Why Attend

Award-winning manufacturer Teknion takes its brand seriously. Its brand family designs office furnishings, seating, ergonomic accessories, architectural products and textiles for the world’s largest companies. Design thinking permeates all aspects of Teknion's business: from product design, to the wellbeing of its customers, its employees, the communities in which it operates, and the planet. When it came to its online presence, the ability to bring its inclusive vision to life was of utmost importance. In this presentation, Claudio will highlight recent projects that, with Sitefinity at its center, have enabled the digital transformation of the global brand.

During her tenure as the third chief technology officer of the United States, Megan Smith fundamentally altered the composition of the federal government. Her team collaboratively recruited top talent “rabble-rousers” from Silicon Valley and other tech sectors to address such critical issues as artificial intelligence, education and training, urban and rural poverty, data science, and economic inclusion. Smith describes how they teamed up with colleagues to employ their talents and adopt new approaches to using data, innovation, and rapid iteration in order to create a more open, collaborative, and responsive government—and explains how your company can do the same.

Founded in 1976, CGI is one of the largest independent IT and business services firm in the world, employing over 74,000 professionals. It’s 40 years of continuous profitable growth is a clear testament to the company’s commitment to deliver significant value to their clients’ mission-critical and transformative work with an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from IT and business consulting to systems integration, outsourcing services and intellectual property solutions. Among those capabilities are application services, many running on Progress technology, that span a range of industries from financial services to government, healthcare and manufacturing. With her home base in Finland, Anna will discuss CGI’s broad impact in the Nordic countries and then dive into the long-term relationship CGI has had with Progress and the company’s sweeping OpenEdge modernization process.

A regular (#2) on U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing of the best hospitals in Pennsylvania, the 30,000 employees of Jefferson Health prove their dedication day after day to reimagine healthcare through education and discovery with a singular goal of improving lives. Their innovative approach to healthcare spans across the organization all the way to their approach to digital innovation. In his presentation, Neil will talk about how inventive internal applications and dashboards allow them to take a lean, agile approach to organizational management; a donor app that helped the organization raise nearly $1.5 million in the last month alone; and his role in digital innovation, which spans his work in education and includes digital learning. He will discuss the use of human centered design to improve the user experience and how to apply it to improve patient engagement in healthcare.

Around the world Canada’s Highway 407 ETR (Express Toll Route) is considered to be something of a scientific marvel – and with good reason. It’s the world’s first all-electronic, barrier-free toll highway, encircling the greater Toronto area over a 108 km stretch. It’s also recognized for its safety, environmental awareness and superior customer experience. 407 ETR wants its mobile app to be central to that experience, which will provide services such as relevant trip information, tools to help customers better understand and plan their travel, personalized travel alerts and integrated roadside assistance. In this presentation, Ravi will discuss the customer experience in depth and plans for further customer engagement, as well as highlight architecture considerations that support rigid security requirements and the ability to scale a user base of over 2 million active customers.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the average farmer plants their crops 30 days late, dramatically affecting yield in a region where food insecurity is widespread. Having access to tractors, a scarce and out-of-reach resource for many farmers is vital. Hello Tractor, an agricultural technology social enterprise set out to change that through a digital tractor sharing application, connecting tractor owners with farmers. In this compelling presentation, you’ll hear all about the transformative impact this “NetJet like app for tractor sharing” has had on food production and food security, enabling farmers that use the app to plant 40 times faster; the beneficial generation of a revenue stream for tractor owners; the unique relationship and partnership with tractor manufacturer John Deere; and how Progress Kinvey allowed Hello Tractor to focus on delivering unique value. As Mr. Oliver says, “If we can get our technology onto as many tractors in sub-Saharan Africa as possible, we can confront food insecurity in that region and improve the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people.”

In today’s digital economy, traditional industry boundaries have vanished creating opportunities for new entrants and challenges for incumbents. In this session, Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta examines the impact of digital disruption and how leading organizations are using Progress technologies to deliver innovative omni-channel experiences that bolsters their business. You’ll see technology in action and hear directly from customers about how they are building out the applications of the future.

Join Yogesh Gupta, Progress CEO, as he moderates a high-energy panel session with our customer keynote speakers, drilling down into both the business and technology successes and challenges of their work and the things all of us can take away from their experiences.

Opening remarks and introductions from Loren Jarrett, Chief Marketing Officer.

Join Progress CMO Loren Jarrett as she moderates this lively session featuring “anything goes” audience questions for Progress executives. Feel free to ask product, technology, or business questions. Please submit your questions ahead of time on the ProgressNEXT 2019 mobile app or leave written questions at the information desk.