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Wed, Oct 15 · 6:00 PM SST

GenAI upSkilling for Leadership | TGB x upGrad

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TGB and upGrad are partnering to talk about the Generative AI skills gap organisations are facing and how senior leaders can up-skill in the age of Generative AI and emerging technologies, to stay relevant and to drive meaningful impact.
​To tackle the rapidly changing technology landscape due to Generative AI, we will focus on the following topics:

1. ​How leaders can up-skill in generative AI beyond mid-career to stay relevant at the top
2. ​How senior executives can lead future-ready teams by understanding the Generative AI & Emerging Tech
3. ​How upGrad’s DBA programs fast-track senior leaders' up-skilling in Generative AI

​Relevant for: CXOs, VPs, senior leaders, adopting AI in their work and products, and are looking to up-skill themselves.
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## ​Agenda:

• ​6:00 PM: Registration + Networking
• ​6:30 PM: Welcome and opening remarks (TGB, upGrad)
• ​6:40 PM: Keynote #1
• ​7:00 PM: Keynote #2
• ​7:20 PM: Keynote #3
• ​7:40 PM: Panel discussion + Q&A
• ​8:20 PM: Networking
• ​9:00 PM: End of event

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## ​Keynote #1: Sonny Panesar (Executive Director UBS)


Sonny is an Executive Director at UBS with over 30 years of experience in technology, including 25 years in finance, leading front office IT teams in investment banking and wealth management. He holds a Master's degree in Finance from Baruch College, City University of New York.

## ​Keynote #2: Kevin Shepherdson (CEO, Straits Interactive)


​Kevin is the CEO of Straits Interactive, a multi-million dollar bootstrapped leader in privacy, data governance, and GenAI adoption, and founder of the DPEX Network, ASEAN’s largest privacy professional community. He is an SSG Fellowship awardee, author of 99 Privacy Breaches to Beware of, and an IAPP-authorised trainer with 5 international certifications. With senior leadership roles at Oracle, Sun, and Creative, he brings 20+ years of strategy, GRC, and innovation expertise.

## ​Keynote #3: Michael Cutler (CTO, Standard Chartered Ventures)

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​Michael is the Fractional CTO at SC Ventures with over 25 years experience as a tech leader driving the adoption of AI, Web3, and ESG innovation. Companies invest billions in AI but struggle to move past pilots. Michael Cutler built SC Ventures' AI Lab to solve exactly this problem—creating the "decision-making architecture" that separates transformative AI from expensive theater.

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## ​**upGrad:**

​upGrad is a global leader in higher online education. With the latest technology, pedagogy, industry partners and world-class faculty, they create immersive online learning experiences for learners globally.

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