Executive Summit

Hosted by the Governing Body members, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit.

 Businesses stand to benefit from AI in unprecedented ways, but only if IT and security leaders overcome transformation challenges. This includes implementing a modern zero trust architecture to protect data and users, embracing AI while managing its risks, and handling the technical and financial implications of ever-expanding environments. A risk-based approach to security ensures  CIOs and CISOs deliver a secure, phased transformation.

Join this session to:

• Understand how zero trust and AI together, unlike firewalls, provide the strongest cyber defense by stopping threat actors from lateral movement within networks
• Learn strategies for protecting AI applications developed in data centers and the cloud, while preventing data leaks from public AI applications
• Discover how eliminating costly legacy hardware simplifies environments while cutting network and security costs

Agentic AI—autonomous systems that proactively execute tasks aligned with enterprise goals—is reshaping how organisations innovate, operate, and protect digital assets. For CIOs and CISOs, the imperative is not just adoption, but secure, scalable integration that delivers measurable value. What strategic approach should tech leaders adopt that leverages cloud environments to augment agentic AI, while balancing innovation with governance, risk, compliance, and cyber resilience?

Join this panel discussion to know more about:

• Buying, building or governing - evaluating commercial solutions for rapid deployment and proven scalability
• Using cloud capabilities as a strategic enabler to deploy agentic AI at scale
• Aligning AI initiatives with business outcomes and risk management

Cyber threats are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, making conventional risk management approaches inadequate. AI/ML and threat intelligence have the potential to transform how organizations handle cyber threats, as well as extending into areas such as TPRM, security analytics, and more . Leveraging key insights can help CISOs stay ahead of evolving risks and enhance security programs, even with limited resources.

Join this session to discuss:

• Practical strategies for leveraging threat intelligence in cyber risk management
• Critical alignment of people and process elements with advanced technologies
• Acting on useful insights and data to manage cyber risk

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

CIOs can enhance organisational success by strategically allocating IT resources to innovative, value-generating opportunities, rather than relying on traditional cost-cutting measures. This proactive approach aligns IT investments with business objectives, fostering long-term value creation.

Join your peers to discuss:

• Implementing cultural changes around cost management
• Anticipating the long-term implications of short-term cost cuts
• Engaging business stakeholders in cost management decisions

Cyber resiliency remains a top concern in 2025, yet Gartner finds many organisations focus on defining and quantifying resilience rather than improving it. Leaders must develop proactive strategies, and embed a “when, not if” mentality both within their teams and leadership, to ensure business continuity when incidents occur.

Join this session to discuss:

• Minimising the impact of cyber incidents and quickly restore operations
• Highlighting the importance of resiliency, overcoming competing priorities and flashier projects to access the resources you need
• Balancing the need for resilience with the need for innovation

CIOs and CISOs face competing demands - boards expect both innovation-driven growth and significant cost savings. Must leaders choose one, or is there a path to achieve both? According to Gartner, 53% of IT strategies fall short, but those that succeed align IT investments directly with enterprise priorities.

Join Andy Rowsell-Jones, VP Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, to learn:

• Common pitfalls that disconnect IT strategy from business goals
• How to select IT and security investments that drive enterprise growth
• Ways to build stakeholder support, manage expectations and lead change