As technology becomes more pervasive, affordable and accessible it is changing both our personal and our professional lives. Businesses must respond to this rapidly changing environment and to the new expectations, pressures and demands from customers, prospects, employees and partners.. In developing an emerging digital strategy, CIOs and IT leaders need to understand what is possible, what is desirable and what is beneficial in order to better support their organisation’s key business drivers. But the challenges are not just technical – technology has become a fast moving commodity which is influencing the way we interact and even the way we perceive ourselves and the notion of value. How to respond in the local market against a backdrop of continuing global volatility and uncertainty which threatens stability and social unrest? What are the key short term issues to be addressed and how to accommodate them within your strategy? What are the longer term trends and disruptions which loom on the horizon that you need to be aware of? This seminar looks at both immediate challenges and longer term trends to paint a picture of the changing role of technology over the next few years and it will be of interest to IT, HR and general business executives.