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New York CIO Executive Summit

December 3, 2024 | Pier Sixty

December 3, 2024
Pier Sixty

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Governing Body Co-Chairs

Andre Bromes

Salvation Army
CIO

Warren Kudman

Turner Construction
SVP & Chief Information Officer

Robert McCowan

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Connie Mui-Reilly

Douglas Elliman
EVP & Chief Information Officer

Vikram Nafde

Webster Bank
EVP, Chief Information Officer

Anna Ransley

Quaker Houghton
CDIO

Atefeh Riazi

Hearst
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Michael Smith

The Estee Lauder Companies
Chief Information Officer

Eswar Veluri

Equinox
EVP & CTO

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 New York 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

December 3, 2024

morning afternoon

7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Life After the CIO — Redefining Success in the Next Chapter

Kathryn Guarini

Senior Fellow at Yale University, Director at Regeneron, and Former CIO at IBM

Guest Speaker

There are a plethora of opportunities for CIOs to embrace when preparing for the next chapter after a storied career. Former CIO of IBM Kathryn Guarini shares some of the potential paths to take, and how she has redefined success in her life after the C-suite.

In this keynote you will learn:

The broad applicability and value of disruptive technologies, responsible innovation, and crisis management
How to get involved with board service and the value IT leaders bring to the boardroom
The impact sharing your expertise can leave on the next generation of IT leaders

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Leverage AI to Centralize Knowledge and Strengthen Access Controls

Enterprise information is scattered across countless apps and platforms and finding the right data quickly and securely is a constant challenge. In this interactive session, we’ll explore strategies to centralize your company’s knowledge with AI to improve accessibility, as well as security, with robust data governance and access controls.

Join your peers to discuss:

Real-world strategies to streamline workflows
Actionable steps to safeguard critical company content
Enterprise data challenges and best practices to overcome them

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

IT Resilience — Maintaining Control Through Disruption

Ravi Evany

CTO

Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc

Now more than ever, organizations globally are looking at cyber attacks and business disruptions through a new lens of severity. With the stakes high, CIOs are evaluating how to create a resilient IT strategy in alignment with the broader organization.

Join this session to discuss with your peers:

How to respond and adapt quickly to disruptions or unplanned changes
Diversification of tooling to reduce risk
Tactics for a cyber-resilient future

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: Haydn Mckee at Haydn.Mckee@evanta.com

10:25am - 11:05am Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am 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.

11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session

Breakout Session hosted by Nexthink

Paul Gentile

VP, Product Marketing

Nexthink

More to come

11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session

Modernizing the Zero Trust Identity Experience

Greg Wetmore

Vice President Software Product Development

Entrust

The Zero Trust model has emerged as a crucial framework for addressing modern security challenges. However, as the threat landscape evolves and technology advances, the Zero Trust identity experience must be modernized to enhance both security and user efficiency.

Join this session to explore:

Strategies and innovations designed to modernize the Zero Trust identity experience
The latest advancements in identity management, including the use of AI to detect and respond to anomalous behavior
How to streamline user experiences while maintaining stringent security protocols

11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom

Connecting the Dots to Generate Business Value with GenAI

Jason Langone

Senior Director, Global AI Business Development

Nutanix

In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, businesses are grappling with complex infrastructure challenges while seeking to harness the power of generative AI to drive innovation and operational efficiency. CIOs must spearhead strategy at the critical intersection of infrastructure and GenAI.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

Integrating GenAI into your existing infrastructure
Addressing business challenges such as optimizing resource allocation, enhancing security and improving scalability
Using GenAI to streamline operations and accelerate digital transformation

To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn Mckee at Haydn.Mckee@evanta.com

11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom

Change Management Leadership for IT Adoption

Vincent Paquet

Chief Product Officer

Dialpad

Technology is one challenge, people and culture are others. CIOs are tasked to provide the necessary tools, training, and process adjustments to optimally use Gen-AI throughout the enterprise. Yet, key change management strategies are needed to effectively implement Gen-AI projects.

