Headline Sponsor Future Decoded - Microsoft · 2018-10-26 · Dynamics CRM (Sales, Service and HR) • Access to global Enterprise clients • Access to global Channel Partners •

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31 October and 1 November 2018 ExCeL London

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Future Decoded

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ContentsForeword by Warwick Hill, MD Western Europe 3

About Microsoft for Startups 4

About AI for Good 6

AI for Accessibility 9

AI for Earth 11

About Egress 14

About Rimilia 16

Contact information 18

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Microsoft for Startups is delighted to be headline sponsor of this year Future Decoded 2018 for a fascinating two-day event.

Digital transformation and AI are changing the world. So, how can businesses grow while managing disruption in these exciting times? To answer this question, I am pleased to have our key scaleup companies and co-sponsors Rimilia and Egress, who will be running dedicated sessions and sharing their expertise on how they are leading the world in credit management and cybersecurity solutions respectively.

You will learn how to guarantee your cashflow with AI as well as how to protect top secret data in Azure, or even how we can support your business and supercharge you for success…

Future Decoded will also be highlighting the Microsoft AI for Good programme, and I am even more excited that Microsoft for Startups will be launching a special cohort from February to June 2019 specifically focused on UK organisations working on AI Solutions that have a direct societal impact. You will find further information on pages 6 to 12, and we hope to receive lots of applications telling us your fantastic stories and promising projects.

Foreword by Warwick Hill, MD Western EuropeMicrosoft for Startups Western Europe

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Let’s CONNECT, BUILD and GROW!

Our warmest thanks go to:

About AI for Good

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Microsoft for Startups has been supporting entrepreneurs and startups since 2011. The London programme supports startups at all phases of their growth through an in-depth 1:1 bespoke programme built to support each participating company.

We specialise in B2B and B2B2C businesses and are industry agnostic. Statistics show that companies that have been through our programme have a 69% chance of continuing to have a thriving business 3 years after taking part.

Microsoft for Startups provides unprecedented co-selling access to top Microsoft partners and customers, powerful business connections, and technical knowledge. After participation, companies continue to benefit by joining the strong global Microsoft Partner Network and our Accelerator alumni network. The London programme specialises in helping high growth companies understand and sell with Microsoft via our global Co-sell Programme.

Microsoft for StartupsSupporting Startups to grow and scale.

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Who’s on our radar?We are looking for later-stage startups that meet the following criteria:

• $3m minimum raised

• $1m p.a. revenue generated

• Series A or B raising

• CEO/CTO available to participate in deep dive sessions at our free Reactor developer community hub in London

• A great team ready to scale

• Capacity to define a “How Microsoft for Startups can help me to scale up” plan

What are the benefits of Microsoft for Startups?• Equity-free – Microsoft does not demand a stake in

the scale-up companies we nurture

• Up to $250,000 Azure credits

• Free software to scale-up seamlessly – Visual Studio Enterprise Monthly Cloud Subscription (Development), Office 365 Business Premium (Productivity) and Dynamics CRM (Sales, Service and HR)

• Access to global Enterprise clients

• Access to global Channel Partners

• Access to the Alumni and wider global Microsoft for Startups ecosystem

• 1:1 Mentorship and support tailored to the individual StartUp requirement

• Office space at the London Program based in Shoreditch

Co-selling support*Once you have graduated and been co-sell approved, you have the opportunity to sell inside Microsoft’s two Marketplaces (AppSource and Azure Marketplace) – as well as connecting to Microsoft’s Global Sales force.

Commercial-ready onboardingOur dedicated concierge desk will work with your startup to help you build a set of materials that align your pitch with enterprise standards.

Success ManagersOnce you become Co-Sell approved we will appoint a Success Manager to help you:

• Navigate Microsoft

• Build a “Go-to-Market” plan

• Drive client engagement

• Build Channel partnerships

* Subject to eligibility

VC supportThe following VCs proudly support Microsoft for Startups:

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Come and join Microsoft for Startups for a unique opportunity to explore AI for Good.

We will be hosting a new Cohort from February to June 2019 specifically focused on UK organisations working on AI Solutions that have a direct societal impact. Eligible startups partake in the immersive programme here in London, followed by ongoing support from a dedicated team of success managers.

In a few words, Microsoft is involved in providing technology, resource, and expertise to empower those working to solve issues and create a more sustainable and accessible world. Microsoft strongly believes that when built with people in mind, AI technology has the power to extend our capabilities beyond our limits, amplifying our human ingenuity and empowering us all to achieve more.

