In-Person

Sydney CISO Community

Executive Summit

19 November 2025 | Hilton Sydney

19 November 2025
Hilton Sydney

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Sydney'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 Cyber Resilience for Sustainable Growth and an Evolving Risk Landscape

Scaling AI and Establishing Value

Connecting Digital Investments to Business Outcomes Through Strategic Alignment

Sydney 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

Venkat Balakrishnan

TAL Life
CISO

Susie Costa

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SVP & Head of Security Management

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 Sydney 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

Coming Soon

The CIO & CISO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CIOs & CISOs, For CIOs & CISOs®, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.

Strengthening Cyber Resilience for Sustainable Growth and an Evolving Risk Landscape

The complex and dynamic nature of today’s risk landscape demands a responsive ecosystem of robust security measures, incident response capabilities, and a culture of awareness, whilst supporting sustainable business growth. By integrating cybersecurity into business strategies, cybersecurity measures become scalable and adaptable to future business needs and organisations are able to maintain robust security postures amidst a rapidly changing threat landscape. 

Scaling AI and Establishing Value 

CIOs and CISOs are shifting their focus from small-scale AI use cases to implementing solutions that deliver value across the entire enterprise without compromising security posture. Firstly, trust and reliability in data are fundamental to the success of AI and D&A initiatives. By strategically aligning secure AI solutions with strategic business objectives, CIOs and CISOs can establish ROI, improve operational efficiencies, foster innovation, and achieve measurable results.

Connecting Digital Investments to Business Outcomes Through Strategic Alignment

Economic uncertainty and the drive for cost optimisation in the name of transformation are pushing CFOs to challenge IT budgets. In response, CIOs & CISOs must engage with business leaders comprehensively on everything from outcome-driven metrics to stakeholder engagement strategies.

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

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Location

Venue & Accommodation

Hilton Sydney
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Your Community Sponsors

Global Thought Leader

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CIO and CISO Thought Leader

Program Sponsors

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Pujanie Fernando

Community Program Manager

0423513345

pujanie.fernando@gartner.com