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Chicago CIO Inner Circle
March 22, 2022 | Mid America Club
March 22, 2022
Mid America Club
Collaborate with your peers
Join Chicago's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Digital talent strategy for the next normal
Adjusting your leadership direction for digital acceleration
Chicago CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs

Deb Hall Lefevre
Couche-Tard
Chief Technology Officer

Michael Parisi
ITW
VP CIO

Ashley Pettit
State Farm Insurance
Senior Vice President & CIO

Francesco Tinto
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Senior VP & Global Chief Information Officer

Eddy Wagoner
JLL
Executive Director, Digital Chief Information Officer
Agenda
March 22, 2022
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics
How CIOs Should Attract, Develop and Retain Talent for Digital Acceleration

Christine Pavalon
Chief Customer Experience Evangelist
RingCentral

Bradley Bodell
Chief Information Officer
Trustmark

Maryann Byrdak
Chief Information Officer
Feeding America

Heather Bunyard
Chief Information Officer
Cision

Mark Forbes
CIO
PurposeBuilt Brands

Deepak Kaul
CIO
Zebra Technologies

Laura Kohl
CIO
Morningstar

Sunder Pappu
Vice President, Technology
The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC

Eddy Wagoner
Executive Director, Digital Chief Information Officer
JLL
The digital acceleration caused by the pandemic and its consequent global crisis demand that CIOs quickly address the challenges of the new talent and ecosystems. Talent is the lifeblood of any successful organization but finding (and keeping) the right people in critical roles is no easy task. Remote work helps broaden the talent pool in some ways, but it also increases competition globally. How can CIOs tackle the severe scarcity of digital talent, the extended time it takes to upskill/reskill employees in their organizations and build a diverse IT organization?
In this interactive conversation among peers, CIOs will discuss their role in proactively contributing to organizational success.
Topic 1: Digital talent strategy for the next normal
- How are you tackling the scarcity of digital talent in your organization?
- How are you adjusting your employment value proposition to attract and recruit top talent?
- How are you partnering with other areas of the business to ensure IT is aligned with overall organizational hiring goals and targets?
Topic 2: Adjusting your leadership direction for digital acceleration
- Have you had to adjust your own leadership competencies when managing a distributed workforce?
- How are you keeping a hybrid workforce engaged and motivated to drive digital initiatives?
- How are you ensuring an excellent employee experience to ensure retention is maintained?
6:45pm - 7:15pm Networking Break
7:15pm - 8:30pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:30pm - 9:30pm Social Hour
Location
Venue
Mid America ClubMORE INFORMATION
Parking & Transportation
Parking is available at the Aon Center Parking Garage on the Lower Level. The Mid-America Club is located on the 80th floor.
Health & Safety Local Guidelines
To ensure the well-being of participants, partners, and associates, we will continue to monitor and adhere to government, venue, and health agency guidelines.
As a part of our commitment to create the safest possible environment, we are requiring all participants, partners, and associates to be fully vaccinated to participate in in-person programs, in addition to completing a health status attestation prior to arrival. Please refer to our COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols for up-to-date local guidelines.
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