Southern California CIO Executive Summit

Join us for food, drinks and networking the evening before the summit. This will be held at the newly renovated Marriott Long Beach Downtown with fun games like giant jenga and connect 4. 

As cyber threats become more sophisticated and pervasive, enterprises need to adopt an agile approach to network and security that promotes innovation and mitigates risk. AI/ML and zero trust are the key enablers of this transformation, offering visibility, control, and automation across users, workloads, IoT/OT devices, and business partners.

In this session, you will learn:

• How AI will be used to fight AI and how generative AI will contribute to increased numbers of ransomware attacks
• How the growth of zero trust segmentation will happen in parallel with the rise of firewall-free enterprises, and Zero Trust SD-WAN will begin to replace traditional SD-WAN
• How AI/ML add defensive and analytics capabilities that drive IT and business success

When the stakes are high, technology goes beyond supporting — it can determine the outcome of people’s lives and property. Southern California Edison is on a journey to develop and deliver new technology to drive operational improvements for wildfire prevention efforts. 

Join to hear about:

• Assessing areas of opportunity within the operational landscape 
• Overcoming challenges in a high-stress environment
• Driving and measuring business value

As technology continues to evolve, cyber threats are right there matching that growth stride for stride. How are you developing your cybersecurity strategy to keep up with the risks posed by emerging technologies?

Join this session to discuss:

• Mitigating risks and improving resiliency
• Complying with regulatory requirements
• Developing cybersecurity talent and skills

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 GenAI hype continues, CIOs know they must be strategic in their investments — prioritizing prevalent and impactful use cases that deliver real value. The next question on the list? Determining when to invest.

Join your fellow CIOs to discuss:

• Learning from over-enthusiasm and unrealistic projections of innovation
• Anticipating sustainable growth over quick wins
• Evaluating business impact and choosing when to invest

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.

AI has joined the team, especially in IT, but what does this mean for the future workforce? CIOs must develop strategies to create a blended workforce that embraces AI and nontraditional talent sources instead of relying primarily on full-time employees. 

Join this session to learn about:

• Equipping the organization with the capabilities needed to embrace AI
• Exploring unconventional talent sources and solutions
• Enabling human workers to work successfully with and alongside machines

Gartner research shows a near split of CIOs opting to build an application in-house versus buying or partnering with a third-party. Regardless of the choice, IT executives must deliver programs that are relevant and both cost and time effective to manage.

In this boardroom, you will discuss:

• Aligning application strategy to business objectives
• Best uses of application development
• Adaptability of applications and threat readiness

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

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, technology is the driving factor of business strategy and organizational success. But for CIOs to deliver digital, the technology must have a meaningful impact. Otherwise, the dollars are not worth spending.

Join this session to discuss:

• Correlating technology needs with business objectives
• Gaining enterprise-wide agreement on AI and tech investment goals
• Driving successful technology adoption to maximize ROI

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 CxOs seek to drive business value from data and analytics initiatives, they face both cultural and technical challenges. CIOs must partner with the business in creating a long-term analytics strategy that enables the organization to make data driven decisions.

Join this session to hear perspectives on:

• Evolving data governance efforts to power accuracy in reporting and analytics
• Overcoming technical obstacles and cost pressure to ensure analytics programs get prioritized
• Building a business case to create a strategy that has measurable outcomes and results