Join us in sunny Scottsdale, AZ, at the luxurious Fairmont Princess from August 11-13, 2025, as we mark the 27th Annual CIO 100 Symposium & Awards—one of the premier CIO events of the year. This must-attend gathering celebrates the most innovative leaders in technology, culminating in the prestigious CIO 100 Awards and Hall of Fame inductions.
This year’s agenda features dynamic keynotes, interactive sessions on AI for business, and deep dives into cybersecurity strategy and cybersecurity risk management. You’ll also have access to exclusive IT networking events, where you can connect with peers and thought leaders shaping the future of IT.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain transformative insights and celebrate IT excellence!
Why Attend?
Fuel Your Innovation:Hear directly from award-winning CIOs as they share how they’re using AI for business and other emerging technologies to drive real impact.
Connect with the Best: Build meaningful connections with top IT industry leaders, forward-thinking peers, and innovative technology solution providers.
Be Inspired:Gain actionable insights from thought-provoking sessions, including expert panels, interactive roundtables, and hands-on deep dives into IT strategy.
Celebrate Excellence:Raise a toast to IT’s finest at our gala dinner and CIO 100 awards celebration, honoring innovation and leadership.
Let’s Make History Together
Join top IT leaders and rising innovators at the 2025 CIO 100 Symposium & Awards, a premier gathering spotlighting excellence in tech leadership, AI for business, and forward-thinking cybersecurity strategy.
Whether you’re driving transformation or just beginning your leadership journey, this is your opportunity to connect, learn, and grow alongside the best in the IT industry.
Celebrate the 27th year of this iconic CIO event in Scottsdale—where the future of technology takes center stage.
Content focused on issues critical to driving innovation in technology, solving problems and enhancing team performance.
Real-world inside reports
Explore poster sessions and peer-led discussions that share honest success stories—and lessons learned—from the highest levels of enterprise IT.
Social interactions and network building
Like-minded IT executives gather in small group social interactions where CIOs, tech innovators, and executives build lasting relationships.
Designed to reflect the spirit of the Sonoran Desert, each of The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess’s luxury accommodations blend classic comfort, subtle hues of modernity, and tech-forward touches to create a perfect retreat across 11 distinct categories.
Hear firsthand how influential voices from around the world tackled disruption and transformed it into strategic advantage.
Nazia Raoof
VP, Business AnalyticsWintrust Financial
Nazia Raoof is an award-winning technology executive and recipient of the 2025 CIO 100 Innovation Award, recognized for transforming data into a strategic asset that drives measurable business impact. As VP of Business Analytics at Wintrust Financial, Nazia leads enterprise-wide initiatives that harness the power of AI, automation, and advanced analytics to enable smarter decision-making, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Global Chief Information & Digital OfficerMarriott International
Speaker
Meredith Whalen
Chief Research OfficerIDC
Topics on the agenda include:
Data management and governance
Reducing technical debt to increase innovation in technology (the cost of reworking a software solution that was built with shortcuts or compromises or not maintained properly)
Cost optimization – particularly related to cloud Scaling AI for new business models
Scaling AI for new business models
Aligning cybersecurity strategies with business imperatives
Breakthrough team performance
Scaling AI for new business models
Aligning cybersecurity strategies with business imperatives
Breakthrough team performance
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