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November 7, 2024 | The Phoenician
November 7, 2024
The Phoenician
Get together with Phoenix'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:
Prioritizing risk mitigation within cybersecurity strategies is paramount
Optimizing customer experience to move digital business initiatives forward
Ensuring risk mitigation is top of mind within the cloud security strategy
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Gary Desai
Discount Tire
CIO
Ed Dzadovsky
Circle K
CTO
Arun Kumar Bhaskara-Baba
Honeywell Aerospace
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Raghu Santanam Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Sr Associate Dean, W. P. Carey School of Business
J.R. Sloan
State of Arizona
CIO
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Hope Timberlake
Founder, Forté Consulting
Guest Speaker
To navigate change and uncertainty, companies need to be agile. During this keynote, audience members will learn and practice the key components needed to become a nimble organization with a growth mindset.
Join this keynote session to learn:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Hosted by Illumio
Dina Mathers
CISO
Carvana
Leaders from organizations big and small are questioning the value of cyber insurance. Additionally, the increasing focus on personal liability for CISOs has added another layer of complexity and urgency to securing adequate coverage. During this session, Dina Mathers, CISO, Carvana, will share the importance of protecting both the organization and its leaders from cyber-related risks.
Join this session to discuss:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Cloudflare
Trey Guinn
Field Chief Technologist
Cloudflare
Bianca Lochner
CIO
City of Scottsdale, AZ
Keith Stocks
VP, Third Party Cyber Risk Management
State Street
When users are everywhere and digital operations span cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments, achieving cyber resilience becomes paramount. The challenge lies in navigating this complexity and maintaining visibility and control to ensure continuous operation despite cyber threats.
Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Rimini Street
Keith Siegfried
GVP, Unified Service Experience
Rimini Street
Theo Gibson
IT Vice President & CIO
TPI Composites
Steen Hambric
CIO
City of Phoenix, AZ
In today’s dynamic business landscape, the synergy between CFOs and CIOs is crucial for shaping enterprise technology investments and driving innovation. Collaboration is essential for aligning financial strategies with technological advancements.
Join this session to explore:
10:25am - 11:05am Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am 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.
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by SentinelOne
Mani Keerthi Nagothu
Americas Field CISO Associate Director
SentinelOne
Ryan Murray
CISO
State of Arizona
With the explosion of Generative AI into widespread use over the past year, there are rising indications that threat actors are exploiting AI to launch cyberattacks. Tackling the evolving threat landscape means getting ahead of the threat - cyber defenders need to be prepared, using the power of AI to defend their organizations.
Join this session to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Veza
Rich Dandliker
Chief Strategist
Veza
Gary Chan
CISO
SSM Health
Existing identity security tools mainly focus on human identities. However, NHIs (such as service accounts) often pose a greater risk and are harder to manage. They outnumber human identities, have high privileges, can't use MFA, and are challenging to find across the infrastructure.
Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session
Nathan Ramachandran
EVP, CTO
Boeing Employees Credit Union
It might seem simple to point out key differences within the public and private sectors, especially when choosing a career or networking. For today's technology leader, it's important to also understand the similarities within these two areas of business. Who knows, there might be a process worth adapting across industries.
Join this session to discuss:
11:50am - 12:35pm Lunch Service
Evanta 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.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Phoenician at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 888-627-9046.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $459 USD (plus tax) is October 8, 2024.
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