St. Louis CIO Executive Summit

On behalf of the St. Louis Governing Body, we invite you to come enjoy an evening of peer networking followed by trivia games! 

Test your world knowledge against your peers as you dine together ahead of a full day of networking and learning from one another.

The CIO and CISO share a goal of protecting the organization while ensuring access to information that allows for faster and more confident decision-making. They are business partners working to put the enterprise in the best position possible and with that comes the responsibility of earning trust from one another and the C-Suite. The leaders at Safety National have a collaborative and transparent approach that balances risk with the support of important business objectives and goals.

Join this session as Karey Barker and Steve Kappel share how to:

• Strengthen the IT-Security partnership to fuel innovation and accelerate new technology deployments
• Ensure security is represented as a holistic element of the organization
• Collaborate to push business initiatives forward

We live in a world where everything is hybrid and the blend between personal, corporate, private and public is ever-changing and presents us with a host of new challenges. This has increased and complicated the attack surface and the pressure to converge tools and do “more with less” is at peak levels. We must meet this watershed moment with the right team, plans, and technology.

Join this interactive session to learn:

• How to build an effective plan for change without adding to the chaos
• What consolidation approaches save money without sacrificing security
• Use cases that deliver immediate value and efficiency while improving user experience

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for organizations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. Technology and security leaders have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience strategy by leading with business and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• How CIOs & CISOs can lead or support customer experience initiatives
• How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
• What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

As a security leader, it’s never too early to start planning your future. According to Gartner, by 2026, 70% of boards will include one member with cybersecurity experience. On the heels of the recent SEC proposal requiring cybersecurity experts on public boards, private and non-profit organizations will likely follow. As the regulatory environment continues to evolve, what can CISOs do now to prepare for their next move?

Join this session to hear from panelists on:

• Laying the foundation for future opportunities
• Setting yourself up as a security expert who is a powerful communicator
• Exploring the best practices about joining boards you care about

Business leaders are challenged with developing a D&A strategy that expands business value and inspires leaders to make data-driven decisions confidently. Their success hinges on the ability to navigate the complexities of the enterprise, while increasing the company’s data accessibility and culture of insights.  All this, as it's more important than ever to establishing a secure data governance program that successfully aligns with business priorities is paramount.

Join this conversation to discuss:

• Challenging leaders across the enterprise to embrace data
• Inspiring actions throughout the D&A value chain to increase growth opportunities
• Implementing strategies to ensure availability, integrity and confidentiality in data while mitigating risks

CIOs and CISOs are constantly seeking the right talent at the right time with an increased focus on future proofing the talent pipeline to build retention efforts. Big tech layoffs provide some level of advantage, but how do leaders use company culture as a strategy to source talent and keep the right people? The time is now to identify and develop technical leaders by creating opportunities for upskilling and innovation.

Join the conversation to discuss:

• Becoming a destination in employee’s career journey
• Creating opportunities for growth through upskilling and innovation
• Understanding the needs of different generations of workers

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

As an organization’s security strategy matures, so does the complexities associated with ensuring the proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must have the right tools and processes in place to make certain that the right people have the right access – nothing more. How can leaders propel the organization into the next generation of IAM and fraud detection strategies that protects business outcomes while enables identity-first security?

Join this session to discuss:

• Looking at the business and technology changes driving the most significant trends in the evolution of access management
• Making a business case for investing in the next generation of tools that have a demonstrated ROI
• Creating more efficient processes that allows for employee buy-in

As business leaders are tasked with producing strategies that drive enterprise growth, they must be innovators. By providing data that allows for faster, more confident decision-making across the enterprise, IT becomes a catalyst for opportunities that can evolve into a competitive edge. So how can data-driven leaders create a sustainable business impact and transform company culture?

Join Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, and Gartner Fellow, Research and Advisory as he discusses:

• Leveraging the value of data-driven decisions to the business
• Leading data-innovations that improve business outcomes (AI and automation)
• Transforming company culture in a data-driven manner
• Balancing data-protection with access for more confident decision-making