
The Studio USA:
Live from The Country Music Hall of Fame
Oct 28th - 30th 2024
Exclusive C-suite event
Our hybrid events welcome technology leaders from all over the world to set the business agenda on a global stage
The Studio USA: Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville
Immerse yourself in The Studio USA, a unique confluence of visionary leadership and technological innovation set against the backdrop of Nashville's iconic Country Music Hall of Fame. This exclusive C-suite event series, fresh from the legacy of Abbey Road Studios in London, invites global technology leaders to shape the business conversation on a world stage.
Join our community of CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and digital and data leaders to shape the technology agenda in cutting-edge roundtable discussions, filmed at the iconic Country Music Hall of Fame.
Experience the extraordinary


Iconic Studio Tour
Embark on an inspiring tour of The Studio, echoing the legacy of Abbey Road Studios. Experience the blend of historic musical greatness with the pulse of modern technology leadership.

Connect with peers
Connect with leading C-suite executives, industry experts and visionaries from the world's leading organisations. Forge meaningful relationships and collaborate with the brightest minds in technology.

Build your profile
Immerse yourself in insightful conversations and high-quality debates alongside our community of CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and digital and data leaders captured on camera to share with a global audience.
The agenda
Step into a world of innovation across three studios, featuring an unparalleled lineup of leaders from world-class brands and organisations. With tech visionaries gathering at our hybrid event, witness firsthand where the future of business is headed.
Be part of the leading c-suite community at The Studio
Sunrise Tour and Breakfast
Downtime
Lunch & Insights: From Distillery to Studio B
Downtime
Wild Horse Saloon Experience: Dinner, Crafts, and Country Fun
Morning City Run
Registration Opens
Breakfast and Introduction
Leadership Panel
Leading Innovation Panel
Networking
Transforming v BAU Panel
C-suite Collaboration Panel
High-performing Teams Panel
Lunch
Intelligence/ML/AI Panel
ESG Panel
Networking
TechGirl Competition: Empowering Future Female Leaders
Networking
C-suite Awards
Dinner and Networking
An Evening with Rivers Rutherford: A Songwriter's Narrative
Breakfast and Introduction
Resilience Through Change Panel
CX/EX Panel
Networking
Future of Work Panel
IT/cloud/cyber/GenAI Panel
2025 Priorities Panel
Closing Remarks

What our community says

The opportunity to come together with other senior executives to network, collaborate and discuss the challenges, and opportunities facing industry in a non-competitive way is invaluable.
Lee Fulmer - Chairman - Bank of England

Genuinely beyond impressed with the HotTopics Community! Left inspired by the C-Suite Tech Leaders I had the privilege to meet as well as energized by the opportunity to participate as a panelist.
Joanna Pamphilis - CDIO - UniCredit

Meeting industry peers is a must in a hyperconnected, hyperaware, hyper-focused world. HotTopics enables exactly that, a great community and I am proud to part of it.
Jon Buckthorp - Global Field Marketing Leader - Vodafone
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HotTopics are true to their word when they say they deliver a completely different networking experience for the technology community.
Danny Attias - CDIO - London. Business School
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Never underestimate the importance and power of networking. Being part of Hottopic's CMO community has been invaluable, resourceful and inspiring not to mention energising. I fully encourage everyone to dive in!
Emma Roffey - VP Marketing EMEAR & Global Advocacy- Cisco

I have had the privilege of meeting professionals in the tech field around the world, such incredible people from whom I was able to exchange experiences and learn from.
Maria Pilar Varela Sepulveda - CDO - AgroGalaxy

The best best best awards ever! Well done HotTopics team
Nuala Kennedy-Preston - CDO - People's Postcode Lottery

It was an extraordinary event! Thank you HotTopics, all of you who worked so hard to put the event on. Right on point and as usual captivating. Well done again
Mandie Beitner - CTO - Former London Stock Exchange

Massive shoutout to HotTopics and CrowdStrike for creating the Future CISO 100 AND having a gender button to show the female future CISO leaders! Just Boom, congrats all
Jo Peterson - Vice President Cloud & Security Services - Clarify360

The Studio is a great event! I walked away with a lot of food for thought and have some creative ideas on how I can navigate the current technology landscape to benefit my organization, customers, and employees.
Carolyn J Kirwin - COO - Amati Orchestra Ltd
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The Studio is a brilliant event, which avoids many of the downsides I find at other industry events. Plus of course the amazing evening activity - I won't forget that in a hurry! Thank you all for a great event.
Emily Wearmouth - Director of International Communication - Netskope
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Thank you HotTopics for a brilliant day full of new insights, relevant (HOT!) topics and interesting people at a perfect location. Very well organised and perfectly executed. Can't wait for the next meet up
Bjorn Ovar Johansson - CIO - Fractional, Interim CIO


Alejandro Becerra
CISO, Telefonica

Alison Davis
CIO , GE Healthcare

Anna Barsby
CIO, 888 Holdings

Anna-Lisa Miller
CIO, Spectris

Avril Chester
CTO, Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Bradley Schaufenbuel
CISO, PayChex

Brian Brackenborough
CISO, C4

Catherine Buhler
CISO, Energy Australia

Charlotte Baldwin
CDIO, Costa Coffee

Christina Scott
CIO & CPO, OVO Energy

Christopher Neal
Global CISO, Ramsay Health Care

Conor Whelan
CIO, Experian

Deborah Wheeler
CISO, Delta Airlines

Donna Ross
CISO, Radian

Eileen Jennings-Brown
CIO, Exscientia

Freddie Quek
CTO, THS

George Eapen
CIO & CISO, Petrofac

Georgina Owens
CTO, William Hill International

Ian Cohen
CIO, Acacium Group

Inken Braunschmidt
Chief Innovation and Digital Officer, Halma

Itumeleng Makgati
CISO, Standard Bank Group

Joanna Drake
CIO, THG

Juan Villamil
CIO, Imperial

Lauren Walker
MD Head Data Analytics UKI Europe, Accenture Song

Les McCollum
CISO, UChicago Medical Center

Liz Banbury
CISO, Hiscox

Mark Walmsley
Global CISO, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Norma Dove-Edwin
CIO, National Grid

Paul Coby
CIO, Persimmon

Richard Newsome
Former CTO, Cancer Research UK

Robert Sheesley
Group CIO, Wrench Group
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Sarah Wilkinson
COO & NED, Virgin Money

Vukosi Sambo
Executive Head of Data Insights, Afrocentric Group

Sarah Wilkinson
COO, Virgin Money
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Sandeep Seeripat
Global Chief Transformation and Technology Officer, Twinings

Dominic Howson
Chief Information Officer, Viridor

Jason Oliver
Chief Digital Transformation Officer, University of Sussex

Alan Boehm
Former CTO, H&M Group

Walt Carter
Chief Digital Officer, Homestar Financial Corporation

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