2026 New Jersey CISO Community Executive Summit

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with New Jersey'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:

Lead Strategic Technology Alignment to Establish an AI Operating Model

Manage Costs Strategically to Maximize Business Value

Elevate Cybersecurity as a Core Driver of Business Value, Resilience and Growth

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Roota Almeida

Kyowa Kirin
Global CISO

Lookman Fazal

NJ Transit
Chief Information & Digital Officer

Zouhair Guelzim

L'Oréal
VP & CISO, Americas

Hussein Syed

RWJBarnabas Health
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 New Jersey 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

Gartner Boardroom Session

Unlocking ROI — Agentic & Generative AI Use Cases

By 2026, Gartner predicts that over 80% of enterprises will have implemented generative AI APIs or deployed generative AI-enabled applications in production. While the transformative potential of AI is clear, organizations are at varying stages of maturity in their adoption journey.
Join this session to explore use cases and gain insights on:

Applying a risk-versus-value framework to evaluate AI opportunities
Balancing human workforce strengths with AI augmentation
Preparing your organization for the future impact of intelligent automation

Breakout Session

Leading Through Complexity — The New CIO and CISO Mandate

CIOs and CISOs are facing expanding responsibilities as organizations adopt AI, address cyber threats and modernize operations. Today’s leaders must not only manage a rapidly shifting risk landscape but also deliver meaningful strategic business value.

Join this interactive session to explore:

Balancing growth, innovation, risk, and resilience in a complex environment
Strengthening the CIO/CISO partnership to drive enterprise-wide impact
Making faster, more informed decisions amid uncertainty and continuous change

Executive Boardroom Session

Driving Change — Balancing Transformation and Integration

As business and technology strategies become more interconnected, CIOs and CISOs are leading increasingly complex transformation initiatives. Success requires balancing change, innovation and operational continuity while delivering measurable business value.

In this session:

Creating value for people, process and technology
Assessing complex application integration at scale
Communicating change and the value of transformation projects

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Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.

Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.