Minneapolis CIO Community
Executive Summit

Time, as we experience it, is not linear, yet why do we pretend that it is? How do we measure the true value of our time? In this mind-bending session, John K. Coyle will apply creative deconstruction to what we think we know about time, and you will learn how to slow, stop and reverse the perceived acceleration of time most adults feel and experience the endless summers of youth again.

Grab a seat and learn how to:

• Understand the forces that govern experiential time
• Discover actions you can take to manipulate your perception of time
• Design your life to create intense and memorable experiences that expand time

This will be an intimate, informal space for women in leadership roles and their allies to freely discuss best practices, key challenges, and mission-critical priorities. Come prepared to share ideas and forge new connections that can help empower each other to make an impact in your organizations and communities.

This session is aimed at, but not limited to, women who are head of function at their organizations (CIO or equivalent) and those reporting directly to the CIO/equivalent. Priority access will be reserved for these groups.

CIOs have a lot of thoughts on a wide range of topics. Have you ever wondered where your peers stand of the “buzzy” issues of the day? In this collaborative session, you’ll give a thumbs up or thumbs down to various topics and then discuss your peer’s choices.

Join this interactive session to:

• Share your stance on a variety of controversial topics
• Hear what your peers think about today’s debated issues
• Enjoy friendly debate with your peer leaders

Now that the pandemic is behind us, how do we make people better moving forward? Regardless of whether they are working remotely, in office or hybrid, we need to continue to create a culture of collaboration and innovation. Please join Zoom for an in-depth discussion on unleashing human excellence.

Topics of conversation will include:

• How to upskill our employees to be the best that they can be - striving for human excellence
• Trends to shape UCaaS and CCaaS
• Predictions for the future of work

According to Gartner, the challenge for many IT and business leaders today is to instill a culture of data-driven decision making across the organization. Those who want to exploit the potential of new data and advanced analytics capabilities at scale typically face numerous challenges. 

In this session, CIOs will:

• Discuss best practices for designing data and analytics programs
• Identify and define quick-win opportunities supporting the business data strategy
• Brainstorm technology and resource alignment 

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: Zander Petersen at zander.petersen@evanta.com

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.

Top performing CIOs are, if nothing else, informed. Despite the increasingly intricate systems of their advancing organization, they know when and where they can step in to resolve an issue. The key is observability. It's a crucial practice often thought to vary business to business that, when perfected, ensures reliable service to the entire business.

Join this interactive session as Federated Insurance’s CISO Vince Aimutis and Dynatrace’s Philippe Deblois discuss:

• Observability’s foundation and continuing evolution
• Federated Insurance’s observability journey
• How organization’s can assess their own growth and goals

As CIOs seek to drive innovation and reduce costs, it is imperative that Apps migration initiatives need to improve time to market by providing support for applications using the framework language of choice to help achieve greater agility and scale in the cloud and be empowered to take advantage of low code, containers, DevOps, and AI. 

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Challenges with the process of migrating enterprise applications 
• Ways application migration can control costs and improve time to market for new customer experiences
• Take advantage of modern app dev practices without rearchitecting or recoding existing apps

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: Zander Petersen at zander.petersen@evanta.com

As the hype around generative AI continues to build, being a reluctant adopter is no longer an option. Maybe you already dove in headfirst; maybe you’re still testing the waters as your team contemplates governance or ethical concerns. No matter which approach your organization is taking to AI implementation, come to this interactive session ready to share, ask questions, collaborate and get inspired.

Pull up a seat to discuss:

• Practical AI use cases
• Strategies for creating governance and managing risk around AI
• How companies are keeping up with the changing AI landscape

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: Zander Petersen at zander.petersen@evanta.com