To mark 25 years of innovating business transformation, OPEX Week is launching this brand-new debate-style format to address one of the conference’s most pressing themes. In a year where the launch of mass-market generative AI tools has transformed our perception of the role of automation within business, this fiery debate will pit machine intelligence vs humanity to decide how we can move forward re-imagining people, process and technology. We will invite leaders who are passionate about either AI or humanity to demonstrate and debate their key views on which would play a more important role in future business transformation. They will also challenge their opponents on their key arguments. The panel members will be grilled on the following questions:

For the Machine Intelligence Camp:

·       What are the biggest opportunities Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI will bring to the transformation table?

·       What are the key steps transformation leaders need to take to fully leverage AI technology?

·       What are the biggest risks in adopting machine intelligence and where will it fall short?

·       What are the ethical implications of AI and how do we move them forward?

For the Humanity Camp:

·       Why is humanity the answer to the business transformation challenges of the future?

·       Where can humanity triumph over machine intelligence in transformation?

·       What are the biggest risks of ignoring the development of machine intelligence?

This session is designed for leaders to challenge and interrogate the true reasons behind their failed transformation efforts. This is also a session where speakers will show true vulnerability, sharing from their own perspective how the decisions they have made in the past have not worked and why. This is an unique opportunity to draw the most valuable lessons from an honest, raw and peer-led dialogue format.

·       Sharing examples of where transformation efforts fall apart

·       Digging deep into the reasons behind these failed efforts

·       What could have been done differently?