Southern California CIO Community
Executive Summit
June 23, 2026 | The Waterfront Beach Resort
June 23, 2026
The Waterfront Beach Resort
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Southern California'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:
Operationalizing Enterprise AI and Governance
Modernizing Core Architecture and Data Foundations
Bolstering Cyber Resilience and Global Risk Management
Southern California 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

Allen Fazio
Houlihan Lokey
CIO

Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology

Kelly Hamilton
Sony Pictures Entertainment
CIO

Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO

Thomas Phelps
Laserfiche
CIO & Innovate@UCLA Past Executive Chair

Anand Radhakrishnan
KIND
Chief Information Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
Breakout Sessions
Enterprise AI Frameworks — Building Real Readiness
AI adoption is accelerating, but most organizations lack the structure to deploy it safely and at scale. This session breaks down how Daikin Applied built an enterprise-ready AI framework that balances governance, innovation, and measurable business value.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
• Build scalable enterprise AI governance
• Structure an effective AI Center of Excellence
• Quantify business value from AI use cases
Identity Resilience — The New Imperative for Business Continuity
As organizations shift from prevention to limiting harm, identity resilience is becoming essential to business continuity. For CIOs, it bridges cybersecurity, risk management, and recovery operations. Because identity compromise accelerates disruption, IT and security must break down silos and integrate identity into disaster recovery to ensure rapid restoration.
Join this session to explore how to:
- Make identity resilience central to risk management
- Unify IT, security, and recovery teams
- Prioritize assets for identity-focused recovery
Activating Unstructured Data and Agents in the Enterprise
The shift from basic AI assistants to autonomous agents is reshaping the enterprise, turning passive tools into scalable workflows. Real advantage emerges when intelligence is grounded in an organization’s unique, proprietary content. As leaders move beyond early experiments, the priority becomes breaking down silos and establishing governance that ensures agents operate on a reliable foundation.
Join this interactive session to learn how to:
- Prioritize measurable growth beyond LLM hype
- Connect content to unlock meaningful AI performance
- Understand the monetary and labor opportunity costs of AI transformation
From Pilot to Powerhouse—Scaling Automation
Many AI initiatives fail before they ever show value, but real progress often begins with small, unglamorous operational processes. This session explores how Generali Global Assistance automated a repetitive compliance and asset‑management workflow, saving hundreds of hours and strengthening cross‑functional alignment. The story highlights what worked, what didn’t, and how to scale meaningful automation across the enterprise.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Identify high‑impact automation opportunities
- Build cross‑functional alignment for AI adoption
- Strengthen data foundations for scalable automation
Executive Boardroom Session
IT Talent Transformation—Adapting for What’s Next
As AI transforms IT operations, leaders face new challenges: finding the right talent, keeping remote teams engaged, and redefining what it means to build a future-ready bench. Let’s talk candidly about what’s working, what isn’t, and how we can help our people thrive in this new era.
In this boardroom, we’ll discuss how to:
Identify and attract the human skills needed for AI success
Rethink roles and retention for a remote, AI-augmented workforce
Develop adaptable leaders who can guide teams through change
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Southern California CIO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner 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.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
The Waterfront Beach ResortA block of rooms has been reserved at the The Waterfront Beach Resort at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 714-845-8000. Please mention SCES26 to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $429 USD (plus tax) is June 1, 2026.
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