Washington, DC CISO Community
Executive Summit
May 12, 2026 | Washington Marriott Metro Center
May 12, 2026
Washington Marriott Metro Center
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Washington, DC's top CISOs 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 CISOs today:
Building Cyber Resilience to Safeguard Growth and Continuity
Leading with Innovation to Drive Security and Enterprise Agility
Accelerating Secure Digital Transformation to Unlock AI Potential
Washington, DC CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Ryan Boulais
Bunge
Global Chief Information Security Officer

Massimo Favro
NVR
CISO
What to Expect
Agenda
8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Gartner Keynote
Empowering People Leaders in the AI Era
Alvaro Mello
VP, Advisory
Gartner
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the leadership landscape, pushing people leaders to move beyond conventional models and embrace a new set of competencies. In today’s rapidly evolving environment, success hinges on blending AI-driven insights with emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Developing leaders who are both digitally fluent and deeply attuned to themselves is essential for driving sustainable, long-term growth.
Join Alvaro Mello, VP, Advisory at Gartner, to explore:
- Cultivating self-awareness for authentic, high-impact leadership
- Adapting leadership strategies to thrive amid technological disruption
- Embedding AI fluency into leadership development for future readiness
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Securing the Rise of AI Identities
Hosted by Saviynt
According to the International Data Corporation, the number of AI identities is expected to reach 1.3 billion in just two years. Yet many organizations don’t secure AI identities effectively, granting excessive access and relying on outdated, slow processes.
Join this session to learn how to:
- Identify gaps in agent access visibility, ownership, and governance
- Address the unique challenges of identity security in AI environments
- Build scalable identity foundations to enable innovation and efficiency
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Executive Boardroom Hosted by Cloudflare
Hosted by Cloudflare
Craig Strubhart
Sr. Director, Threat Detection and Response
Cloudflare
Details coming soon.
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 Breakout Session
Breakout Session Presented by Palo Alto Networks
Hosted by Palo Alto Networks
Details coming soon.
11:10am - 11:55am Breakout Session
Securing the Agentic Workforce
Hosted by Cisco
As AI agents move from passive tools to active workforce members, CISOs face new governance and security challenges. The risks of rapid, autonomous action are real—but so are the opportunities for transformation. This session offers a practical, forward-looking approach to securely unlocking the value of agents.
Join this session to explore:
- Reining in shadow agents
- Protecting agents from malicious context
- Protecting your business from rogue agents
11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom
Rethinking Security for Agentic AI — From Control to Orchestration
Hosted by Cyera
Rob Preta
Data Security & AI Governance Officer
Cyera
As AI agents start acting across business environments, data becomes the true control surface. These agents require broad access to data, identities, and business processes, creating new risk patterns as sensitive data and outbound actions converge at machine speed. This is a control shift. CISOs must modernize their data approach to adopt agentic AI confidently while maintaining oversight.
Join this session to discuss how to:
- Detect emerging risk behaviors in autonomous AI
- Build a data-centric and intent-aware security model
- Establish the CISO as the orchestrator of scalable AI and business growth enabler
11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom
Traditional ERP is Dead — What's Next?
Hosted by Rimini Street
James Henderson
Regional CTO, North America East
Rimini Street
Agentic AI is transforming work and prompting leaders to rethink traditional suites and modernization strategies. This boardroom will examine how agentic AI is unbundling ERP responsibilities, reshaping process orchestration and enabling smarter service layers.
Join fellow CIOs to explore:
• The rise of service layers, workflow engines and AI agents
• What’s replacing monolithic ERP models
• Key assumptions to challenge when evaluating vendor roadmaps
11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Washington, DC CISO Community Executive Summit.
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
Venue & Accommodation
Washington Marriott Metro CenterValet parking available onsite
- 0-3 hours - $43 + tax
- 3-8 hours - $55 + tax
- 8-24 hours - $65 + tax
- Oversized - $75 + tax
Nearby public transportation
- Subway - Metro Center - 300 ft
- Train/Bus - Union Station - 1.4 miles
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Washington Marriott Metro Center at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 800-393-2510.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $439 USD (plus tax) is April 20, 2026.
Community Program Manager
For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.
