Ohio CIO Community
Executive Summit
May 20, 2026 | The Westin Cincinnati
May 20, 2026
The Westin Cincinnati
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Ohio'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:
Adapting for Strategic Agility
Assessing Investment in and Financial Impact of AI
Managing Risk & Regulation Through Geostrategic Sourcing
Ohio 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
Michael Erickson
Baptist Health
CISO
Lisa Heckler
CareSource
CISO
Ryan Kean
Total Quality Logistics
CIO
Nick Ritter
Worldpay
CISO
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 Ohio 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
Coming Soon
The CIO & CISO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CIOs & CISOs, For CIOs & CISOs, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.
Adapting for Strategic Agility
Technology and security leaders must embrace agility, continually reprioritizing initiatives and making bold decisions in response to geopolitical shifts, new digital laws, and continued widespread disruption. Ongoing scenario planning and rapid resource reallocation will take the place of static plans.
Assessing Investment and Financial Impact of AI
While overall IT budgets are only increasing slightly in most cases, CIOs and CISOs will continue to see heavy investment in AI. Leaders are under pressure to demonstrate clear financial returns from these technologies, moving beyond “time saved” to measurable cost reductions or revenue gains.
Managing Risk & Regulation Through Geostrategic Sourcing
Risk management is becoming more complex, with a need to shift from global to regionally-aligned sourcing strategies due to concerns about data sovereignty and tariffs. Technology and security leaders must act as “risk sentinels,” carefully balancing global versus local vendor choices in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Ohio 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
The Westin CincinnatiYour Community Sponsors
Global Thought Leader
Community Program Manager
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