Atlanta CIO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

"Iberian Pig Old Fashioned" Cocktail Making Experience - experience making and learning about this bacon-infused staple at the Iberian Pig. Their Lead Bartender will walk through educational tasting notes and recommended food pairings before guests are then instructed on how to make their own drink to enjoy!

A non-alcoholic drink option will also be available.

Proving returns on your security investments in the “break even” business of cybersecurity requires data and stories that feel more like betting on horse races. You know you’ve picked a winner, so now it's time to learn how to show leadership you've made the "right bet" in this practical exercise in proving that the cost of your investment provides measurable returns.

In this interactive session you will explore:

• Calculating return on security investment and incorporating the process in your cybersecurity strategy
• Examining tools that help collect relevant data and measurable outcomes
• Participating in a ROSI exercise

CIOs are often thought of as IT leaders, but a more accurate description would be business strategy leaders who apply technology to advance the enterprise. Today’s CIO must focus on delivering business value, creating a culture of ownership and agility, and enabling the vision through technology decisions and solutions.

Join Taren Rodabaugh, CIO for Bridgestone Americas, to discuss:

• Establishing a culture that embraces change

• Defining enterprise architecture that enables the organization’s vision

• Using common goals and objectives to drive ownership

Every business wants to get the most out of its resources. Apart from making more profit, companies constantly strive towards reducing overall costs. Surviving in today’s competitive world requires businesses to make strategic decisions that lead to better efficiencies. AIOps seeks to do just that – ensure the delivery of highly performant digital applications and services.

Join this session to discuss:

• Gathering and harnessing the data available to provide full stack and enterprise observability
• Automating cloud resource allocation and management to optimize cost
• Using AI in IT operations and management solutions

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com

Today's rapidly evolving enterprise requires CIOs to balance agility and conformance performance. Competing priorities can appear to hinder digital transformation. CIOs can execute transformation by providing greater transparency of resources to successfully execute on strategy to seize opportunity before competition.

Join this session to discuss:

• Introducing adaptability amongst ongoing market uncertainty
• Prioritizing risk-adjusted execution flexibility
• Synchronization of IT and business stakeholder with real-time collaboration

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com

Uncertain economic times force leaders to do more with less. The tech industry is going through a period of downsizing and cybersecurity budgets are not immune from cuts. Executives must be creative if they want to maintain or expand their operations with fewer resources. Fortunately, cloud technology offers businesses several ways to maximize their investments.

Join this session to learn:

• How the cloud can reduce security risks while driving greater productivity
• Ways software-defined solutions can securely transform your business into a supercharged connectivity engine
• Tricks for performing simplified M&As and reducing network complexity without exposing your organization to new risks

Organizations are balancing more technology than ever before. As digital transformation projects continue to rise, employees are experiencing fatigue in using changing software tools and adapting to new technologies. How can CIOs avoid spending more to achieve goals, mitigate organizational risk, and keep their competitive advantage?

Join this boardroom to explore:

• Implementing digital adoption platforms to prevent software paralysis
• Increasing time-to-value and productivity
• Avoiding employee fatigue due to ever-changing software operating models

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com

Shifting economic constraints can put a halt on business transformation, leaving CIOs asking themselves how to monetize the business without continued investment in new technologies. Tomorrow’s CIO will start thinking differently about their digital abilities to run a successful digital enterprise.

Join your CIO peers to discuss:

• Demonstrating continued thought leadership
• Preparing the enterprise to continually evolve
• Balancing optimization and transformation

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com

Now that the pandemic is behind us, how do we make people better moving forward? Regardless of whether they are working remotely, in office or hybrid, we need to continue to create a culture of collaboration and innovation. Please join Zoom’s Global CIO, Gary Sorrentino for an in-depth discussion on unleashing human excellence.

Topics of conversation will include:

• How to upskill our employees to be the best that they can be - striving for human excellence
• Trends to shape UCaaS and CCaaS
• Predictions for the future of work

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hits the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• How new technology movements will impact key stakeholders
• The importance of communicating emerging trends with the board
• Strategies for collaboration across the organization

Today’s digital-era is proving misaligned with our industrial-era leadership mindsets. Disruption and volatility are only accelerating and becoming more complex. Thankfully, today’s digital leaders hold the key to leading in this new paradigm of uncertainty. This session discusses how CIOs can cultivate the evolution of today’s executive mindsets to accelerate the realization of growth and value from digital transformation.

Join Gartner Analyst Kevin Smith to discuss:

• The deep psychology holding us back from growth and how to break through
• The digital leader’s role in leading a new approach to disruption in the C-suite
• Actionable ideas for today, to build change expertise for tomorrow

Everywhere we look there is talk of AI, how it is being used and its possibilities for the future. How can IT leaders mitigate the risks of the hype surrounding AI while preserving the enthusiasm associated with its power to create value? Having the right framework in place, IT leaders can see through the hype, break the concepts down into tangible pieces and remove the philosophical element from the AI discussion.

Join this session to discuss:

• Developing techniques for solving real world business problems with AI
• Implementing step by step pragmatic advanced technology
• Creating use cases to seize AI investment opportunities

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com

Historically focused primarily on technology expertise, the CIO role is expanding into an innovation, strategy, and business leader. Evolving responsibilities require CIOs to be leaders with an eye towards business growth, P&L management, and new areas including how data and tech scale business performance. Justin Mennen, CDTO for Rite Aid, shares his journey and what he sees for the future of the CIO role.

Join this keynote to explore:

• Evolving with the times to grow into new broader roles
• Scaling business performance at a strategic level
• Positioning yourself as a well-rounded leader