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San Francisco CIO Executive Summit

May 10, 2023 | Parc 55

May 10, 2023
Parc 55

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with San Francisco's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Data-Driven Increase of Operational Efficiencies and Reduced Risk

Innovation for Competitive Advantage in Customer Experience

Optimizing Costs to Increase Revenue and Drive Growth

San Francisco CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Co-Chairs

Opinder Bawa

University of San Francisco
VP & CIO

Kevin Cornish

Covered California
Chief Information Officer

Amy Farrow

Lyft
Chief Information Officer

Monica Khurana

Dodge & Cox
Chief Technology Officer

Geeta Pyne

Intuit
Chief Enterprise Architect

Avi Sokol

KLA
VP & CIO

Evan Wayne

World Market
CIO

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 San Francisco 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


May 9, 2023

6:00pm - 8:30pm  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

May 10, 2023 - morning

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

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Opening Comments & Keynote

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Amy Farrow

Chief Information Officer

Lyft

 Amy Farrow, CIO of Lyft will lead a conversation on topics relevant to today's CIO.

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Breakout Session Hosted by Twilio

 Join Twilio for a discussion of issues facing CIOs today.

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Can SASE Live Up to the Hype?

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Steve Riley

Field CTO

Netskope

SASE and zero trust have promised to consolidate vendors, deliver operational efficiency, and reduce your attack surface — all with an improved user experience. But with so much hype, it can be hard for technology leaders to discern real use cases from marketing fluff.

Join this session to learn:

  • Delivering value and efficiency through top use cases
  • Starting down the path without the disruption of rip-and-replace
  • Reducing your attack surface while improving user experience

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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Cutting the Clutter -- Applications Fatigue as the Enemy of Productivity

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Joti Sidhu

Head of Corporate Technology

Blackhawk Network

As IT teams continue to face pressures to deliver technology change quickly and frequently, they struggle to simplify the employee experience. Gartner research reveals that more than 90% of midsize enterprise employees feel that the information technologies being provided by their employers require more effort than they should, leading to increased employee burden and contributing to change fatigue.

Join this session to learn how to:

  • Reinforce user-centricity by instilling accountability and responsibility for delivery
  • Visualize where change has the most impact
  • Apply end-user feedback to your strategic plan


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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

10:25am - 11:00am  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.

May 10, 2023 - mid-afternoon

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

Buzzers Over Buzzwords -- An Interactive Benchmarking

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Shadaab Kanwal

Executive Leader MD - Digital, Data, and Analytics Services

Charles Schwab

What's your community's top priority? What do your C-Level peers consider the largest hurdle to accomplishing their goals? What percentage of your peers are experiencing the same struggles as you? In this fun, highly interactive, game-show-style session, we'll put your knowledge to the test and provide insight into your community.

Come on down to:

  • Compete in a data-driven, community-specific, gamified quiz
  • Learn more about the struggles and opportunities reported by members of your community
  • Share and expand on these reported goals and challenges


11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Implementing Responsible and Explainable AI

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Heather Gentile

Executive Director, RegTech Offerings, Data and AI

IBM

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Nick Roethel

CIO (Section Director, Technology Services)

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

AI adoption is increasingly used to beat the competition, release innovative products and services, better meet customer expectations, and drive revenue growth. However, AI is not straightforward. With disruptors like generative AI, novel use cases to serve customers, and emerging regulations, effective governance is a challenge needing to be solved. Stakeholders, customers, and government entities are demanding responsible and explainable AI.

Join this session to discuss how to:

  • Operationalize AI with confidence in your organization
  • Better manage AI risk to avoid brand degradation
  • Scale while complying with the growing AI regulations

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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

The CIO is In -- Your Digital Health Checkup

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Evan Wayne

CIO

World Market

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Jay Ghosh Dastidar

Sr. Global Director of Technology

VSP Global

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Sudhir Kumar

Chief Technology Officer

The Wine Group

Your enterprise’s digital health has far-reaching impact into every corner of the business. Many organizations have been catapulted into digital commerce, contactless customer relationships, remote work, and a host of other challenges with no clear endpoint and continued pressure for acceleration. When was the last time you were able to step back and assess your digital health?

Join this session to talk with your peers about:

  • Strategizing and communicating your digital roadmap
  • Establishing common measurements to baseline and track progress
  • Training your team to prioritize what drives success


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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Lunch Comments & Keynote Hosted by Moveworks

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Bhavin Shah

CEO & Founder

Moveworks

 Join Moveworks for a compelling discussion of issues facing CIOs today.

