Italy CIO Executive Summit

Exclusive to Governing Body members and select guests, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit. Please join your colleagues for an evening of good food, wine, and lively networking.

With cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated and frequent, it is a challenge for CISOs to stay ahead of threats and be ready to respond in case of an attack. Even after investing in the right people, processes and conducting tabletop exercises, are we confident we will be able to translate theory into action when the attack comes?

Join Guido Barbero, CISO at Iveco Group as he shares insights on Incident Detection & Response. In this session, you will have insights on how to:

• Align your cyber crisis and incident response plans to ensure recovery of your entire perimeter
• Strengthen your Security Operations Centre (SOC) to help your teams respond better and faster
• Communicate the value of investing in cybersecurity to educate stakeholders and gain leadership buy in

The potential of Generative AI to drive IT leaders faster and securely towards their business goals is clear. While these innovations promise to bring tremendous efficiency, protecting organisations during the era of AI will become increasingly difficult. How can IT Leaders better use these technologies to achieve enterprise-wide goals? How can they ensure the adoption of such technologies does not expose the business to unanticipated risks and consequences?

Join this session to explore:

• Leveraging generative AI to drive business transformation
• Updating legacy security controls to accelerate use of generative AI
• Collaborating with business units to formulate user policies, training and guidance

As IT and Security leaders within your organisation, making the optimal decisions based on the data and metrics available is imperative to accelerate digital initiatives and ensure the ongoing security of the business. However, the impact our unconscious biases have in the decisions we make may well affect the overall outcome, as well as the performance of your teams. Join Marcia Goddard as she shares how to address your internal biases to make better decisions in your role.

Specifically, Marcia will cover:

• How to overcome unconscious bias within your teams to make better-informed, data-driven decisions
• Addressing biases in recruitment to ensure diverse, effective IT and Security teams
• Building a sustainable high-performance culture to enable digital business

Generative AI has emerged at the forefront of organisations’ agendas when considering new ways to propel digital initiatives to the next stage. However, for both CIOs and CISOs, perennial questions around governance, IT infrastructure and security must be considered before this tool can be effectively scaled and implemented to achieve desired results.

In this workshop session, CIOs and CISOs will come together to discuss:

• How to communicate IT & Security’s role in AI implementation to governance, risk and legal committees
• How IT & Security leaders can set expectations on generative AI to the wider business
• How you are encouraging innovation in use cases whilst also adhering to governance policies

Applications can make or break an organisation’s growth. Too many and you create opportunity for inefficiencies; too few and you risk being behind the curve. How can CIOs evolve their application infrastructure to streamline processes and maximise business value?

Join this session to discuss strategies to:

• Build a business case to rationalise technology and increase resource allocation
• Create agile IT architecture to evolve with ever-changing business objectives
• Communicate change and value of applications to senior stakeholders

As boards increasingly recognise cybersecurity as a business risk, not just a technology concern, CIOs and CISOs must engage effectively with the board to build business cases which demonstrate why investment into IT and security matters.

Join this boardroom session to discuss:

• Understanding and adapting to board responsibilities and priorities
• Educating board members to adopt a security-first mindset when making decisions
• Creating a compelling narrative to illustrate the importance of IT & security to senior stakeholders

Join Gilberto Tosca, Gucci Chief Technology and Information Officer, and Daniele Dal Re, Gucci Chief Information Security Officer, as they share their experience in bridging the gap between IT, Security, and Business by engaging the CEO in the conversation. By providing real-life examples of their experience in leading technology in diverse and specific business environments, Gilberto and Daniele will help you onboard your executive teams on this journey.

In this session, Gilberto and Daniele will discuss:

• The complexity behind the business and the underlying technology applied in their company environment
• Their respective professional experiences and how these played a role in realizing their technology objectives