ROUNDTABLE

Executive IT Leaders
Roundtable

Taking Pragmatic Action in Sustainable IT and AI With DS Smith

Thursday 9th May 2024, 6:00pm – 8:30pm BST

DS Smith Head Office. Paddington, London

An executive IT Leaders networking and learning event focused on taking action in Sustainable IT. This topic was far more than a series of conversations for manufacturing company DS Smith. It is something that they had to address today, not tomorrow.   

If you are a CTO, CIO, or IT Director grappling with the challenges of making your organisation’s technology more sustainable, then join us to discuss strategies and pragmatic approaches for managing the environmental impact of your technology estate. 


Learn how DS Smith has started to address critical matters, including:

  • How to avoid greenwashing from vendors – and engaging suppliers and partners in sustainability efforts 
  • How to do AI responsibly 
  • Aligning IT sustainability initiatives with overall sustainable business strategy 
  • Establishing a baseline and metrics for measuring IT footprint 

(This is an exclusive event and numbers will be strictly limited)

Participants will have ample opportunity to network with peers facing similar challenges,
share their own experiences, and explore potential collaborations.  

Speakers

Moderator

Jeremy Axe

Group CTO DS Smith

Oliver Cronk

Sustainable Technology Director Scott Logic

Moderator

Ben Clark

Partner Konvergent

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Hosted by DS Smith

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide.  

As a leader in the packaging industry with circularity at its core, DS Smith has embarked on a journey to model, measure, and mitigate the environmental footprint of its IT operations. In this intimate forum, limited to 30 participants, we will share insights from DS Smith’s ongoing collaboration with Konvergent, specialists in IT strategy & architecture, and Scott Logic, a certified B Corp consultancy with expertise in sustainable software and data engineering. 

 

Jeremy Axe 

Jeremy is Group CTO for DS Smith – accountable for business aligned technology strategy across an enterprise that spans 30 countries, 300+ corporate and manufacturing facilities and 30,000 people. Jeremy aims to create compelling business stories in which technology and data play a leading role in shaping the narrative. Every day provides opportunities to listen, to learn and be amazed from other industries, disciplines and colleagues. 


Oliver Cronk 

Oliver Cronk is a Technology Director and runs the global architecture community “Architect Tomorrow” podcast. Oliver has extensive experience in a variety of architecture, strategy and systems engineering roles across software, energy, government, telecommunications, banking and professional services.

Prior to this Oliver was an EMEA Chief Architect advising clients and consulting partners on enterprise and security architecture & strategy. Before that he was at Deloitte where he spent 3 years as the Chief Architect within Risk Advisory, driving innovation and architecture of RegTech solutions including AI / ML.

Oliver is a seasoned speaker and advisor on AI, Sustainable Technology, Innovation, Architecture and Technology Strategy.