All 2025 Conference Topics

2025 Conference Topics at a Glance

The 2025 agenda will deliver the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights across 20 key topic areas, covering the challenges most critical to CIOs and their leadership teams.

AI

Transform business operations and customer experiences with AI. Build a successful AI strategy, navigate global AI regulations, and leverage AI agents to enhance adaptability and innovation.

Digital and Business Transformation

Capture more digital business value by assessing maturity and scaling opportunities. Drive enterprise growth, avoid pitfalls in digital transformation, and articulate the next wave of transformation for successful business outcomes.

Cybersecurity

Stay ahead of cybersecurity threats by exploring trends and developing a comprehensive cybersecurity playbook. Address deepfake identity attacks, measure GenAI risk management efficacy, and enhance board confidence in cybersecurity oversight.

Emerging Technologies

Explore emerging technologies and their impact on your organization. Evaluate emerging technologies, identify adoption timelines, and incorporate trend insights into strategic planning.

Operating Model

Transition to a product-centric operating model that aligns with business needs and drives value creation. Balance centralized and decentralized IT, design flexible operating models, and leverage AI to enhance business operations.

Sourcing and Suppliers

Optimize technology buying processes by adopting best practices and mitigating cost increases from software vendors. Address geopolitical impacts on contract negotiations and develop strategies for effective sourcing and supplier management.

Data & Analytics

Drive informed decision-making and innovation with data and analytics. Prepare your data for AI, explore trends in data and analytics, and build a Microsoft Copilot strategy.

Governance and Risk Management

Keep pace with AI advancements and geopolitical impacts in governance and risk management. Address top technology risks, mitigate misinformation, and enhance cybersecurity readiness.

Business Value of IT

Communicate the business value of IT with value metrics and reframing cost optimization as a business decision. Manage technology investments strategically and align them with enterprise value realization.

Applications and Architecture

Harmonize your digital workplace and enhance application management. Balance technical debt with innovation, ensure successful ERP implementations, and make strategic decisions on buying, building, insourcing, or outsourcing to drive business outcomes.

Executive Leadership

Influence the boardroom by balancing risk, value, and cost to drive IT priorities. Prepare for the evolving CIO role, develop your IT team's brand, and leverage executive transitions for impactful leadership.

Board Communications

Communicate technology investments to stakeholders effectively. Prepare for board presentations, respond to analytics, and align technology priorities with shareholder expectations.

Infrastructure and Cloud

Optimize your cloud strategy in the age of AI by avoiding common pitfalls and aligning with business objectives. Explore cloud repatriation and sovereignty, manage cloud economics, and prepare for the future of cloud computing.

Culture

Support innovation and adaptability in your culture. Navigate return-to-office mandates, address cultural challenges in a polarized world, and foster a psychologically safe environment.

Organizational Change

Adopt an adaptive approach to organizational change to thrive in dynamic environments. Manage change effectively and minimize resistance, ensuring agility and responsiveness. Foster a culture of innovation and drive successful transformations.

Strategic Planning and Execution

Navigate strategic planning and execution complexities to achieve business objectives. Explore digital transformation and prepare for autonomous business. Align IT strategies with organizational goals and drive impactful results through strategic execution.

Sustainability

Mitigate sustainability risks in AI implementations. Balance cloud costs with environmental sustainability through GreenOps and develop strategies for sustainable IT operations.

Talent

Build an adaptive technology workforce with skills-based talent management and continuous learning. Upskill talent, enhance AI expertise, and develop a resilient tech workforce.

Innovation

Drive innovation by fostering a culture of psychological safety and avoiding complacency. Identify real digital opportunities, leverage AI for leadership, and mitigate risks in innovation campaigns.

Customer/Citizen Experience

Enhance customer experience (CX) by aligning technology with business goals and exploring technology trends in CRM and CX. Influence CX, navigate digital transformation, and drive impactful results.