Minneapolis CIO Executive Summit

The Governing Body of Minneapolis CIOs and invited guests are welcome to join us for a fun, casual, interactive spin on the annual Governing Body Dinner. Casino Night at the Hilton Minneapolis will feature table games, food and drinks as we celebrate the start of another “By CIOs, For CIOs” executive gathering.

Enjoy a more casual format for lunch with questions available on hand to learn more about your peers. 

‘Digital Transformation’ has lost its luster.  The transformation has happened, or has at least started.  What is the next great thing for CIOs to think about?  Join your peers to hear their stories and plans for the next catchphrase that’s yet to come.

Hear from this panel on:

• What’s emerging next?
• What are the key priorities driving how we look at the future?
• Specifics on strategic and tactical planning

Value accelerator. Customer-centric champion. Trusted business partner. CIOs have their marching orders for the coming decade — and no one can paint the empowered IT leader with one brush. This roundtable eschews table stakes to explore what is possible for the forward-thinking, business-enabling CIO. You will discuss:

• How to walk alongside the business to understand pain points and remove IT barriers to progress
• How to demonstrate expertise as a true business leader — asserting that mentality throughout the IT organization
• How to revitalize culture, boost velocity of delivery and revolutionize business from technology out

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Matt Ellis matt.ellis@evanta.com.

Hurricanes, wildfires and man-made disasters threaten your operations every day. Are your systems up? Can your staff get to work? What happens when they aren’t available? How much/what kind of data do you need? Where is it located?

Come prepared to share:

• Creative, reliable and cost-effective solutions you have uncovered
• Ways to improve your DR/BC posture to ensure your organization can operate when disaster strikes
• Your thoughts on what constitutes an adequate budget

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Matt Ellis matt.ellis@evanta.com.

We all know there is a gender disparity within upper leadership of IT.  While there have been tremendous strides, the CIO role is still widely underrepresented.

Hear from three powerhouse women as they discuss:

• Their journey of breaking through the glass ceiling
• Suggestions on how to elevate your team
• How diversity can help a company’s bottom line

For many organizations, the digital ecosystem begins with the customer. To capture maximum value, CIOs must ensure that the consumer experience is seamless – creating the right channels for connection, capturing and utilizing the right data to innovate products or services, and enhancing the speed-to-delivery for new business lines.

In this interactive session, you’ll discuss:

• The expectations of the digital-first customer
• The CIO’s role in product development and design in a digital economy
• How to evolve a data-centric approach to consumer insight and foster new business opportunities 

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Matt Ellis matt.ellis@evanta.com.

In the burgeoning space of agile development and delivery, if technology leaders aren’t setting the pace, they are scurrying to keep pace with nonstop business-wide demand. See how you measure up and what needs shoring up in a roundtable that probes agile’s many angles, including:

• Reducing friction; achieving a collaborative mindset to iterate faster and show value
• Setting up cross-functional teams focused on products/outcomes over process
• Considering the future state delivery model and agile’s transforming capabilities at scale

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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Matt Ellis matt.ellis@evanta.com.

If you want to know about crime, ask a cybercriminal. Join "The Original Internet Godfather" Brett Johnson for a one-of-a-kind presentation on security and leadership in the new threat landscape. Considered one of the best social engineers in the world, he will share how he learned to live on the right side of the law. 

In this keynote, Brett will dive into:

• The current state of crime and common flags, from synthetic fraud to account takeovers
• The power of organized networks – for good or harm – and ways to disrupt criminals
• What’s next, and what you can do to protect yourself and your business