Tomorrow’s tech is already here

More than 80 industry thought leaders from 50-plus companies gathered in Greenville, SC, in December 2017 to learn about current business-affecting topics and technologies at the Technology Immersion Summit.

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The event was hosted by GE Digital and sponsored by Intel and PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network.

Greg Flickinger, Group Vice President of large independent grocer H-E-B, and Dan Smillie, GE Digital, modeled the meeting after a recent vendor summit for the development of a new H-E-B manufacturing plant. The H-E-B vendor summit consisted of two full days of education on emerging technologies, combined with breakout sessions specific to H-E-B’s new plant development. The duo beleived the meeting had gone so well that the industry as a whole could benefit from a similarly structured Technology Immersion Summit.

“This was an opportunity for everyone to remove themselves from the daily white noise of urgency, to think strategically, and to better prepare themselves to compete in this dynamic and quickly evolving marketplace,” Flickinger says. “Technology is changing and evolving so fast that we can be up to speed one week, and wake up behind a week later. The speed of change continues to accelerate, and we can no longer work in silos.”

Septimatech President and CEO Sharron Gilbert approached the summit not only as a learning platform to bring information back to her company, but also to network and find out where her peers stood on digital.

Dorner Vice President of Sales and Marketing Matt Jones approached the Summit with similar networking objectives, and relished the opportunity to see how one of the world’s largest corporations manages its data and digital planning.

“[The summit] presented a unique opportunity to see how companies like GE are approaching this important initiative,” Jones says. “A significant bonus to me was seeing how other medium- and small-sized companies in our space are tackling digitalization.”

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