1. IGNITE what’s possible with SCC
Russell opened Engage with a high‑impact session that brought the audience directly into the conversation about what was next. Sharing an update on SCC’s direction and priorities for 2026, he explored the challenges organisations were facing and the choices that would define the year ahead. This session set the tone for the day, inviting attendees to think differently about progress, partnership, and impact, while giving a sneak peek at SCC’s new brand and how we would more clearly position ourselves to customers, partners, and our own staff.
2. SCC: Shaping the future together
In a landscape defined by constant change and increasing global complexity, James Rigby, Chairman, and Robert Vassoyan, SCC Group CEO, came together for a candid leadership conversation on the challenges shaping today’s technology and services market. Drawing on a global perspective, this session explored the economic, geopolitical and industry forces influencing customer priorities, alongside the strategic decisions organisations had to make to remain resilient and competitive. James and Robert shared how SCC was responding to these pressures, evolving its capabilities, expanding its reach, and strengthening its position as a trusted partner across sectors. This discussion offered insight into SCC’s long‑term vision and exciting investment areas, the opportunities emerging from disruption, and how the organisation was positioning itself to lead in an increasingly demanding market.
3. Sir Peter Rigby – 30 years of Philanthropy
Sir Peter provides an inspiring insight into the Rigby family’s history of giving back, highlighting the importance of long‑term funding commitments and responsible leadership in driving positive change. This session offers an uplifting overview of the work of both Rigby charities and the role each of us can play in making a difference to those who need support most.
4. Cyber Resilience in Action
As global uncertainty reshaped the threat landscape, cyber security becomes a critical business issue. Building on the strategic context set by James Rigby and Robert, this session explored how the geopolitical climate was heightening cyber risk and what organisations should have prioritised.
With budgets under pressure, visibility was key. The session examined why attack surface management was more important than ever helping organisations understand exposure, reduce risk, and focus investment where it mattered most. It also addressed supply chain risk, consolidation, and the growing need to work with trusted partners to simplify and secure complex environments.
The session concluded by looking ahead to AI – its potential to strengthen security, but also the new and evolving risks it introduced.
5. AI Solutions: Ready to scale or ready to stumble?
Most businesses were making critical decisions with incomplete information, slow processes, and teams stretched too thin to see the full picture. It was a capability gap, and it was costing more than most leaders realised.
The session challenged attendees to consider whether their business would be ready to double in size overnight- or exposed by it – highlighting that hesitation often came not from cost, but from processes and decision-making that weren’t built to scale. The session focused on how organisations like theirs were confidently deploying AI that didn’t just inform decisions but made them autonomously, accurately, and at a speed no team alone could match. It demonstrated how to do this safely, securely, and without losing control of what mattered most. Ultimately, it encouraged attendees to reflect on what had been holding them back from scaling, deciding, and acting with total confidence.
6. Customer Panel
There remains a significant gap between digital workplace ambition and the day‑to‑day reality experienced by most workforces. This session explored how the most productive organisations are taking practical, achievable steps to close that gap.
7. Digital Workplace: The intelligent workplace
This panel brought together voices from across our customers to explore the real challenges organisations were facing in 2026. Through open and honest discussion, the session focused on what was working, what was changing, and where leaders were seeing the greatest impact – from technology adoption to organisational transformation.
8. The power of partnership in AI
This session brought together an exceptional group of global technology leaders – NVIDIA, Dell, Cisco, and HPE – offering a rare opportunity to hear directly from the organisations shaping the AI ecosystem end‑to‑end.
It provided a clear and direct briefing on how AI infrastructure was being designed and deployed at scale, exploring where the market was heading, what it meant for organisations making investment decisions, and how to distinguish what was real from what remained aspirational.
A board‑level AI briefing, delivered by the people building it.