Madrid, February 11, 2021.- DES – Digital Enterprise Show confirms the celebration of its fifth edition from May 18 to 20, 2021 at IFEMA (Madrid). With the aim of accelerating the digital transformation of Spanish SMEs, DES2021 becomes an essential event that brings together thousands of SMEs every year in search of a technological partner. In this edition, it aims to help them identify the opportunities offered by NextGeneration EU funds for the transformation of production models.
“DES2021 is committed to the necessary public-private collaboration to promote the modernization and digital transformation of all industries, crucial to achieving business competitiveness in modern society. This path of growth is our reason for being and for this, we are an essential platform and bridge between technology, companies and public entities.
The celebration of DES2021 is essential for us to accelerate business processes, streamlining
and optimizing their impact on improving the competitiveness of businesses”, says Malin Svensson, director of Digital Enterprise Show.
The event will bring together once again the entire technological ecosystem, public representatives and managers so that, tangibly, they can learn about all the latest solutions that respond to the new social and economic challenges after the health crisis.
Also, the European recovery funds NextGeneration EU, which promote a change in the production model of the economy through digitization and sustainability, will be the main topics of the Digital Business World Congress. In the congress, Spanish SMEs would be able to identify how to take advantage of these funds through digitization, as well as tools they can use to improve their competitiveness. In this sense, the congress will also feature the Public Administrations Forum, in which the different digital solutions available for better governance will be presented and in which digitization goes through the example of the administration of
our country itself.
Three days to transform your business
This new edition of DES will have the added challenge of redefining the roadmap for the digital transformation of leading sectors of the world economy such as the industrial sector, banking, retail or tourism, key to the economic reactivation after the pandemic. In this context, the Digital Business World Congress will have six vertical forums for different industries (Retail, Health
Care, Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, Banking & Insurance, and Tourism & Hospitality), in addition to agendas for managers, focused according to the area responsibility of each one: CEO’s, CIO’s, CMO’s and Human Resources professionals.
Digitization has experienced a sharp acceleration this year. In fact, according to data from Statista, investment in technology grew worldwide. Specifically, investment in Cybersecurity increased by 84%, in Cloud by 74% and in Automation technologies by 66%. An increase to which are also added investments in Artificial Intelligence (59%), 5G (49%), or IoT (43%),
among others. All these technologies will be widely analysed at DES2021, focusing on those that enable digital transformation through an exhibition area and seven specialized forums for these technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, IoT, 5G, Cloud, and VR / AR.
As every year, DES will host a series of networking activities such as the European Digital Mindset Awards 2021, the Innovation Hub for the most disruptive technology startups on the current scene, or the Women Leadership on Digital Transformation to empower women in the technology sector, among many others.
DES, a safe event
The organization will ensure the safety of all DES2021 attendees with the development of a comprehensive Safety and hygiene protocol following all the recommendations of the health administrations and the UFI (Union of International Fairs). NEBEXT already has the experience of TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit, an event that was held in Seville last November and in which more than a thousand professionals attended in person and in which they performed antigen tests at origin and in the venue itself to ensure the safety of all attendees.
Joel Anaya, CEO of OnView Integrated Solutions, has been instrumental in building the company from the ground up. His innovation and vision transformed the way the company has scaled its business. OnView is a security provider bringing proactive solutions specifically designed to deter suspicious behavior in real-time before the crime occurs.
Joan Kanigan, CEO of the Western Development Museum (WDM), took an extraordinarily unique yet bold step as a leader in 2021. She initiated a 360o Performance Assessment to better understand how she was performing and where she needed to improve—all through an honest and critical feedback system to know where she was standing as a leader and a manager. “My intent with this performance review was to ensure I am serving the WDM and those I am responsible for to the best of my abilities,” she says. “The things that my staff felt I was doing most effectively include listening to them at all levels, using staff input to make decisions; making people comfortable to bring issues, opinions, and questions forward; valuing others’ thoughts and opinions; and identifying needs and opportunities for organizational improvement.”
One of the things that set James A. Floros, President & CEO, Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank aside from other nonprofit CEOs is that he has always run a nonprofit like a business. “The efficiency and effectiveness that is required in the for-profit sector is even more important in the nonprofit sector because you are doing more with less, with less staff and less resources,” he explains. “Three to four weeks into the pandemic, I realized how well our organization was doing and I realized it was because of the work we had done in building an organization based on excellence.” They have an outstanding relationship with their donors, with media, elected officials, have top-notch financials, with 94 cents of every dollar going directly to our programs and services, and an amazing culture among the staff and volunteers.
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I am passionate about payroll and I enjoy connecting with all businesses but I won’t push to make a decision,” says Garcia.