Boston CIO Virtual Executive Summit

According to a 2021 Gartner survey of boards of directors, remote work is one of the extraordinary changes arising from the pandemic that is expected to persist. Organizations must elevate their digital workplace — moving from delivery of technology to delivery of business capabilities ingraining security excellence. How does your digital strategy measure up to the mission?

In this session, you will explore:

• What it means to be ‘digital-first with built-in security’
• How to expand digital business and deliver exceptional customer and employee experiences
• How CIOs create secure, remote and hybrid work environments

 In a highly disruptive and digital environment, hyperautomation and agility are critical to the transformation and optimization of business operations. To keep pace, organizations are increasingly looking to empower their technology-savvy workforce with low-code automation platforms to modernize legacy systems, improve customer experience and ignite innovation.

Join this boardroom discussion to explore how CIOs are:

• Improving critical business processes with low-code automation platforms
• Leveraging talent across the business to enable scalable enterprise ready innovation
• Managing the pros and cons of democratized technology

You’ve done all leg work of building a robust cloud strategy – business alignment, clear expectations, and the right partners. But taking the step from strategy to execution can bring your efforts to their knees. From decisions on control and configuration to data access and adoption, reaping the rewards of the cloud requires a systematic, comprehensive approach.

In this session, CIOs will discuss:

• The most successful approaches to driving rapid cloud adoption across the enterprise
• Collaboration across the C-suite on data ownership, cloud controls and cloud security
• Ongoing metrics to track the success of your implementation strategy

In 2020, the multi-decade process of turning the digital enterprise inside out accelerated instantly. We’ve now passed an inflection point – most cyber assets live outside the old “walls” of the organization and cybersecurity controls must be scalable, flexible and reliable. How are CIOs partnering with CISOs to establish a security strategy that is an enabler of the digital business rather than an obstacle?

In this interactive session, you’ll discuss:

• Redesigning cybersecurity architecture to enable the work-from-anywhere culture
• Foundational technologies to support a global cybersecurity mesh
• Reconceptualizing traditional ideas of how to approach security within the enterprise and shifting the business mindset

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 keynote 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

Studies show that 74% of CEOs believe cloud computing will be the most helpful technology to deliver results over the next 2-3 years. How can businesses digitally transform with cloud, while ensuring they have a secure environment where customers’ data is not compromised?

Join us for an interactive boardroom that explores how businesses can:

• Make the transition to cloud rapidly while keeping experiences frictionless for consumers
• Build secure and open hybrid cloud architecture and distributed cloud environments
• Explore strategic cloud options and execute on them seamlessly

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Faced with demands for modernization, cost optimization and digital business transformation, CIOs are looking at how data and analytics programs can support expanding their digital business and increasing their D&A maturity. After a D&A strategy is set, IT leaders must execute and deliver on the intended business outcomes.

Join your peers in discussing:

• Approaches to leveraging technology and resources to support D&A program and improve business outcomes
• Best Practices for building out new business process and executing change management across the enterprise
• Management of cultural shifts in the organization

Employee experience and company culture will continue to be primary pillars of the unfolding era of hybrid-remote work environments. While leading with a people-first strategy, technology plays a crucial role in this evolution, to foster unique work styles, meet changing employee expectations, and streamline business processes.

In this interactive roundtable, join your peers for a deep dive exploring:

• How technology talent will enable innovation and inspire the future workplace
• The role of technology in organizational health in terms of culture and well-being
• How newly formed digital workspaces can blend seamlessly with digital design and strategy

Don't miss this opportunity to meet with CIO practitioners and industry thought leaders who shared their insights on the agenda. Come with questions and get ready to meet new friends in this casual session designed to foster peer connections and collaboration in the Boston community. 

Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues