Minneapolis CIO Community
Inner Circle
August 11, 2026 | The Beach Club
August 11, 2026
The Beach Club
Collaborate with your peers
Join Minneapolis's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Enabling innovation and productivity through human-AI collaboration
Adapting vendor strategies to meet changing enterprise demands
Empowering organizational transformation with effective change leadership
Minneapolis CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Marc Carlson
Land O'Lakes
CIO
Melissa Flicek
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
CIO
Tammylynne Jonas
Rentokil Terminix
CIO
Amy Landucci
Solventum
CIO
Jenny Larsson
Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions
Global CIO
Agenda
August 11, 2026
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Navigating the New Era of Collaboration and Change
As AI agents and digital copilots become part of daily work, CIOs face a pivotal challenge: building a culture where humans and AI not only coexist but collaborate to drive innovation and productivity. This shift requires more than technical integration—it calls for reimagining roles, workflows, and executive expectations.
CIOs must balance the promise of AI-augmented work with the realities of change management, ensuring employees feel empowered, not displaced, and that agent interfaces are intuitive and secure. At the same time, leaders must navigate evolving vendor ecosystems, budget constraints, and the ongoing buy vs. build debate.
Discussion Questions:
- What initial focus area creates the strongest foundation for scaling?
- How are you supporting teams in human-AI collaboration?
- How do you balance usability and security in agent interfaces?
- How are executive expectations changing with AI?
- How do you approach vendor risk and buy vs. build decisions?
- What change management strategies have worked best for you?
- What lessons from recent AI projects guide your next steps?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Minneapolis CIO Community Inner Circle.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
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