Executive Summit

Hosted by the Governing Body members, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit.

 Businesses stand to benefit from AI in unprecedented ways, but only if IT and security leaders overcome transformation challenges. This includes implementing a modern zero trust architecture to protect data and users, embracing AI while managing its risks, and handling the technical and financial implications of ever-expanding environments. A risk-based approach to security ensures  CIOs and CISOs deliver a secure, phased transformation.

Join this session to:

• Understand how zero trust and AI together, unlike firewalls, provide the strongest cyber defense by stopping threat actors from lateral movement within networks
• Learn strategies for protecting AI applications developed in data centers and the cloud, while preventing data leaks from public AI applications
• Discover how eliminating costly legacy hardware simplifies environments while cutting network and security costs

Agentic AI is reshaping how organisations innovate, operate, and protect digital assets. For CIOs and CISOs, the imperative is not just adoption, but secure, scalable integration that delivers measurable value. What strategic approach should tech leaders adopt that leverages cloud environments to augment agentic AI, while balancing innovation with governance, risk, compliance and cyber resilience?

Join this panel discussion to know more about:

• Buying, building or governing - evaluating commercial solutions for rapid deployment and proven scalability
• Using cloud capabilities as a strategic enabler to deploy agentic AI at scale
• Aligning AI initiatives with business outcomes and risk management

Cyber threats are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, making conventional risk management approaches inadequate. AI/ML and threat intelligence have the potential to transform how organizations handle cyber threats, as well as extending into areas such as TPRM, security analytics, and more . Leveraging key insights can help CISOs stay ahead of evolving risks and enhance security programs, even with limited resources.

Join this session to discuss:

• Practical strategies for leveraging threat intelligence in cyber risk management
• Critical alignment of people and process elements with advanced technologies
• Acting on useful insights and data to manage cyber risk

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.

As organizations accelerate AI adoption, a collaborative leadership mindset is essential for achieving organisational success. Join Onur Taylor, CISO & GM of Technology at Ventia, as he shares proven strategies for building strong partnerships with boards and leadership teams to balance innovation, regulatory compliance, and transparency while gaining a holistic view of the impacts of AI at scale.
Join to learn:

• Practical approaches for CIOs and CISOs to collaborate on enterprise-wide AI governance and risk management.
• Leadership strategies for balancing innovation with effective guardrails and partnering across the organization
• How to address the full spectrum of AI risks—beyond cybersecurity—including compliance, ethics, transparency, and business outcomes.

Culture is often a significant barrier of digital ambitions and outcomes. As CIOs strive to foster an adaptive and agile environment, they must empower the organization’s culture to embrace the digital environment and advance the enterprise vision.

Join this session to discuss:

• Fostering an innovative culture of collaboration and agility within IT and across the enterprise
• Influencing culture change to advance digital adoption and success
• Empowering the workforce to harness technology and innovation for better business outcomes

CIOs and CISOs face competing demands - boards expect both innovation-driven growth and significant cost savings. Must leaders choose one, or is there a path to achieve both? According to Gartner, 53% of IT strategies fall short, but those that succeed align IT investments directly with enterprise priorities.

Join Andy Rowsell-Jones, VP Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, to learn:

• Common pitfalls that disconnect IT strategy from business goals
• How to select IT and security investments that drive enterprise growth
• Ways to build stakeholder support, manage expectations and lead change