Minneapolis CIO Community
Executive Summit
December 2, 2025 | Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
December 2, 2025
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Minneapolis'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:
Modernizing The IT Operating Model to Enable Business Agility
Connecting IT Investments to Business Outcomes Through Strategic Alignment
Enhancing Leadership Capabilities to Build a Culture Rooted in Trust and Accountability
Minneapolis 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
Marc Carlson
Land O'Lakes
CIO
Melissa Flicek
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
CIO
Tammylynne Jonas
Donaldson
Global CIO
Amy Landucci
Solventum
CIO
Tarek Tomes
State of Minnesota
CIO & Commissioner
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 Minneapolis 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
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Change as a Constant — Ensuring Workforce Adaptability
Organizational change is no longer a single event as IT leaders navigate simultaneous initiatives that challenge readiness and employee trust. How can CIOs develop a clear sense of purpose to steer their workforce through transitions and achieve business goals?
Join this session to discuss:
Designing an effective change management process
Fostering organizational readiness for change
Ensuring alignment with business goals through change
Data & Analytics Strategies that Improve Organizational Outcomes
In the quest to leverage data and analytics for business growth, IT leaders face both cultural and technical challenges. To succeed, they must collaborate closely with business leaders to develop a powerful, long-term analytics strategy that drives data-driven decision making across the organization.
Join this session to explore:
- Ensuring data quality standards and ownership
- Utilizing analytics to allow for better decision making across the business and measurable outcomes
- Building a foundation for successful innovation including AI
Upskilling for an AI-Integrated World
According to Gartner, by 2026, AI will augment 50% of office workers in global enterprises. When IT talent demand outweighs supply, CIOs must face skills gaps head on and create a future-proof talent strategy.
Join this session to discuss:
Preparing your workforce for AI Implementation
Identifying employee skills to build upon
Prioritizing talent planning for long term success
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Minneapolis 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.
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