Control as Confidence

Control as Confidence

The CIO Agenda for 2026: Control as Confidence

Sydney, Australia

Hosted by Factor

Overview

In 2026, CIOs are navigating a paradox. Expectations are rising fast, particularly around AI enablement, resilience, and speed to value, while confidence in platforms, cost visibility, and operational control remains uneven. Our latest CIO research shows the challenge is not ambition, but fragmentation. CIOs struggle with disconnected platforms, poor visibility into technology costs, and limited ability to see risk and value clearly as change accelerates.

This roundtable explores how control has become the foundation of CIO confidence. Not control as restriction, but as the ability to act decisively. CIOs who can clearly see where spend, risk, and performance are heading are better positioned to scale AI beyond pilots, partner credibly with finance, and shift technology conversations from effort to enterprise outcomes. Control, in this context, is what enables faster decisions, smarter investment, and fewer surprises.

Hosted by Factor in partnership with Yarken , this closed-door CIO discussion will focus on how leading technology executives are strengthening visibility, governance, and shared accountability to turn complexity into sustained business value.

Discussion points

Gaining forward visibility into technology spend, demand, and value, not just retrospective cost reporting

Moving AI from controlled pilots to production with confidence in cost, risk, and performance

Reframing technology impact in business terms that resonate with boards and executive peers

Building shared control with CFOs and business leaders to enable better capital and prioritisation decisions

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