Field notes from the rooms where enterprise AI gets decidedNext room: Singapore & New York · 13 Nov 2026
CIO summit series · 2026–27
CIO Summit 2026
A CIO summit earns its place in the calendar when it respects how a Chief Information Officer actually makes decisions: with a budget, a portfolio and a board that expects both. CIO Vision is built around that reality.
“Great conversations and really interesting use cases, that’s what stood out at CDO Vision. The best part of it all is the human interaction. It’s about not being isolated nodes, it’s about building”
Jesús Barrasa
AI Field CTO · Neo4j · New York
“Many thanks, it was a great, informative and amazing gathering. Hearing different perspectives and making some great connections. Glad I was able to attend and looking forward to future events.”
Charles Wiggins
Vice President Tecnology / CIO · American Marketing Association
“Enjoyed the event . Thx for inviting me.”
François Millard
Chief Data Scientist · Vitality Global
“Being part of CDO Vision 2026 is an opportunity to step out of your own bubble and learn what’s actually working and what’s not. It’s a space where senior leaders are learning together, sharing real”
EJ Kim
Global Managing Director, TRUE Global Intelligence · FleishmanHillard · New York
“Thank you for being so persistent in getting me to join CDO Vision. It was a GREAT event. Many meaningful interactions and insightful discussions. Thank you again!”
Kenneth Longo
Vice President, Discovery Data Science · Wave Life Sciences
“Thanks to the AIM team for organizing a nice event, I enjoyed being there.”
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Ashish Singru
Executive Adviser - Data & Analytics Strategy · Barracuda
“It was a very great experience meeting all the data leaders. Thank you to everyone who organized the event and invited me to attend.”
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Subramanian Chidambaram
Sr. Director, Data & Enterprise Apps · Molekule
“It was a great time; thank you for the time and effort in coordinating the event! Definitely got some solid takeaways and new relationships!”
Sean Maccarthy
VP of Analytics · Good Sam
“Thanks for inviting. I would love to attend more and become part of panelist path forward.”
Nirav Parikh
Head of Enterprise Strategy, Architecture and Technology for Data and AI · Mass General Brigham Hospitals
“Just wanted to reach out and say thank you to the team.
Great event, I am very glad I participated.”
Matthew Marino
Vice President, Head of Operations- Employee Benefits · ShelterPoint
“Thanks to AIM for organizing a great event and thanks for having me join.
Had a great time. Look forward to staying in touch.”
Rajesh Ramaswamy
Senior Vice President (SVP), Head of Machine Learning and AI Strategy · Sail Biomedicines
“Excellent work on the program management for CDO Vision Dallas-Fort Worth. I had a wonderful time sharing the stage with fellow leaders on the panel, gaining insights from the keynote and panel”
Karthikeyan Ilangovan
Vice President - Data, Analytics and AI/ML · MODE Global
“It’s wonderful being here. It’s so great to hear from leaders across organizations of all shapes and sizes. There’s a level of comfort in understanding that others are going through this really”
Josie Reinhardt
Enterprise Account Executive · Hex Tech · New York
“CDO Vision 2026 has been an upgraded experience for us—with better participants, stronger conversations, and real opportunities to engage with prospective customers. It’s a space where we not only”
Rajaraman Srinivasan
Founder and CEO · Neoware Technology Solutions · New York
“Thank you all for a great event. I'd love to be considered for future events as it felt very aligned with my knowledge and experience. Thank you!”
Each room seats 50–100 CIOs and enterprise AI leaders who carry budget authority for technology, data and AI investment — people who sign off on platforms, not people who merely evaluate them. The conversation is shaped accordingly: less about what is theoretically possible, more about what a leadership team can fund, staff and defend over a multi-year horizon.
This page is a guide to the summit from the CIO’s seat. It covers who is in the room and why the mix matters, how budget authority changes the quality of peer exchange, and how to use a single day away from the delivery queue as a strategic checkpoint. The city grid below is drawn from the live 2026–2027 calendar, and every edition links to its own agenda, attendee list and invitation details. If you are comparing CIO summits, start with the decision you need to make this year — then find the room where peers are working through the same one.
The defining feature of a useful CIO summit is not the stage; it is the spending authority around the table. When participants own technology budgets, conversations move quickly past vendor claims to the questions that matter: what did the programme cost in total, what was deferred to fund it, and what would you do differently at contract renewal. CIO Vision curates its rooms for that level of accountability, seating Chief Information Officers alongside enterprise AI and data leaders whose programmes depend on the same investment decisions.
