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CIO Summit New York 2026

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he IDC CIO Summit 2026 is the premier event for senior technology and business executives shaping enterprise strategy and digital leadership. Designed for CIOs, CTOs, and senior IT and transformation leaders, this full-day event delivers high-impact insights and actionable strategies focused on today’s top priorities: technology modernization, resilience, r…

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24Voices
15Underwriters
0Exhibitors
23On the bill · sessions
24Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at CIO, in alphabetical order.
Alessandro Perilli
Vice President, Enterprise AI Strategies · IDC
Annu Warikoo
SVP, Operational Risk · Comerica Bank
Ashish Nadkarni
Group Vice President and General Manager, Global Domain Lead, Enterprise Infrastructure · IDC
David Li
Solutions Architect · You.com
Inna Bosenko
VP of Marketing · dotCMS
Jeremy Chen
BTP Solution Advisor and Strategic advisor · SAP
John Licata
Innovation Officer · ServiceNow
Jonathan Goldberg
Director, Product Strategy · Syncari
Lauren O’Connor
VP of Product Marketing, Strategy
Matt Sitelman
Chief Marketing Officer · MagicOrange
Meredith Whalen
Chief Product, Research & Delivery Officer · IDC
Michelle Chiantera
CRO · Parallels
Nick Bonfiglio
CEO and Co-Founder · Syncari
Nijil Kuruvilla
Lead Product Marketing Manager · Merge
Patrick Conroy
CTO · Convene Hospitality Group
Phil Goodwin
Research Vice President, Infrastructure Software · IDC
Rafail Portnoy
Chief Technology Officer · MTA
Rick Villars
Group Vice President, World Wide Research · IDC
Sam Nchinda
Vice President, AME Solutions · Orange Business
Soumil Deshmukh
CTO · Caribou Coffee
Steven Singer
CIO and Chief Enterprise Officer · The Silvert Family of Companies (Julius Silvert Inc.)
Tony Olvet
Group Vice President, Worldwide C-Suite and Digital Business Research · IDC

— and 2 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AWS & ServiceNow
Dell + AMD
dotCMS
IBM
Kualitatem
MagicOrange
Orange Business
Parallels
SAP
Sophos
StackAI
Strategy
Syncari
ThreatLocker
You.com
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The Programme

Selected from 23 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 am

    Trust is the New Currency

    Agentic AI is advancing faster than enterprise governance can keep up. ServiceNow and AWS are closing the gap — combining identity, workflows, and guardrails into a unified approac…

  • 10:25 am

    Your AI Is Only as Trusted as Your Data

    Most enterprise AI initiatives stall. Not because the models are wrong, but because the data underneath them is fragmented, ungoverned, and inconsistent. In this session, we share …

  • 10:40 am

    Lightning Insights: Powering applications, data, and AI to move your business forward

    A unified technology platform enables organizations to extend existing systems, integrate applications and business processes, and build AI-supported solutions across the enterpris…

  • 11:00 am

    Hosted Discussions: Architecting the Future Enterprise

    Engage with leaders shaping the next generation of enterprise technology. These discussions focus on the strategic decisions around platforms, cloud, AI, and operating models that …

  • 11:40 am

    AI for the CIO Agenda – From Experimentation to Enterprise Value

    AI is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of the CIO agenda, evolving from isolated experiments to a driver of enterprise-wide transformation and measurable business value. IDC research…

  • 11:55 am

    Agentic MDM: The Next Frontier for Enterprise Data Strategy

    Siloed data is a strategic liability in the age of AI. Traditional MDM can’t keep pace. Agentic MDM is emerging as the next evolution: autonomous platforms that deliver continuous …

  • 12:10 pm

    From Vision to Value: A Practical Guide to Realizing an AI-Ready Data Center

    The unprecedented pace of innovation is forcing enterprises to rethink business workflows, data management practices, and core infrastructure strategies. Based on our own real worl…

  • 1:30 pm

    Upskilling the Workforce with AI

    AI is not just a tool, it is a catalyst for redefining workforce capability. In this session, IDC moderates a discussion with enterprise leaders who are rethinking how talent is de…

  • 1:55 pm

    Driving Business Value with AI & Data

    Join this fireside chat to learn how to measure ROI, scale successful AI and data initiatives, and align innovation with strategic business outcomes to create lasting competitive a…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 24 companies show up — and 7 bet on three roles at once?

24 companies. seven are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
7All threespeak · spons · exh
8Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
9Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Syncari·dotCMS·MagicOrange·Orange Business·Parallels·SAP·You.com

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

79% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite938%
  • VP-level833%
  • Director / Head of28%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Marketing / Brand14%
  • Advisor / Investor14%
  • Other roles28%

Of 24 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01IDC7V
  2. 02SyncariSp2V
  3. 03dotCMSSp1V
  4. 04MagicOrangeSp1V
  5. 05Orange BusinessSp1V
  6. 06ParallelsSp1V
  7. 07SAPSp1V
  8. 08You.comSp1V
  9. 09AWS & ServiceNowSp
  10. 10Dell + AMDSp
  11. 11IBMSp
  12. 12KualitatemSp
  13. 13SophosSp
  14. 14StackAISp
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified15
100% of 15
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters