About Dr Mark Van Rijmenam

We live in exponential times and simply having a digital strategy focused on continuous innovation is no longer enough to thrive in a constantly changing world. In order to transform an organisation – as well as the meetings and events industry – and contribute to building a secure and rewarding networked society, collaboration among employees, customers and machines is increasingly becoming key.

The organisation of tomorrow is a data organisation. So, how can organisations use technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence to bring together different stakeholders, collaborate and co-create the future. Organisations need to put the data to work. When they do, blockchain will change the power dimensions between organisations and customers not the least because of self-sovereign identities and trusted peer-to-peer interactions, while artificial intelligence will create new human-machine interactions that changes the concept of what is an organisation.

Viewing your organisation as a data organisation will completely change all your processes and customer touchpoints. When you see your organisation as a data organisation, a ‘gestalt shift’ will occur; all of a sudden, you will see your organisation from a different perspective. This change in perspective will help event organisers remain competitive in an increasingly data-drive world. This keynote will prepare the audience to participate in the workshops with a different perspective on their organisation.

Artificial Intelligence is like Lego; to build something nice, you need to combine the right pieces in the right way. Different algorithms have different strengths and weaknesses and the Chief AI should manage the process of offsetting the weakness of one AI with the strengths of another algorithm and vice versa. So, for an organisation to become an bionic business, where humand and machines collaborate successfully, it is more about the application of artificial intelligence rather than the development of new tools and reinventing the wheel, which is why your organisation needs to hire a Chief AI. In this talk, The Digital Speaker explain how AI is changing the world and what you need to do to remain relevant in the autonomous future.

Across the world, millions of 5G devices and hundreds of 5G networks are now operational. 5G offers substantial benefits above the current 4G, though most consumers streaming media on their phones won’t notice many of these benefits, apart from faster download speeds. The real benefit of 5G is for organisations that want to install 5G Enterprise solutions. Private 5G network will enable machine-to-machine communication and it will be vital for the 4th industrial revolution. During this talk Dr Van Rijmenam will share the benefits of enterprise 5G networks and discuss several examples of companies who have successfully launched 5G networks and prepared their business for the 4th Industrial Revolution. With 5G, organisations can create realistic digital twins, enable predictive maintenance across their company and optimise and streamline the business using

connected sensors, robotics and artificial intelligence that can communicate seamlessly with each other using a private 5G network. This would enable organisations to not only do digital but also be digital.

We live in exponential times, where data is increasingly determining the success of the organisation. With data being the new currency it is no longer possible to ignore the opportunities that big data analytics has to offer. For organisations to remain competitive in these fast-changing times, there is an important need to detect and anticipate changes in the environment. Big data analytics can provide the necessary insights and as such change strategy and decision making by providing insights into an uncertain environment.

However, big data entails so much more than just preparing the organisation for massive amounts of data coming into the organisation and understanding the environment; it encompasses having the right algorithms, having the right security and privacy practices and having the right internal processes and company culture in place. Simply having a big data strategy is no longer enough, organisations need to transform their business to enable collaboration among employees, customers, business units and even things, driven by data. After all, in today’s world, every organisation is rapidly becoming a data organisation.

In this inspiring talk, Dr Van Rijmenam will disclose the ins and outs of the endless possibilities of big data analytics and will offer a glimpse of the future of how a data-driven society can positively affect your industry. Providing countless, recent, inspiring examples from around the globe, he will share what is required to service your customers 24/7 using an data-driven omni-channel approach. Dr Van Rijmenam’s keynote will be inspirational and will offer the audience with clear takeaways how they too can transform their business and how they can benefit from this data-driven world.

The organisation of tomorrow will look fundamentally different than today's organisation. As we have seen due to Covid-19, the digital employee will become more important. Those enterprises that are aware of the upcoming changes can best prepare and achieve competitive advantage in a data-driven society. Consequently, the future of work will require management and employees to take a different approach when it comes to creating and delivering a product or service.

The future of work will be defined by three concepts: data, decentralisation and automation that will radically change leadership, culture, privacy and security. In this keynote, Dr Van Rijmenam will share valuable insights around the future of work and how to build a competitive business.

We live in exponential times and simply having a digital strategy focused on continuous innovation is no longer enough to thrive in a constantly changing world. Black Swans such as Covid-19 disrupt your business. In order to transform an organisation and contribute to building a secure and rewarding networked society, collaboration among employees, customers, business units and even things is increasingly becoming key. In this keynote, Dr Van Rijmenam will discuss how big data, blockchain and AI will change collaboration and in doing so enable a networked society.

