SoftwareOne Summit 2025: Optimize Today, Innovate for Tomorrow
SoftwareOne Summit 2025 Optimize today. Innovate for tomorrow.
23 October 2025 | Virtual Event | Approx. 3 Hours
AI has become all consuming. It's reshaping IT strategies, business and operating models. For IT leaders, the mandate is clear: deliver innovation and efficiency while managing cost, risk and continuity.
The pressure has never been greater - but neither has the opportunity.
Join us on October 23 2025 for an immersive digital event designed to help you master today’s pressures and realize tomorrow’s possibilities.
Hear from global experts and technology partners as we explore practical strategies to capture value, manage risk and innovate at pace.
Join us at a time that suits you:
- Asia Pacific 10:00am – 1:00pm CST (UTC +8)
- Europe 12:00pm – 3:00pm CEST (UTC+2)
- Americas 12:00pm – 3:00pm EDT (UTC−4)
Meet our diverse lineup of influential speakers
Event Agenda
| 10 min |
Welcome | The IT Leadership Moment We kick off with the IT leadership agenda for late ’25–’26: how can IT leaders optimize investments, modernize apps and infrastructure, harness agentic AI, and unlock innovation and growth? Oliver Berchtold - COO, SoftwareOne |
| 30 min |
From Efficiency to Innovation: Fuel What’s Next CIOs must cut tech debt, fund innovation, and manage sprawling cloud estates. See how AI-powered portfolio optimization frees value, reprioritizes investments, and balances legacy with future growth.
Trent Allgood - VP IT Portfolio Management, SoftwareOne
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| 30 min |
Agentic AI and the Future of Employee Experience Generative and agentic AI are reshaping work as expectations shift across five generations. From “shadow AI” to hybrid design, explore how tech creates a more intelligent, personalized, and secure workplace. Kevin Bernstein - Operating Chief AI Officer, NORAM, SoftwareOne |
| 30 min |
Scaling Smart: From POCs to Production with AI Most AI projects stall at pilot stage. Learn how to scale from proof of concept to production by empowering teams, streamlining ops, closing skills gaps, and managing multi-cloud environments.
Alex Galbraith - CTO Cloud Services, SoftwareOne
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| 30 min |
The Engine that Turns Data into your Advantage Siloed data and manual processes slow decisions. Discover how an AI-native approach - using analytics, ML, and agents - automates workflows, surfaces insights, and drives secure innovation at scale.
Egbert IJsseldijk - Google Cloud GTM Lead, SoftwareOne
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| 30 min |
Optimizing Today’s Defenses, Securing Tomorrow’s Innovation As AI permeates every facet of digital life, privacy is paramount. Learn how to safeguard your estate while embracing innovation - from zero trust to defending against AI-driven cyber threats.
Martin Roskelly - Product Manager, Security, SoftwareOne
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| 10 min |
Closing remarks | Act with Intent, Execute with Speed How can you apply what you’ve heard to your own modernization roadmap? We’ll leave attendees with three strategic actions to take now - and an invitation to connect with our team for deeper discussion. Oliver Berchtold - COO, SoftwareOne |
