Participants share operational, financial and organizational information at levels of detail deemed as “actionable” and that answer “C” level questions regarding peer companies.

All attendees participate in every event by describing in detail their latest IT project successes or failures.  Information on vendors, consultants and support service providers is shared.

Discussions are targeted at the topics that our heads of IT are grappling with today with the intent that everyone leaves each event with a number of “nuggets” that they can take back to deploy or use to solve current issues.

• Semiautonomous communities
• Use case driven workshops
•  Annual applications benchmark survey

By rotation, members host a 2-day forum twice yearly at their headquarters where participating CIOs meet to work through the issues that are confronting them today.  Unlike other similarly named events, our CIO Forum focuses on topics in the Strategic space closest to Operations so the information shared is immediately applicable to solving real-time concerns.

These studies are the heart of each year’s forum discussions.  Participants release detailed information regarding their operational budgets, processes and staffing, in-depth applications, landscape maps, and strategic plans.  Data is shared in an NDA protected environment.

Subject matter experts within the IT domain, such as the InfoSec and Applications groups, meet for 4-8 hours face-to-face or via video conference to tackle specific issues brought forth by the CIOs and share invaluable use-cases on current innovations. Background benchmarks are conducted prior to each event providing attendees with insights into each other’s needs and expectations.

每个季度都邀请成员参加许多教育性网络会议，单个主题调查以及有关主题的小型网络会议，这些主题包括应用程序升级，项目计划，风险评估和类别支出。