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Ohio CISO Executive Summit
May 22, 2025 | Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
May 22, 2025
Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Ohio'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:
Leveraging Technology for Innovation, Efficiency and Enhanced Customer Engagement
Building a Foundation for Cyber Resilience
Maximizing AI for Strategic Advantage
Ohio 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
Michael Erickson
Baptist Health
CISO
Lisa Heckler
CareSource
CISO
Ryan Kean
Total Quality Logistics
CIO
Nick Ritter
Worldpay
Chief Information Security Officer
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 Ohio CISO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.
Agenda
Keynote Sessions
Brain-Driven Resilience — Neuro-Optimizing for Executive Edge
In the high-stakes arena of billion-dollar enterprises, resilience isn't just an asset; it's a necessity. Learn how elite athletes, Navy SEALs, and top executives leverage cutting-edge neuroscience and cognitive training to elevate their relationship with adversity to yield more resilient outcomes. Cognitive training can help boost executive function and enhance decision making under pressure.
Join Megs Gelfgot, Tedx speaker and two-time founder, as she shares:
- Hacks for gaining a competitive edge
- Tactical resilience leadership strategies
- Ways to mitigate symptoms of cognitive decline
The Essential Qualities of an Effective and Respected Leader
Truly exceptional leaders create a culture of trust and respect, inspire innovation, and drive high performance. They lead by example and encourage collaboration. During this keynote, leaders from the Indianapolis CIO and CISO Community will share their leadership stories and strategies on how they impact their organizations and those who look to them for guidance.
Join this session to hear about:
- Building High-Performing Teams: Creating supportive, adaptable, and growth-focused environments
- Influencing Across the Organization: Strategically engaging stakeholders through strong communication
- Navigating Evolving Responsibilities: Embracing accountability with authenticity and resiliency
Executive Boardroom Session
Cyber Resiliency – Fortifying Now for a Faster Recovery Later
CISOs must protect their organizations from increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks by preparing now to limit the impact and allow for as quick a recovery as possible. This requires a great defensive strategy that is practiced, communicated and understood throughout the organization well before any incident occurs. Balancing that preparation with what actually unfolds during an event is what fosters true resilience.
Join this boardroom to explore with peers:
- Stories of detection and recovery – what strategies worked and which fell short
- Mutual threat defense – the critical role of collaboration in the cybersecurity community
- Best practices for organizational communication – before, during and after an incident
Apply to join
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Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Hyatt Regency CincinnatiA block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 531-579-1234. Please mention Ohio CISO/CIO Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $184 USD (plus tax) is April 29, 2025.
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