Minneapolis CIO Virtual Executive Summit

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 and a top CIO will 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

For many businesses, the path of digital transformation presents challenges — including reliance on legacy systems, skills gaps and performance concerns. CIOs are challenged to provide a modern data protection solution that unblocks potential pitfalls and delivers the results their organization needs to succeed. 

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Building a comprehensive data management & data protection strategy that encompasses cloud, SaaS, and virtual and physical workloads
• Accelerating data protection capabilities while maximizing potential to achieve governance, security and productivity goals 
• Strategies to make data fluid across the enterprise while freeing up resources constrained by legacy tools and focusing them on accelerating innovative projects

Automation transforms work and simplifies how businesses operate. AI accelerates innovation by making every interaction, experience, and process more intelligent. Combining automation with AI will release $134B in labor value in 2022. Whether you want to automate complex operations or automate repetitive tasks, AI-powered automation can help.

Join this interactive conversation to discuss:

• How AI-powered automation is transforming the future of work
• Using machine learning and AI to help collect and analyze operational data
• Optimizing to reduce your manual processes by up to 80%

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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

One could say networking and security always follow the compute, but rapid adoption of multi-cloud and hybrid computing means networks are now more distributed than ever before with business value shifting to agility, innovation and software - leading to the rise of the software defined enterprise.

In this session, you will explore:

• How to better balance risk management with business objectives and customer experiences
• Practical strategies to secure cloud computing while delivering better outcomes and experiences
• New and emerging technology trends

Managing security awareness is no easy feat – cookie-cutter solutions just won’t do. Successful programs need custom strategies that integrate well with your corporate culture and engage employees at all levels. 

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Creative ways to introduce security awareness to your teams
• How to partner across the C-suite to integrate security training throughout the organization
• How to stay ahead of new threats that come with a remote culture

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
  

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 Minneapolis community. 

Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues