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Southern California CIO Executive Summit
December 4, 2024 | Marriott Long Beach Downtown
December 4, 2024
Marriott Long Beach Downtown
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Southern California'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:
Utilizing AI to develop business-enabling tools and processes that drive value
Leveraging data & analytics to advance the business
Expanding digital business with advanced and emerging technologies
Southern California 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
Suzie Bonner
Reliance, Inc.
SVP & CIO
Allen Fazio
Houlihan Lokey
Chief Information Officer
Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology
Kelly Hamilton
Sony Pictures Entertainment
CIO
Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO
Anthony Moses
Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation
Global Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Thomas Phelps
Laserfiche
Executive Chair and Laserfiche CIO
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 Southern California CIO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.
Agenda
Keynote Sessions
You Speak, They Swarm — The Power of Story in Reaching Your Audience
"Those who tell the stories rule society." (Plato) Busy executives don’t have time to learn complex communication models or esoteric storytelling processes — you need a simple, effective framework that can help you not only connect with any audience, but also elicit real change. Enter the SWARM™ Effect.
Join this session with Arthur Zards — an expert on storytelling, TEDster and provocateur — to:
- Hone your skills in executive influence
- Adopt a more authentic and engaging approach to speaking
- Take your next presentation from “understandable” to “compelling”
Optimizing for Agility — Network and Security Convergence
Integrating a complex ecosystem across all security areas can optimize defenses without simplifying adversaries’ challenges. This approach balances robust security with efficiency, crucial for navigating generative AI and tech advancements. Achieving this requires strategic selection and consolidation of platforms to enhance agility, reduce risk, and maintain cost-effectiveness.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- The composition of an effective security architecture
- Value you can derive from a converged networking and security platform
- Common consolidation mistakes people make and how to avoid them
Revolutionizing Data Management
As IT leaders seek to advance their data management strategy, challenges with siloed data, data quality, security and cost continue to create barriers. As Chief Data Officer at DIRECTV, Usman Quddoos has successfully transformed their data strategy by implementing a data mesh framework to enable the business to thrive.
Join this session to learn about:
- Creating a solid data foundation with quality at the forefront
- Driving business outcomes through self-service
- Delivering and defining value beyond reporting analytics
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Communicating the Value of IT
Information Technology has the potential to move from a back-office department to a crucial business driver. In order to do so, technology leaders must be able to tell a compelling story that highlights their team’s value to the rest of the organization.
Join this session to discuss:
- Using data to tell IT’s story
- Elevating IT to every aspect of the business
- Evolving from sustainers to transformers
Enhancing the Digital Business with Cloud ERP
Starting down the path of an ERP cloud migration can be both exciting and daunting. This change initiative is no longer an IT project, but rather a means to a fully digital enterprise. Join this boardroom as CIOs discuss the journey of moving from an on-prem ERP to a cloud-based ERP.
In this session, CIOs will discuss:
- Setting and communicating a vision for cloud-based ERP journey
- Creating a strategy and execution plan for seamless integration and adoption
- Maximizing business value with data availability and a robust application architecture
Apply to join
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Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Marriott Long Beach DowntownA block of rooms has been reserved at the Marriott Long Beach Downtown at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1 888 236 2427. Please mention Evanta Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $249 USD (plus tax) is November 11, 2024.
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