Do you have a use for AI which could help our society develop more sustainably? Have you discovered an amazing use of AI which could improve the lives of those living with a life-changing condition? If yes, we look forward to receiving your story soon.

About AI for Good…“Special Microsoft Cohort” for “AI for Good: Accessibility & Earth”

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Deep in the rainforest in a northern corner of the Republic of Congo, some of the most sophisticated monitoring of animal sounds on earth is taking place. Acoustic sensors are collecting large amounts of data around the clock for the Elephant Listening Project.

These sensors capture the soundscape in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park and adjacent logging areas: chimpanzees, gorillas, forest buffalo, endangered African grey parrots, fruit hitting the ground, blood-sucking insects, chainsaws, engines, human voices, gunshots. But researchers and local land managers who placed them there are listening for one sound in particular – the calls of elusive forest elephants.

Remarkable example of AI for GoodAI for Earth – Can sound help save a dwindling elephant population? Scientists using AI think so. Researchers use the elephant call data to build more accurate and frequent population estimates, track their movements, provide better security and potentially to identify individual animals, which can’t be easily seen from the air.

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Apply to AI for Earth Cohort

Closing date: 1st January 2019

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Designed for the blind and low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text, currency, color, and objects.

Seeing AI is a Microsoft research project that brings together the power of the cloud and AI to deliver an intelligent app designed to help you navigate your day.

Point your phone’s camera, select a channel, and hear a description of what the AI has recognized around you. With this intelligent camera app, just hold up your phone and hear information about the world around you. Seeing AI can speak short text as soon as it appears in front of the camera, provide audio guidance to capture a printed page, and recognizes and narrates the text along with its original formatting. Download the app here.

Remarkable example of AI for GoodAI for Accessibility – Seeing AI

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Closing date: 1st January 2019

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AI for Accessibility

A five-year, $25 million program that harnesses the power of AI to amplify human capability for the more than one billion people around the world with a disability.

Why AI for Accessibility?AI is now capable of hearing, seeing, and reasoning with increasing accuracy. Real-time speech-to-text transcription, computer vision capabilities, and predictive text functionality are just a few examples of how AI is useful to people with disabilities today.

AI for Accessibility aims to accelerate the development of accessible and intelligent AI solutions that build on recent advancements in Microsoft Cognitive Services to help developers create intelligent apps that see, hear, speak, understand and better interpret people’s needs.

This grant program is a call to action for developers, NGOs, academics, researchers and inventors to bring their ideas to the next level.

Amplifying human capability

TechnologyAccess our cloud and AI platforms to create new solutions

KnowledgeAccelerate development by working with Microsoft engineers for consultations

PartnershipTogether we will create empowering experiences for people with disabilities

For more information about AI for Accessibility, click here: aka.ms/aiforaccessibility

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AI for Accessibility Focus areasThere is a world of opportunities for applying AI to accessibility, and these are the areas the AI for Accessibility program will focus initially. We will begin accepting applications in June 2018 at http://aka.ms/grant

Challenge:The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is more than double that of people without a disability.

Opportunity:Use AI to help people develop additional skills in the work-place and evolve the culture around inclusive hiring.

Challenge:Technology is not always affordable and is sometimes difficult to apply to an individual’s unique scenario.

Opportunity:Build modern solutions for people with disabilities by making software and devices smarter, more contextually relevant, and improve daily life.

Challenge:Communication and connection are fundamental to providing equal access to information and opportunities. Lack of options excludes some from employment and society.

Opportunity:Modernize communication options for people, regardless of how they listen, speak, or write.

Experience AI in action

Seeing AIA free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text, and objects.

HelpictoHelpicto uses speech-to-text to generate sentences and leverages language understanding to categorize keyboards.

Microsoft TranslatorRochester Institute of Technology is using custom speech models and Microsoft Translator to improve accuracy of real-time captions for students.

For more information about AI for Accessibility, click here: aka.ms/aiforaccessibility

Employment Modern Life Human Connection

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AI for EarthWhy AI for Earth?The world is seeing rapid advancements in cloud and AI solutions that are unlocking new possibilities to solve the world’s most challenging problems. But those solutions are not being used to understand and protect the planet, and as such, we are essentially flying blind when it comes to understanding how our planet is changing and how to best solve climate-related challenges in agriculture, biodiversity and water.

AI can change that—it gives us the capacity to monitor, model and ultimately manage the planet’s natural resources. It also can help accelerate and scale research into new, data-driven solutions.

Human society is now faced with the unprecedented challenge of mitigating and adapting to changing climates, ensuring resilient water supplies, and sustainably feeding a population rapidly growing to 10 billion people—all while stemming an ongoing and catastrophic loss of biodiversity.

