Florida CIO Community
Executive Summit
November 10, 2026 | Le Méridien Dania Beach at Fort Lauderdale Airport
November 10, 2026
Le Méridien Dania Beach at Fort Lauderdale Airport
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Florida'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
Florida 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

Elvis Clemetson
SBA Communications
SVP & Global CIO

Chad Couch
JM Family Enterprises
CIO

Christina Shannon
KIK Consumer Products
Chief Information Officer

Luis Suarez
H.I.G. Capital
Chief Technology Officer

Christine Vanderpool
Florida Crystals Corporation
VP & Chief Technology Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Privilege, Integrity, Recovery — The New Rules of Enterprise Data Protection
As AI accelerates the creation and utilization of data, organizations face unprecedented challenges in securing their most valuable asset. Shadow AI, dark data, and the proliferation of distributed applications have rendered traditional data protection methods insufficient. In this evolving threat landscape, security leaders must adopt risk-based, adaptive strategies to safeguard innovation, ensure compliance, and maintain operational resilience.
Join this boardroom session to hear more about:
- Unifying data protection and compliance across workloads
- Ensuring regulatory compliance and business continuity through robust, future-ready solutions
- Accelerating cyber recovery with AI-driven tools
Blind Spots — What Leaders Wish Their Boards Knew
Misalignment between boards and technology leaders can leave organizations exposed to unseen risks and missed opportunities. Too often, critical decisions are made without a full understanding of IT and cybersecurity complexities—or the unique perspectives of board members. Bridging this gap requires clear communication, shared priorities, and a tailored approach to stakeholder engagement.
In this session, executives will explore how to:
- Identify the most common blind spots that hinder effective board oversight
- Understand and adapt to the personas and priorities of their board members
- Communicate technology and security issues in ways that drive alignment and action
Breakout Sessions
Leading Through Complexity — The New CIO and CISO Mandate
CIOs and CISOs are facing expanding responsibilities as organizations adopt AI, address cyber threats and modernize operations. Today’s leaders must not only manage a rapidly shifting risk landscape but also deliver meaningful strategic business value.
Join this interactive session to explore:
- Balancing growth, innovation, risk, and resilience in a complex environment
- Strengthening the CIO/CISO partnership to drive enterprise-wide impact
- Making faster, more informed decisions amid uncertainty and continuous change
Frontier AI Models — When Attack Speed Outpaces Operations
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
Keynote Session
Governed Enablement — Translating AI Risk into Board-Level Confidence
AI is now a board-level priority - and a board-level risk - placing CIOs and CISOs in the spotlight to demonstrate active, measurable management of AI exposure. Organizations are translating governance into enforceable controls and transparent reporting, replacing stopgap blocking with runtime guardrails. What are strategies that CIOs and CISOs can take back to their own organizations to establish clear decision rights, provide actionable risk metrics, and foster confidence among executive sponsors and boards, all while enabling safe and scalable AI adoption?
Join this session to learn:
- Establishing clear decision rights for accountable AI adoption
- Replacing stopgap blocking with enforceable, runtime guardrails
- Providing boards with transparent, actionable risk metrics
Gartner Keynote Session
Redefining Possibility — Harnessing Agentic AI for Organizational Impact
As organizations dive deeper into AI, agentic technologies are already disrupting industries and redefining what’s possible. The challenge now is learning how to harness agentic AI to drive transformation, spark innovation, and achieve measurable ROI. Competing in an AI-driven ecosystem requires more than simply deploying new capabilities—it demands strategic integration and forward-thinking leadership.
Join this keynote session to explore:
- Strategies for integrating agentic AI into your organizational design
- How to navigate the buy-versus-build decision
- What top AI companies are doing differently to achieve success
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
Le Méridien Dania Beach at Fort Lauderdale AirportCommunity Program Manager
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