Join this session to discuss:

Evangelizing GenAI use case adoption and overcoming hesitation
Ensuring trust and safety so users have confidence in AI outputs
Securing resources and developing strategies to bring organizational adoption effectively

To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn Mckee at Haydn.Mckee@evanta.com

11:50am - 12:35pm Lunch Service

12:35pm - 1:10pm Keynote

Transforming Application and Service Delivery for the Modern IT Environment

Bradon Rogers

Chief Customer Officer

Island

Delivering business critical applications safely is a delicate balancing act. The user experience is frequently compromised as application, infrastructure, and security teams negotiate the adoption of new services. Unfortunate trade-offs are sometimes necessary to address operational needs for the sake of maintaining security, but these trade-offs can make certain use cases unfeasible or diminish their value to the organization.

In this session, we will discuss:

Revolutionizing workspaces by balancing productivity, security, availability and user experience
How quickly new technologies like the enterprise browser can be adopted to provide a competitive advantage
Strategies for reducing the effort required to deliver applications and enhance organizational operations

1:10pm - 1:35pm Break

1:35pm - 2:20pm Breakout Session

The Datasphere — Shaping Quality, Governance and Culture

Don Welch

Vice President for Information Technology and Global University Chief Information Officer

New York University

Data is imperative to driving successful business outcomes. However, without data integrity, proper governance and a workforce that adapts to your efforts, data cannot reach its full potential. Don Welch shares the strategies he’s implementing at NYU to advance the business through data.

Join this session to learn about:

Implementing data governance so the right people get timely access
Ensuring data integrity to position the enterprise to make data-driven decisions
Looking ahead to move from reporting tools to predictive tools to increase efficiency

1:35pm - 2:20pm Breakout Session

CIO-CFO Partnership — Advancing the Business Together

Robert Piascik

Senior VP, Chief Information & Technology Officer

New York Power Authority

Adam Barsky

Executive Vice President & CFO

New York Power Authority

CIOs and CFOs must partner to be effective business drivers by collaborating on IT investment strategies to improve business outcomes. Robert Piascik and Adam Barsky host this fireside chat to showcase effective CIO-CFO collaboration.

Join this session to learn:

Strategies to build a valuable partnership between CIO and CFO
How collaboration between CIO and CFO improves business results
Key takeaways from a novel approach to ERP transformation and transition

1:35pm - 2:20pm Executive Boardroom

Telling Your IT Value Story

Dutt Kalluri

Chief Digital Officer

Celsior Technologies

In today's fast paced digital landscape, CIOs must translate the language of technology in a way that is easy for business leaders to consume while identifying valuable technology-enabled business outcomes.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

Identifying IT-influenced business value metrics
Aligning IT priorities with business goals and objectives
Communicating IT’s relevance and impact on wider outcomes

To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn Mckee at Haydn.Mckee@evanta.com

2:20pm - 3:00pm Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm 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.

3:00pm - 3:45pm Breakout Session

Thriving in Perpetual Disruption

Yuri Aguiar

Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer

WPP

In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, CIOs must be ready to turn on a dime alongside disruptions such as rapidly changing business strategy and constantly changing technologies. Yuri Aguiar shares effective strategies to not only survive but to thrive as a CIO through the turbulence.

Join this session to discuss:

Focusing on the outcomes of human behavior amidst constant change
Using the right metrics to measure success
Ensuring the enterprise’s culture is prepared to adapt to changes

3:00pm - 3:45pm Executive Boardroom

Keeping Pace with Cyber Risk

Juliette Samson

Former CIO

Genpro

As technology continues to evolve, cyber threats are right there matching that growth stride for stride. How are you developing your cybersecurity strategy to keep up with the risks posed by emerging technologies?

Join this session to discuss:

Mitigating risks and improving resiliency
Complying with regulatory requirements
Developing cybersecurity talent and skills

To reserve your seat, please contact: Haydn Mckee at Haydn.Mckee@evanta.com

3:45pm - 4:10pm Break

4:10pm - 4:45pm Keynote

How AI-Enabled Productivity Will Transform the Future of Work

Tori Paulman

VP Analyst

Gartner

Technology that enables workforce productivity and growth is becoming omnipresent. Yet, according to Gartner, fewer than 14% of digital workplace strategies have reached a maturity where technology enables new ways of working. This keynote will unpack the journey CIOs must take from keeping the lights on to becoming true partners of business transformation.

4:45pm - 5:00pm Closing Comments and Prize Drawing