Standalone data has little value. To become useful information for a decision-maker, data requires context and relevance.

Context describes the relationship of one piece of data to other pieces of data. The datum 1.7 means nothing without context (for example, the average temperature increase in degree Celsius on a particular planet’s surface over a century). But context does not necessarily imply relevance – the usefulness of a piece of data to inform decision-making. That the planet concerned in this example is Earth, that makes the data relevant to human beings.

Graph technology is increasingly in demand as the need for more flexible, contextual data models grows.

In this 60-minute conversation with IDC, we will highlight the momentum and reasons why the graph data platform is a breakthrough solution for businesses in need of a flexible data model.  

We will cover:

  • Difficulties of extracting value from data
  • Impacts of how you store data
  • Adoption drivers for graphs 
  • Graph use cases, including context for AI and master data management
  • Essential guidance from IDC

Please join Mohit Sagar, Group Managing Director of CIO Network, as he hosts the conversation with Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall, Associate VP at IDC, and Nik Vora, Vice President of APAC at Neo4j in this very exciting discussion about the insights and knowledge unlocked with a graph data platform.

Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Associate Vice President Analytics, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence IDC Asia Pacific

Dr. Chris Marshall is Associate Vice President for IDC Asia Pacific, responsible for the Analytics, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence practice. Dr. Marshall’s core research coverage includes the development of Data Analytics and Machine Learning competencies and their implications – the threats and opportunities facing organizations as they seek to augment and automate their knowledge-based work.

Previously, Chris was a senior executive in IBM Watson Financial Services where he led their AI-enabled risk and analytics practice in Asia. Before joining IBM, he held senior business development and management roles in big data and analytics at KPMG, Oracle and UBS.

Chris has an MA in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University, an MBA from University of Chicago and a Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. In addition, Chris is a Professor of Computer Science at National University of Singapore, Co-Founder and Director of NUS Program for Research in Intelligent Systems and Risk Management Institute, an author of a widely used textbook on Operational Analytics, as well as a frequent speaker, presenter and moderator at industry conferences.

Mohit Sagar
Group Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief, CIO Network

As the Group Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief at CIO Network. Mohit has developed a content sharing platform that connects governments and industry with an added focus on Education and Healthcare. He spearheads and drives strategies and operations in offices located in Singapore, the United Kingdom and Australia.

In November 2015, OpenGov was honoured with the TIAS President’s Award and recognised on the TIAS SME member roll. 

As a professional facilitator, he brings experience, enthusiasm and humour to the room. He advises Public Sector and industry in Europe, ASEAN and ANZ on Digital Transformation. In 5 years, he has spoken and moderated over 100 conferences ranging from Public Sector, Healthcare, Education, FSI, Telco and Enterprise. 

Nik Vora
Vice President of APAC, Neo4j

I have had the opportunity to be a part of leading platform companies and work with some extremely smart people. Now working with the world's leading Graph Database Platform in Neo4j as we help organisations and communities to view connected data like never before.

Prior to this, I built this region for Qubole from $0 and up and had the opportunity to lead and be a part of 3 hyper growth GTM plays for Capillary Technology, a Cloud-SaaS platform. Over the last 10 years, my focus has been about building markets in Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai and Shanghai; mostly from the ground up.

We have lived through many funding rounds, market conditions and varying investor sentiments - from ‘growth at all costs’ to ‘ unit-economics/cash-flow positive’. What has remained consistent is building strong teams and backing them to go faster.

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