Southern California CIO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability.  This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues to maximize sustainable value across the business.

Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:

• Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
• How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
• Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)    

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Grab a chair with your peers to discuss communicating:

• Adoption versus mitigation of generative AI to key stakeholders 
• Generative AI concerns and opportunities
• The impact of new technology on the organization’s future 

The 2020s are now commonly referred to as the “age of the unexpected.” Organizations must navigate the unpredictable with a calculated and dynamic mindset. From labor disruptions and supply chain shortages to rising inflation and increased regulation, IT leaders need quality data for analytics and predictive modeling – all for sound decision-making when disruption is the norm.

Join this session to discuss strategies to:

• Drive better decisions and accelerate time to insights
• Leverage data and analytics to enable high value work
• Encourage innovation to directly improve business outcomes

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: Lauren Hursley at Lauren.Hursley@evanta.com

As the digital space takes over our human-to-human interactions, customer experience is more important than ever. Holding a “drivers-seat” position in the organization’s CX strategy is imperative for an IT leader to gain influence with the rest of the stakeholders at the table.

Join this session to discuss:

• Converting operations architecture to become an experience ecosystem architecture
• Refocusing and reshaping IT to enable technology ecosystems
• Positioning differentiated experiences for diverse consumers in the long term

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: Lauren Hursley at Lauren.Hursley@evanta.com

While the distinctions of the digital and physical worlds are collapsing for consumers, organizations are forced to adapt digital business models for monetization and deliver altogether new experiences. Complexity abounds in this endeavor and requires shrewd decision-making and organizational agility.

Join this session to learn about:

• Monetization opportunities within emerging digital business strategies
• Delivery of new and consistent user experiences across applications
• Executive leadership and change management best practices

In the era of rapid digital transformation, establishing and maintaining digital trust has become a critical challenge for businesses worldwide. As enterprises become more connected, attack surfaces are increasing and cyberthreats are rampant. How can organizations support the digital processes, interactions and transactions that drive their business, while ensuring that their digital footprint remains secure?

Join this session to discuss digital trust strategies that:

• Improve business continuity by reducing the risk of business disruption from outages
• Improve cyber agility by improving speed and adaptability to changes in cybersecurity standards
• Support digital innovation with improved user experience, user trust, and secured identity

As the demand for talent continues to outweigh the supply, talent shortages call for creative solutions. With 20 years of experience in the Marine Corps, George Bedar saw a way to provide opportunities to military families while also filling talent gaps within his organization.

Join this session to learn about:

• Providing training, upskilling and job opportunities to military spouses to fill key business need
• Getting buy-in from internal stakeholders on investing in this strategy
• Creating cost savings while providing a positive community impact

Applications can make or break an organization’s growth. Too many and you create an opportunity for redundancies and inefficiencies; too few and you risk getting left in the past. In today’s digital-first workspaces, how can leaders evolve their strategy to maximize the value of their applications, advance key digital initiatives and remain agile in the face of constant change?

Join your peers to discuss:

• Discontinuing legacy systems, modernizing, and shifting to agile solutions
• Building a business case for application and technology rationalization
• Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements

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: Lauren Hursley at Lauren.Hursley@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.

Now that the pandemic is behind us, how do we make people better moving forward? Regardless of whether they are working remotely, in office or hybrid, we need to continue to create a culture of collaboration and innovation. Please join this session for an in-depth discussion on unleashing human excellence.

Topics of conversation will include:

• How to upskill our employees to be the best that they can be - striving for human excellence
• Trends to shape UCaaS and CCaaS
• Predictions for the future of work

Within the current global temperature and looming recession, doing more with less is now the norm. Value assessment and creating efficiencies are essential to managing the bottom line, but that doesn’t mean innovation should be moved to the back burner.

Join this session to discuss:

• Prioritizing sustainability for cost savings and efficiency improvements
• Managing current technology costs and identifying new solutions
• Explaining innovation value to the board for long term growth

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: Lauren Hursley at Lauren.Hursley@evanta.com

Everywhere we look there is talk of AI, how it is being used and it's possibilities for the future. How can IT leaders mitigate the risks of the hype surrounding AI while preserving the enthusiasm associated with its power to create value? Having the right framework in place, IT leaders can see through the hype, break the concepts down into tangible pieces and remove the philosophical element from the AI discussion.

Join this session to discuss:

• Developing techniques for solving real world business problems with AI
• Implementing step by step pragmatic advanced technology
• Creating use cases to seize AI investment opportunities

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: Lauren Hursley at Lauren.Hursley@evanta.com

Like summiting a great peak, IT’s journey from service provider to strategic enabler can be a fierce yet rewarding battle for many CIOs. In this keynote session, Kelly Hamilton provides insights into her team’s journey to influence how the business can gain the most value from IT. 

Join this fireside chat to learn about:

• Summiting one hill at a time – Taking an agile approach to solving IT and business challenges
• Maximizing value – Creating an environment built on transparency and trust
• Cultivating partnerships and sponsorship – Engaging the business by dynamically reprioritizing for value