In-Person

Indianapolis CISO Community

Executive Summit

November 12, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Indianapolis

November 12, 2026
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Indianapolis's top CISOs 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 CISOs today:

Building Trusted AI Capabilities Through Governance and Accountability

Strengthening Identity and Cybersecurity Foundations for a Changing Threat Landscape

Protecting the Enterprise While Building Resilience and Accelerating Innovation

Indianapolis CISO Governing Body

The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Jay Bhat

Franciscan Health
Administrative Director, Information Security

Brett Flora

Elwood Staffing
CTO

Nirav Shah

Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc
Chief Digital & Information Officer

Dustin Wilcox

S&P Global
CISO

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CISO 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 Indianapolis CISO 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

Coming Soon

The CIO & CISO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted “by and for” C-level executives in the community, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.

Building Trusted AI Capabilities Through Governance and Accountability

As AI adoption accelerates, technology and security leaders must move from experimentation to enterprise-wide execution. Building trusted AI capabilities requires clear governance, defined accountability and thoughtful oversight to ensure innovation is deployed responsibly. Leaders must establish the policies, controls and organizational readiness needed to scale AI while managing risk, protecting data and maintaining stakeholder trust.

Strengthening Identity and Cybersecurity Foundations for a Changing Threat Landscape

As cyber threats continue to evolve in sophistication and scale, strong security and identity foundations have become critical to enterprise protection. CIOs and CISOs must modernize identity and access management practices, strengthen cyber defenses and continuously adapt to emerging risks.

Protecting the Enterprise While Building Resilience and Accelerating Innovation

Organizations must strengthen their ability to withstand disruption while continuing to innovate and grow. Technology and security leaders are challenged to improve resilience across operations, technology platforms and third-party ecosystems while enabling new digital capabilities.

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Location

Venue & Accommodation

Hyatt Regency Indianapolis

Your Community Sponsors

Global Thought Leaders

CISO Thought Leader

Key Sponsors

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Sam Flaherty

Senior Community Program Manager

208-871-6409

samantha.flaherty@gartner.com