Southern California CIO Community
Inner Circle
September 16, 2026 | Ranch Restaurant and Saloon, 6th Floor Hospitality Suite
September 16, 2026
Ranch Restaurant and Saloon, 6th Floor Hospitality Suite
Collaborate with your peers
Join Southern California'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
Southern California 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
Allen Fazio
Houlihan Lokey
CIO
Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology
Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO
Thomas Phelps
Laserfiche
CIO & Innovate@UCLA Past Executive Chair
Anand Radhakrishnan
KIND
Chief Information Officer
Agenda
September 16, 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 Southern California 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.
Location
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Parking
- Complimentary Self-Parking onsite
- The Events Center/Extron entrance is located around right side of building
- Once inside guests will be greeted by a hostess and shown up to the 6th floor of the building
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