San Francisco CIO Executive Summit

Come kick off the Executive Summit with a special dinner hosted by Governing Body members at the beautiful Luna - Kitchen & Cocktails for an evening of peer networking.  

The world is changing. Employees, clients and companies are evolving as we enter the next phase of the pandemic. What are they thinking, where are they going - A CIO's point of view.

Join this session to discuss:

• Defining the new “normal” that works for your company
• Providing a modern, flexible experience for employees and customers
• Brainstorming creative ways to keep employees engaged

In a world when the customer has rapidly changing demands, enterprises need to be able to adapt quickly. To do that, the technology and efficient processes must be in place to allow for true innovation at scale. Sephora’s tech makeover led to the creation of an omni-channel platform to give customers personalization like never before thanks to the strength of the organization, its experts in beauty. As a true leader in the future of commerce, it brought the in-person experience to the online customer.

Join this session to discuss:

• Quickly addressing demands of customers
• Personalization through an omni-channel experience
• Upskilling the right people to the right positions

As organizations accelerate their cloud journey, they unwittingly accrue technical debt that magnifies exponentially across the IT estate. How can you get control of cloud costs, contracts and commitments before your technical debt results in disaster?

Join this session to collaborate with your peers on your cloud journey:

• Intended Consequences of moving to the cloud
• Unintended Consequences of the cloud
• How to chart the most cost-effective course to digital transformation

The key to better customer experiences might be hiding in the data you already have. Auditing your current resources could help you identify useful insights and use them to sharpen your organization’s competitive edge.

Join your peers to discuss:

• Investing in modern data tools
• Determining what data is valuable vs. unnecessary
• Creating buy in and driving data literacy across the enterprise

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for most organizations to achieve and maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. CIOs have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience initiatives by leading with technology and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• How CIOs can support or lead customer experience initiatives
• How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
• What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

Work-from-anywhere, geopolitical conflicts, digitization and evolving regulations are changing the security risk landscape. Organizations are facing rising cases of unplanned outages driven by sophistication of cyberattacks and rising skill gaps. An increasing number of successful incidents has shown that conventional security approaches are insufficient to prevent breaches. Cybersecurity strategies are therefore breaking organizational siloes and incorporating critical cyber-resilience practices business-wide.

Join this session to learn:

• What factors are driving the evolution of cybersecurity strategies
• Why should executives care about not only responding to cyber events, but also recovering from them
• How to build an ideal cyber resilience framework

The scope of the CIO responsibilities has expanded beyond managing the IT of an organization. They must be business leaders looking to add value to a company, talent leaders finding the right employees and adaptive leaders who first need to identify the problem before they can solve it. So, what’s in the job description for tomorrow's CIO?

Join this session to discuss:

• Preparing for what the CIO leadership role will entail in the coming years
• Delivering at the bottom line while juggling other responsibilities worldwide
• Strategizing how to be an agile leader who enables others to make quick-decisions

The days of single public cloud deployments are gone. Driven by the numerous technology options, potential cost savings, and the need for business agility, enterprises will be relying on 3 or more cloud environments. But with complex integrations, threats to security, organizational changes, and inadvertent expenses, the question becomes what are your strategies for the different facets of your organization?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• Driving strategy to improve your enterprise’s own operational efficiencies
• Using strategy to deliver a better customer experience that adds value
• Knowing when to buy vs build to create a resilient and cost-effective multi-cloud environment

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.

CIOs are increasingly taking a core role in driving their enterprises’ environmental sustainability strategy. Technology is key to baselining and addressing carbon footprint today – but requires significant effort in data ingestion and engineering. And CIOs are shifting from a reactive stance of measuring and reporting to a proactive approach of setting the strategy and delivering the relevant capabilities.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• Technology strategies that are changing the game to address sustainability challenges
• Cultivating a company culture that supports sustainability efforts
• Measuring and reporting on results to internal and external stakeholders

With today’s economic climate,  organizations are relooking at overall spending and CIOs are looking for creative ways to deliver digital transformation with a limited budget. Automation is an important strategic imperative when it comes to resiliency and digital agility.

Join this session to discuss:

• Leveraging Intelligent Automation as a primary pathway to achieve operational excellence
• Accelerating digital growth with faster ROI through automation
• Harnessing the right data to support automation initiatives

From the pandemic to the geopolitical climate, CIOs must take into account current events from around the world as they build up the organization. From supply chain issues to moral stances by organizations, how are business leaders navigating this turbulent time?

Join this session to discuss:

• Impact of current events on the stability of business practices
• The push for globalization with threats of sanctions or other disruptions
• Global supply chain problems and the work arounds being made

To wrap up the Executive Summit, Keith Ferrazzi, #1 New York Times bestselling author and founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, will provide the blueprint for going forward to work so we can stay competitive in the future.

Using insights from his new book, Competing in the New World of Work, Keith will dive into:

• How "radical adaptability" separates the best from the rest
• Co-elevating team interdependence
• Sharing accountability for team resilience

Keith Ferrazzi is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and an enthusiastic team transformation coach committed to helping teams harness Radical Adaptability and Co-Elevation® to positively transform organizations in an unpredictable work world. Ferrazzi is unparalleled in his mastery of shifting behaviors at scale. He is known for activating and challenging an audience to achieve lasting impact for their organization or association. He was recognized for his place in the world as a thought leader and speaker with the coveted Golden Gavel Award.