Executive Summit

AI is now a board-level priority - and a board-level risk - placing CIOs and CISOs in the spotlight to demonstrate active, measurable management of AI exposure. Organisations are translating governance into enforceable controls and transparent reporting, replacing stopgap blocking with runtime guardrails. What are strategies that CIOs and CISOs can take back to their own organisations to establish clear decision rights, provide actionable risk metrics, and foster confidence among executive sponsors and boards, all while enabling safe and scalable AI adoption?

Join this session to learn:

• Establishing clear decision rights for accountable AI adoption
• Replacing stopgap blocking with enforceable, runtime guardrails
• Providing boards with transparent, actionable risk metrics

For CIOs and CISOs, managing risk is no longer limited to protecting systems from cyber threats. Today's technology decisions require organisations to consider broader questions about data access, supply chain resilience, third-party dependencies, and the potential impacts of foreign ownership, control and influence (FOCI).

Drawing on current government guidance and real-world considerations, this session will examine how organisations can take a risk-based approach to protecting critical information, assessing technology and supplier choices, and enabling trusted collaboration across increasingly complex digital ecosystems.

• Why data governance and technology risk are strategic leadership issues
• Understanding FOCI risks and their implications for procurement and technology decisions
• Balancing innovation, collaboration and trusted data sharing

AI is enabling employees across the business to build apps, agents, and automation at an unprecedented speed. While this unlocks significant productivity and innovation, the result is a wave of, "wild code": AI-generated solutions developed outside traditional IT governance. As organisations struggle to balance speed with security and control, conventional approaches are proving insufficient. This session will explore how teams can build, run, and monitor AI-created work with governance embedded throughout.

Join this session to:

• Understand the risks, cost, and overall business impact of AI-generated applications, agents and automation
• Recognise why traditional governance models fall short in the AI era
• Learn how to scale AI-driven innovation without sacrificing security or control

As AI agents increasingly make decisions, execute tasks, and interact with systems independently, organisations are entering a new era of digital labour. What began as AI-assisted productivity is rapidly evolving into AI-driven execution, with agents acting on behalf of employees, teams, and customers across the business. How can organisations prepare for a future where AI agents operate across the business and become a trusted and governed part of the workforce?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

• Develop governance frameworks that define authority, accountability, and oversight for AI-driven actions
• Establish identity and access controls that validate agent authorisation and business intent.
• Balance rapid AI adoption and innovation with security, privacy, and regulatory risk management requirements

Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.

As organisations face accelerating technological change, shifting customer expectations, and growing operational complexity, transformation has become a continuous business imperative. Today's CIOs are increasingly accountable for driving change while strengthening resilience, managing risk, and enabling growth. How can technology and security leaders create lasting business value in an era of constant disruption?

Join this session to explore:

• Driving transformation as an organisational capability
• Balancing innovation and modernisation with operational resilience
• Aligning people, culture, and technology to accelerate change and deliver business value at scale 

As digital transformation accelerates and technology investments expand, CIOs and CISOs face increasing pressure to deliver measurable business outcomes from every dollar spent. The imperative is no longer just cost control, but optimising resources while balancing efficiency, performance and strategic business outcomes.

Join this session to explore:

• Evaluating cost-saving initiatives while optimising existing resources
• Building a dynamic, real-time cost governance model that aligns investment to evolving technology and business needs
• Engaging stakeholders to demonstrate the impact and value of IT and cybersecurity investments

As organisations move beyond AI experimentation, the challenge is no longer deploying AI. It is embedding AI into everyday work in ways that are trusted, scalable and aligned to business outcomes. How can CIOs and CISOs build the governance, capabilities and operating foundations needed to make AI a seamless part of how their organisations work?

Join this session with Ranil Boteju, Chief AI Officer, Commonwealth Bank as he shares his vision and learnings on:

• Building the governance, security and risk frameworks to scale AI responsibly
• Integrating AI into decision-making, workflows and customer experiences
• Moving beyond pilots to drive measurable business value