BREAKOUT SESSIONS
CONNECT, COLLABORATE AND LEARN IN OUR INTERACTIVE AND GROWTH-DRIVEN BREAKOUTS
During each breakout session time-slot, three concurrent breakout sessions will be offered.
Each session will focus on one of our core breakout themes – Technology, Industry or People.
SESSION TWO | TECHNOLOGY TRACK
12:55 - 1:40pm
CLOUD COMPUTING:
How to Leverage to Support Innovation
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), global spending on cloud computing services has reached $706 billion and expected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025. To get the most out of cloud computing more and more companies are turning to the cloud to spur rapid innovation.
This session will explore some of the innovation projects that have been done as well as explore novel ways to leverage the cloud in new ways.
+ KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• New ways to leverage cloud computing to support innovation.
• Support for innovation within high security cloud configurations (Battelle, JPMorgan Chase).
• Lessons learned / Leading Practices on real world cloud deployments.
• Leveraging the cloud to quickly access generative A.I.
• Utilizing cloud computing to better collaborate with partners.
• Provide a better understanding of the risks associated with cloud computing.
Oscar Paredes
Managing Director – Head of Technology Deposits Platform,
JPMorgan Chase
LEARN ABOUT OSCAR
SESSION TWO | INDUSTRY TRACK
12:55 - 1:40pm
DISRUPTION ERUPTION:
Digital Disruption in Food & Retail
Digital transformation is changing how we experience the world. Our expectations as consumers keeps increasing and putting pressure on the retail industry to stay relevant and meet our demands.
Digital transformation experts must not only innovate for our current state but be mindful of the future state; what the next generation is expecting and starting the work now for later. The work of transformation is enabled through technology, but technology doesn't drive the solutions. It takes grit, a willingness to go against the norms and push for disruption and a growth mindset to bring change.
+ KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• CIOs enable strategy.
• Collaboration with business operations is critical.
• It isn’t about the technology, it’s about adoption and transformation using tech to create the best customer experience.
• Key considerations for CIOs when working with the business to facilitate successful transformation.
• What are emerging disruptions in the space of retail.
Dan Whitacre
Former Senior Director Kroger Labs and Transformation,
Kroger
LEARN ABOUT DAN
SESSION TWO | PEOPLE TRACK
12:55 - 1:40pm
FROM TECHNOLOGIST TO IT BUSINESS STRATEGIST
This session will focus on why a technologist must broaden their skills and become more strategic.
We will discuss why it is critical to their success and to their organization’s success. Skills such as leadership, finance and accounting, analytics, critical thinking, marketing, strategy, and operations are necessary for the next gen technologist to take the next step in their career.
Hear from seasoned professionals that understand the importance of why transitioning from Technologist to IT Business Strategist is paramount in today’s world.
+ KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• IT is a strategic aspect of the business.
• The IT leader must understand the business and must be strategic.
• The days of the IT professional’s primary focus being tactical operations is over.
• The IT Leader must be an agent of change and have strong people skills in addition to technical skills.
• The successful IT leader/IT Consultant is a partner with the CEO on the strategic aspects of the organization.
Sophia Mohr
Chief Innovation & Technology Officer,
Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)
LEARN ABOUT SOPHIA
+ CONFERENCE PRE-EVENT
Don't miss IT Martini TODAY,
The CIO Tomorrow 2023 Pre-Event
Join us for an evening of connection with a vibrant cross section of the Region's technology movers, shaker and influencers.
AUGUST 9, 2023 |
5-8 pm | OHIO BREWING COMPANY
* If you are a registered CIOT attendee, your ticket to IT Martini is complimentary and you will receive a special link by email from our team to register for this event.
REGISTRATION DETAILSIMPACTFUL ATTENDANCE
CIO Tomorrow is THE conference to gain the tools and knowledge you need to accelerate your momentum to take your business strategies to the next level.
+ Experience a day-long journey of high-level thinking from some of the nation's most experienced and knowledgeable talent.
+ Engage with groundbreaking ideas and strategies in our interactive hands-on sessions.
+ Share, collaborate, and exchange ideas with 500+ of the Midwest Region's brightest innovators and disruptors.
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NEXT/GEN
LEVELING UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF IT
Thursday, August 10, 2023
HYATT REGENCY BALLROOM
Hyatt Regency Downtown
Columbus, OH
It’s time to re-think our limiting approach to sourcing talent and proactively shore-up the perceived skills gap by tapping into untapped pools of labor through mentorship.
This new and emerging generation of upcoming talent are already in IT or looking to break into an IT-focused area. It's time for CIOs to lay the foundation within their organizations to raise up these individuals as they evolve and take the wheel of the future of IT.
The NEXT/GEN is NOW!
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