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Cognizant Discovery 2025

Engineering AI for impact

Effective AI implementation is no longer next year’s goal—it’s today’s business necessity.

Leading companies are applying AI across their organisations to drive smarter operations, hyper-personalised experiences and intelligent innovation.

Yet the transition is challenging. At this year’s summit, we’ll discuss how AI can be engineered for meaningful business impact. Helping you move beyond pilot implementations to unlock breakthrough results—at enterprise scale.

Gain new perspectives

Join us for an inspiring roster of guest speakers who will share their unique stories and lessons learned in leadership, resilience and maximising team performance. Prepare to gain new perspectives and walk away with valuable insights that can transform your approach to business and life.

Keynote speakers

Matthew Syed

Author, journalist and broadcaster

Matthew helps top organisations create a mindset of continuous improvement so they can boost performance at every level. He explores the power of cognitive diversity to enhance collaboration and innovation—and reveals secrets of the world’s most successful teams.

Matthew Syed

Damian Hughes

Author, speaker and professor

Drawing on his knowledge in sport, organisational and change psychology, Damian helps teams build high-performing cultures. His books have been translated into 10 languages, and his approach praised by notables including Mohammed Ali and Sir Richard Branson.

Damien Hughes

Sporting legends Q&A

Lord Sebastian Coe, KBE

Olympic running champion and president, World Athletics

Seb, the UK’s prolific world record setter and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1,500m, has served as an MP, led London’s 2012 Olympic bid, and now leads World Athletics. He shares anecdotes and insights on guiding global organisations.

Lord Sebastian

Ruud Gullit

Former footballer and head coach

Ballon d’Or winner Ruud was captain of the 1988 European Championship team and is recognised as one of the 125 greatest living footballers. He draws on experiences at Chelsea and Feyenoord to share his passion for motivation, team building and leadership.

Ruud Gullit

Sir Andrew Strauss, OBE

Former England captain and Director of Cricket

One of England’s most iconic cricket captains, Andrew led the team to three Ashes victories and a world number one ranking. He shares his remarkable story and insights on leadership, resilience and teamwork.

Andrew Strauss

Clients and advisors

Chris O’Shea

CEO, Centrica

Phil Fersht

CEO and Chief Analyst at HFS Research

Our leaders at Discovery

Ravi Kumar S

Chief Executive Officer

Manoj Mehta

Head of Cognizant Europe, Middle East and Africa

Sandra Notardonato

Senior Vice President, Partnerships and Alliances

Babak Hodjat

CTA of AI

Partners & advisor leaders

Phil Fersht

CEO & Chief Analyst, HFS Research

Stephen Smith

General Manager, Service Partners, IBM Ecosystem

Paul Hardy

Innovation Officer - EMEA, ServiceNow

Accelerating business transformation with technology

Join us for a series of pragmatic sessions showcasing how businesses can supercharge performance, reduce risk and take advantage of opportunities in the new era of AI. Our experts will demonstrate how enterprises can achieve impactful results by combining AI with cloud transformation, automation, data modernization and modern business process services, Sessions will include:

Connect your processes, people and insights across the enterprise with AI-enabled intelligent process automation (IPA) and achieve breakthrough performance at lower costs. Hear where your peers are rethinking how they create value, innovate and grow by combining business and process expertise with intelligent digital, AI-enabled platforms that optimize business operations.

Today's dynamic business landscape requires adaptable infrastructure to maintain a competitive edge. Hear how organizations are utilizing modern Cloud and Infrastructure Services to ensure their business remains agile, enhances employee productivity and satisfaction, fosters seamless collaboration across departments and safeguards their organization for the future.

Across industries, software is the alchemy that powers modern business. In this session we’ll explore how Automation and AI are transforming both IT Engineering and Operations enabling sustainable systems of delivery with ecosystems and platforms that gain insights, respond with agility and deliver impact with real world client use cases.

Brownfield or greenfield? Public or private cloud? RISE or non-RISE? Business-led process harmonisation, or IT-led technology modernisation? Learn how clients are optimising their SAP journey for success.

Experience the excitement of Formula One

As Global Technology Services Partner for the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team, we’re already helping turn cutting-edge technology into on-track results. Learn how our F1 successes can translate to your business. Then join us for exclusive access to the 2024 British Grand Prix race weekend after the conference.

 

Location details

The Grove

This idyllic country estate is set in 300 acres of rolling Hertfordshire countryside, just 18 miles from London.

The Grove

Leading the way in AI thought leadership

Our team and our partners share insights about how AI will transform the world of work.

Cognizant Discovery is an invitation-only event. If you have questions related to your attendance please contact our events team at GlobalEvents@cognizant.com.

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