We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering
Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. Please review the following recommendations prior to attending the gathering.
IN-PERSON
Milwaukee
CISO Community
Executive Summit
October 16, 2025 | Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
October 16, 2025
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Milwaukee'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:
Driving Growth while Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks
Building a Foundation for Cyber Resilience
Improving Business Outcomes with Data & Analytics
Milwaukee CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Jeremy Bauer
Molson Coors Beverage Company
Sr. Director Information Security (CISO)
David Hotchkiss
Medical College of Wisconsin
VP & CIO
Rick Sackett
ProAmpac
Global Vice President of Information Security
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CISO 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 Milwaukee CISO 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
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Future-Proofing IAM — Strategies for Enhanced Security
As organizations advance their security strategies, they face increasing complexities in ensuring proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must implement the right tools and processes to guarantee that the appropriate individuals have access. Identity-first strategies are focused equally on security and business enablement.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Ensuring consistent access policies
- Balancing innovation with security to protect organizational assets
- Evolving strategies to address the growing sophistication of cyber threats
Cyber Resiliency – Fortifying Now for a Faster Recovery Later
Leaders must protect their organizations from increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks by preparing now to limit the impact and allow for as quick a recovery as possible. This requires a great defensive strategy that is practiced, communicated and understood throughout the organization well before any incident occurs. Balancing that preparation with what actually unfolds during an event is what fosters true resilience.
Join this boardroom to explore with peers:
- Stories of detection and recovery – what strategies worked and which fell short
- Mutual threat defense – the critical role of collaboration in the cybersecurity community
- Best practices for organizational communication – before, during and after an incident
Keynote Session
Gartner Expert Keynote Session
Gain expert guidance from Gartner on the latest tech insights and the unfolding of the future through predictions, trends and evolving digital business cycles. Gartner Experts give you the clarity you need to move your priorities forward.
Breakout Session
Direct Advantage — Lessons from Pioneering AI Adopters
Early adopters confirm, AI-application isn't for the faint of heart (or the light of checkbook). Yet the expectation to welcome this booming tech advancement into your organization remains. Today, studying the efforts of those same early adopters proves the easiest first step in drawing up your own AI road map. Hear from a panel of Direct Supply’s leaders as they share their journey to AI realization.
Join this panel to:
- How to develop your AI capabilities
- Discuss methods to upskill the workforce
- Understand how to integrate AI with current initiatives
Apply to Participate
ALREADY A MEMBER? SIGN IN TO
REGISTER
Apply to participate in the Milwaukee CISO 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.
Your Community Sponsors
CISO Thought Leader
Key Sponsors
Community Program Manager
For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.
