About the Format
What is the CIO Insight Session?
The CIO Insight Session is an exclusive format designed for CIOs, offering insights and impulses for CIO-relevant challenges. The programme focuses on excellent IT management and digital leadership, prerequisites for IT-business alignment, and contemporary operating models. Theories, concepts, and hypotheses are combined to develop new perspectives. The dialogue between practice and theory fosters innovative ideas and produces tangible solutions.
What You Will Gain
Three Reasons to Participate
Scientifically Founded, Practically Applicable
Combines academic depth with concrete practical relevance — delivering impulses you can act on immediately within your organisation.
New Impulses Through Peer Exchange
Fresh thinking approaches through the linking of theory and practice and the exchange of experience among CIOs at eye level.
Reflection, Inspiration & Solutions
Challenge established structures, develop new perspectives, and co-create implementable ideas with direct organisational impact.
Impressions from Past Sessions
Voices from the Session
"It's a completely different format. Testing theoretical theses against real-world practice."
"There was a whole lot of food for thought in what we discussed today."
"I take away a confirmation of my own views through the experience shared by colleagues."
Published Reports
Insights to Take Away
The findings of each session are captured in practice-oriented reports and made available to the community. Go to Reports
How the Format Works
From Preparation to Publication
Preparation
Participants receive advance materials on selected focus topics.
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Group discussion with experience-sharing and informal networking.
Documentation
Findings are captured in practice-oriented reports.
CIO Review
Participants review and refine the written results.
Publication
Insights are published accessibly and ready for organisational sharing.
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Ready to Join?
Join the CIO Insight Session and shape the future of IT together with other IT leaders.
Dr. Tamara Leuthe
Senior Researcher
Dr. Julia Schreier
Head of Digital University
