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Pittsburgh CISO Executive Summit
May 13, 2025 | David L. Lawrence Convention Center
May 13, 2025
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Pittsburgh'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:
Leveraging Collaboration to Enable Innovation and Risk Management
Improving Business Outcomes with Data & Analytics
Increasing Reliability and Resilience in an Evolving Tech Landscape
Pittsburgh 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
Bill Fortwangler
Dollar Bank
CIO
Susan Koski
PNC
CISO
Matt Putila
enGen
VP, Product Development
Julie Ray
U.S. Steel
CISO
George Rosato
CONSOL Energy
Director, IT
Richard Smith
Wabtec
SVP, CIO
Eris Symms
Arconic
CISO
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 Pittsburgh CISO 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 Session
Brain-Driven Resilience — Neuro-Optimizing for Executive Edge
In the high-stakes arena of billion-dollar enterprises, resilience isn't just an asset; it's a necessity. Learn how elite athletes, Navy SEALs, and top executives leverage cutting-edge neuroscience and cognitive training to elevate their relationship with adversity to yield more resilient outcomes. Cognitive training can help boost executive function and enhance decision making under pressure.
Join Megs Gelfgot as she shares:
- Hacks for gaining a competitive edge
- Tactical resilience leadership strategies
- Ways to mitigate symptoms of cognitive decline
Executive Boardroom Sessions
A Valuable AI Strategy
To deliver value, an enterprise’s AI strategy must align with business priorities and be supported by quality data, proper governance and guardrails.
Join this session to discuss:
- Identifying business goals that align with AI’s capabilities for meaningful implementation
- Detecting and overcoming pain points
- Measuring value and ensuring ROI from AI initiatives
Cyber Risk — Telling the Story
In an era where cybersecurity incidents often dominate headlines, managing stakeholder risk expectations has become more critical than ever. CISOs and security leaders must ensure key stakeholders remain informed and confident in the organization’s risk posture.
Join this session to discuss:
- Telling the story of cybersecurity’s impact on people, processes, and technology
- Navigating the complexities of risk management in a highly interconnected digital world
- Articulating the business impact of assumed risk
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