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June 25, 2024 | Pier Sixty
June 25, 2024
Pier Sixty
Get together with New York'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:
Benchmarking organizational readiness for driving innovation and adopting emerging technologies
Identifying transformative cost-saving opportunities for the digitized enterprise
Using outcome-driven metrics to manage cybersecurity in an ever-evolving threat landscape
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Andre Bromes
Salvation Army
CIO
Warren Kudman
Turner Construction
SVP & Chief Information Officer
Robert McCowan
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Earl Newsome
Cummins
Chief Information Officer
Anna Ransley
Quaker Houghton
CDIO
Atefeh Riazi
Hearst
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Janet Sherlock
Ralph Lauren Corp
CIO
Michael Smith
The Estee Lauder Companies
Chief Information Officer
Eswar Veluri
Equinox
EVP & CTO
Governing Body Welcome Reception
New York Governing Body members host an intimate networking reception & dinner with peers the evening before to kick off the Evanta Summit.
Winning the Race – Navigating CIO Burnout
Just like marathon runners who push themselves too hard and risk injury, CIOs continue to push themselves to do more in high-pressure environments. Between rising CEO expectations, digital accelerations and other disruptions, stress levels are soaring. With leaders feeling the pressure and managing teams who are exhausted, how can CIOs go the extra mile to prioritize the mental health of themselves and their workforce?
Join this session to discuss:
A Data & Analytics Dialogue
As organizations collect more and more data, it’s crucial for leaders to empower the enterprise to use that data to ensure better business outcomes. How are you creating an effective D&A strategy that enables the entire organization for growth and innovation?
Join this interactive session to discuss:
GenAI Use Case — Efficiencies to Deliver ROI
CIOs play a pivotal role in leveraging AI to unlock new opportunities, enhance decision making and streamline processes. Niraj Patel, CIO at Greystone shares his journey on integrating AI tools to solve complex challenges, improve productivity and deliver massive ROI.
Join this session to hear about:
Life After the CIO — What's Next?
What does life after the CIO look like? For many executives, the natural next career step is to transition from presenting to the board to serving on a board of directors. Another progression is a COO position, but how does one assess the options in building their own personal brand?
Join this all-female panel to learn:
Optimize Application Rationalization to Reduce Cost
CIOs are balancing an ever-increasing number of service providers which requires a strong vendor and application rationalization integrated into strategic decision-making. In order to allocate more funds towards innovation and differentiation initiatives, mission-critical systems need to be optimized, cost effective, and flexible.
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 CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn McKee at haydn.mckee@evanta.com
Empowering AI to Unlock the Potential of Your Business Applications
Generative AI has ushered in a transformative period, reshaping our expectations and driving widespread adoption of AI services. This shift is not only revolutionizing industries, but also compelling organizations to explore new possibilities in their entire digital landscape. The impact is profound, especially on applications, the digital forefront for many businesses.
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Transformative Shockwaves: Navigating Unpredictability Through Strategic Control
As lines of business continue to invest in new applications and processes, disconnected, siloed, and individual initiatives are creating shockwaves throughout the organization. Such random acts of digital lack the necessary degrees of strategic oversight and organizational change control, leading to unpredictability and elevated levels of organizational risk.
Join this boardroom to discuss how to:
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: Haydn McKee at haydn.mckee@evanta.com
From AI Promise to Profitable ROI Outcomes
As businesses navigate the expanding data landscape and the intricacies of AI systems, understanding the true performance and ROI impact of AI initiatives becomes increasingly challenging.
In this session, gain actionable insights with real-world use cases on how to:
Ensure data readiness for successful AI implementations
Leverage proven methodologies to operationalize AI for measurable ROI
Drive continuous AI-centric innovation at all stages of maturity
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: Haydn McKee at haydn.mckee@evanta.com
Operational Excellence to Improve Customer Experience
Meaningful enhancements in IT operations performance have often been achieved incrementally, demanding intensive attention over long time horizons. Does the rise of AI present an opportunity to make transformative leaps in customer experience or should CIOs wait to assess the results of early adopters?
Join this session to discuss:
New Heights with Empire AI
The State of New York is no stranger to using AI. And with the recent historic, AI consortium launched by the Governor and approved by the Legislature, the Empire State is positioned for maximum success. When Dru Rai took the seat as the state’s Chief Information Officer, his mission was clear: maximize the benefits of AI for the agencies, hardworking taxpayers and residents of New York State.
Join this exciting keynote on Empire AI as Dru shares how he is:
Optimizing for Agility – Network and Security Convergence
Integrating a complex ecosystem across all security areas can optimize defenses without simplifying adversaries’ challenges. This approach balances robust security with efficiency, crucial for navigating generative AI and tech advancements. Achieving this requires strategic selection and consolidation of platforms to enhance agility, reduce risk, and maintain cost-effectiveness.
In this session, you’ll learn:
You Speak, They Swarm — The Power of Story in Reaching Your Audience
Those who tell the stories rule society." (Plato) But busy executives don’t have time to learn complex communication models or esoteric storytelling processes — you need a simple, effective framework that can help you not only connect with any audience, but also elicit real change. Enter the Swarm Effect.
Join this session with Arthur Zards — an expert on storytelling, TEDster and provocateur — to:
Evanta facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Hotels Nearby
The Maritime Hotel
363 W 16th Street
New York, New York, 10011
0.5 miles from venue
The Highline Hotel
180 10th Avenue
New York, New York, 100110.2 miles from venue
Dream Downtown, by Hyatt
355 W 16th Street
New York, New York, 100110.5 miles from venue
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