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June 25, 2024 | Pier Sixty
June 25, 2024
Pier Sixty
Get together with New York'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:
Benchmarking organizational readiness for driving innovation and adopting emerging technologies
Identifying transformative cost-saving opportunities for the digitized enterprise
Using outcome-driven metrics to manage cybersecurity in an ever-evolving threat landscape
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Andre Bromes
Salvation Army
CIO
Warren Kudman
Turner Construction
SVP & Chief Information Officer
Robert McCowan
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Earl Newsome
Cummins
Chief Information Officer
Anna Ransley
Quaker Houghton
CDIO
Atefeh Riazi
Hearst
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Janet Sherlock
Ralph Lauren Corp
CIO
Michael Smith
The Estee Lauder Companies
Chief Information Officer
Eswar Veluri
Equinox
EVP & CTO
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Dru Rai
Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer
State of New York
The State of New York is no stranger to using AI. And with the recent historic, AI consortium launched by the Governor and approved by the Legislature, the Empire State is positioned for maximum success. When Dru Rai took the seat as the state’s Chief Information Officer, his mission was clear: maximize the benefits of AI for the agencies, hardworking taxpayers and residents of New York State.
Join this exciting keynote on Empire AI as Dru shares how he is:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Frank Iannella
CIO USA, VP Digital & Technology
Heineken
As organizations collect more and more data, it’s crucial for leaders to empower the enterprise to use that data to ensure better business outcomes. How are you creating an effective D&A strategy that enables the entire organization for growth and innovation?
Join this interactive session to discuss:
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Hosted by Twilio
Companies have been collecting data on their customers since the dawn of direct marketing, but in today’s digital era, gathering information is only the first step. Truly knowing your customer requires integrating data and insights from all your existing tools — including your CRM, marketing suite, ecommerce platform and contact center — to build an accurate and real-time picture of who they are and what they want. Only then can you consistently deliver the highly personalized interactions that customers expect and that create value for them and your organization.
Join this session to learn about:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Rimini Street
Michael Radziemski
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
Eric Helmer
SVP & Chief Technology Officer
Rimini Street
CIOs are balancing an ever-increasing number of service providers which requires a strong vendor and application rationalization integrated into 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:
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn McKee at haydn.mckee@evanta.com
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
Niraj Patel
CIO
Greystone
CIOs play a pivotal role in leveraging AI to unlock new opportunities, enhance decision making and streamline processes. Niraj Patel, CIO at Greystone shares his journey on integrating AI tools to solve complex challenges, improve productivity and deliver massive ROI.
Join this session to hear about:
11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session
Hosted by Island
Bradon Rogers
Chief Customer Officer
Island
While the vast majority of infrastructure has been upgraded and modernized to support the shift to the cloud, enterprise IT teams are still missing an equally seamless access method to deliver cloud-native apps and data to their end users. While traditional browsers have become the de-facto access point for the majority of business critical applications, they lack the deep visibility and hyper-granular policy controls enterprises need. This results in IT leaders surrounding their browsers with layers of tech to meet those needs.
Join this breakout session to discover:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Microsoft Corporation
Kevin Sauer
Director – Americas App Innovation Global Black Belt Team
Microsoft Corporation
John Sullivan
CIO
Major League Soccer
Dr. Klaus Roeller
VP Head of IT Region Americas
Evonik
Generative AI has ushered in a transformative period, reshaping our expectations and driving widespread adoption of AI services. This shift is not only revolutionizing industries, but also compelling organizations to explore new possibilities in their entire digital landscape. The impact is profound, especially on applications, the digital forefront for many businesses.
Join this session to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by WalkMe
Stewart Hill
Regional Field CTO
WalkMe
As lines of business continue to invest in new applications and processes, disconnected, siloed, and individual initiatives are creating shockwaves throughout the organization. Such random acts of digital lack the necessary degrees of strategic oversight and organizational change control, leading to unpredictability and elevated levels of organizational risk.
Join this boardroom to discuss how to:
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn McKee at haydn.mckee@evanta.com
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.
Hotels Nearby
The Maritime Hotel
363 W 16th Street
New York, New York, 10011
0.5 miles from venue
The Highline Hotel
180 10th Avenue
New York, New York, 10011
0.2 miles from venue
Dream Downtown, by Hyatt
355 W 16th Street
New York, New York, 10011
0.5 miles from venue
Evanta does not have any affiliation with the suggested hotels listed. The list above is solely for informational purposes.
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