Juan Jose Dardon Mota (JJ) leads Technology Strategy at OTTO Group, where he works across a portfolio of 15+ companies advising the Executive Board on how technology and AI can drive real business change. With over 15 years in product and digital roles, JJ has worked across startups, ventures, and large retail organizations.
Day 2 | Thursday 15th October
9:20 AM KEYNOTE INTERACTIVE: Tech Governance as a Growth Engine: How can you turn governance into an AI accelerator to drive safe, scalable innovation?
- How can you reframe AI governance from a compliance barrier into an enabler that reduces friction and unlocks faster experimentation across teams?
- How can you empower internal champions through structured programs (eg. AI Ninjas) to drive innovation within clear guardrails rather than creating shadow AI risk?
- How can you distinguish between quick AI wins and deeper structural blockers using frameworks like 'patch vs. cure' to prioritise scalable transformation?
- What does this look like in practice across a complex, federated retail portfolio with different levels of tech maturity?
After a 20-minute case study, you will take part in an interactive discussion where attendees can ask questions, share experiences, and explore practical applications with your peers.
12:30 PM OXFORD-STYLE DEBATE: AI needs to be able to make commercial decisions without human approval
FOR: Heiko Maas, Head of EU Analytics, Ford
- At the scale of modern commerce, humans can't react fast enough to real-time signals
- Accountability doesn't disappear when AI decides, it becomes clearer
- Human approval often institutionalises bias, AI can reduce it
AGAINST: Juan Jose Dardon Mota, Head of Tech Strategy, Otto Group
- Commercial decisions are not just optimisation problems – they encode values
- Human approval matters for the brand, ethics, and context
- Once autonomous decisions go wrong at scale, recovery is slow and expensive
Secure your front row seat as the conference room becomes a battlefield. Witness industry experts fight their corner over the most controversial topics in your industry.
Who will deliver the knockout argument to claim victory? Take your seat and vote!
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Juan.
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