In-Person

UK & Ireland CISO Community

Executive Summit

9 June 2026 | Royal Lancaster London

9 June 2026
Royal Lancaster London

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with UK & Ireland'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:

Ensuring Organisational Resilience Amid Turbulent Times

Leading as a CISO and Seeing Cyber as a Business Value Add

Enabling and Protecting AI in Modern Innovative Organisations

UK & Ireland 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

Joe Da Silva

Johnson Matthey
CISO

Christine Maxwell

SSE
CISO

Malcolm Norman

AngloAmerican
CISO

Clare Patterson

Royal Mail
CISO

Helen Rabe

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

Ensuring Organisational Resilience Amid Turbulent Times

CISOs must strengthen resilience by anticipating evolving threats and adapting security strategies to shifting risks. This involves proactive incident response, robust business continuity planning, and fostering a security-aware culture to ensure the organisation can withstand and quickly recover from disruptions.

Leading as a CISO and Seeing Cyber as a Business Value Add

Modern CISOs position cybersecurity as a strategic enabler, not just a safeguard. By aligning security initiatives with business goals, they help drive innovation, build customer trust, and open new market opportunities, demonstrating that effective cyber practices directly contribute to business growth and value.

Enabling and Protecting AI in Modern Innovative Organisations

CISOs play a critical role in securing AI initiatives, ensuring data integrity, privacy, and compliance. They must embed security into AI development and deployment, collaborating with business and technology teams to enable innovation while managing risks unique to AI-driven environments.

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

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Location

Venue & Accommodation

Royal Lancaster London

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Royal Lancaster London at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 020 7551 6000 .

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of £486 GBP (plus tax) is 17 May 2026.

Your Community Sponsors

Global Thought Leaders

CISO Thought Leaders

Program Sponsors

Community Programme Manager

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

Luis Arango Abello

Senior Community Programme Manager

+44 (0)1784 267 880

luis.arangoabello@gartner.com