New Jersey CIO Community
Executive Summit
October 29, 2026 | Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany
October 29, 2026
Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with New Jersey'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:
Lead Strategic Technology Alignment to Establish an AI Operating Model
Manage Costs Strategically to Maximize Business Value
Elevate Cybersecurity as a Core Driver of Business Value, Resilience and Growth
New Jersey CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Roota Almeida
Kyowa Kirin
Global CISO
Hussein Syed
RWJBarnabas Health
CISO
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 Jersey CIO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Agenda
8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Frontier AI Models — When Attack Speed Outpaces Operations
Hosted by Tanium
Steven Yang
Senior Director, Product Management and Portfolio Lead
Tanium
AI can now find and exploit a vulnerability in minutes — faster than any patch cycle or IT team can respond. For CIOs, this is a business risk, not just a security issue: the gap between attack speed and response speed can now disrupt operations. This is where autonomous remediation comes into play.
Join this session to learn:
- Why the gap between attack speed and IT response is now a business risk
- How automatic remediation cuts risk without more headcount or work
- What this shift means for how you prioritize risk, budget and technology
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Discuss AI Readiness with Your Peers
Hosted by Concentric AI
Join this interactive discussion with fellow CXOs on AI Readiness to exchange perspectives, explore common challenges, and uncover practical ideas and strategies you can apply within your organization.
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
The Network Knows — But Can You Trust It to Act?
Hosted by HPE
John Spiegel
CTO Security, Distinguished Technologist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The network sees nearly every user, device, application and workload interaction across the enterprise. That makes it one of IT's richest sources of operational and security telemetry - but most organizations still use that intelligence primarily to investigate problems after they occur. As networks become capable of identifying anomalies, determining root cause and taking corrective action, CIOs and CISOs face a new question: when should the network be trusted to act on its own?
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Establishing key controls to safely expand autonomous networking operations and turn network telemetry into continuous operational and security assurance
- Moving from alert-and-respond to prediction, prevention and trusted automated remediation
- Where should humans stay in the loop - and where are they now the bottleneck
10:25am - 11:10am Networking Break
10:35am - 11:00am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom
Digital Trust As Your Competitive Edge
Hosted by Outtake
Afzal Khan
Global CISO
OPKO Health
Your board wants AI. Your business is already running it. AI governance is maturing fast, but the gap is the external perimeter, where agents act, brands live, and AI attacks now scale rapidly. Closing this gap is not just about protecting the business — it is what makes enterprise AI safe to scale.
Join this session to discuss:
- Navigating governance in the era of context poisoning and external visibility gaps
- Responding to the rise of fake infrastructure targeting enterprise brands
- Owning digital trust to position CIOs and CISOs at the center of the AI conversation
11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Dolce by Wyndham ParsippanyComplimentary self-parking for all attendees
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Dolce by Wyndham Parsippany at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling (973) 969-1728. Please mention New Jersey Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is October 6, 2026.
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