Global CIO Virtual Executive Summit

A sudden and unexpected pivot to a WFH workforce was both a monumental challenge and awakening for most companies, but none so much as our large complex multinational organizations. Join our discussion leaders in this interactive keynote to discuss with other global IT and technology leaders:

• Understanding what promotes and hinders collaboration and communication across globally dispersed teams 

• Lessons learned from WFH challenges and opportunities across global regions

• Reimagining the digital employee experience

• Strategies for securing and remotely managing a WFH workforce that is widely dispersed and diverse

As pre-pandemic strategic plans are scrapped and continued volatility and unpredictability remain, enterprises need to be able to spot inflections early and adapt strategies and operating models in real time. This is further exacerbated for the MNC as we face a worldwide rise in nationalism and shifting geopolitical paradigms concurrently with an increase in global connectedness. Post-pandemic strategic plans for global organizations need to be designed for adaptability and speed, reflect global insights and inflections and help decide how to shift resources to manage risks and take advantage of emerging opportunities. Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Reinventing strategic planning for speed and continuous adaptability

• Identifying critical components of the operating model to develop a minimum viable strategy

• Incorporating long term and short term scenarios into an agile strategic plan

• Define factors that will trigger when execution of each strategic initiative should take place

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Suddenly requiring employees to work from home using a variety of virtual tools and with no more commute had an unexpected positive outcome for most companies – greater productivity. However as CIO’s and CTO’s focus increasingly shifts from survival and recovery to renewal and redesign, processes and structures related to driving innovation, increasing collaboration and shaping culture across the enterprise are being reimagined.  Join this interactive boardroom to discuss:

• Reimagining the global enterprise for speed and agility

• Identifying opportunities and fostering innovation at scale in a widely dispersed organization

• Driving a unified culture across a diverse multinational workforce

As investment in AI continues with mounting proof that it drives value and even competitive advantage, AI governance, innovation and ethics has become more of a boardroom issue than ever before. Unpredictability and risk are inherent in every AI investment creating an immediate need for an AI governance approach that also allows for innovation to flourish.  It is up to CIO’s and CTO’s to lay the groundwork and create a framework for their board.  This interactive boardroom will discuss:

• Communicating implications, risks and opportunities of AI to the board

• Creating an AI innovation and ethics committee

• KPI’s for AI innovation and governance

• Crafting a framework for the board to approach AI

2020 has been a challenging, volatile and transformative year for everyone but none so much as global IT and technology leaders.  As we start to look back on 2020 and determine the long term ramifications this year will have on our future, CIO’s and CTO’s need to rise above the commotion to reflect and forecast the implications of larger global and professional forces that are at play.  Join your peers at this interactive boardroom to discuss the Current-State and Future-State of the Global CIO including:

• The changing and emerging roles of the Global CIO and CTO

• How global geopolitical and economic forces will impact IT operations and investments

• Identifying inflection points on the near horizon and how they may impact IT

We all remember the time when IT matters stayed within IT. But with cloud, mobility, AI/machine learning, IoT/OT—all converging to make your organization smarter, more efficient, and more competitive—IT has become a boardroom issue. Today, IT innovators have the opportunity to take their place at the epicenter of the modern enterprise, delivering the agility, security, and user experience needed for digital transformation, thereby reducing business risk, increasing productivity, and cutting costs.

In this session, Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry talks with Manoj Kumbhat of Kimberly-Clark, who will discuss:

• “Owning the moment”: IT’s opportunity to accelerate secure digital transformation
• Best practices for securing work-from-anywhere using Gartner’s secure access service edge (SASE) and zero trust network access (ZTNA) frameworks
• What comes next: IT’s new role as strategic business enabler

The impact of the crisis on our workforces combined with the economic environment has affected all facets of life and work and is forcing enterprises to rethink their existing structures, workforces and the workplace itself.  Multinational organizations already face more risk, complexity (and opportunity) when it comes to their workforce planning and operating models. This is now further exacerbated when urgency and the future of work is also incorporated into your global workforce strategy. 

• Reimagining what your global workforce will look like

• Using the current state of your operating model to address the future

• IT operating model implications and transformation for the new reality

• Risk mitigation strategies for global operating models and workforces in the next normal

• Develop a leadership team and blueprint for a new and improved workforce strategy and operating model

Cloud is no longer an if but a how fast for most large organizations.  With growing worldwide footprints global enterprises also need international data storage to keep applications performing the same for all their users in any location.  With more choices and capabilities in cloud services, also comes increased complexity and issues for consideration.

• Structuring and navigating a cloud strategy on a global scale

• Tactics critical for driving cloud success at large enterprises

• A framework for prioritizing apps and data for the cloud

• Most common mistakes in cloud infrastructure strategy made by large organizations

• Developing end to end capabilities and identifying new roles and skills that will be needed in an evolving cloud landscape

The global pandemic has completely disrupted the course of normal business. CIOs are facing the greatest challenge of our careers. We have had to make significant investments in technology to ensure business continuity and build new ways of working, while also making cuts to keep our organizations resilient. However, the rapid-fire decisions we’re making to ensure survival are exposing us to greater risks – some of which we have no way of anticipating. In this session, we will discuss how CIOs can avoid ending up in a game of chance like Rock, Paper, Scissors with our technology investments by considering:

• How to better weigh risk versus reward when making decisions about technology spend vs. cuts

• Creating business continuity plans built on an assumption of longer-term uncertainty

• Mitigating negative impact of rushed digital transformation initiatives

Join this informal virtual gathering to network and meet other CIO’s responsible for global strategy and operations. You will also have the opportunity to share a challenge you currently have with the rest of the community and discuss possible approaches and solutions to your challenge with your peer CIO’s.

How to Participate 

Available if you sign up and select peer meetings prior to the summit. 

To join your meetings

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Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues

Conducting business virtually makes it more challenging to meet and network with like-minded peers. During this time of disruption and uncertainty, it’s become even more critical to collaborate with peers who are facing the same challenges.

Now, we are bringing you the opportunity to set up 1-to-1 meetings in a private, virtual setting with community peers directly after the Virtual Executive Summit.

• Peer-to-Peer meetings are 25 minutes in length, giving you the chance for more personal interaction and in-depth conversation with your fellow Global CIO Virtual Executive Summit peers.
• All conversations are private and will not be recorded
• Meet up to 3 peers based on your shared interests or priorities