CXO50 Awards and Conclave 2025
19 Feb, 2025
About
The Resilient Enterprise: Maintaining Momentum in Dynamic Environments
Enterprise conditions are no longer defined by stability. Priorities shift, dependencies tighten, and execution spans systems and teams that must move in sync, often under pressure. The challenge for today’s leaders is not just responding to change, but sustaining momentum while doing so.
This virtual session brings together industry leaders, analysts, and practitioners to explore what it takes to operate effectively when conditions don’t sit still. From how strategy is shaped and adjusted, to how execution is coordinated across the organisation, the discussion focuses on what actually holds—and what tends to break—inside the enterprise.
Agenda 2026
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Presentation: Self-Driving Networks for the Resilient Enterprise
As networks grow more complex, self-driving technology is emerging as the key to keeping enterprises agile, efficient, and resilient in the face of constant change.
Karthikeyan Gunasekar, Worldwide AI for Networking Evangelist, HPE
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Presentation: SolarWinds
Abdul Rehman Tariq, Regional Sales Director, Middle East, Turkey & Africa, SolarWinds
10:35 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Panel Discussion: The Resilient Enterprise — Maintaining Momentum in Dynamic Environments
Exploring what it takes to keep organisations moving with clarity and purpose—where alignment holds, where it breaks, and how leaders are navigating the balance between speed, control, and continuity.
Moderator
Adelle Geronimo, Managing Editor, CXO Insight ME
Panellists
Adam Lalani, CTO, Alliad
Mohammed Al Habbadi, Group CISO, Fertiglobe
Stephen Fernandes, Chief Growth Officer, Planview
Sujoy Banerjee, Regional Business Director – UAE, ManageEngine
11.20 am
Closing Remarks
Agenda
Agenda 2026
28 April 2026
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Presentation: Self-Driving Networks for the Resilient Enterprise
As networks grow more complex, self-driving technology is emerging as the key to keeping enterprises agile, efficient, and resilient in the face of constant change.
Karthikeyan Gunasekar, Worldwide AI for Networking Evangelist, HPE
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
A CIO’s Playbook: Aligning Teams, Priorities, and Execution
A practical look from inside the enterprise on maintaining momentum, managing trade-offs, and keeping execution aligned as priorities evolve.
10:35 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Panel Discussion: The Resilient Enterprise — Maintaining Momentum in Dynamic Environments
Exploring what it takes to keep organisations moving with clarity and purpose—where alignment holds, where it breaks, and how leaders are navigating the balance between speed, control, and continuity.
11:20 p.m.
Closing Remarks
What This Event Will Explore
- ✤ How evolving conditions are reshaping how enterprises plan, align, and execute
- ✤ Where organisations typically lose momentum—and how leaders address it
- ✤ The role of technology in maintaining visibility, coordination, and continuity
- ✤ The trade-offs between speed, control, and complexity
- ✤ What distinguishes organisations that keep moving from those that stall
Why Attend
- ✤ Gain a clearer view of how enterprise operating models are shifting in practice
- ✤ Hear directly from leaders on what has changed inside their organisations
- ✤ Understand where common gaps and friction points emerge
- ✤ Walk away with a sharper perspective on how to maintain alignment and momentum
Who Should Attend
- ✤ CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and CDOs
- ✤ Senior IT and digital leaders
- ✤ Business leaders responsible for technology-driven outcomes
- ✤ Strategy, operations, and transformation leader
Speakers
Karthikeyan Gunasekar
Worldwide AI for Networking Evangelist
HPE
Abdul Rehman Tariq
Regional Sales Director Middle East, Turkey & Africa
SolarWinds
Adam Lalani
Chief Technology Officer
Alliad
Mohammed Al Habbadi
Group CISO
Fertiglobe
Stephen Fernandes
Chief Growth Officer
Planview
Sujoy Banerjee
Regional Business Director – UAE
ManageEngine
2026 Sponsors
Presenting Partner
Gold Partners
Event Partners
Sponsorship Packages
Why Sponsor Cyber Strategists Awards and Summit
- ✤ Direct engagement with senior cybersecurity decision-makers
- ✤ Align with a trusted regional leadership platform
- ✤ Build credibility through peer-level recognition
- ✤ Support high-value executive dialogue
- ✤ Extend visibility across CXO Insight Middle East channels
- ✤ Positioning alongside governance, resilience and enterprise-scale execution
Platinum Partners
$15,000
Gold Partners
$10,000
Silver Partner
$7,500
FAQs
Cyber Strategists Awards nominations are open to:
- ✤ Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and equivalent senior cybersecurity leaders
- ✤ CIOs and executive leaders with direct accountability for cyber risk and digital resilience
- ✤ Security, risk and governance heads across enterprise, government and regulated sectors
Nominations may be submitted by individuals, organisations, or peers.
All nominations are reviewed and evaluated by CXO Insight Middle East through a structured assessment process. The selection focuses on the nominee’s leadership scope, strategic influence, and evidence of sustained execution, rather than individual projects or promotional activity.
Final award recipients are determined solely by CXO Insight Middle East, based on the information provided and the overall leadership impact demonstrated in each submission.
To support a thorough evaluation, nominations should include:
- ✤ Clear details of the nominee’s role and responsibilities
- ✤ Context on organisational scale and complexity
- ✤ Examples that demonstrate leadership impact and measurable outcomes
- ✤ Information reflecting the nominee’s leadership over the past year
All submissions are treated confidentially.
- ✤ There is no fee to submit a nomination
- ✤ Multiple nominations may be submitted
- ✤ Shortlisted nominees may be contacted for clarification
- ✤ Winners will be announced at the Cyber Strategists Summit and Awards evening
2025 Sponsors
Gold partners
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