Dinner for Austin IT Leaders

Harnessing AI for Business Transformation: Strategic Insights for CIOs

Date

Wed, April 23, 2025

Time

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT

CIOs are at the forefront of business transformation, with a unique position to integrate AI-driven strategies that enhance productivity, customer satisfaction, and competitive advantage. The navigation of AI adoption can sometimes present complex challenges from aligning investments with business outcomes to managing data quality and security

Join Lenovo for an interactive discussion, as we breakdown key insights from the IDC’s most recent research on AI adoption. This session will help CIOs and IT leaders begin actionable strategies to advance their AI roadmap and drive measurable outcomes for AI adoption and transform their business productivity for success.

DINNER AGENDA

5:00 PM CT Welcome Reception and Arrivals with Refreshments

6:00 PM CT Leadership Discussion

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    The peer executive will engage the audience for brief introductions and discuss the format and key takeaways from the guided interaction conversation and dinner discussions.
  • Guided Interactive Conversation (25 mins) – Topics include:
    • How leaders can strategically align AI investments with business goals
    • Practical steps to enhance efficiency while preparing for future scalability
    • Overcome data quality issues to unlock AI-driven insights and competitive advantage
    • Address AI skill gaps to foster AI literacy across teams
  • Open Forum Discussion (30 mins) – This discussion will be based on the list of challenges discussed already and will take the format of group brainstorming and open discussion to come up with suggestions and solutions to common challenges at the executive level.

7:15 PM CT Dinner Service

9:00 PM CT Conclusion

Speaker

Ed Soohoo

WW CTO Global Accounts

ISG Lenovo

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About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$62 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #217 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 77,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into growth areas that fuel the advancement of ‘New IT’ technologies (client, edge, cloud, network, and intelligence) including server, storage, mobile, software, solutions, and services. This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.