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In an era of continued disruption, gaps are emerging between CEO ambition and CIO execution. While CEOs push for rapid innovation and business agility, technology leaders face numerous legacy constraints, fragmented infrastructures and competing priorities. This strategic disconnect can slow transformation at a time where businesses need to adapt faster than ever before.

This panel brings together tech executives to explore how to close the disconnect, align business and technology agendas and embed adaptability across people, process and technology.

In partnership with Tata Communications

Not all disruption makes headlines. While hype cycles dominate the narrative, the most profound transformations are often unfolding quietly—inside systems, behaviours, and mindsets. This session reveals how forward-looking organisations are driving radical change below the surface—and how tech leaders can spot, shape, and scale these under-the-radar shifts for real impact.

As AI shifts from digital assistant to scalable autonomous agent, IT and HR are on a collision course. During this panel we will explore how organisations balance leadership ownership with collaboration, automation with empowerment, and how they refine skills and culture as agentic AI transforms the workplace.

In partnership with Box

The boardroom is changing—and fast. Today’s Non-Executive Directors aren’t just asking questions; they’re shaping strategy, demanding digital fluency, and leaning into disruption. This session breaks down how the smartest boards engage with tech leaders—and how execs can turn NEDs into true allies for innovation, risk, and transformation.

The rapid adoption of AI is creating new opportunities, and risks, for business, IT and security leaders. For the CISO, facing ever-shorter tenures, heightened personal accountability and reduced autonomy, it represents a sliding doors moment in their career.

During this session, Future CISO and CISO 100 winners explore the vulnerability of security leadership, the criticality of C-suite partnerships and the importance of balancing governance, trust and innovation to drive secure transformation across the enterprise.

In partnership with Thales

Cross-functional teams are supposed to break silos. Yet too often they replicate them. These two roundtable debates hosted by Shure representatives bring senior technology leaders together to share what’s really working (or not) in cross-functional collaboration. Expect candid talk on incentives, ownership, misalignment, and the structures that get in the way of true partnership. 

In partnership with Shure

Stay tuned — full speaker lineup and discussion topic to be revealed soon.

Small group conversations. Big, honest topics.

Curated to match your role and expertise, these intimate roundtables connect you with likeminded leaders for frank, cross-industry discussions on the most pressing issues facing the C-suite today.

Small group conversations. Big, honest topics.

Curated to match your role and expertise, these intimate roundtables connect you with likeminded leaders for frank, cross-industry discussions on the most pressing issues facing the C-suite today.

In today’s volatile world, cybersecurity is no longer just a technical issue—it’s a strategic, brand, and trust imperative. As geopolitical tensions escalate and attack surfaces expand, CISOs must operate at the intersection of resilience, reputation, and regulation. This session explores what the next generation of cyber leadership looks like—and how to build a blueprint for 2026 that secures both systems and stakeholder confidence.

Stay tuned — full speaker lineup and discussion topic to be revealed soon.

Three months ago we hosted the TechGirl Festival, a celebration of creativity and innovation where we invited TechGirls and Mentors to take part in a series of challenges.

Their mission (which they chose to accept) was to create the most interactive matchday in the league. They delivered the pitch, secured the judge’s votes and started their journey with Cambridge United Football Club’s senior officials. Now, we get an exclusive insight into how they’re working together to achieve their goal at the iconic Princess Anne Theatre at 195 BAFTA Piccadilly. 

We posed the big questions—and the HotTopics community delivered. This session unpacks the latest insights from the B2B benchmark report-highlghting talent, budgets, technology investments, and strategic priorities.

Join us as we explore what’s truly top-of-mind for your peers—and what’s keeping them up at night.