San Francisco CIO Community
Executive Summit
November 4, 2026 | Grand Hyatt at SFO
November 4, 2026
Grand Hyatt at SFO
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with San Francisco'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:
Driving Technology Strategy to Deliver Measurable Business Impact
Championing Transformation Through Cross-Functional Partnership
Turning Technological Disruption Into Competitive Advantage
San Francisco CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Avi Sokol
KLA
SVP & CIO
Cynthia Stoddard
Intel
SVP & CIO
Evan Wayne
Marcus & Millichap
CIO
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your San Francisco CIO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.
Agenda
Gartner Keynote Session
Empowering People Leaders in the AI Era
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the leadership landscape, pushing people leaders to move beyond conventional models and embrace a new set of competencies. In today’s rapidly evolving environment, success hinges on blending AI-driven insights with emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Developing leaders who are both digitally fluent and deeply attuned to themselves is essential for driving sustainable, long-term growth.
Join Alvaro Mello, VP, Advisory at Gartner, to explore:
- Cultivating self-awareness for authentic, high-impact leadership
- Adapting leadership strategies to thrive amid technological disruption
- Embedding AI fluency into leadership development for future readiness
Breakout Sessions
Frontier AI Models — When Attack Speed Outpaces Operations
AI can now find and exploit a vulnerability in minutes — faster than any patch cycle or IT team can respond. For CIOs, this is a business risk, not just a security issue: the gap between attack speed and response speed can now disrupt operations. This is where autonomous remediation comes into play.
Join this session to learn:
- Why the gap between attack speed and IT response is now a business risk
- How automatic remediation cuts risk without more headcount or work
- What this shift means for how you prioritize risk, budget and technology
One Role, Different Constraints
Every CIO faces a unique mix of business, technology and operational constraints, yet many of the most effective solutions have relevance far beyond a single organization or industry. Hear how CIOs overcame challenges unique to their environments and the strategies that helped drive meaningful business outcomes.
Join this session to explore:
- Solving complex organizational and technology challenges
- Turning constraints into opportunities for growth
- Applying leadership lessons across industries
Keynote Session
The Mindset-Mandate Gap
In the race to translate AI potential into business value, the greatest barrier is not technical. It's human. Under the leadership of CTO Sven Gerjets, Gap Inc. is exploring how empowering employees to engage AI as a thought partner, not just a tool, accelerates adoption and drives lasting behavior change.
Join this keynote session to explore:
- Driving a mindset shift to avoid "AI hangover"
- Reducing friction that undermines adoption and trust
- Eliminating rigid workflows to scale adoption and meaningful work
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Grand Hyatt at SFOParking
Valet only:
0-2 Hours: $19
2-6 Hours: $26
6+ Hours: $38
No self-parking. However, there is the Garage A airport parking lot, 1.5 blocks away from our hotel that has similar pricing as us.
Your Community Sponsors
Global Thought Leaders
CIO Thought Leader
Key Sponsors
Program Sponsors
Community Program Manager
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