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June 11, 2024 | The Diplomat Beach Resort
June 11, 2024
The Diplomat Beach Resort
Get together with Florida'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:
Increasing Operational Efficiencies and Productivity Within Cybersecurity Strategies
Expanding Digital Business with Advanced and Emerging Technologies
Using AI to Improve Processes and Efficiencies While Keeping Up With the Changing Landscape
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Otto Contreras
Miami-Dade County
Division Director, IT
Christina Shannon
KIK Consumer Products
CIO
Luis Suarez
H.I.G. Capital
CIO
Christine Vanderpool
Florida Crystals Corporation
VP & Chief Technology Officer
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Lisa Thompson
Author of "Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain"
Guest Speaker
Lisa Thompson is a high-altitude mountaineer and former healthcare executive who beat cancer months before standing on the summit of Everest. Lisa later became the first all-American woman to summit K2, which is considered the deadliest mountain in the world. In her talks and book, “Finding Elevation,” Lisa shares the experience of climbing the toughest mountains in the world and the importance of teamwork, resilience and defining boundaries.
Join this keynote session to learn about the importance of:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Bobby George
SVP & Chief Digital Officer
Carrier
Vinod Balla
Chief Information Officer
NationsBenefits
Challenges or opportunities like shifting economic constraints or emerging technology, can majorly impact business transformation. This often leaves leaders asking themselves how to monetize the business without continued investment in new technologies. Tomorrow’s leaders will start thinking differently about their digital abilities to run a successful digital enterprise.
Join your peers to discuss:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Rich Latayan
Chief Information Security Officer
AAA National
Business leaders are challenged with developing a D&A strategy that expands business value and inspires leaders to make data-driven decisions confidently. Their success hinges on the ability to navigate the complexities of the enterprise, while increasing the company’s data accessibility and culture of insights. All this, as it's more important than ever to establishing a secure data governance program that successfully aligns with business priorities is paramount.
Join this conversation to discuss:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Gatha Sadhir
Global CISO
Carnival Corporation
James Bowie
Vice President - Chief Information Security Officer
Tampa General Hospital
Eduardo Ortiz-Romeu
VP, Global Head of Cybersecurity
Techtronic Industries
Measuring and communicating security risk is integral to reducing an organization’s vulnerability to attack. CIOs and CISOs must be skilled in translating the technical language of security to the board to close the knowledge gap. Bringing security and business together will enable informed decisions that drive growth and protect the organization.
Join this boardroom to discuss strategies on how to:
10:25am - 11:05am Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
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.
11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session
Chad Couch
CIO
JM Family Enterprises
Christine Vanderpool
VP & Chief Technology Officer
Florida Crystals Corporation
The present moment offers an opportunity to unlock GenAI's transformative power, but maturity across organizations varies. Business leaders recognize this technology is a catalyst for innovation. By understanding real-world case studies with lessons learned, those leaders can create real movement forward inside of their own organizations.
Bring your questions to this session as you hear from executives who have:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Chad Simpson
Chief Information Officer
City Furniture
Running a successful IT and security operation requires strong vendor and application rationalization integrated in strategic decision-making. In order to allocate more funds towards innovation and differentiation initiatives, mission-critical systems need to be optimized, cost effective and flexible.
Join this session to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Ben Field
CISO
Florida Crystals Corporation
The path to a stronger IAM strategy lies within an agile digital system. CISOs are often challenged with keeping an entire company up to date, as well as identity-related breaches and core business operations being interrupted - but easy to use technology (when leveraged correctly) can be a game changer.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
11:50am - 12:35pm Lunch Service
Evanta facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Hotel rooms are subject to applicable taxes & fees
Any cancellations made after the Cut Off (May 20, 2024) are subject to a cancellation fee of one (1) night room charge plus tax.
Covered parking is available at the resort. The parking garage features 8 stories of parking, and two electric vehicle charging ports on the 2nd floor of the Parking Garage's entry side. In/Out privileges for the parking garage are permitted for overnight resort guests only. In/Out privileges not permitted for hourly parking.
Valet Parking
Self-Parking
A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Diplomat Beach Resort at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 855-689-2911. Please mention GCXO24 to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $289 USD (plus tax) is May 20, 2024.
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