Atlanta CIO Community
Executive Summit

Exclusive to Governing Body members and select guests, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit. Please join your colleagues for an evening of good food, wine, and lively networking.

To remain competitive, the enterprise must not only offer cutting-edge products to its customers but maintain an organizational structure that allows for innovation. Panasonic is demonstrating this with the release of its latest V2X technology, an open architecture platform that allows third-party developers to expand and optimize applications to keep our roadways safe and our critical, national infrastructure operational.

Join this session as Panasonic's CIO and VP of CIRRUS/V2X share how to:

• Bring an innovative cloud platform to life at scale
• Gain buy-in and the project budget from internal stakeholders for the necessary tools and partnerships
• Structure internal and external teams to collaborate and prevent silos

When utilized correctly, data is an invaluable source of potential growth. It can unlock your organization’s ability to make quicker decisions and uncover new opportunities. However, none of this is possible if your team doesn’t have data positioned at its core — so what’s the key to getting everyone to buy in?

Join a small group of your peers to discuss:

• Communicating the inherent value of data and leveraging it intelligently

• Creating a culture that embraces the power of being data-driven

• Building data capabilities to drive that culture

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager, Kendall Ann Hennings / kendallann.hennings@gartner.com

According to Gartner's research, 27% more boards of directors now see cybersecurity as a threat to the business at large, no longer limited to the realm of IT. Though the responsibility for cybersecurity strategies is now spreading across the enterprise and despite expanded awareness of security hygiene, well-intentioned users remain a major area of risk for every organization. How can CIOs establish new governance for this shared accountability and integrate cyber hygiene into the very fabric of the enterprise?

Join this boardroom session as CIOs discuss:

• Involving more organizational decision-makers in cybersecurity efforts
• Holding users accountable for good security hygiene
• Helping the most complex organizations increase user and asset visibility to prevent breaches, outages and disruptions

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager, Kendall Ann Hennings / kendallann.hennings@gartner.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.

One of the biggest challenges facing the modern CIO is balance. When it comes to business transformation, the sky is the limit…until you run into budget, time and resource constraints. How can CIOs balance these real limitations while encouraging their teams to dream big and come up with outside-the-box solutions?

Join this panel to discuss:

• Crafting a technology and cultural transformational strategy
• Successful frameworks that allow space for a “test fast, learn quick” environment
• Strategies for enabling and securing a hybrid WFH workforce

It is widely known that diverse teams and organizations not only outperform the less-diverse competition – they drive higher profits and innovation. With the powerful, connective force of technology at their fingertips, IT leaders are uniquely positioned to deliver diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that impact every aspect of the IT creation/workforce experience. 

Join this peer-driven discussion to explore actionable DEI strategies around:

• Equipping marginalized sections of the workforce with the proper tools and opportunities to elevate
• Promoting sponsorship rather than mentorship to grow diverse talent 
• Removing bias from organizational process to ensure a level playing field for all employees

Progressive organizations have included permanent work-from-anywhere (WFX) options in their connectivity strategy and according to IDC, 64% of business leaders will subsidize this connectivity. New solutions like 5G will reduce the in-home bandwidth battle for employees, alleviate the burden of managing multiple vendors and reduce security vulnerabilities is needed. Join your peers in a focused discussion on options to manage your hybrid work-from-anywhere environment.

In this boardroom, we’ll discuss

• Investing in the right technologies to support WFX and the decreased risk
• Long-term planning to deliver equitable access across your workforce
• Moving from workforce support to workforce innovation

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager, Kendall Ann Hennings / kendallann.hennings@gartner.com

Today’s digital business is a constantly moving target. As the pace accelerates, so does the chance for security missteps that end up in headlines. Each organization’s future rides on how CIO business leaders securely exploit an expanding array of digital tools.

Join this peer-led conversation on seizing digital momentum will discuss ways to:

• Transform your workforce to think, operate and deliver as a secure digital-first enterprise
• Create business value optimizing digital channels and capabilities
• Expand digital business and security maturity for long-term success

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager, Kendall Ann Hennings / kendallann.hennings@gartner.com

Aflac’s “One Digital” strategy started with a clear goal of customer-centricity. But along the road, CIO Rich Gilbert’s definition of “digital” evolved into something brand new – bionics. Fusing automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning with the organization’s talent base, bionics place Aflac at the digital frontier and are beginning to fuel every aspect of the business.

In this session, Gilbert will share:

• Foundations and keys to executing Aflac’s One-Digital strategy
• Gilbert’s digital evolution toward bionics and their impact on the entire business
• What this ongoing technology journey means for the company’s future