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October 17, 2024 | Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre
October 17, 2024
Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre
Get together with Indianapolis's top CISOs 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 CISOs today:
Strengthening influence and partnerships across organization
Making data-driven decisions to improve business outcomes and allow for innovation
Adapting strategies to meet the complexities of modern legal frameworks and privacy standards
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Brett Flora
Elwood Staffing
Chief Technology Officer
Leon Ravenna
Openlane
CIO/CISO
Nirav Shah
Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Dustin Wilcox
Elevance Health
CISO
Terri Zimmerman
Cummins
Global Product Cybersecurity Regulatory Affairs Director
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Chris Ulrich
Body Language Expert
Guest Speaker
Uncovering the mysteries of body language — how people communicate their thoughts and feelings without saying a word — is a decisive first step toward mastering any business and social situation. Top executives know that detecting split-second signals from your team and leadership then taking immediate action is crucial to being a persuasive communicator and problem-solver especially during tricky internal matters or high-level negotiations.
During this session you will learn how to:
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Details coming soon
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Cloudflare
John Engates
Field CTO
Cloudflare
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
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:
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 Breakout Session
Kemas Ohale
Vice President Global Information Security
Lippert Components
In today's digital landscape, the roles of CIOs and CISOs have become increasingly critical in safeguarding privacy, ensuring cybersecurity, and protecting sensitive data. However, it is essential that true leaders in these spaces must recognize that technology alone cannot provide a comprehensive solution to evolving threats.
Bring your questions to this session to discuss:
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Details coming soon
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Leon Ravenna
CIO/CISO
Openlane
Navigating the roles of CIO and CISO is inherently complex, demanding, and often exhausting. Whether you've faced burnout, a security breach, or both, the pressures of being a C-level executive are at an all-time high. Amidst the immense responsibility of steering company-wide initiatives, are you taking the necessary steps to manage stress and avoid fatigue?
Join this session have a support environment to explore:
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.
For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.