Budget authority also changes what can be asked. A peer who controls a platform budget can explain how they structured an AI investment case, how they sequenced modernisation against run-cost reduction, and how they handled a programme that underdelivered. Those are not questions a conference booth can answer. The small-room format exists so that a CIO can test an assumption against someone with comparable exposure — and leave with reasoning, not just references.
A CIO’s delivery portfolio can contain programmes with competing demands: modernising core systems, controlling cost, strengthening security and enabling AI. A summit discussion is useful when it examines how those priorities are balanced. What criteria determine which work receives capacity? Which investments create a shared foundation for several programmes? How does a leadership team recognise that a project should change direction? These questions make the strategic conversation concrete rather than reducing it to a sequence of ambitions.
The operating model behind the portfolio matters just as much. CIOs can compare which decisions remain central, where business units have autonomy and how platform teams serve internal users. Enterprise AI can expose weaknesses in these arrangements when experimentation expands faster than ownership or support. A summit provides a setting to test how your model handles that pressure. The useful outcome is a more explicit set of responsibilities and trade-offs, not the assumption that an organisational diagram is a solution by itself.
A useful preparation exercise is to identify one assumption in your annual plan that deserves testing. Perhaps the business expects rapid AI adoption, a sourcing change is meant to reduce cost or a shared platform is expected to improve delivery speed. Ask what evidence would support or challenge that assumption. During the summit, listen for measurement approaches and implementation conditions that could inform your review. Avoid treating a successful case elsewhere as proof that the same programme will succeed unchanged in your organisation.
After the event, brief your team on the questions that became clearer and the uncertainties that remain. Distinguish a decision you can make now from an idea that needs investigation. The next action might be a portfolio review, a capability assessment or a focused experiment, rather than a new major programme. This is the summit’s leadership value: time away from routine delivery used to strengthen judgement about what to pursue, how to organise it and what evidence to demand before expanding investment.
CIO Vision brings together 50–100 leaders per room for in-person conversations about enterprise technology, data and AI. The purpose of that format is to make peer exchange possible: participants can ask follow-up questions, compare the constraints behind a decision and hear more than a polished presentation. The series is produced by AIM Media House. Each edition has its own event page, where the published agenda, venue information, current attendees and partner details provide a more useful picture than a generic conference promise. Session formats and timings should always be checked against that edition’s programme.
A smaller gathering is not a substitute for every kind of conference. A developer looking for hands-on training, a researcher presenting a paper and an executive reviewing an enterprise operating model have different needs. These pages focus on the executive use case: discussing decisions with people who carry responsibility for implementation. Review the event’s topics before requesting an invitation, and arrive with a question grounded in your organisation’s work rather than an expectation that one agenda will cover the entire AI market.
The series spans 20+ global cities across 2026 and 2027. The upcoming city-event grid on this page is drawn from the live calendar, not a fixed list of assumed destinations. Every listed edition links to its own date, location and event information. This matters when comparing travel plans: two editions in different years or cities can have different attendees, topics and practical arrangements. Use the full calendar to compare options, then open the specific event page before committing to a journey.
Past editions add context that a forthcoming agenda cannot supply. Event galleries show the room, panels and networking, while past highlights and Insights offer material from earlier gatherings. Editions held before August 2026 retain the CDO Vision name; current and upcoming editions use CIO Vision. The change in series name does not erase the previous programme or its participants. Review those records as evidence of the series’ history, not as a guarantee that a particular company or individual will attend a future edition.
Choose the city edition that suits your responsibilities and open its event page. Where Request Invite is available, the internal form asks for professional information, including your organisation, designation and phone number, so the team can understand your role and contact you. Complete the requested details accurately and use the event-specific form rather than assuming an invitation applies to every city. Submitting a request expresses interest; it is not the same as an approved place or a completed ticket purchase.
The organising team reviews requests and follows up about participation. Check the selected event page for any ticket options, deadlines or attendance conditions rather than relying on a blanket price or approval-time claim. If you are considering a commercial partnership, use Partner with us or contact the team at [email protected]. Attending and partnering are different conversations. For a useful invitation request, explain the area you lead and the enterprise data, technology or AI decisions you are working through.
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Each room seats 50–100 Chief Information Officers, CTOs and enterprise AI leaders with responsibility for technology investment and delivery. The published attendee list on each event page shows the current mix of organisations and seniority for that edition.
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