Accelerate your IT career at CIO 100 Leadership Live

The CIO 100 Leadership Live Series, launching March 2026 in Atlanta, offers technology leaders and rising talent a powerful platform to accelerate career growth and industry impact.

Spanning five cities throughout the year, this series delivers unmatched opportunities to gain bold ideas, actionable insights, and make meaningful connections.

With a distinct focus on professional development and the Next CIO program spotlighting future CIOs, attendees can sharpen leadership skills while being recognized as emerging stars.

Why Attend

• Powerful regional connections. Tap into a new network of influential CIOs, senior IT executives, and rising digital leaders across your region.
• Learn from your peers. Gain exclusive insights from CIO 100 conference & awards honorees.
• Turn one-day into lasting value.  Soak up a day filled with networking roundtables, career-advancing sessions, and a dynamic “Show and Tell” innovation showcase spotlighting real-world solutions from fellow IT leaders.
• Champion the future of tech leadership. Nominations are open now for standout candidates for the Next CIO Awards—recognizing rising stars poised to become the next generation of CIOs.

Who it’s for

This event is specifically designed for senior IT professionals in the following roles:

• CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and senior IT executives
• Directors, VPs, and rising leaders in IT & security
• Data, AI, and cloud transformation leaders
• Next CIO nominees and high-potential managers
• Technology strategists shaping enterprise innovation

Agenda highlights, Atlanta

• Keith Fulton, chief data officer at Jack Henry and the author of “Maxing Out: How to Get the Most out of Yourself and Your Team,” will share hard-won advice and unconventional lessons to help anyone looking to lead large teams.
• Panelists Marianne Johnson, EVP & chief product officer at Cox Automotive and Justin Mennen, chief information and technology officer at Shake Shack join moderator Dan Roberts, host of the Tech Whisperers podcast and CEO of Ouellette & Associates to discuss how CIOs are rewriting the rules of business transformation, and they’re doing it in real time, under real pressure, with real stakes. 
• In our Innovation Showcase, CIO 100 award-winning companies share how they have iterated their projects since being recognized as digital innovators. In this self-directed experience, you can visit presentations that match your interests, ask questions about technical and leadership challenges, and network with small groups of peers. Presentations will repeat, so you have the chance to check out as many as you like.
• For the final session of the day, panelists Shila Nieves Burney, founder and managing partner at Zane Venture Fund, Lisa Calhoun, founding managing partner at Valor Ventures, and Amy Lambert, CFO at SteelSky Ventures join Dominic Madori Davis, a venture capital and startups reporter at TechCrunch to discuss where they see strategic tech investments driving innovation and enterprise value.

Register now! We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.