
Italy CIO Community
Executive Summit
28 May 2024 | Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
28 May 2024
Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Italy'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:
Create Alignment with Business to Demonstrate IT & Security’s True Value
Unlock AI’s Potential through Trust, Leadership Buy-In and Governance
Converging IT & Digital Transformation to Increase Operational Efficiencies
Italy 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

Angelo Spalluto
Mundys
CIO
What to Expect
Agenda
08:30 - 09:30 Registration & Breakfast
09:30 - 10:15 Keynote
Empowering Leadership and Diverse Perspectives in Digital Transformation

Joanna Pamphilis
Global Head, Investments & Securities Digital Products
UniCredit
Join Joanna Pamphilis, Global Head, Investments & Securities Digital Products at Unicredit as she shares how organisations can leverage the power of women in leadership to achieve sustainable digital transformation. By highlighting actionable steps to foster change management and cultivate a culture that celebrates varied viewpoints, this keynote will aim to provide you with the tools you need as a leader to transform your digital objectives.
In this session, Joanna will share how to:
- Identify, develop and foster digital leadership qualities for transformation
- Create an inclusive culture that encourages diversity of thought for innovation
- Understand the future of digital leadership and the crossroads of emerging technologies, empowering leadership and diverse perspectives
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 Breakout Session
Manage Business Expectations on AI to Deliver True Value

Roberto Tundo
Group Chief Technology, Innovation & Digital Officer
Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
CIOs know that AI adoption (generative and non-generative) are transforming the way the IT organization can bring value to the wider business. Whilst use cases are often seen ultimate goal, CIOs must first consider strategy, governance and data as a basis for delivering true business impact with AI. Join Roberto Tundo, Group Chief Technology, Innovation & Digital Officer at Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane as he shares the group’s generative AI strategy and the lessons he has learnt so far.
Join this session to learn how to:
- Define and communicate an AI strategy linked to digital objectives to demonstrate business value
- Establish governance that encourages innovation and testing of AI tools in a secure environment
- Evolve data quality to provide an accurate picture of how AI can support digital objectives
- Define a proper business impact model to show a concrete value creation of AI adoption
11:30 - 12:35 Networking Break
11:40 - 12:25 Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Italy CIO 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
Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria HotelA block of rooms has been reserved at the Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling +39 06 35091. Please mention Evanta Italy CXO Executive to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of €550 EUR (plus tax) is 6 May 2024.
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