In-Person

New Jersey CISO Community

Executive Summit

October 29, 2026 | Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany

October 29, 2026
Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany

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

New Jersey 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

Roota Almeida

Kyowa Kirin
Global CISO

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 Sessions

Frontier AI Models — When Attack Speed Outpaces Operations

AI can now find and exploit a vulnerability in minutes — faster than any patch cycle or IT team can respond. For CIOs, this is a business risk, not just a security issue: the gap between attack speed and response speed can now disrupt operations. This is where autonomous remediation comes into play.
Join this session to learn:

  • Why the gap between attack speed and IT response is now a business risk
  • How automatic remediation cuts risk without more headcount or work
  • What this shift means for how you prioritize risk, budget and technology

Securing the Agentic Workforce

As AI agents move from passive tools to active workforce members, CIOs and CISOs face new governance and security challenges. The risks of rapid, autonomous action are real—but so are the opportunities for transformation. This session offers a practical, forward-looking approach to securely unlocking the value of agents.

Join this session to explore:

  • Reining in shadow agents
  • Protecting agents from malicious context
  • Protecting your business from rogue agents

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 Sessions

The Automation Ceiling — Why More Agents Isn't More Results

Straightforward parts of business processes are often already automated. What's left are the cases where someone has to think, decide, or make a judgment call. Agents only help if they're built into the process itself, with context and a clear record of what they decide.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • Governance models for AI agents that make decisions, not just recommendations
  • What separates pilots that scale from concepts that stall
  • Using agents to redesign the process, not just run inside it

Operationalizing AI Agents—From Experimentation to Business Impact

AI agents promise significant gains in productivity, innovation and growth, yet many organizations are still determining how to scale them from experimentation to enterprise impact. Turning that potential into business value requires the right technology choices, operational readiness and approach to managing risk.

Join this boardroom to learn how to:

  • Assess governance and lifecycle processes for trusted AI agents
  • Balance innovation, risk and tradeoffs of open and closed AI models
  • Navigate sovereign AI and AI stack choices to strengthen resilience and competitiveness


Keynote Session

Leading The Enterprise Through AI-Driven Change

AI is no longer an IT initiative. It is reshaping how organizations build products, develop talent, manage risk and drive business outcomes. As technology moves to the center of business transformation, CIOs and CISOs must lead not only tech strategy but also workforce evolution, organizational adoption and enterprise risk management.

Join this keynote for insights into:

  • Practical lessons from implementing AI beyond pilot programs
  • Enterprise transformation strategies that drive business outcomes
  • Strategies for balancing innovation, adoption and organizational risk


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

Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany
More Information

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling (973) 969-1728. Please mention New Jersey Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is October 6, 2026.

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