Transforming Business: Disruptive Innovation Join Andrew Mize, VP of Business Strategy and Initiatives at Bank of America as he explores how providing automation tools in business creates a self-serve data-based thinking environment. He will also explain how this environment fosters curiosity and inspiration and leads to disruptive innovation. From Laggard to Leader – Winning the AI Race Leading organizations have achieved over 60% more analytical value compared to laggards. Bharath Thota and Stuart Klein, Partners at Kearney Analytics, will explain why only 8% of companies extract significant value from analytics investments, and how to overcome the challenge of building a case for change and knowing where to start. Upskilling and Experimentation with AI/ML Presented by Jacqui Van Der Leij–Greyling, the Global Head of Tax Technology at eBay, this session will explain how eBay initiated an AI / ML Launch plan and trained 50 non-data scientists on building AI / ML use cases across the organization.

If there's a silver lining to social distancing, it's the fact that it gives us a chance to catch up on content we otherwise might have missed. There are always too many sessions to attend at cloud conferences -- from service introductions and updates to best practices and use cases -- that could change the way you use cloud technologies. The global health crisis has made it unlikely any of us will gather for a conference in 2020. Given the dangers of COVID-19, it seems unwise for thousands of professionals from around the world to gather in a crowded convention center. While the in-person conference experience is off the table for the near future, there are plenty of resources still available to review from cloud conferences over the past year.