Chicago CIO Executive Summit

 For CIOs, the stakes are extraordinary in every conversation. Revenue of millions or billions is in jeopardy during board meetings, investor calls, media interviews, customer interactions and employee conversations. The most successful executives realize this and prepare what to say and when to say it with precision. Val Wright shares new ways to approach common business conversations.

Join this keynote to learn:

• The power of the written word to demonstrate the value of technology
• How to cultivate a dynamic relationship with your board and get positioned for board roles
• Powerful retorts and feedback that overcome resistance every time and consistently delivers results

As a consumer, you have certain expectations of trust in the businesses you shop at and the organizations you engage with. Building trusted relationships with customers requires a multi-faceted strategy that spans everything from data privacy management to delivering seamless personalized experiences that anticipate customer needs. We can all think of companies that meet this ideal of great customer engagement and…some that don’t. Now be honest – does your organization meet your own personal standards for trusted experiences?

Join this session to discuss:

• Unifying and activating customer data to earn, not erode, customer trust
• Crafting strong customer and stakeholder feedback loops
• Creating highly personalized experiences that anticipate customer needs

In today's digital economy, enterprise value and risk are increasingly tied to the technology landscape. With the average enterprise managing 1,000 applications across multiple clouds, technology sprawl is a board-level concern. Generative AI is projected to boost developer productivity by 40%, accelerating application proliferation and presenting governance challenges.

Join this session to learn about:

• Achieving real-time visibility across technology systems for risk oversight
• Streamlining tech ecosystems for cost optimization and operational efficiency
• Implementing systematic vulnerability management in an AI-accelerated landscape

The speed of AI’s evolution—and the rapidly developing ecosystem that surrounds it--can make choosing the best path forward for your business challenging. Do you look at employee experience first or customer experience? Start with people or process? When AI is everywhere, business leaders have to find ways to cut through the noise, overcome decision-making paralysis, and stay focused on the use cases that will deliver quickly for their unique business needs.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• What AI readiness looks like and identifying use cases with the potential to generate value quickly
• Evaluating the constantly evolving AI ecosystem
• Overcoming AI-overwhelm to define a real and transformative AI vision for your business

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at Katherine.Williams@evanta.com

Leading CIOs seek to create a seamless user experience and leverage AI for superior customer outcomes. By creating more intimate and personalized interactions, AI can significantly improve client satisfaction and drive business growth.
Join this session to discuss how to:

• Streamline processes and tailor AI insights for a better customer experience
• Capture and analyze customer interactions to derive actionable insights
• Increase the efficiency and effectiveness in customer-facing functions

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at Katherine.Williams@evanta.com

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

Global reinsurer Gen Re decided to build custom applications internally after realizing that off-the-shelf solutions didn't meet their particular needs. Frank Schmid, CTO of Gen Re, and Paulo Rosado, CEO of Outsystems, will discuss how an AI-powered software development platform can help teams build faster and without incurring technical debt.

Join this session to learn:

• Eliminating technical debt without creating the technical debt of the future
• Preference of platforms over tools to make use of network effects
• Low-code’s position in the GenAI era
• AI-assisted coding copilots in the world of low-code development

Today’s CIOs face lofty expectations and a changing set of skills necessary to be successful. They are expected to build healthy team cultures remotely, drive the adoption of emerging technologies, align with corporate objectives and the list goes on. To meet this moment, how can CIOs support employees to better enable digital business in complex organizations?

Join this session to discuss:

• How CIOs should focus on delighting employees through superior IT and unrestrained productivity
• Proactive identification of employee experience issues before they become IT problems
• Effective automation to powerfully remediate problems in seconds

Technology is one challenge, people and culture are others. CIOs are tasked to provide the necessary tools, training, and process adjustments to optimally use Gen-AI throughout the enterprise. Yet, key change management strategies are needed to effectively implement Gen-AI projects.

Join this session to discuss:

• Evangelizing GenAI use case adoption and overcoming hesitation
• Ensuring trust and safety so users have confidence in AI outputs
• Securing resources and developing strategies to bring organizational adoption effectively

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at Katherine.Williams@evanta.com

Cloud native computing promises a future of agility, scalability and responsive innovation. Early adopters celebrate its virtues while signaling caution that pitfalls hidden in its complex landscape must be addressed.

Join this session to discuss practical strategies that:

• Accelerate developer adoption and operational scale
• Mitigate the security risks of new attack surfaces and rapid change
• Optimize costs and organizational efficiency

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at Katherine.Williams@evanta.com

In today’s dynamic business landscape, the synergy between CFOs and CIOs is crucial for shaping enterprise technology investments and driving innovation. Collaboration is essential for aligning financial strategies with technological advancements.

Join this session to explore:

• Strengthening the CFO-CIO relationship to make data-driven decisions on emerging technologies and ROI
• Harmonizing views on IT investments and driving results-driven projects
• Communicating business and technology priorities

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at Katherine.Williams@evanta.com