IT Leadership Roundtable

IT Leadership Roundtable Experience

SIM – Research Triangle Park invites you to join us for an engaging and interactive dinner meeting on March 31st at the Carolina Exotic Car Club in Raleigh.

This evening will bring together IT leaders from across the Triangle for meaningful networking, a light dinner, drinks, and a dynamic roundtable discussion focused on today’s most pressing technology issues.

Rather than a traditional panel format, this program will feature facilitated table discussions. Each table will explore a key industry topic before reconvening as a full group to share insights, challenges, and takeaways. The final portion of the evening will allow us to compare perspectives and identify common themes across organizations.

If you value peer exchange, candid conversation, and actionable insights from fellow IT leaders, this is a meeting you won’t want to miss.

A sample of the issues we'll be exploring:

1. AI Governance & Responsible Adoption

Key Question: How are IT leaders establishing guardrails for AI while still enabling innovation and speed?
Focus: Governance models, ethics, risk ownership, cross-functional alignment.

2. Innovation Under Financial Pressure

Key Question: How do IT leaders prioritize innovation when budgets are flat—or shrinking?
Focus: Business value justification, trade-offs, portfolio management.

3. IT Talent, Skills, and the Future Workforce

Key Question: What skills matter most over the next 2–3 years, and how are leaders retaining and reshaping teams?
Focus: Upskilling, AI impact on roles, leadership development, retention strategies.

4. Leadership & Growth

Key Question: What intentional choices are leaders making to sustain career growth, personal resilience, and impact as responsibilities and organizational complexity increase?

Date and Location

Carolina Exotic Car Club | 3107 Glen Royal Rd, Raleigh, NC 27617
March 31 | 5:30 to 8:30 PM

Agenda

5:30 PM: Networking, Light Dinner & Drinks
6:30 PM: Facilitated Roundtable Discussions
7:30 PM: Group Share Back & Closing Discussion

Registration

Registration opening soon. Contact communications@simrtp.org with questions.

SIM RTP Members: Complimentary

Non-Members: $45 (Non-vendors only who are senior-level IT practitioners considering membership)

Sponsorship

Interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Jon Blankenship for more information.

Sponsor benefits include website and social media recognition, brief welcome remarks onsite, two complimentary attendees and signage at event (provided by sponsor).

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