New York CIO Executive Summit

Research shows that 81% of team members believe they collectively fail to achieve their full potential, while 71% feel they don't sufficiently collaborate on their organization's most critical challenges. "Never Lead Alone," Ferrazzi's latest book, addresses this untapped potential with insights and practical strategies for building dream teams in the age of AI.

In this transformative keynote, you'll discover the power of Co-Elevation behaviors and how they can dramatically improve team performance:

• 10 critical shifts that provide a roadmap for transforming team dynamics in as little as six months
• High Return Practices for fostering a culture of candor, inclusivity, and purposeful collaboration
• Strategies for leveraging both human and AI perspectives to drive innovation and bold thinking
• Insights on building resilience, accountability, and sustained alignment around a shared vision
• As AI reshapes the business landscape, the teams that will thrive are those who can adapt, innovate, and co-create with both human and AI teammates.

This keynote is your guide to making the leap from leadership to teamship and unlocking your team's full potential in the AI era.

Sensitive data movement can be risky but restricting it outright can create operational and security challenges. In an era of agentic AI, generative AI, and emerging quantum computing, organizations need security frameworks that protect data while ensuring agility. This session explores how modern security platforms enable secure data flow, adapt to diverse use cases and prepare for the post-quantum encryption (PQE) shift.

Join this keynote to learn:

• How to choose the right secure access method for each use case
• Why security must be adaptive to risk, user behavior and AI-driven interactions
• How to prepare for post-quantum encryption and its enterprise security impact

To achieve business value with Quantum Computing, CIOs must start the Quantum journey now. What is everyone doing and what should you do now to get ahead of the curve? Gartner VP Analyst Gaurav Gupta shares what this new computing paradigm is and how it will benefit your function or business.
Join this keynote to explore:

• The status of the technology and the ecosystem
• What problems Quantum Computing will solve
• Expected timelines for impact

The need for observability is increasingly important to protect and drive business revenue. However, IT leaders often face challenges in enabling total stack visibility: uncontrolled cloud expenses, complex software architectures, rapid innovation, emerging security threats, ever-increasing customer experience expectations, and more.

Join this session to discuss:

• The top trends driving the need for observability
• How to overcome challenges and deliver increased business value
• How generative AI is driving the next generation of intelligent observability

The future of business is rapidly evolving — a future where AI agents are part of the workforce, almost any process or workflow can be automated, and customers expect better, more intelligent experiences across their unstructured data. Whether that means automating loans or onboarding employees faster, applying intelligence to your unstructured data can be a pathway to stay ahead of the competition.

Join this interactive session to explore:

• Practical approaches to building an unstructured data strategy
• Robust content workflows and use cases for AI-first businesses
• Tips for optimizing while balancing your AI and security strategies

Enterprise productivity is top of mind for business leaders everywhere and CIOs play a crucial role in showcasing progress and true value to the business in this mission. A well-crafted digital employee experience (DEX) strategy that addresses changes in the way employees work and interact with digital tools will ensure that your processes and technologies advance the mission of a high performing workforce and improved enterprise productivity.

Join this case study to discuss a journey with DEX, including:

• Improving operational efficiency and business outcomes
• Measuring IT impact to strategic business growth
• Leveraging DEX to improve optimization and visibility of IT assets

 A Global Capability Center can greatly enhance operational efficiency, drive innovation, and support global business objectives. Parag Agrawal, CIO, and Victor Katz, Head of Data Management share how they partnered to implement this approach at Fanatics.

Join this session to discuss:

• Encouraging a culture of innovation for long-term success
• Transitioning to a GCC model with a well-structured change management plan to guide the organization through transformation
• Establishing a strong governance framework to effectively manage operations

Agentic and conversational AI can be leveraged to deliver exceptional customer experience. Eswar Veluri shares Equinox's pioneering agentic AI use cases, offering a comprehensive overview of the journey from conception to completion, along with valuable lessons learned along the way.

Join this session to discuss:

• Identifying use cases and deciding the right architecture (buy vs. build)
• Creating a team model and implementing the RACI matrix to improve project outcomes
• Developing a framework for measuring ROI

In the age of AI, the existential question is whether value can be derived from the technology. Tsvi Gal shares how Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is turning “the art of the possible” into reality of delivery by implementing AI alongside High Performance Computing to help conquer cancer and save lives.

Join this session to review:

• Identifying business goals that align with AI’s capabilities for meaningful implementation
• How HPC powers AI to train complex models, process vast datasets and enable large scale inference
• Practical examples of changing lives through advanced technologies

In our increasingly automated world, the human touch remains a factor that separates exceptional customer service from the ordinary. AI improvements create tension between rapid scalability and effective human oversight. CIOs can overcome this challenge by designing for human-AI collaboration to elevate customer experiences with transparency and control.

Join this session to discuss:

• Strategies for integrating human oversight in AI processes without sacrificing speed
• Techniques for transparent decision-making in AI deployments
• Best practices for AI systems that enhance customer-agent interactions

AI, hyperautomation, and unified user experiences are reshaping how we work and compete. Are these transformations valuable, necessary, or feasible? Engage with peers to explore strategies for funding and accelerating prioritized transformations while maximizing returns on existing software investments.

Join this session to discuss:

• Modernizing applications through composable and adaptive ERP strategies
• Building digital agility to adapt to evolving business needs and minimize disruptions
• Enhancing IT systems to improve user experiences and boost operational efficiency