Sustainability at Think 2021

All the enterprise sustainability sessions you need to see at IBM’s premier event

Climate change, dwindling natural resources, and ever-increasing demands on our energy and food supply are disrupting supply chains and operations in unexpected ways, compelling organizations to fundamentally rethink the way they function. Governments, investors, employees and customers are also demanding new levels of enterprise accountability.

To navigate this changing landscape while helping safeguard our planet and our future, companies need to drive decarbonization, comply with new environmental regulations and optimize resource consumption. Sustainability is now a business imperative. 

Hear your industry peers and IBM experts from this year’s Think 2021 to learn how leaders are applying sustainable business practices and uncovering new opportunities to lower costs, win customers, increase brand loyalty, and embrace new business models.

Register or log-in to Think and check out these sessions:

Featured sessions:

• Chairman’s Address: The world’s platform for digital transformation (2293) featuring Arvind Krishna, IBM Chairman & CEOs from CVS, Salesforce, Siemens

• Navigating a new global economy (2323) featuring Bridget van Kralingen, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Markets

• Open for business: the transformative power of open (2324) featuring Jim Whitehurst, IBM President

• Empowering a resilient, sustainable future (2302)
  • Kareem Yusuf, PhD, General Manager, IBM AI Applications & Blockchain
  • Mikkel Hemmingsen, CEO, Sund & Baelt
  • Grischa Sauerberg, VP, Sectors & Decarbonisation, Shell
  • Jane Muir-Sands, VP, IBM Global Real Estate

Innovation talks:

• Humane technology — join the movement (2311)  featuring Tristan Harris

• Guardian of the planet — and the people (2314) featuring Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

• Feeding the future with air protein (2315) featuring Dr. Lisa Dyson

On the CUBE:

• Sustainability as a business imperative (2532)
  • Kareem Yusuf, PhD, General Manager, IBM AI Applications & Blockchain
  • Lucy Baunay, Sustainability Strategy and Climate Reality Leader, IBM
  • Wayne Balta, VP, Corporate Environmental Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, IBM
• Business success and the sustainable enterprise (2522)
  • Ally Karmali, Sustainability & Climate Practice Lead, IBM
  • Keric Morris, Executive Partner Enterprise Strategy, Global Energy & Sustainability Lead, IBM

Special interest and on-demand sessions:

• Andel is changing the game for sustainable energy production and electrification of society (1392)
• Building future-ready supply chains (1727)
• Building safety, resiliency and sustainability into the future workplace (2087)
• Carbon Transparency Pathfinder for decarbonization (2092)
• Global sustainability gets a boost with digital innovation at Siemens Gamesa (1694)
• Guiding the Mayflower autonomous ship with AI-powered automation (1456)
• Leveraging AI and weather to improve renewables forecasting applications in Brazil (1725)
• The hard tech revolutionizing computing — a guided journey (2294)
• Why your next car will be an EV: How bp pulse is electrifying the roadmap to sustainability (1943)