Join us for the CIO Leadership Golf Tournament, held at The Resort Course and sponsored by CareerBuilder. Pre-registration is required. For more information about the golf tournament, please click HERE.

Join the CIO Executive Council on Sunday morning, May 5 for a unique opportunity to be part of our first ever EWIT retreat. As part of the morning we will be hosting an interactive session on trailblazing and risk-taking as business leaders, networking over a champagne brunch all while enjoying the beautiful Florida inter-coastal.

Click here to register.

A growing number of executives are coming to the realization that these various cloud activities are at different stages of development, and consequently are delivering an assortment of outcomes and risks.

In this interactive roundtable, a group of senior executives will debate and discuss the following questions:

* Does cloud maturity matter?

* How do we define and measure the elements of cloud development?

* Can insight into the maturity of cloud initiatives across the enterprise improve planning and management practices to yield better returns on cloud investments?

At this largest annual gathering of Council members, we will provide an insider’s introduction to the event, explore the newest, most important resources available to members and Pathways participants, and preview coming attractions. The assembly closes with Member Appreciation Awards before we adjourn to the event reception. 

Join CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council for cocktails and hors d'eouvres as we kick off this year's CIO Leadership Event. Connect with other attendees, speakers and sponsors. 

A preview of key topics, ideas and highlights for the 2013 CIO Leadership Event.

One of the hottest, most powerful ways to create and engage a vibrant customer community is with game dynamics that leverage the power of the Web and mobile devices. Points, levels, leader boards, badges and rewards – innovative companies are using all of these and more game dynamics to dramatically lower customer acquisition costs, increase engagement, build sustainable, profitable communities and vanquish the competition. Gabe Zichermann, a global business game consultant, coach and author of "Gamification Revolution," will show how gamification can help companies in nearly any industry win customers. He will also introduce and lead the first round of the CIO Leadership Event’s own game, the “Idea Lab Competition.”

In the crowded insurance market, 82-year-old Allstate can no longer rely on brand equity and a loyal legacy customer base to maintain its historic market leadership. It needs a game-changing strategy to outflank innovative upstarts as well as new-to-the market giants that are cutting in on its traditional markets. It needs winning moves in the chess match of new market domination. CEO Tom Wilson’s game changer of choice is innovative IT, led by his CIO Suren Gupta. In his theme keynote, Tom will share his perspectives on using information technology as a game changer and critical component of the CEO agenda.

Please join the CIO Executive Council for the premier executive women in IT gathering at the CIO Leadership Event. This exclusive luncheon will provide women leaders with the opportunity to network and discuss critical leadership initiatives. Please note that this opportunity is reserved for IT practitioners only.

Please contact Scott Boutwell (sboutwell@cio.com) to register.

Astute analysis of big data can make or break a presidential election (as happened this past November), or it can change the game for venerable, nationally known businesses. As more and more CEOs realize this, they are expecting their CIOs to not only tame big data but to deploy innovative predictive analytics to enable smarter customer engagement, uncover market opportunities and ultimately drive new revenue. At Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, CEO David Williams is banking on predictive analytics to drive business strategy and performance. Even more importantly, he wants it to become the “new normal” for how organizations realize their strategic business objectives. In this second presentation of our CEO perspectives, David will share his company’s strategic game plan for harnessing big data across a diverse portfolio of service offerings.  

As technology business leaders, you know better than anyone that our industry is constantly evolving. You also know better than anyone how new information can surprise us – and the latest research on today’s IT job market is no exception. Join Jamie Womack, VP of Marketing and Branding for CareerBuilder, for this lively discussion about the surprising stats and data that are having an impact on today’s technology field, including research on the IT talent landscape, millennial recruiting and the far-reaching impact of mobile trends. Come prepared to test your knowledge in this thought-provoking and interactive session.

For a copy of the presentation, please contact Traci Berg at Traci.Saliterman@careerbuilder.com.

Many organizations are at a tipping point. Social, mobile and cloud technologies are enabling and accelerating changes in how we interact with customers, suppliers and partners; create new products and expand and extend them with services; manage operations and structure our organizations. Today's top IT leaders have moved beyond ensuring operational efficiency to the forefront of business model enablement, organizational architecture, management practice and innovation. But stepping into the role of strategic visionary and business driver requires CIOs to have a dramatic new conversation with their C-suite colleagues. In this wide-ranging panel discussion, renowned business author Gary Hamel joins with Jim Stikeleather, author and Chief Innovation Officer for Dell, and some prominent CIOs to discuss how CIOs must redefine IT value and sharpen their focus on the next generation of challenges and opportunities in our digitally driven world.
 

Whether it’s defending the DoD’s networks from cyber threats or rethinking customer engagement strategies, it takes leadership, strategy and innovation to stay in this game. With 3.7 million users and operations in more than 6,000 locations worldwide, the DoD supports the missions of three military departments and more than 40 defense agencies. Like playing a multi-dimensional chess game, balancing national security interests with customer needs and shrinking resources (both financial and human) calls for bold strategy and innovative thinking. While the DoD has much in common with its industry partners in private enterprise, the sheer breadth, scope and security considerations of its mission create significant innovation challenges. In this closing keynote session, CIO Teri Takai will explore some of the similarities and differences with industry as she talks about key DoD initiatives in cyber security, mobility and the move toward an enormous shared services architecture called the Joint Information Environment. 

A review of key threads, ideas and takeaways from Day 1 of the conference, and a preview of today’s themes.

Nothing is more critical to business these days than customer engagement. In an economy with too much of everything—with products, services and brands become commodities overnight—engagement is the key to unlocking demand. It’s how your company's brand competes for the time, attention and purchasing power of your customers. But engagement has radically changed in the digital world, and companies must find ways to exploit everything from network effects and integration of multiple channels to vertical customer focus and social interaction. In this opening keynote, Digital Strategy Expert Jeffrey Rayport will talk about the new rules of engagement for CIOs and Chief Marketing Officers in an "omnichannel" business universe.

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CIOs today have a unique opportunity to find and nurture innovation throughout the enterprise, but many IT leaders struggle to strike the right balance between innovative change and cost efficient operations. "Research has proven that constrained resources are actually an innovation enabler," says David Smoley, newly appointed CIO of UK-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. "CIOs can -- and should -- deliver both innovation and low cost." In this session, the former CIO of Flextronics -- and creator of "The Innovative CIO" executive education program at Stanford's Graduate School of Business -- will share his ideas on the innovation process and engage the group in another brainstorming "idea lab" exercise.  

No industry is in greater need of transformation in this country than healthcare, and perhaps there is no greater challenge for corporate leadership. Healthcare executives must account for financial, regulatory and privacy needs while at all times putting patient care and outcome improvement first and foremost. In this in-depth interview, we explore the dynamic partnership between Christiana Care’s CEO and CIO in their mission to empower patients—an example for CIO-CEO collaboration in any high-stakes organization.  

Back by popular demand -- with an expanded time slot -- this uniquely engaging session is specially designed for mid-career to senior-level IT leaders who aspire to the CIO position, as well as current CIOs interested in further career development. Led by CIO Hall of Fame members, CIO Executive Council mentors and Ones to Watch Award judges, this master class offers small group discussions with highly accomplished CIOs, enabling participants to tap into the wisdom of the profession's most respected leaders on everything from business skills growth to career advancement advice.

We’ll tally up the final scores in our Idea Lab team competition and announce the winning team. We’ll also highlight key takeaways from the past two days.

Come and mingle with the next generation of up-and-coming IT leaders as well as our newest members of the CIO Hall of Fame and today’s speakers as you enjoy a cocktail and some hors d’oeuvres with your colleagues.