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November 8, 2023 | The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
November 8, 2023
The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North
Get together with Atlanta's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Innovating to Improve Business Processes and Outcomes
Scaling the Business with Digital Maturity
Influencing Change and Adaptability Across the Enterprise
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Puneet Bhasin
Unum
EVP, Global CIO & Chief Digital Officer
Curtis Carver Jr.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vice President and CIO
Martin Davis
Southern Company
EVP & CIO
Ben Pivar
Carter's
SVP, CIO
Regina Salazar
Novelis
SVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer
Harold Shannon
CoreCivic
VP, Technology and CIO
Grant Shih
Aramark
Chief Technology Officer
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Chris Ulrich
Body Language Expert & Political Consultant
Guest Speaker
Any given gesture - a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters.
Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Hosted by Kyndryl
Kayla Broussard
U.S. CTO Consumer & Travel, Distinguished Engineer
Kyndryl
Amid flattened budgets and economic uncertainty, a renewed focus on building distinct customer experiences proves vital to maintaining a competitive advantage. Organizations must leverage both existing IT resources and innovative new digital solutions to create meaningful customer interactions that boost profitability.
Join this session to learn about:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
The intersection of digital business and advanced technologies has inevitably brought life to continuous innovation. But when faced with economic instability and fiscal responsibility, how can CIOs maintain a constant innovative mindset and culture?
Join this boardroom to discuss:
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: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
According to Gartner, the challenge for many IT and business leaders today is to instill a culture of data-driven decision making across the organization. Those who want to exploit the potential of new data and advanced analytics capabilities at scale typically face numerous challenges.
In this session, CIOs will:
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: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Curtis Carver Jr.
Vice President and CIO
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert Howard
Associate VP & Deputy Chief Information Officer
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brian Rivers
Chief Technology Officer
University of Alabama at Birmingham
CIOs must choose to harness the power of AI or fall behind the competition. Now the challenge is to know which actions should be taken to implement AI effectively for competitive advantage while mitigating associated risks. Curt Carver, VP and CIO at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead a panel of IT leaders who bring their unique experiences to the topic.
Join this session to discuss:
10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
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.
11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session
Hosted by ChromeOS
Daniel Christopher
Senior Chrome Enterprise Customer Engineer
Google Chrome Enterprise
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 maximizes sustainable value across the business.
Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:
11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Quest Software
Heath Thompson
President and General Manager, Information & Systems Management
Quest Software
Gartner reports 80% of organizations seeking to scale digital business will fail without a modern approach to governance. As IT leaders seek to mature their frameworks, they must not only address technical challenges but also issues of trust, risk and ethics. Learn from your peers about what has and hasn't worked and leave with a framework to help guide the management of your data.
Join this session to explore:
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: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com
11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom
Cybersecurity is no longer an objective reserved only for IT, it’s mission critical for senior executives and all board members. As a business leader in a quickly changing landscape, you must balance following new regulations and educating company leaders about cybersecurity.
Join this session to discuss:
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 CxOs).
To reserve your seat, please contact: Heather Bolick at Heather.Bolick@evanta.com
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 770-395-3902.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is October 16, 2023.
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