In-Person

Florida CIO Community

Executive Summit

May 14, 2026 | Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention Center

May 14, 2026
Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention Center

Collaborate with your peers

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:

Driving Purposeful Innovation Through AI Adoption and Governance

Strengthening Cybersecurity Leadership to Navigate Evolving Risks and Regulations

Optimizing Technology Investments for Strategic Agility and Resilience

Florida 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

Carrie Busbee

Core & Main
CIO

Elvis Clemetson

SBA Communications
SVP & Global CIO

Otto Contreras

Miami-Dade County
Director of Public Safety and Criminal Justice Division, IT

Chad Couch

JM Family Enterprises
CIO

Christina Shannon

KIK Consumer Products
CIO

Luis Suarez

H.I.G. Capital
Chief Technology Officer

Christine Vanderpool

Florida Crystals Corporation
VP & 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 Florida 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

Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 and Beyond

Hear from Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, Gene Alvarez, on the top trends for 2026 and beyond to propel your business and technology goals. Learn how to transform disruption and uncertainty into opportunity and growth.

Join this session to hear about:

  • Emerging technology trends shaping the future
  • Understanding the impact and importance of these trends
  • Leveraging insights to drive opportunity, growth, and competitive advantage


True Leadership During Times of Change and Innovation

At a time of incredible innovation acceleration, new technology adoption must be driven by meaningful organizational change. That's easier said than done. CIOs and CISOs have the opportunity to step up to become strategic change agents who lead their teams into the future.

Join this session as Tony Ambrozie, Chief Digital, Technology, and Information Officer at CVS Health, is helping to fundamentally reshape the healthcare journey to deliver greater value to both consumers and the business through:

  • Experience-driven strategies that overcome transformation challenges
  • Defining the best-in-class digital experiences
  • Taking bold steps to ensure technology delivers lasting value


Breakout Sessions

From Cost Center to Value Driver

Technology and security functions are often labeled cost centers—recognized more for risk prevention than for delivering measurable business outcomes. The Mosaic Company redefined this perception by spearheading an initiative that automated contractor oversight, resulting in the recovery of tens of millions of dollars in overbilling.

This session will discuss:

  • Elevating technology’s impact on the bottom line
  • Operating as business enablers to drive transparency
  • Measuring and communicating value to stakeholders

Foundations vs. Frontiers — Debate Showdown

As technology and risk rapidly evolve, CIOs and CISOs must choose: reinforce core IT and security fundamentals, or pursue advanced capabilities?

During this interactive debate-style breakout you will:

  • Hear how peer leaders set organizational priorities
  • Broaden your perspective on key IT and security topics
  • Join in through audience participation

 


Executive Boardroom Session

Beyond Passwords — Advancing IAM

Modernizing identity is a top priority as organizations realize traditional approaches fall short—especially with agentic systems and cloud environments. Security leaders are rethinking Identity and Access Management to reduce user friction, address technical debt, and build a solid foundation before adopting advanced capabilities like passwordless authentication. The challenge extends beyond new tools to integrating identity across legacy systems, federated domains, and diverse workloads for seamless, secure access.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • Approaches for modernizing identity in hybrid and cloud environments
  • Strategies to reduce friction for users and agents while maintaining security
  • Overcoming technical debt to enable advanced identity controls



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

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Your Community Sponsors

Global Thought Leaders

CIO Thought Leader

CISO Thought Leaders

Key Sponsors

Program Sponsor

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Natalia Klein

Community Program Manager

239 839 8616

natalia.klein@gartner.com