About the Forum

The 2026 Houston CIO Forum is an exclusive, half-day intensive designed for technology executives who are tired of high-level theory and ready for hard-won insights. As the local landscape evolves, this gathering brings together the region’s most influential IT leaders to dissect the transition from AI experimentation to enterprise-wide production, the delicate balance of proactive cybersecurity, and the strategic breakthroughs required to reignite stalled digital transformations. Through peer-to-peer exchange, we move past the headlines to explore the leadership lessons and operational blueprints that define Houston’s most successful technology organizations today.

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Featured Topics

1. AI Beyond the Hype: What CIOs Are Actually Scaling
Hear from CIOs and AI leaders on where AI is moving from experimentation into production, where pilots stall, and what it truly takes to scale AI responsibly—delivering real enterprise value without increasing risk.

2. Cyber Through a CIO Lens: What Security Leaders Want You to Know
Top CISOs and a CISO-turned-CIO distill the most important lessons from today’s threat landscape—and what CIOs can do to enable resilience and control without slowing the business.

3. Why Transformations Stall: How CIOs Break Through and What Actually Works
Leading CIOs share real stories of where digital and technology transformations get stuck, what changes the trajectory, and what it takes to deliver meaningful results in today’s operating environment.

4. Leadership Lessons from Houston’s Top CIOs
Award-winning CIOs reflect on the experiences, challenges, and decisions that shaped their leadership journeys—and the lessons that sustained long-term success.

Why Attend?

  • Engage with Houston’s most influential CIOs and technology executives

  • Hear from leaders moving AI beyond the hype into scalable, value-driven production

  • Gain actionable blueprints for breaking through stalled digital transformations

  • Develop resilient strategies that balance proactive security with business agility

  • Network in an intimate setting designed for raw storytelling and peer-to-peer trust