Minneapolis CIO Community
Town Hall
September 16, 2026 | 10:00am CDT
September 16, 2026
10:00am CDT
The Future of AI Compute — The Hybrid Advantage
Participate with your CIO peers in the Minneapolis community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for IT leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.
Join fellow CIOs in the Minneapolis community to discuss:
Balancing Cloud and Edge for Performance and Data Privacy
Identifying Workloads that Benefit Most from Local AI
Shaping Leadership Strategies for a Hybrid-Compute Future
Discussion Leaders
Members of the Minneapolis CIO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.
Jim Nottingham
HP Inc.
SVP & Division President, Advanced Compute Solutions
Presenter
John Soderberg
Fastenal
Senior EVP, IT
Discussion Leader
Agenda
September 16, 2026
10:00am - 11:00am CDT
The Future of AI Compute — The Hybrid Advantage
Hosted by HP Inc.
As AI moves from experimentation into everyday business operations, CIOs face a new challenge: how to scale intelligence without sacrificing control, trust, responsiveness, or economics. The question is no longer whether AI runs in the cloud or at the edge. It's how to orchestrate the right mix of local and cloud computing to support increasingly autonomous, AI-driven workflows.
Join this session to discuss:
- Balancing cloud and edge for performance and data privacy
- Identifying which workloads benefit most from local AI
- Shaping leadership strategies for a hybrid-compute future, unlocking benefits across the spectrum of local to cloud computing
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