About the CIO Forum

The Mid-Atlantic CIO Forum aims to serve the following business populations:

• Executives responsible for information technology and/or the infusion of technology into products and services.
• Senior managers interested in expanding their knowledge of information technology.
• Professional staffs of member organizations needing to expand their knowledge of information technology.

The Mid-Atlantic CIO Forum provides an intimate but diversified meeting place where CIO’s are comfortable to network and have in-depth candid discussions with peers. How do we accomplish this?

• All meetings are by invitation only.
• All regularly scheduled meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month from September through May.
• There are two types of memberships There are CIO members and there are a special group of vendor members. CIO members can participate in all Forum meetings. Vendor members participate in full membership meetings.
  • There are “CIO Roundtable ” meetings. These meetings are by invitation only to CIO members and selected guest participants. All attendees must have pre-signed a non-disclosure agreement in order to participate even as a presenter in the meeting. These meetings are smaller, more intimate, interactive meetings between the member CIO’s.
  • The second type of meeting is the CIO Roundtable Plus meeting which started in the 2006-2007 year. This meeting uses the roundtable format but includes one guest per CIO invited to participate. Our members asked for this format in planning. There are topics when the roundtable format is most effective but the CIOs want staff managers to participate in the discussions.
  • There are also full membership meetings, which are open meetings for CIO members, vendor members and invited guest attendees. The full membership meetings include the participation of a select number of vendors who have vendor membership in the Mid-Atlantic CIO Forum. Each CIO member can invite persons from their staffs to participate in these larger meetings.
• The aim of providing a forum for CIO’s to meet and be able to discuss and learn in an environment of their liking does not allow for marketing activities, vendor solicitations and/or recruiting efforts at its functions.