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IN-PERSON
Middle East CIO Executive Summit
28 November 2023 | Fairmont Riyadh
28 November 2023
Fairmont Riyadh
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Middle East'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:
Understanding CIO & CISO’s Role to Communicate Cyber Risk and Maintain Business Resiliency
Converging IT & Digital Transformation to Increase Operational Efficiencies & Deliver Value
Distilling key Pillars of Leadership, Education and Culture to Ensure a Robust, Secure IT Ecosystem
Middle East CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs
Saud Al Dhawyani
Emirates NBD
CTO
Hamad Al-Qayed
Qatar Energy
CIO
Khalid AlMutairi
Maaden
CIO
Sabri Albreiki
Etisalat
Group CIO & CTO
Mohammed Chaara
Abdul Latif Jameel
Group Chief Information and Digital Officer
Carlo Nizam
Emirates Global Aluminum
Chief Digital Officer
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Middle East CIO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.
Agenda
08:15 - 09:15 Registration & Breakfast
09:15 - 10:00 Keynote
The Three Magic Ingredients of Transformation
Mary Mesaglio
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
"I am not interested in transformation," said no CEO ever. Everyone is transforming, and so they should be. The problem is that transformations can feel like pushing water uphill, with leaders exhorting their people to change and despairing that they ever will. So, what is missing? Three ingredients, which Ms. Mesaglio will highlight in this keynote session.
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:00 Breakout Session
Unifying IT Ecosystems to Accelerate Decision-Making
Taha Tkito
CIO
Americana Foods
More details coming soon!
11:00 - 12:00 Networking Break
11:10 - 11:30 Peer-to-Peer Meetings
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.
12:00 - 12:45 Executive Boardroom
Leverage Collaboration to Demonstrate IT’s Business Value
The CIO has become the catalyst for digital business and plays a key role in driving the enterprise forward. IT leaders must influence business partnerships to demonstrate IT’s value to increase investment and resources.
Join this boardroom to discuss how to:
- Shift the IT mindset to quantify business value and devise methods to measure success
- Leverage data as a stepping stone to illustrate IT’s value to the wider organisation
- Communicate to the board to achieve leadership buy-in
Your Community Partners
CISO Thought Leader
Community Programme Managers
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