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

May 10, 2023 - afternoon

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Beyond Buying Offsets -- Substantial Sustainability

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Sanjay Srivastava

Chief Digital Officer

Genpact

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Evan Wayne

CIO

World Market

 Sustainability is no longer just another PR consideration. More than 90% of organizations increased investment in sustainability programs compared to 2017, making sustainability a top 10 business priority for the first time ever. Increased demand for transparency and action requires that leaders plan for sustainability from the outset.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Adding sustainability to the decision-making framework
  • Tracking and improving supplier performance and responsible sourcing
  • Delivering solutions with clear value


1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

The Evolution of the ERP

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Brian Alikhani

Chief Information Officer

International Union Of Operating Engineers

The days of the ERP dot-release upgrade are over. The next generation of the ERP will be expensive, disruptive, and transformational, but how much of the ERP do you keep, replace, or upgrade? Vendors are pushing SaaS cloud, but is that the right path? It depends.

Join the session to discuss:

  • What your peers are doing in future state road-mapping for ERP software platforms
  • Decision-making considerations for cloud journeys
  • Pros and cons of monolithic programs such as SAP RISE


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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Morals in the Machine -- Developing AI/ML Ethical Standards

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Hira Dangol

Vice President, Technology Services - AI/ML and Automation

Bank of America

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Pranav Shahi

VP, Head of IT

Atlassian

AI and machine learning aren’t just for engineers anymore; even your non-technical colleagues are asking about the latest buzzy update. Technologists know that with brave new territory comes pitfalls and quagmires. To help prevent costly headaches in the future, CIOs need a solid plan to implement ethical standards as the wider workforce is introduced to these tools.

Join this round table discussion to:

  • Strategize working with your AI/ML team to set a strategic ethics implementation plan
  • Conceptualize your governance across multiple departments
  • Universalize standards and practices for all business units


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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

2:15pm - 2:50pm  Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm  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.

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Accelerating Speed to Value on IT Investments

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Louise Allen

Chief Product Officer

Planview

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Balaji Padmanaban

VP, Enterprise Technology

ZoomInfo

Executives plan to spend nearly $5 trillion in enterprise IT spending in 2023 based on Gartner’s latest forecast. Now, more than ever, CIOs have the opportunity to lead transformative change by demonstrating how their IT investments are improving time-to-value and predictability for their organization. 

Join this session to discuss: 

  • Shortening the time from idea to business outcomes 
  • Meeting customer and market commitments under constraints 
  • Building more accurate plans via better capacity assumptions  


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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Reinventing the Intranet -- What Does Great Look Like?

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Geeta Pyne

Chief Enterprise Architect

Intuit

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Venkat Ranga

Head of Business Information Systems

Aryaka Networks

Long an unsung pillar of your workforce tools, the enterprise intranet has taken an expanded role in today’s work. A useful and thoughtfully structured intranet produces improvements in productivity, agility, and even retention through an informed and connected workforce. Geeta Pyne of Intuit moderates this peer roundtable discussion and shares her intranet reinvention story.

Join your peers to discuss:

  • Refreshing and revamping your team’s experience
  • Improving content delivery and change adoption
  • Inspiring your teams to connect and grow


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 CxOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Shauna del la Mare at shauna.delamare@evanta.com or (971) 230-3550.

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

Authentic Leadership in Times of Change

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Mike Robbins

Author & Thought Leader

Guest Speaker

Change is inevitable. The one constant in the midst of all the change, stress, and uncertainty we face at work and in life is us. Leaders with a strong sense of emotional intelligence (EQ), a willingness to be courageous and vulnerable, and the capacity to inspire others in a genuine way, have a distinct advantage in keeping their teams engaged and motivated in any circumstances. 

In this program, author and thought leader Mike Robbins will share practical tips for:

  • Learning to be transparent in a way that’s both liberating and inspiring
  • Connecting at a deeper level with your teams and building real trust
  • Dealing effectively with change and uncertainty — and thriving in the process


4:35pm - 5:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

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Location


Venue & Accommodation

Parc 55

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Parc 55 at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-800-445-8667. Please mention ESF to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $279 USD (plus tax) is April 17, 2023.

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For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Shauna De La Mare

Community Program Manager

shauna.delamare@evanta.com