Southern California CIO Executive Summit

Forget everything you know about crime, war and espionage in cyberspace. Originally developed by the Department of Defense to improve our national security, cyberspace has become a battlefield we rely on but can’t defend. Furthermore, it is a risk to our military, political, economic, and personal security. Don’t miss this opportunity to get a sneak peek behind the scenes with Dr. Michael VanPutte, who will:

• Give you an insider’s perspective on the secret history, technologies and strategies of cyberwar
• Explain how our national policies have made us all less secure
• Share the tools to get beyond the hype, mythologies and marketing so we can all understand what President Obama called, “The most serious threat to our national security.”

Governing Body members host this dinner to launch the event with an evening of peer networking and a presentation.

Most studies show less than 1 in 4 IT leaders are women, and less than a third of all IT employees are female. This esteemed panel of female CIOs share their paths to becoming IT leaders, hurdles they overcame, and their thoughts on actions we can take today to increase representation of women in IT and in leadership.

Specifically, they’ll discuss:

• The characteristics that led to their advancement to IT leadership positions
• How they have handled and overcome unconscious bias
• What they are doing to mentor and encourage females to stay the IT course
• What role male advocates and managers play in helping advance women in technology

If your organization is using social media or advertises on social media, it is at risk. Fake reach/engagement, bots impersonating human beings and corporations – it's all driven by the robust digital fraud markets of the dark web, and that is only the tip of the iceberg.

Behavioral cybersecurity expert Fernanda Carapinha shares:

• How you can keep your organization's social media accounts safe and invest wisely in the social ecosystem
• Why human behavior, more than weaknesses in software or hardware, should be an area of focus
• How imposter bots have become a massive business in the darkweb, with potential impacts on national security

Chad Hamilton has been on a mission at Fremantle to shift the focus of the IT function from the traditional support role to one of a service consultancy, including changing his own title to VP, Technology. This rebrand represents what technology truly is: the fabric of every organization; and it’s a move away from systems to services.

In his presentation, he explains:

• How he eliminated the term IT and rebranded to a technical services team, emphasis on the “services”
• How he is prioritizing his forward-facing employees to be personable first – able to explain projects and approaches in human terms – and being technicians/solution-providers second
• How IT leaders at FremantleMedia are being tuned into the business, understanding it from a high level so they can meet its needs

The Media and Entertainment industry stands to garner significant benefits from blockchain technology. The core attributes of blockchain’s shared ledger approach can help provide transparency, trust, efficiency, speed, security and control across the media supply chain for all points in a transaction process. This is particularly important in the delivery, consumption and payment for media content as well as in the advertising space. Moreover, blockchain can help curtail ad fraud, copyright infringement and piracy. Join this private, interactive discussion with M&E company CIOs to ideate on ways to create a blockchain solution with the potential to get a step ahead of the competition.

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:

Dennis Keenan at dennis.keenan@evanta.com or 503-912-4569.

We have entered an unparalleled era of data transformation and disruption, with people, data and physical assets integrating and interoperating in new and innovative ways. Jim Davis and Adrian Butler believe CIOs are uniquely positioned to fill the sails of innovation and disruption efforts or, concurrently, drop anchor and stifle these initiatives due to mounting security concerns.

Join them as they discuss:

• The impacts of tomorrow’s technologies – IoT, IIoT, robotics and automation, driverless vehicles, smart health, smart cities, smart buildings, smart homes, smart manufacturing, and industry 4.0 – on IT and OT functions, with the line blurred between the two more and more each day
• Embracing new technologies and practices that present new pathways to managing collaborative, interoperable cyber systems and that run counter to CIOs’ traditional enterprise systems views
• The evolution and impacts of consumerization on business, including emerging, transformative platforms for engagement such as voice and autonomous vehicles

What’s next for the CIO profession? Everyone agrees that IT leaders must face up to and grasp new technologies, such as agile and cloud, or face extinction. Perhaps one approach is to learn more about the business and ramp up to be CEOs or COOs, adding a dash of leadership charisma to the technical prowess on their resumes. Being a strong business partner is key, no doubt.

Two respected CIOs debate the future of IT leadership. Lean in to this back-and-forth conversation to discover:

• Strategies, such as joining an external board or getting an MBA, CIOs can employ to avoid becoming dinosaurs
• Thoughts on leadership and ways to elevate the CIO role as the true business partner it is.  Do you break down the doors to get a seat at the table, is it more methodical or something else?
• What the CIO role will look like 5, 10 or 15 years down the road (and what the skillset of tomorrow’s CEOs or COOs will be)

Cybersecurity has long been the most complex challenge facing enterprise organizations. In the digital age, that complexity has grown exponentially with new ways of doing business creating new threat vectors. CIOs must continually communicate strategy, procure the right budget for the right tools and educate their staffs and end-user communities to mitigate vulnerabilities.

This peer-to-peer exchange attempts to answer:

• What, if any, advanced detect and protect solutions have you implemented to strengthen your environment, including securing access to applications and services from the internet?
• What enhancements to your environment have you made to protect from malware and other exploits?
• What are you doing to control devices connected to your network, especially with the emergence of IoT?
• How do you manage access to your network for third parties?
• How are you managing privileged access to your network?

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:

Dennis Keenan at dennis.keenan@evanta.com or 503-912-4569.

The cloud and mobility are powerful enablers of digital transformation, but many CIOs, CTOs and CISOs are grappling with legacy architectures and processes that haven't evolved in over 30 years. When apps lived in the data center, it made sense to invest in building a 'hub-and-spoke' network and to protect that network by employing a 'castle-and-moat' security model. But the new world of SaaS, cloud and mobility requires organizations to evolve their network and security architectures. In this session, Robb Wilber, Director of Global Networks & Telecom at Kelly Services, and Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman and Founder of Zscaler, will explore real-world experiences for successfully navigating the journey to the cloud.