IN-PERSON

Atlanta CIO Executive Summit

June 4, 2025 | Westin Atlanta Perimeter North

June 4, 2025
Westin Atlanta Perimeter North

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Atlanta's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Leveraging C-Suite Collaboration to Enable Technology Innovation and Efficiency

Navigating an Evolving Cybersecurity, Risk, and Governance Landscape

Leveraging Data & Analytics to Improve Business Outcomes

Atlanta CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Guy Brassard

Shaw Industries
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Curtis Carver Jr.

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vice President and CIO

Raghu Sagi

Carter's
EVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer

Regina Salazar

Novelis
SVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer

Grant Shih

Vestis
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Atlanta CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

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

Agenda


Keynote Sessions

How to Develop the Skills Needed to Realize Generative AI Results

Enterprises that build superior learning capabilities will develop AI and other skills needed to out-compete their competition. Generative AI promises breakthrough benefits but these will not be realized, nor the risks mitigated, without upskilling and reskilling employees.

Join this session to explore:

  • Continuous learning capabilities to enhance AI skills for a competitive advantage
  • Proven practices to harness the benefits of generative AI in IT and across the enterprise
  • New case studies on maximizing generative AI benefits throughout IT and the organization

Reducing Application Delivery Tech Debt from the Inside Out

 As high volumes of sensitive data flow through web browsers, three in five organizations believe their current IT and security infrastructure makes the risk of data leakage likely or highly likely. This reflects the growing complexities of keeping data secure while dealing with legacy systems, inefficient application delivery methods, and outdated security controls. What is a modern approach to enterprise operations that simplifies IT while strengthening security?

Attendees will discover:

  • Why disparate IT and security solutions accumulate technical debt and bog down operations
  • How to articulate the business impacts of technology operations and security challenges beyond IT
  • New approaches to enterprise application delivery that enhance end-user productivity

Law & Order — Cross Examining AI's Legal Boundaries

As AI technologies rapidly evolve, the laws and ethical standards designed to govern them lag behind, creating a mismatch in the pace of innovation and regulation. This misalignment often leads to inadequate alignment with core principles such as trustworthiness, safety, and ethics. For AI leaders, mastering governance strategies that drive alignment with these core principles is key to ensuring the organization’s risk profile is effectively managed.

Join AI, cybersecurity, and IP law expert Eran Kahana as he offers actionable insights on:

  • Navigating the ethics of cutting-edge AI
  • Deciphering global AI legislation dynamics
  • Mastering AI governance for risk mitigation


Executive Boardroom Sessions

AI in Action — Identifying High-Impact Use Cases to Accelerate Value

The pressure is mounting to embed AI across the business to maintain a competitive edge, and capitalize on efficiency gains. Many executive teams are eager to rush into implementation and the pressure is on CIOs to deliver value from these investments quickly. In a world where AI is becoming easier to implement and the velocity of change keeps increasing, how can CIOs ensure they deliver engaging AI-powered solutions to maximize ROI without losing control of AI?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • Developing a clear AI strategy aligned with business goals with a focus on high-impact use cases with measurable value
  • Seamlessly integrating AI into existing workflows to drive organizational change
  • Identifying key investments that can accelerate the value of AI, such as low-code platforms

The Future of ERP ― Shifting the IT Operating Model

AI, hyperautomation, and unified user experiences are reshaping how we work and compete. Are these transformations valuable, necessary, or feasible? Engage with peers to explore strategies for funding and accelerating prioritized transformations while maximizing returns on existing software investments.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Modernizing applications through composable and adaptive ERP strategies
  • Building digital agility to adapt to evolving business needs and minimize disruptions
  • Enhancing IT systems to improve user experiences and boost operational efficiency

Balancing Priorities — The CIO's Role in AI Value Creation

CIOs are responsible for implementing AI investments and strategies in ways that benefit both their internal IT teams and business leaders – balancing AI mania among executive leadership and opportunities for AI-enabled IT productivity improvements.

Join this boardroom session to discuss:

  • Navigating a complex AI environment to generate value
  • Managing AI investments to benefit all stakeholders
  • Articulating a compelling and realistic AI strategy


Breakout Sessions

Building a Secure and Compliant AI-First Business

AI is quickly changing business landscapes and demanding a new way to secure your enterprise. AI agents have become integral members of the workforce and are accelerating content creation and collaboration, creating new threats and challenges for security teams. Building on a secure framework enables your organization to fully embrace AI-powered advancements while preserving trust, privacy, and content security.

Join this session to learn about:

  • Establishing a trusted AI environment to combat threats like shadow AI and data leakage
  • Managing generated content risks through permissions frameworks and guardrails
  • Using AI to empower security teams through automating tasks and contextual insights

CIO Workshop — Becoming Champions of Change

In an age of continuous and pervasive technological advancement, change management has become a key focus for CIOs. Come together with peers to work through common scenarios and pitfalls CIOs are navigating today.

Join this workshop session to:

  • Validate ways of thinking and collaborate on shared challenges
  • Exchange proven strategies and practices across industries
  • Strengthen skills to drive change and transformation


We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering


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Location


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Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 888-627-8407. Please mention Gartner Atlanta Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $199 USD (plus tax) is May 12, 2025.

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