Chicago CIO Virtual Executive Summit

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. This keynote will explore:

• 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

Rapid changes in consumer behavior and the turbulence of 2020 have placed strains across the global supply chain. These disruptions have also accelerated the need for a robust technology strategy designed to capture insight, reduce cost through efficiencies, and even leverage AI. This session explores the tools and partnerships necessary to navigate uncertainty and create tomorrow’s durable supply chain.

Come ready to discuss:

• Utilizing technology across the supply chain to generate real-time analysis of gaps and stresses
• Opportunities for automation to increase efficiency, balance inventory, and reduce errors in fulfillment and procurement
• Strategies for implementing new and emerging tools like AI and ML with minimal friction and at scale

Smart organizations are infusing the intelligence of AI and the agility of hybrid cloud to better predict and shape future outcomes and automate decisions and processes. As a result, organizations can empower people to do higher value work and hyper-personalize digital experiences. However, only 2 of 10 firms have scaled AI solutions.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Preventing project stall due to data complexity, talent scarcity, and a lack of trust in AI systems
• Scaling AI across the organization with the right approach and architecture
• Leveraging AI technologies and data science tools to proactively optimize workflows and experiences

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The best laid plans and POCs do your company no good – and often do irreparable, costly damage – if they never get off the ground. Derek Dyer of YASH Technologies dubs this debilitating challenge “pilot purgatory.” In this keynote, Dyer breaks down where the troubles begin, and what CIOs can do at every stage to ward off wasteful setbacks while keeping your pilot pointed toward sustainable, value-based outcomes. They will cover:

• What to avoid and ways to navigate pitfalls from infancy-to-completion of a pilot or POC
• How to leverage your people and create business-wide momentum to execute your vision
• How to benefit by creating quick ROI and riding it through long-term impact

According to Gartner research, CIOs will increase their enterprise software spending by nearly 9% in 2021. As they upgrade legacy software and expand their offerings, technology leaders must pay careful attention to business alignment in order to maximize the value of their applications, advance key digital initiatives, and remain agile in the face of constant change.

Join this boardroom to discuss best practices around:

• Aligning your application footprint with your enterprise’s strategic objectives
• Formulating principles for modernizing your application portfolio
• Creating architectures that can evolve to meet ever-changing business requirements

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

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. These new solutions 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 work-from-anywhere environment.  

In this interactive session we’ll discuss:

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

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 Chicago community. 

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

Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues