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CIO SoCal Summit | March 19, 2019 | Loews Hollywood Hotel - Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Keynote Presentation
Visionary speaker presents to entire audience on key issues, challenges and business opportunities
Keynote Presentations give attending delegates the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the industry. These presentations feature relevant topics and issues aligned with the speaker's experience and expertise, selected by the speaker in concert with the summit's Content Committee." title="Keynote Presentations give attending delegates the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the industry. These presentations feature relevant topics and issues aligned with the speaker's experience and expertise, selected by the speaker in concert with the summit's Content Committee.
Executive Visions
Panel moderated by Master of Ceremonies and headed by four executives discussing critical business topics
Executive Visions sessions are panel discussions that enable in-depth exchanges on critical business topics. Led by a moderator, these sessions encourage attending executives to address industry challenges and gain insight through interaction with expert panel members." title="Executive Visions sessions are panel discussions that enable in-depth exchanges on critical business topics. Led by a moderator, these sessions encourage attending executives to address industry challenges and gain insight through interaction with expert panel members.
Thought Leadership
Solution provider-led session giving high-level overview of opportunities
Led by an executive from the vendor community, Thought Leadership sessions provide comprehensive overviews of current business concerns, offering strategies and solutions for success. This is a unique opportunity to access the perspective of a leading member of the vendor community." title="Led by an executive from the vendor community, Thought Leadership sessions provide comprehensive overviews of current business concerns, offering strategies and solutions for success. This is a unique opportunity to access the perspective of a leading member of the vendor community.
Think Tank
End user-led session in boardroom style, focusing on best practices
Think Tanks are interactive sessions that place delegates in lively discussion and debate. Sessions admit only 15-20 participants at a time to ensure an intimate environment in which delegates can engage each other and have their voices heard." title="Think Tanks are interactive sessions that place delegates in lively discussion and debate. Sessions admit only 15-20 participants at a time to ensure an intimate environment in which delegates can engage each other and have their voices heard.
Roundtable
Interactive session led by a moderator, focused on industry issue
Led by an industry analyst, expert or a member of the vendor community, Roundtables are open-forum sessions with strategic guidance. Attending delegates gather to collaborate on common issues and challenges within a format that allows them to get things done." title="Led by an industry analyst, expert or a member of the vendor community, Roundtables are open-forum sessions with strategic guidance. Attending delegates gather to collaborate on common issues and challenges within a format that allows them to get things done.
Case Study
Overview of recent project successes and failures
Case Studies allow attending executives to hear compelling stories about implementations and projects, emphasizing best practices and lessons learned. Presentations are immediately followed by Q&A sessions." title="Case Studies allow attending executives to hear compelling stories about implementations and projects, emphasizing best practices and lessons learned. Presentations are immediately followed by Q&A sessions.
Focus Group
Discussion of business drivers within a particular industry area
Focus Groups allow executives to discuss business drivers within particular industry areas. These sessions allow attendees to isolate specific issues and work through them. Presentations last 15-20 minutes and are followed by Q&A sessions." title="Focus Groups allow executives to discuss business drivers within particular industry areas. These sessions allow attendees to isolate specific issues and work through them. Presentations last 15-20 minutes and are followed by Q&A sessions.
Analyst Q&A Session 
Moderator-led coverage of the latest industry research
Q&A sessions cover the latest industry research, allowing attendees to gain insight on topics of interest through questions directed to a leading industry analyst." title="Q&A sessions cover the latest industry research, allowing attendees to gain insight on topics of interest through questions directed to a leading industry analyst.
Vendor Showcase
Several brief, pointed overviews of the newest solutions and services
Taking the form of three 10-minute elevator pitches by attending vendors, these sessions provide a concise and pointed overview of the latest solutions and services aligned with attendee needs and preferences." title="Taking the form of three 10-minute elevator pitches by attending vendors, these sessions provide a concise and pointed overview of the latest solutions and services aligned with attendee needs and preferences.
Executive Exchange
Pre-determined, one-on-one interaction revolving around solutions of interest
Executive Exchanges offer one-on-one interaction between executives and vendors. This is an opportunity for both parties to make key business contacts, ask direct questions and get the answers they need. Session content is prearranged and based on mutual interest." title="Executive Exchanges offer one-on-one interaction between executives and vendors. This is an opportunity for both parties to make key business contacts, ask direct questions and get the answers they need. Session content is prearranged and based on mutual interest.
Open Forum Luncheon
Informal discussions on pre-determined topics
Led by a moderator, Open Forum Luncheons offer attendees informal, yet focused discussions on current industry topics and trends over lunch." title="Led by a moderator, Open Forum Luncheons offer attendees informal, yet focused discussions on current industry topics and trends over lunch.
Networking Session
Unique activities at once relaxing, enjoyable and productive
Networking opportunities take various unique forms, merging enjoyable and relaxing activities with an environment conducive to in-depth conversation. These gatherings allow attendees to wind down between sessions and one-on-one meetings, while still furthering discussions and being productive." title="Networking opportunities take various unique forms, merging enjoyable and relaxing activities with an environment conducive to in-depth conversation. These gatherings allow attendees to wind down between sessions and one-on-one meetings, while still furthering discussions and being productive.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - CIO SoCal Summit
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:45 am - 8:55 am
Welcome Address & Opening Remarks 
Moderated by:
Tim Moran, Former Senior Vice President of Global Information Technology, Live Nation Entertainment 
8:55 am - 9:25 am
Keynote Presentation
Bringing Down the Barriers
With the role of the CIO expanding, CIOs are being pushed to increase digital business by using IT in ways that deliver cost saving methods and increased levels of productivity, as well as new opportunities. However, many believe that current methods for these opportunities have reached their end. As a result, it is time to reconfigure these methods in new, unique ways.
Takeaways:
- Latest strategies or methods to increase digital business
- How to confront resiliency or resistance to new digital initiatives
- The different types of behavioral patterns or mindsets to confront
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Keynote Presentation
Case Studies in Digital Transformation: Learnings Along the Journey
We will explore key learnings from various industries and verticals on the good, the bad and the ugly of digital transformation. We will have an opportunity to not only be exposed to successful use cases, but also ask the hard questions behind those successes.
Takeaways:
- One of the best ways to learn is to hear the stories of success (and failure) from companies similar to yours
- Asking questions of HOW the journey unfolded are just as important as the end result
Sponsored by:
BMC Software
Nayaki Nayyar, President, Digital Service Management, BMC Software
10:05 am - 10:30 am
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
The Future of Autonomous Things
Today, we are seeing more Autonomous Things technology than ever before. As a result, functions formerly performed by humans are being replaced with AI. This technology's automation goes beyond the automation by using AI to deliver innovative behaviors that interact more efficiently and effectively with their surroundings and with their end-users.
Takeaways:
- Cover the latest innovations in autonomous and networked entities for 2019
- Learn how these innovations will shape the different industries and business landscapes
- Discuss the potential compromises to privacy and safety in the future of AI
Presented by:
Jeanne Holm, Deputy Chief Information Officer, City of Los Angeles
Think Tank
How Augmented Analytics Will Help Your Organization
Augmented Analytics focus on specific areas of augmented intelligence, using machine learning to enhance how data and analytics are presented and shared. As the capabilities of this technology advance rapidly, it is pivotal to understand these advancements.
Takeaways:
- Learn more about Augmented Analytics' role as a key feature of data preparation and management, process management, process mining and data science platforms
- How to optimize the decisions and actions of all entire team, not just those of analysts and data scientists
- Using Augmented Analytics to automate the process of data preparation, insight generation and insight visualization
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Morning Networking Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
How to Accelerate and Simplify Approvals, and Why It Matters
Approvals today are a complicated and time-consuming experience for managers and executives. Logging into multiple applications, searching through emails, establishing VPN access, and forgetting log-in credentials cause unnecessary frustration and negative financial impacts. Capriza's ApproveSimple consolidates all your approvals into a single, unified worklist delivered to any device, anywhere. Customers reduce approval cycles by an average of 70% and enjoy a consumer-like user experience in the enterprise. Find out how you can boost productivity, accelerate your business, and increase employee satisfaction.
Sponsored by:
Capriza
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Leveraging Cloud Identity for a Secure & Automated Enterprise platform
This session will give an overview of Clouded Identity and Next Gen Access Management to serve as a reminder of how quickly and with little effort a company can change their identity posture. We'll look at a little bit of the history of digital Identity and cover how organizations can drive value through different verticals like Dynamic Access, Data Flows using APIs, IoT, and customer identities.
Presented by:
Charles Sims, Director of IT, LA Clippers
Think Tank
The Birth of Digital Twins
In the near future, it is predicted that digital twins or the digital representation of a real-world system will exist for billions of different things. The implication of digital twins will be base-line and simple at first, but as developments take place, digital twins will improve their ability to collect and present the right data and apply the right analytics in order to respond effectively and efficiently.
Takeaways:
- Understanding the opportunity for digital twins in your organization and how to implement them
- How digital twins create more dynamic processes for an organization's business model
- Covering the business implications of digital twins for your organization
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Machines Are Friends Not Foes: Cognitive Computing Accelerates the Journey
Popular movies, books and television shows typically position advanced technology as a threat to humanity and all we hold dear. Yet cognitive computing technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing and Augmented Reality (AR) are helping CIOs and CISOs make better decisions faster. We will discuss how cognitive computing can help us navigate the acceleration of activity and decisions that we are experiencing on our digital transformation journeys.
Takeaways:
- New cognitive computing technologies can be unnerving and difficult to trust
- Used properly, cognitive computing technologies such as AI, ML and AR can provide data to humans in such a way to enable us to better prioritize the decisions we must make and make those decisions more effectively
12:15 pm - 12:40 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom 
Going Mobile: Mobility as a Driver of Enterprise Transformation
Mobility has changed everything. Customers expect to engage and consume where and how they want. This power shift from company to customer has put increased pressure on on businesses to change. However, mobility can also be the beacon that drives a company's digital transformation due to its universality in experience and understanding.
Takeaways:
- Mobility is changing both how employees and customers think about and interact with a company
- Mobility can also be the overarching driver that enables a CIO to rally an organization to the next step on the digital transformation journey
Sponsored by:
Insight Cloud + Data Center Transformation
12:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Working Lunch & Panel
The Revitalizing Change in the Role of the CIO
A CIO's role, goals and objectives have drastically changed over the years as most CIOs supervise teams and units beyond their IT department. Because of these changes in responsibilities, a CIO's success is measured in greater business metrics. As a result, the role of a CIO has become both more attractive and more demanding.
Takeaways:
- What are the significant changes regarding the role of the CIO?
- How to keep up with the changing requirements
- How to properly measure a CIO's success
Moderated by:
Tim Moran, Former Senior Vice President of Global Information Technology, Live Nation Entertainment
Panelists:
Kathy Linares, Former CIO at Orora Packaging Solutions, Individual
Paul Love, CISO, CO-OP Financial Services
Mark Van Holsbeck, CISO, Avery Dennison
Lance Hassell, Chief Operating Officer, Covenant Care
1:55 pm - 2:20 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom
Driving Digital Transformation: Proactive Path vs. Reactive Response
Shakespeare wrote that we should be afraid of greatness as "some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". This is true today as well for CIOs and CISOs. Digital transformation will happen, the only question being will the CIO drive it or will it be thrust upon them. We will discuss how to be a proactive voice in driving your company's digital transformation journey instead of waiting and responding to the voice of others.
Takeaways:
- Digital transformation is happening with or without our actions
- The most successful CIOs will drive this transformation from a proactive point of view instead of reacting to internal and external voices
Sponsored by:
Tableau Software
2:25 pm - 2:50 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Enhancing Your Edge
Edge computing is computing topology in which the content collection and delivery are placed closer to their endpoints. The goal of edge computing is to keep the traffic and processing local to eliminate delays and reduce traffic. Currently, edge computing is being driven by IoT and requires processing to be close to the end rather than on a centralized cloud server. However, rather than creating brand new architecture, cloud computing and edge computing will evolve into centralized service executing on centralized servers, on-premise servers and on the edge devices themselves.
Takeaways:
- Review your organization's progress within edge computing.
- How to adapt centralized service execution.
- The future of edge computing and its potential capabilities
Think Tank
Immersive Experiences
Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) are changing the way in which people perceive the digital world. This perception change and interaction experience presents unique opportunities for the immersive user experience.