These are challenges that have mobilized unprecedented global efforts from national and international organizations, but these problems are also exceptionally complex, requiring an integration of information across an array of domains, data platforms, and analytical systems. Solutions are difficult to find in large part because when it comes to our understanding of the natural world, we are in the middle of an information drought, and are practically flying blind in our efforts to steer human society onto a more environmentally sustainable path.

AI can help us chart a better future—it gives us the capacity to monitor, model and ultimately manage the planet’s natural resources. It also can help accelerate and scale research into new, data-driven solutions.

However, access to AI tools (and training to optimize their effectiveness) are major challenges for the environmental sector. Too often, we ask the organizations with the fewest resources and the least technological expertise to solve the world’s biggest environmental challenges.

That’s precisely why we developed AI for Earth: to help democratize access to AI tools and increase the level of expertise in the field. In just the first year, our program has grown from 20 grantees to 139 grantees in 45 countries, and we’ve hosted two in-person educational summits and provide ongoing support to train our grantees and help catalyze their work. Already, these small organizations and researchers are seeing

results—faster processing speeds, improved accuracy in algorithms, and the ability to scale through new APIs—that improve productivity, the state of research, and our ability to address and adapt to a changing climate.

AI for Earth is set up to address global environmental challenges in the core focus areas of climate, agriculture, water and biodiversity. We do this in three distinct ways: grants that provide individuals and organizations with unprecedented access to our cloud and AI tools; opportunities for in-depth education and training on AI to increase technological expertise in the field; and additional investments in a handful of the most innovative, scalable solutions to showcase what’s possible when AI is deployed for the planet.

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But our work is just beginning. It’s clear that in order to compute data on an earth-scale, we need a truly integrated planetary computer. That’s why we’re looking forward to announcing more grants and featured projects, and launching our first open-source AI for Earth API gallery later this year—so that others can also benefit from the knowledge, tools and resources being developed by the AI for Earth community. As our program continues to grow, our goal is simple: to put Microsoft’s AI in the hands of those who need it most, driving scientific discovery and the development of innovative solutions that engage everyone, everywhere in protecting the planet.

AI for EarthFocus areasOur grantees are already seeing results from Microsoft’s support and AI tools. Computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, and other AI disciplines are being applied to conservation challenges around the world.

Agriculture

Examples include

Biodiversity Climate Change Water

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For more information about AI for Earth, click here: aka.ms/AI_for_Earth

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Meet our co-sponsors

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Proactive defence against data breachesThe confidence to share email, documents and media files securely

Organisations are facing increasing risk when sharing sensitive electronic data with millions of digital users. Tight budgetary controls have driven organisations to embrace digital transformation and outsourcing, compounding the risk of highly sensitive electronic information being shared with the wrong recipient and with insufficient protection applied.

What is Egress?Egress is an intelligent data security platform that allows the user the freedom to categorise and share unstructured data securely. Organisations can automatically understand, secure and control the data they process and share, significantly reducing the risk of a data breach, whilst helping to drive operational efficiency.

Why customers use Egress• Certified by the National Cyber Security Centre

(NCSC)

• Enhance regulatory compliance by protecting data, auditing and reporting

• Easy-to-use security that protects users

• Frictionless integration with Microsoft 365

• Large cost and efficiency savings from streamlining electronic data sharing including large media files

Avoid data breaches• Proactive defence against accidental and malicious

document sharing

• Top level visibility and global security control

• Encryption first – file protection defaults to secure

Drive efficiency & cut costs• Consolidate multiple security solutions onto the

Egress platform

• Free for recipients, driving compliance and easy data security

• Process and share large media files securely, saving data transfer costs

Understand & manage data risk• Policy-based classification stops users sharing

data in error

• Real-time shared content access controls including revocation

• Comprehensive data analytics help meet regulatory compliance

Delivering return on investment“Egress is the most widely deployed security software service across UK Government. For one customer alone, Egress supports 600,000 users, securely delivering over 3.5 million email messages per month. Built on the Microsoft Azure platform, the service provides infinite scalability, operation effectiveness, stability and business continuity, helping drive business efficiency and cost savings.” UK GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON

Limit exposure to GDPR by tracking and auditing shared data

Consolidate five systems on to one with Egress86% of data breach records caused by human error

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The standard for secure sharing• Customisable security rules protect individuals and

companies from data breaches

• Application availability with cloud-based disaster recovery

• Approved vendor solution on G-Cloud and NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue

Our promise to youWe are deeply passionate about supporting our customers to manage the risk of sharing information securely. As part of this commitment, recipients of information shared by Egress can communicate securely free of charge with paying subscribers, offering end-to-end encryption throughout the data sharing process.We have a duty to both the public and government departments to protect confidential information, which is why we strive to create the best tools to make security second nature.

