Executive Summit

 Join this session to explore one of the community's top priorities this year: Evolving IT Strategy, Governance & Operative Models. Gain insights into key challenges, emerging approaches, and practical applications to help you navigate what's next.

As organizations move beyond AI experimentation, CIOs face critical decisions about where to invest, how to scale and how to measure success. Drawing on Aon's journey from scattered pilots to a governed portfolio of agentic AI, Bob Olson, CIO of Risk Capital at Aon, will explore how leaders can identify high-value opportunities, establish the right foundations and drive business outcomes through two flagship use cases: an AI-enabled software delivery lifecycle where any role can call on any agent, and enterprise insights that put agents in front of the company's data so leaders get answers, not dashboards.

Join this session to learn about:

• Prioritizing agentic AI investments using a framework grounded in business value and strategic impact
• Scaling agents across the software development lifecycle and in front of enterprise data, with governance built into the operating model
• Measuring success through outcomes, adoption and risk management rather than activity and experimentation alone

Technology initiatives succeed when people embrace new ways of working. As organizations accelerate AI, modernization and enterprise transformation efforts, CIOs must do more than execute technology strategies. They must build trust, influence mindsets and drive the behavioral shifts needed to achieve sustainable adoption and business value.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Aligning stakeholders around a shared vision for transformation and change
• Empowering employees to adopt new technologies with confidence and purpose
• Building a culture of continuous adaptation

CIOs striving for more data-driven decisions often face resource constraints and lack of organizational alignment. Success requires a strategic, business-focused approach that prioritizes data and analytics investments and engages stakeholders across the enterprise.

Join this boardroom session to explore:

• Actionable strategies for prioritizing D&A investments that deliver measurable business impact
• Engaging stakeholders organization-wide to build a resilient, outcome-focused D&A strategy
• Evolving data governance to power accuracy in reporting and analytics

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

Organizations can't afford to leave talent and leadership potential on the table. As AI transforms IT operations, leaders face new challenges: finding the right talent, keeping teams engaged, and redefining what it means to build a future-ready bench. Join this interactive panel discussion to talk candidly about what’s working, what isn’t, and how we can help our people thrive in this new era.

In this breakout, you’ll discuss how to:

• Develop future-ready technology leaders and succession pipelines
• Unlock overlooked talent and expand leadership opportunities
• Balance AI transformation with workforce growth and retention

Every CIO has an AI project that didn’t go as planned — but those stories rarely get told. Let’s swap real-world experiences and uncover the lessons that turn setbacks into future success.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Identifying root causes of AI project failures
• Sharing practical recovery strategies and pivots
• Building a culture of transparency and peer support

As the enterprise faces a growing range of business risks, cybersecurity can no longer be managed in isolation. Strategic CIOs must seamlessly embed cybersecurity into enterprise risk frameworks to improve visibility, strengthen resilience and inform business decisions.

Join this session to discuss:

• Integrating cyber risk into enterprise risk management and governance
• Measuring cybersecurity through business impact and resilience outcomes
• Aligning IT, security and business leaders around shared risk priorities

In an era defined by rapid technological change and constant disruption, CIOs are now tasked with guiding organizations through uncertainty, rather than eliminating it. Drawing on leadership experiences at General Mills, Cargill and Hormel Foods, Don Monk, SVP & CTO at Hormel will share how leaders can build trust, foster adaptability and create business value when the future is not yet clear.

Join this session to hear about:

• Reframing uncertainty, failure and unexpected outcomes as catalysts for learning and growth
• Shifting from control and functional excellence to adaptability, empowerment and business impact
• Preparing organizations to seize emerging opportunities amid accelerating technological and workforce change

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.