HE Transformation Digital | 19 November
09:30 am - 09:40 am
Digital-Led Business Change: Managing Service Redesign and System Alignment
Embedding digital change at the heart of organisational transformation
The long game: Where are our systems need to go to support business success
Overcoming barriers to institution-wide (and sector wide) digital alignment
09:40 am - 10:20 am
The Digital Capabilities of 2030 and Beyond: The Underpinnings of a Resilient Operating Model
The core components of a digitally agile institution in 2030: What’s required?
Making decisions on the technologies that will be the bedrock for future operating models
Understanding operational outcomes and the tools required to drive improved decision making and service delivery
Leading digital investment planning for the long term amid financial restraint
10:30 am - 10:50 am
A Portfolio for Growth? The Design Fundamentals for a Next Generation Digital Experience
The strategic shift in portfolio development
Designing a tech stack capable of meeting the needs of evolving product offerings
The moves needed to meet the expectations of new student audiences
Placing digital design and delivery at the heart of new portfolio growth and strategic success
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Out of Survival Mode: Thinking Strategically about Technology Lifecycle Management
A joined-up approach to digital procurement rooted in full lifecycle management
Fresh thinking on financing strategic investments for next 5 years and beyond
Breaking the cycle of asset sweating, fragmented planning and cliff edge digital purchases
Extracting value from legacy assets and driving improving sustainability outcomes through impactful refresh cycles
11:40 am - 12:20 pm
The AI Agility Test: Is Your Tech Stack Ready?
The known (and unknowns) on institution-wide AI preparedness
What AI agile tech stack auditing looks like
Testing AI capabilities and exploring future AI deployment needs
Building cultural and skills readiness for embedded AI at every touchpoint
12:30 pm - 1:10 pm
Shared Digital Services: The Essentials for Standardisation and Interoperability
How does interoperability work across a sector?
What is needed? Approaches to coordination and designing common models
Planning for shared standards, definitions and consistency through the higher education reference model (HERM)
Managing barriers to delivering shared digital systems
The innovators: Where collaboration is working and where it is in development now
1:20 pm - 1:50 pm
Sponsored Session
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
A Road to Collective Cyber Security: Adopting Collaborative Approaches to Evolving Cyber Threats
The financial risks posed to the higher education sector through cyber security incidents
The profile of threats facing UK universities and the challenges posed by legacy systems
Opportunities for identifying and managing cyber threats as a sector
Harnessing partnered approaches to cyber protection systems
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Benchmarking Data Maturity: Unlocking the Power of Analytics to Optimise Service Performance
Approaches to benchmarking data maturity across the sector
Improving data quality and maintenance within an institution
The capabilities ahead in harnessing performance data to drive improved decision making
Democratising data: Improving visibility and accessibility at every level
Action on analytics and AI: Where we need to be in using live data to support real time decisions on services
3:20 pm - 4:00 pm
Building Financial Headroom: Investing in the Digital Estate Amid Turbulence
Why financial headroom is critical to getting major digital transformation off the ground
The options open on financing and debt structuring
Demonstrating long-term business gains through upfront investment
Harnessing investment to support meaningful integration across the digital estate
*Agenda subject to change
