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CIO Summit Chicago — 2027 dates coming

Invite-only CIO and enterprise AI summit in Chicago

Last held 21 Aug 2026: 28 leaders

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The room in Chicago

CIO Vision has held 1 invite-only edition in Chicago, hosting 28 CIOs and enterprise AI leaders from 25 organisations across Automotive & Mobility, Banking & Finance, Education & Research, Healthcare & Life Sciences and more. Each room gathers 50–100 leaders for one full day of closed-door conversation on enterprise AI — no expo floor, no pitches, just the people who run these programmes comparing what actually worked.

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The region in numbers · AIM Research

What US CIOs are prioritising for 2027

From CIO AI Priorities 2027, a study of 410 CIOs in 29 countries. Read the study

Priority mix · 100% of US evidence

29%Agentic AI

19%Data

12%Talent

11%CX & EX

8%ROI

8%Gov.

13%Other

11%of US companies hire for AI security, against 3% or less elsewhere

31%of US CIOs carry an extended title, against more than half elsewhere

Every Chicago edition

21 Aug 2026CIO Vision Chicago 202628 leaders in the roomView room

Leaders who've been in the Chicago room

Ann Bhattacharya, Senior Director, Analytics Strategy & Innovation, Marketing AI Acceleration at Pfizer — Ann Bhattacharya
Senior Director, Analytics Strategy & Innovation, Marketing AI Acceleration
Pfizer

Cathy Kiriakos, Director, Center for Applied AI at University of Chicago Booth School of Business — Cathy Kiriakos
Director, Center for Applied AI
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Cynthia Pekron, Head of Product & Engineering, Data Collections at Morningstar — Cynthia Pekron
Head of Product & Engineering, Data Collections
Morningstar

Rajaraman Srinivasan, Founder & CEO at Neoware Technology Solutions — Rajaraman Srinivasan
Founder & CEO
Neoware Technology Solutions

Jimmy Yang, Chief Risk Analytics and Infrastructure Officer at CIBC U.S — Jimmy Yang
Chief Risk Analytics and Infrastructure Officer
CIBC U.S

Bijan Vafaei, Vice President, Head of AI Engineering at JPMorgan Chase & Co. — Bijan Vafaei
Vice President, Head of AI Engineering
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Dessa Gypalo, Head Data, Analytics, and Automation at Save the Children US — Dessa Gypalo
Head Data, Analytics, and Automation
Save the Children US

Akansha Saxena, Sr Director, Business Aligned Data Science, Global Commercial Analytics at Pfizer — Akansha Saxena
Sr Director, Business Aligned Data Science, Global Commercial Analytics
Pfizer

Shuen Mei, VP, Director of Software and Data Engineering at Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. — Shuen Mei
VP, Director of Software and Data Engineering
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.

Rockwell Scott, SVP of IT & Chief Digital Transformation Officer at NORC at the University of Chicago — Rockwell Scott
SVP of IT & Chief Digital Transformation Officer
NORC at the University of Chicago

Behlul Saka, VP - Data Science and AI at Albertsons — Behlul Saka
VP - Data Science and AI
Albertsons

Joe Liu, Chief Technology Officer at James Hardie — Joe Liu
Chief Technology Officer
James Hardie

Organisations in the room

Albertsons · Aon · Brunswick Corporation · Cardinal Health · Care Dx · Cars.com · CIBC U.S · Clio · Go Health · Grainger · Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. · International Motors · James Hardie · JPMorgan Chase & Co. · Kooth Digital Health · Morningstar · Neoware Technology Solutions · NORC at the University of Chicago · Northern Trust Asset Management · Pfizer · Save the Children US · Sphera · The Hartford · University of Chicago Booth School of Business · Zoro.com