA Digital Business & Economy, Future of Work
IDC
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Andrea Siviero
Andrea Siviero leads IDC’s European Digital Business and Future of Work Research group. The group provides market research insights to foster a purposeful and fair adoption of technologies supporting digital societies, businesses and workforce and empower tech providers in strategic decision making, planning and go-to-market activities. Siviero also co-leads the IDC Worldwide MacroTech Research program, focused on the intertwined connection between the Economical and Digital worlds – analyzing the impact key MacroEconomic factors have on the digital landscape and viceversa, how technologies are impacting economies around the world.
Siviero advises IT players on building a forward-looking digital business and workforce strategy, while providing an in-depth view on future of work technology adoption, key digital use cases, macroeconomic digital impact, and digital regulations and emerging technology, via qualitative subscriptions and custom consulting projects. He has extensive experience with large strategy and go-to-market projects with IT providers. He is a member of IDC’s global Tech Storytellers taskforce and he is passionate about public speaking and customer engagement opportunities.
He joined IDC’s European team in 2014 and has become a recognized independent analyst across Europe and beyond in the vertical markets and digital business space. He is based in Italy and he holds a joint PhD in mathematics between the Université Bordeaux I (France) and the Universiteit Leiden (the Netherlands). During his PhD, he covered scientific research, academic teaching, and vocational training. He is a native Italian speaker and he is fluent in English and French.
Richard Bourne
Digital Transformation Principal
NTT DATA
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Richard Bourne
Chris Gabriel
Executive, Head of Marketing & Innovation
NTT DATA
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Chris Gabriel
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NTT DATA – a part of NTT Group – is a trusted global innovator of IT and business services headquartered in Tokyo. We help clients transform through consulting, industry solutions, business process services, IT modernization and managed services. NTT DATA enables clients, as well as society, to move confidently into the digital future. We are committed to our clients’ long-term success and combine global reach with local client attention to serve them in over 50 countries.