Atlanta CIO Community
Executive Summit
November 18, 2026 | Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria
November 18, 2026
Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Atlanta'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:
Leveraging Outcome-Driven Metrics for Strategic Impact
Turning Emerging Technologies Into Enterprise-Wide Business Value
Building Future-Ready Organizations Through Leadership and Adaptability
Atlanta 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
Guy Brassard
Shaw Industries
VP & CIO, Shaw Industries Inc.
Marcia Calleja-Matsko
OneDigital Health & Benefits
CIO
Leo Howell
Georgia Tech
VP, Technology & CIO
Rajeev Kapur
Mativ
CIO
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 Atlanta 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
Gartner Keynote Session
Leveraging Outcome-Driven Metrics for Strategic Impact
Technology and business leaders are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the business value of IT investments and align technology priorities with organizational outcomes. Traditional IT metrics—focused on uptime, budget, and project delivery—often fail to resonate with business leaders or drive informed investment decisions. Outcome-Driven Metrics (ODMs) offer a transformative approach, directly linking technology performance to business value.
Join this session to hear about:
- Moving beyond operational reporting by identifying and building metrics hierarchies that connect technology to business outcomes
- Utilizing ODMs to guide executive conversations and clarify risk, value, and cost trade-off
- Connecting investments in technology readiness to business performance, customer satisfaction, and financial results—enabling proactive risk management and business enablement
Executive Boardroom Session
Restoring Transparency and Trust in AI‑Driven Systems
As enterprises shift from human‑driven to human‑supervised operations, AI has introduced new forms of complexity that traditional monitoring can’t explain. The challenge is no longer whether systems are up and running, but whether leaders can clearly understand how decisions are made, where risk accumulates and why performance or cost changes in unexpected ways.
Join this session to discuss:
- Where visibility breaks down in AI‑driven, hybrid and multi‑cloud environments
- Why “nothing is down” no longer means systems are operating as intended
- How CIOs re-establish transparency and trust as autonomous actions scale
Keynote Session
The CIO Blueprint for AI Security
As attackers leverage AI to move faster than ever, traditional security strategies are falling behind. CIOs are now tasked with defending their organizations at machine speed, requiring a shift from reactive patching to proactive, autonomous protection. Leading enterprises are adopting continuous risk governance and measurable guardrails to ensure accountable AI adoption. CIOs are tasked with aligning business strategy with security outcomes and deliver board-level visibility into risk and remediation, all while enabling innovation.
Join this session to learn:
- Aligning business strategy with real-time risk governance
- Implementing measurable guardrails for accountable AI adoption
- Delivering board-ready visibility into AI risk and remediation progress
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
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Atlanta Marriott Northwest at GalleriaYour Community Sponsors
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