EVENTCIO Energy Summit | September 5, 2019 | Omni Houston Hotel at Westside - Houston, TX, USA
agenda
Download Agenda (PDF)↓ Agenda Key
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.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - CIO Energy Summit
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:45 am - 8:55 am
Welcome Address & Opening Remarks 
Presented by:
Bill Haser, Former CIO, Individual
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
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:
Rob Nolan, Chief Information Security Officer, Noble Energy 
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Morning Networking Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
3 Best Practices for Application Security (and Bonus Tip)
Applications are the lifeblood of the enterprise, but as the threats multiply, as applications move to the cloud, as legacy applications need to be maintained, and as organizations seek competitive advantage with new technologies and faster release cycles, it's easy to see that application security can be a thankless, endless and challenging job.
Imperva has distilled three best practices (and a bonus tip) that help enterprises of any size vastly improve and simplify application security, accelerate threat detection and operationalize application security in a dynamic world where change is the only constant.
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
AI-Driven Development
Due to market shifts, the need for collaboration between professional data scientists and application developers is no longer necessary. Today, professional developers can operate alone using predefined models to deliver the top, AI-enhanced solutions. These models allow for developers to utilize tools tailored to integrating AI capabilities into your organization's solution.
Takeaways:
- Learn more about how to utilize predefined AI integration models
- Learn how to apply AI to various data sciences, application development and testing functions
- Understand the potential benefit of self-governing programs over large data sets
Think Tank
Regulations Mean Change
More complex regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have came into play due to the rise of data breaches forces. As data today is viewed as a such an asset, it is also a tremendous liability. Understanding that, organizations has to consider both while they implement technologies that will both innovative their business, but also be cost effective.
Takeaways:
- Understand the latest regulations, such as GDPR
- How to tell business stakeholders that data protection can be a key differentiator for your organization
- The steps needed to take to be regulatory compliant
Presented by:
Vivek Thakral, Director Information Security & Artifical Intelligence, GE - Power
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Digital Transformation - Architecting Your Digital Edge
The digital economy is forcing enterprises to transform how they connect customers, partners, employees and operations. Today's market leaders credit their speed and business advantages to their digital platform. Equinix will discuss how an Interconnection Oriented Architecture (IOA(TM)) can redefine the digital edge, providing competitive advantage in today's market. By outlining the four key use cases that all enterprises need to solve for digital, Equinix will provide a roadmap for building a digital ready architecture.
Sponsored by:
Equinix
12:15 pm - 12:40 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
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
12:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Working Lunch & Panel
The Revitalizing Change in the Role of the CXO
A CXO's role, goals and objectives have drastically changed over the years as most CXOs supervise teams and units beyond their IT department. Because of these changes in responsibilities, a CXO's success is measured in greater business metrics. As a result, the role of a CXO has become both more attractive and more demanding.
Takeaways:
- What are the significant changes regarding the role of the CXO?
- How to keep up with the changing requirements
- How to properly measure a CXO's success
Moderated by:
Bill Haser, Former CIO, Individual
Panelists:
Sebastian Gass, CIO GM Technology Strategy & Services, Chevron
Rob Nolan, Chief Information Security Officer, Noble Energy
Al Lindseth, SVP, Technology, Process and Risk Management (CIO & CRO), Plains All American
John Baker, Head of IT / Corporate IT (CIO), Core Laboratories
1:55 pm - 2:20 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom 
Building the business case for ServiceDesk Automation
Many of today's businesses are implementing ITSM solutions to improve the help desk service their users receive. Implementing an ITSM platform, such as ServiceNow, is only the first step in achieving significant productivity improvements through automation. Automation experts 1E will help you understand the necessity of both workflow and task automation, in addition to the consideration and approach required to build a business case to fund it.
Sponsored by:
1E
Executive Boardroom
Protect Your Keys or Don't Waste Your Time Encrypting Your Data
For over 2000 years, governments, armies, businesses and lovers have been encrypting messages. For the same amount of time, the keys used to perform the encryption have been the weakest link in the chain. After 2000 years, technology has advanced such that the keys can be protected but many companies don't understand how important it really is.
Mr. Beutlich will explain in an entertaining (and sometimes graphic) fashion why protecting the encryption key is more important than the encryption itself.
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
Sponsored by:
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 CISOs will drive this transformation from a proactive point of view instead of reacting to internal and external voices
3:20 pm - 3:30 pm
Afternoon Networking Coffee Break
3:35 pm - 4:00 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom
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
Executive Boardroom
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
Why AI is the Future of Email Security
Email is far and away the most common initial vector for cybersecurity breaches and this problem only continues to grow. In 2018 the FBI estimates over $12 billion was stolen through business email compromise. Attackers have become ever more sophisticated, shifting from broad campaigns to carefully crafted attacks that bypass traditional email security. This talk focuses on why these attacks are difficult to stop and how advances in AI, specifically in machine learning and natural language processing, can be used to prevent advanced email fraud. We will discuss real examples of attacks, analyze why traditional approaches fail, and illustrate how data science is the best approach to preventing business email compromise, advanced spear phishing, and email account compromise.
4:35 pm - 5:00 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Success Secrets for Real World Digital Transformations
Being Digitally Successful Requires Successfully Delivering your Transformation Initiatives: Here are the Thing You Need to Do to Improve Your Chances of Success. Successful transformation initiatives require upgrades to an organizations processes and culture in addition to adopting of digital technology. In this session Bill Haser provides experiences and insights based on real world examples on how to be successful with your digital transformation.
Takeaways:
- Picking the right projects
- Picking the right delivery methodology
- Picking the right team
- Addressing project holistically including process design, organization change management, and technical competency.
- Key management tasks
Presented by:
Bill Haser, Former CIO, Individual
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
What's the Next Stop On the Transformation Journey?
Our Governing Board will 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
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm