Philadelphia CIO Executive Summit

The Philadelphia CIO Governing Body welcomes attendees for a reception to launch the first summit of 2019. Join us for an evening of networking with peers, interactive trivia, and food stations featuring "The Taste of Philly."

Technology is changing the way we work, the type of people we need to hire and the way we capture their interest in joining and staying with our organizations. Cara Capretta explores roles of the future and how to assemble and build a workforce with the right skill sets.

Join Capretta as she unpacks how to:

• Reinvent internal mobility through capability mapping, quick service learning and gig assignments
• Embrace new jobs that emerge from AI and digital assistants in the workforce
• Make work more collaborative and focused on human experiences

Taking the right first step with emerging technology projects is crucial but can be difficult for large organizations. With outdated team structures and legacy infrastructure, how can CIOs lead successful pilot projects for ML and AI?

Harris dives into the importance of:

• Demonstrating value to the business from step one
• Using a center of excellence to start small and scale fast
• Learning what you need based on project shortcomings

The mission for the “1 Quote Journey” started from the glaring need to decrease turn-around time for the customer order process. Dawn Kirchner-King and her team created tangible value for Armstrong World Industries Inc. by giving a substantial amount of time back to both customers and employees, decreasing the average quote wait time from days to less than 10 minutes.

Kirchner-King shares about:

• Understanding your true customer
• Gaining exposure to your customer through the relationships with your business partner
• Learning about what customers truly want through implementation, not requirements

Whether you’re running an aggressive, cloud-first strategy or floating along in the hyperconverged infrastructure, each CIO’s cloud journey is a relevant roadmap for peers in pursuit of the configuration sweet spot. This boardroom draws on the collective wisdom of technology leaders at various stages of cloud migration.

Be ready to exchange views about:

• New business capabilities the cloud has unlocked
• Challenges that enterprises face with different cloud models
• How to embrace the full value of cloud

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Dawn Meyer at 971-978-5032 or dawn.meyer@evanta.com.

For today’s CIO, a combination of business, technology and organizational transformation is required to fully capture the opportunities of digital. No matter the implications, challenges and opportunities of any technology initiative, CIOs must be laser-focused on outcomes and ask, “Where does my organization need to be in the future, and how does my technology strategy get us there?”

Join this interactive session and share your perspectives on:

• Applying process and leadership prior to moving forward with shiny-new technologies in the hype cycle
• Organizing strategic governance from siloed sponsorship to capability “horizontals,” to capture value from the one-to-many capabilities of modern technology platforms
• Being prepared to make hard decisions on your operating model, including examining talent requirements to enable the work to get done
• Layering innovation into the core of how work is executed, instead of as a standalone function

In an increasingly mobile world, the multinational corporation can fit in the customer’s pocket. Business leaders are seeking to leverage the disruptive powers of mobile technology, and to harness those opportunities, all eyes are on the CIO. What are the key challenges technology executives are facing to achieve their organization’s goals in mobile? What new and innovative applications of mobile technology are transforming the way business is done? In this interactive boardroom discussion, CIOs will discuss best practices and challenges in mobile technology.

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Dawn Meyer at 971-978-5032 or dawn.meyer@evanta.com.

The changes to business wrought by technology are comprehensive, but tech's greatest impact comes from the people using it every day. As CIOs, the right people are a huge factor in the success of major initiatives, the culture of your organization, and the execution of business goals. Whether you are struggling to find the specialized talent required of innovation or introducing a new way of working to multi-generational teams, a human capital strategy is essential.

Join your peers to discuss:

• How to identify and fill current IT talent gaps
• Alternative means to acquiring and managing talent
• The process of transforming existing staff

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Dawn Meyer at 971-978-5032 or dawn.meyer@evanta.com.

In the constant flux of changing business models and the demand for increased efficiency, IT is being stretched like never before. Success does not depend on the technology you are implementing, it depends on how your enterprise is organized and if you have buy-in from the C-suite. Join Dale Danilewitz, EVP & CIO at AmerisourceBergen, as he shares about their journey to get buy-in from the business to shift away from a deliverable based to a product-based model.

Danilewitz will focus on:

• Why their journey should give you hope for your organization
• How to get started, small and big steps for real change
• What IT will look like in 5 years