An offer to get you startedRequest a demo today and evaluate the Egress features in our free 30-day trial.

Why Egress?• Best in class security standards• Assure stakeholders that data is protected by the most up to date security standards• Regular updates to keep you at the forefront of knowledge and practice

www.egress.com | [email protected] | 0844 800 0172 | @EgressSoftware

Egress deployed on Microsoft Azure sets the standard for secure sharing on a global scale

Instant scalability• Cut the cost of IT investments – elastic compute with

Azure

• Fast, flexible cloud deployment

• Match global reach of third party suppliers with availability in 140 countries

Enhancing Microsoft Office 365• User-centric, AI led data protection, including

classification and error prevention in Office 365 products

• Encrypt data and share large files straight from Microsoft Outlook

• Enhance auditing, reporting and access control, including real-time revocation

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Classify content

Prevent user error

Encrypt shared data

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BEHAVIOURAL ANALYTICS

Control access

Discovery and compliance reporting

Integration with Microsoft Office 365

Azure

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Rimilia solves customer pain points:Cash is vital to every business. We reduce stress by understanding through our solution the payment behaviours of customers and thus treating them in a dynamic way to optimize payments.This will improve cash flow and reduce aged and bad debts. Lack of accurate payment behaviour data can cause cash flow dramas.

Why Customers use Rimilia• Rapid implementation. Works as an add-in

with Dynamics 365

• Return on investment in less than 12 months

• The platform to automate the complete Accounts Receivable process

• Trusted by Global brands

• Outperforms all rivals and the world class standard (Hackett Group)

Deliver certainty• Real-time accurate view of customer accounts

• Predicted customer payment behaviour

• Consistency as standard – reducing the uncertainty of cash collection targets

Proven to Reduce Debtors Outstanding and eliminates unallocated cash

Total visibility• Real-time cash position and accurate view of cash

flow forecasting

• Advanced dashboards driven by Power BI

• Scalable and removes the pressure of month end

Take the right action at the right time, every time

Enhanced control• Automates repetitive and predictable tasks

• Full audit and compliance in-built controls

• Allows action-taking decisions to be made quickly

Provide the cornerstone of efficiency and accuracy

“As a result of implementing Alloc8, we have reduced the manual effort required by 85% each month which is phenomenal. A great experience which has ultimately changed our business.”

TalkTalk Business Head of Credit and Risk Tamsyn Harrison-Gabbott

Guarantee your cash flowGet paid on time and take control of your cash

Our Solution removes the need for manual processing of payments and the need for remittances to allocate payments.

The solutionRimilia provides enterprise and corporate organisations with intelligent finance automation solutions that deliver visibility and control of cash flow & cash collection, and cut manual processing costs.

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Azure delivers resilience and continuity• Dynamically scaling AI and Machine Learning

architecture Secured with Azure Active Directory

• Highly available Azure App Service platform

Rimilia deployed on Microsoft Azure provides global processing of accounts receivable in real time, driving unprecedented efficiencies

Why choose RimiliaOur solution removes at least 85% of manual activity enabling organisations to easily match and reconcile payments. Our solution predicts customer payment behaviour, creating dynamic collection strategies which result in a reduction in DSO/Debtor Days and Aged Debt. Rimilia provides organisations with visibility and control of cash flow & cash collection processes, and allows resources to be focused on added value activities. Seamless integration provides benefits to all stakeholders quickly, resulting in excellent customer experience and retention.

Our Rimilia solutionOur promise to youWe are passionate about improving the Accounts Receivable process and the working lives of cash and credit professionals.With our in-house tech and customer support team, we strive to always provide the very best customer support and help pre and post implementation – we’ve never lost a customer to a competitor.

An offer to get you started• See the solution in action and how quickly it can

make a real difference to your organisation• Hear from our customers who will share with you

the benefits and impact Rimilia has made to their day to day processes and KPIs

• An up front assessment to quickly understand the business value and Return on Investment for your business

Ease of change to better performance• Out of the box solution allowing organisations to

enjoy the benefits within 6 weeks

• Fast ROI and high customer retention to give high TCVs

• Optimised performance and new feature deployment with minimised downtime

• Low in-house IT resource required

Best in class security• Follows Microsoft standard for managing

authentication, integrates with Azure Active Directory

• Tier 4 data centre hosting with robust disaster recovery

• ISO 27001 and SOC2 accreditations for compliance assurance

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