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Washington, DC CIO Executive Summit

June 17, 2025 | Convene at 1201 Wilson Blvd

June 17, 2025
Convene at 1201 Wilson Blvd

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Governing Body Co-Chairs

Ryan Boulais

Bunge
CISO

Massimo Favro

NVR
CISO

Vishal Gupta

Lexmark
CTO & CIO, SVP Connected Technology

John McClure

Sinclair, Inc.
CISO & SVP, Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud

April Wiggs

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Division Chief, Enterprise Project Services

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO 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 Washington, DC CIO 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

June 17, 2025

morning afternoon

8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Harnessing Human Energy — Thriving Amidst Rapid Change

Josh Allan Dykstra

Future of Work Activist

Guest Speaker

In the face of unrelenting transformation, staying innovative and productive can feel daunting, especially with emerging generations' evolving work expectations, the permanence of hybrid teams and the pervasive influence of AI. The key to thriving in this chaotic environment lies in leveraging and organizing work around intrinsic motivators, such as yourself and the people within your organization.

Join this session to learn:

The keys for navigating constant change with more energy and resilience
How to create astonishing psychological safety within your team
A practical framework to access more productivity across your entire organization

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Building a Strategy for an AI-First Business

Ravi Malick

SVP & Global CIO

Box

The future of business is rapidly evolving — a future where AI agents are part of the workforce, almost any process or workflow can be automated, and customers expect better, more intelligent experiences across their unstructured data. Whether that means automating loans or onboarding employees faster, applying intelligence to your unstructured data can be a pathway to stay ahead of the competition.

Join this interactive session to explore:

Practical approaches to building an unstructured data strategy
Robust content workflows and use cases for AI-first businesses
Tips for optimizing while balancing your AI and security strategies

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Protecting Innovation — Rethinking Data Security Strategies

Howard Ting

CEO

Cyberhaven

AI makes creating and consuming data easier than ever, with shadow AI and dark data presenting new challenges to security teams. As the tactics for protecting data evolve, IT and security leaders must adopt a risk-based strategy to protect mission-critical data and safeguard innovation.

Join this session to discover:

Effective practices for ongoing monitoring to identify risks
Rapid investigation and response techniques for insider threats
CIO and CISO partnership strategies for evolving your data protection approach

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Application Modernization — Unlocking Organizational Agility

Vishal Gupta

CTO & CIO, SVP Connected Technology

Lexmark

Enterprise application architectures are increasingly complex, leading to technical debt and maintenance challenges, often stifling innovation. CIOs must strategically align business and IT to effectively manage and modernize applications.

Join this session to discuss:

Balancing innovation with cost of modernization
Overcoming common application modernization challenges including security considerations
Setting measurable goals for modernization success

10:25am - 11:10am Networking Break

10:35am - 11:00am Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings.

11:10am - 11:55am Breakout Session

Featured Session with Cyera

11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom

Executive Boardroom hosted by Cloudflare

Dan Kent

Field CTO

Cloudflare

11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom

A Business-First Approach to IT

Rob Hornbuckle

CIO & Chief Operating Officer

IDT Corp

As IT and cybersecurity become increasingly central to driving business outcomes, leaders within these spaces will need to shift from transactional interactions to ongoing partnerships to solidify their influence.

Join this session to discuss:

Linking every tech and cybersecurity initiative to overall business objectives
Navigating transformation with an outcome-driven leadership approach
Translating data and technical information into insights that resonate with business leaders

11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Weaponize Risk Appetite to Drive Risk Decisions

Paul E. Proctor

Distinguished VP Analyst

Gartner

Risk appetite fails when it is expressed in fuzzy, imprecise terms. Repositioning risk appetite in the context of investment and value delivery creates a measurable scale of risk that powers a new type of governance.

Join this session to learn:

How concrete assertions of risk appetite can make executive decisions binding
How can risk appetite drive risk decisions
What scale can be used to measure risk appetite

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Future-Proofing IAM — Strategies for Enhanced Security

As organizations advance their security strategies, they face increasing complexities in ensuring proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must implement the right tools and processes to guarantee that the appropriate individuals have access. Identity-first strategies are focused equally on security and business enablement.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

Ensuring consistent access policies
Balancing innovation with security to protect organizational assets
Evolving strategies to address the growing sophistication of cyber threats

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Fostering a Future-Ready IT Workforce

Anne Kottmeier

CIO

Chemonics International

Fewer than half of IT leaders say their workforce is prepared to meet their organization’s future needs, according to a Gartner survey. On top of that, recent policy changes and executive orders are contributing to an increasingly complex talent landscape.

Join this boardroom session to discuss:

The talent impact of ongoing regulatory changes
How to develop an adaptive IT talent strategy
Methods to promote continuous upskilling of your workforce

2:15pm - 3:00pm Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings.

3:00pm - 3:45pm Breakout Session

Featured Session with Shawn Harrs

Shawn Harrs

EVP & CIO

Red Lobster

Details coming soon.

3:00pm - 3:45pm Executive Boardroom

Cyber Resilience in Action

Cyber resiliency remains a top concern in 2025, yet Gartner finds many organizations focus on defining and quantifying resilience rather than improving it. Leaders must develop proactive strategies that speak to a “when, not if” mentality, ensuring business continuity when incidents occur.

Join this session to discuss:

Developing resilient people and processes in a complex threat ecosystem
Minimizing the impact of cyber incidents and quickly restoring operations
Maintaining compliance amid increasing regulatory requirements

3:00pm - 3:45pm Executive Boardroom

The Impact of Geopolitical Shifts

IT and Security Leaders must play a pivotal role in assessing corporate risk and taking action as necessary. The current state of geopolitical uncertainty leaves many variables for enterprise risk, including vendor reliability, supply chain consistency, and cyber threats.

Join this session to discuss:

Understanding the latest geopolitical tensions and regulations affecting the threat landscape
Evaluating operations in high-risk geographies to strategize resiliency
Planning disaster recovery in the event of a geopolitical disruption

3:45pm - 4:00pm Networking Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote