CIO 100 Leadership Live LA: Event Agenda & Key Sessions
All times listed on the agenda are Pacific Standard Time. This is a one-day, in-person, live CIO conference. We look forward to seeing you soon. Get ready for a full day of actionable insights, expert sessions, and valuable networking opportunities focused on enterprise innovation with IT leaders and technology innovators.
Thursday, April 16
Enterprise IT leaders are under pressure to deliver greater agility and resilience while managing increasingly complex hybrid architectures. At the same time, they must manage the ballooning cost of virtualized environments. Enter HPE GreenLake, a hybrid IT approach to better manage budgets in a hybrid environment with embedded governance. The result: an approach to modernizing IT architecture, protecting critical data and business systems, and ensuring operational resilience. The take-away in this conversation: how to balance flexibility, control, and cost across the corporate IT estate.
Pre-registration required.
Hosted by HPE
Grab a coffee or iced beverage and connect with peers and sponsoring partners.
Kick off CIO 100 Leadership Live with an insightful and inspiring message. Details to come soon!
Today’s bold CIOs are rewriting the rules of business transformation, and they’re doing it in real time, under real pressure, with real stakes. Join us to hear from a select group of courageously innovative technology leaders who will share the successes that are moving their organizations forward, along with the learn-from-failure moments that are reshaping their playbooks. These leaders help stakeholders rethink everything, from culture and talent, to how we work and architect the future of the business, to leveraging new operating models and technology strategically. No theory. No platitudes. No pretenders. Just practitioners speaking to practitioners, with candor, humility, and practical wisdom you can use to lead your team and company through transformation in the age of AI.
Meet our keynote speaker and get to know other attendees during this break.
Organizations are investing heavily in AI, but many aren’t seeing proportional returns. The gap isn’t about ambition; it’s about operating model readiness. AI-native delivery changes how services are structured, governed, measured, and secured. It challenges traditional outsourcing, shifts accountability, and requires new workforce capabilities focused on oversight and orchestration. A top executive from PwC will explore how combining agentic workflows and human expertise can deliver outcomes at greater speed and scale. They’ll also address the trust and security considerations that become critical as AI takes on decision-making roles. It’s time to rethink how work is consumed, redesign for outcomes, and unlock value faster to become an Intelligent Enterprise.
For organizations that have moved beyond pilots, the challenge isn’t whether to invest in AI—it’s how to scale responsibly and prove sustained business impact. CIOs are under pressure to show measurable outcomes, optimize costs, and integrate AI into core processes without disrupting operations. This panel will open the playbooks of successful CIOs to dive into strategies for moving from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption, building frameworks for ROI, and ensuring AI initiatives deliver competitive advantage rather than isolated wins.
Enjoy lunch with fellow leaders, and connect with our sponsors to explore solutions that can support your most pressing challenges.
The next generation of leaders are invited to this curated career development and networking luncheon designed specifically for high-potential technology leaders who are not yet in the C-suite, but well on their way. Pre-registration required.
Every executive believes data matters. Fewer agree on what to do about it and even fewer get it right. In this session, C-level leaders share how they are elevating data from a fragmented technical asset into a trusted, enterprise-wide advantage. The discussion focuses not only on tools or architectures, but on leadership decisions: how to set a clear data strategy, establish effective security and compliance without slowing the business, and build a culture where data is understood, trusted, and used to build business value. Drawing on real-world lessons from complex environments, the panel will explore how CIOs are aligning data strategy with business outcomes, risk, and growth; bridging executive intent with operational reality; and building data literacy as a leadership capability, not a specialist skill.
Explore how organizations can leverage emerging technologies to drive meaningful business outcomes. Join our premier sponsor as they share practical insights and actionable frameworks to help leaders modernize and prepare for an AI-driven future.
After winning a CIO 100 Award, what came next? Find out how past CIO 100 award-winning companies have iterated their projects since being recognized as digital innovators. In this self-directed experience, you can visit presentations that match your interests, ask questions about technical and leadership challenges, and network with small groups of peers. Presentations will repeat, so you have the chance to check out as many as you like.
Join a conversation of your choice to listen, learn and share experiences around the table.
Balancing Innovation Speed with Data Risk in a Modern Enterprise hosted by Perforce Delphix
Unlock AI ROI with FinOps-Driven Cost Visibility hosted by Apptio
Grab a coffee or iced beverage and connect with peers and sponsoring partners.
In this conversation moderated by the team at TechCrunch, find out what’s top of mind among the venture capital community and where they see strategic tech investments driving innovation and enterprise value.
Wrap up the day with refreshments while reflecting on today’s ideas with new connections.