We live in a world of accelerated change and disruptive innovations are challenging the status quo for organisations. The common denominator of all these innovations? They produce data, lots of it, which can be used to create magical experiences that were unthinkable before. In order to remain competitive, organisations need to put obtain a different perspective of their business and develop a culture of innovation. In this keynote, The Digital Speaker will take you on a journey how to embed innovation across your organisation.

Knowledge is a form of power and knowledge is derived from data. Having access to data has become a prerequisite in today’s world to remain competitive. Data and analytics enable you to sense and seize opportunities in the environment of your company and to take action accordingly. To do so, we need to democratize data, because when more people have access to information and knowledge, empowerment is a possibility, resulting in smarter and better decision-making.

In this session, Dr Van Rijmenam will explain the importance of data on your organisation and your decision-making capabilities. He will discuss how leadership should change in this data-driven world, how data can be a catalyst for change and how data enables the rise of the digital employee.

We live in a world of accelerated change and Covid-19 is challenging the status quo for organisations. In addition, innovations are being developed faster and faster. The common denominator of all these innovations? They produce data, lots of it, which can be used to create magical experiences that were unthinkable before.

In order to remain competitive, organisations need to put obtain a different perspective of their business and develop a culture of innovation. This culture of innovation requires leaders to ensure a mutual understanding of emerging technologies across the business. More than ever before, IT has become a critical capability to lead the way and CDO’s should actively push the envelope.

In this session, Dr Van Rijmenam discusses how the CDO and CIO should challenge the status quo and challenge projects instigated by other departments to ensure the most optimal, flexible, secure and private technical solution is developed. At the same time, they should take the lead when it comes to innovation. IT moves from being in the back of the car to the driver’s seat.

In the past years, Bitcoin, Crypto and Blockchain have really become known to the wider public, but what are they? What is Bitcoin and what are Altcoins and how will they affect transactions and the financial system? What is Blockchain or Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and what are distributed ledgers? Is crypto a scam, is it a bubble and what do provenance, privacy and identity have to do with it? In this presentation, Dr Van Rijmenam will share the ins and outs of what blockchain is, how it can be used for social good and how it will completely change how organisations work and societies are run.

A transformation to a decentralised economy, requires organisations to digitally transform their business and reinvent their internal processes. After all, all organisations are data organisations and Blockchain will enable organisations to automate decision-making and create trustless transactions. How will Blockchain change your business?

In the presentation, The Digital Speaker will pay special attention to how Blockchain will affect the financial services industry, how healthcare can benefit from smart contracts and how governments can improve their identity system. In addition, manufacturers and retailer can use Blockchain to ensure provenance in their supply chain. How this will exactly work? Learn all about it by booking The Digital Speaker for your next event.

The financial industry is experiencing disruption not seen before since the start of the sector, 2000 BC. Blockchain and Decentralised Finance are rapidly making waves in the sector and increasingly financial institutions have to find a reply to this revolution. New blockchain startups are developing innovative, decentralised solutions that by-pass the existing financial organisations completely and existing financial services firms have to adopt to remain competitive.

Fortunately, there are many benefits for the finance industry to be achieved by using blockchain technology. Traditionally, the financial services industry is known for its legacy systems and some banks have stacks of legacy systems, some of which 30-40 years old. It is, therefore, not surprising that the finance industry needs to embrace Blockchain to improve many of their out-dated systems and, along the way, save, and make, a lot of money.

Using blockchain, the financial industry can trade faster, cheaper and become more efficient. In this inspiring keynote, Van Rijmenam will discuss how blockchain will completely change the financial industry and he will reveal five ways how the financial sector can benefit from this revolutionary technology.

We live in an ever-changing world and the strategic challenge that organisations face is to continuously adapt their strategy to this constantly, rapidly and unpredictably changing environment. Technology can help organisations do so and enable leaders to be the change within their business (unit) to remain competitive.

This keynote will discuss three of these technologies that can enable leaders to deal with the changing customer landscape and how they can innovate and lead the pack. These technologies are big data, blockchain and artificial intelligence. Together, these three technologies change how we do business and they are the holy grail of the organisation of tomorrow. Those leaders that understand these technologies can become a catalyst for creating and driving change within their business unit.

A few years ago, Gartner took Big Data out of the Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, indicating that big data by itself is no longer a mega trend but that does not mean that Big

Data is dead. On the contrary, Big Data has become more important than ever and has become a prerequisite for competitive advantage.

New technologies enable organisations to do more with data than ever before and it is completely changing how we work and live. In this keynote, International Big Data expert Mark van Rijmenam will share with you how big data is eating the world, including inspiring examples, that will dramatically change your business in the years to come and he will explain why Big Data is more important than ever.