Takeaways:
- Discuss the shift from individual devices that have separated user interface technologies to a multichannel experience
- Discuss how immersive technologies provide benefits such as use, scalability, and new types experiences your organization, customers and employees.
- Learn more about the challenges facing the immersive technologies implications
2:55 pm - 3:20 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom
Big Data Analytics - A Fundamental Shift
We have moved from an information-poor to an information-rich society. Practically unlimited availability of data, computing, networking and socio-mobile connectivity are fundamentally altering our world. In particular, they are enabling businesses to become more effective and efficient by using big data analytics - collecting all relevant data and automating their processing to drive decision making. This represents a fundamental shift from traditional business analytics, where limited amount of structured data is batch-processed to produce standard Business Intelligence reports. We will assess the current state of big data analytics, technology and business trends, and their enormous implications to the future of all businesses.
Takeaways:
- How Big Data analytics is different from traditional business analytics
- What businesses are getting out of Big Data analytics
- Why Big Data analytics will become critical to every business
3:20 pm - 3:30 pm
Afternoon Networking Coffee Break
3:35 pm - 4:00 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
The Latest in Blockchain
Entire industries are reshaped with the implementation of blockchain due to its promise to enable trust, provide transparency and reduce friction, as well as lowering costs and improving cash flow. Currently, financial institutions, governments and many other institutions have a centralized trust model that adds delays and friction costs to its transactions. Consumers are warmly welcoming blockchain and its ability to provide an alternative trust model and removing the need for central authorities in monitoring transactions.
Takeaways:
- Cover the latest advancements in blockchain implementations
- Reasons why it is significant to at least begin evaluating blockchain even if you're not looking to implement it immediately
- What roadblocks your organization may run into with blockchain implementation
Think Tank
Working in Smart Spaces
A smart space is an environment in which users and technology-enabled systems interact in increasingly open, connected, coordinated and intelligent ecosystems. The goal of a smart space is to come together and create a more immersive, collaborative and automated experience for a target set of people and industries.
Takeaways:
- Discuss the latest innovations of smart space in regards to smart cities, digital workplaces, smart homes and more
- The future of smart spaces as technology continues to be a more essential part of our daily lives
- Elements of smarts spaces that are important to be aware of
4:05 pm - 4:30 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Navigating Security & Risk in a Changing IT Landscape
Agile, DevOps, containers, microservices and The Cloud are all seeing increased adoption across the enterprise. But, while there are valid business reasons to embrace these new models, there is potential risk in implementation. Is this change necessary? If so, how can this change be accommodated effectively, safely? This session will cover some common elements of the risk of change - and of not changing - and suggest approaches to minimize risk as you adopt these new technologies.
Takeaways:
- The IT Landscape will continue to change leading to new processes, new technologies and new "standard" ways of doing IT business
- This changing Landscape will present security challenges where you will need to balance the "pain of same" vs the "pain of change"
Sponsored by:
Arxan, Inc
4:35 pm - 5:05 pm
Women in IT Panel
Building a High-Performance Team for Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation has quickly become a top item on the agenda for every organization. CIOs are being called upon as beacons of clarity to usher organizations through their digital transformations, but doing so requires a talented, high-performance team.
This veteran panel of your peers will focus on what it takes to attract, hire and retain a talented, high-performance IT organization to lead transformation in the digital age.
Panelists:
Carol Fawcett, Corporate Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Golden State Foods
Kathy Linares, Former CIO at Orora Packaging Solutions, Individual
Nicole McMackin, President and CEO, Irvine Technology Corporation
5:05 pm - 5:15 pm
What's the Next Stop On the Transformation Journey?
We'll summarize the learnings from the day and discuss the path forward for building an ongoing community of CIOs, where common issues can be addressed and success stories can be shared.
Takeaways:
- Building an ongoing community with your peers can be an invaluable resource for tackling the digital transformation projects ahead of you
- Sharing stories of success (and failures) is not reserved to a one-day CIO Summit, but should be shared on a regular basis with your peers
Moderated by:
Tim Moran, Former Senior Vice President of Global Information Technology, Live Nation Entertainment
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm