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Practical course from the Global CIO Academy
AI in Practice for CIOs:
Global CIO Academy Workshop
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Tools for You, Your Team, and the Business
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Program
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September 15 and 17, 2026
4:00 PM–6:00 PM (GMT+3)
A practical roadmap for AI-driven business transformation
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For CIOs and IT department leaders who:
Who is this course for?
  • develop AI strategies and present them to executive boards
  • are responsible for implementing and scaling AI pilot projects
  • lead teams through digital and AI-driven transformation
  • evaluate the ROI of AI initiatives and report on AI project performance
We answer the questions that CIOs face today
What should you do when the board of directors demands an AI strategy right now?
How to distinguish the real effects of AI implementation from hype and assess ROI and risks?
Is AI a new area of CIO responsibility? How to integrate AI into the organizational structure?
How to overcome team resistance and sabotage of AI initiatives?
Start using AI to its full potential and manage AI transformation with confidence
The course will help you systematize the launch of AI initiatives in your company: build a practice with measurable results and clearly defined areas of responsibility.
With the support of a mentor and ready-made frameworks, you will practice all stages of AI transformation — strategy, pilot, scaling — and create a roadmap for your CEO and board of directors.
Learning Outcomes
You will understand
  • Where AI agents deliver real ROI and where simple automation is enough
  • AI agent architecture with control loops and autonomy levels
  • Common CIO mistakes in AI transformation and how to avoid them
You will build
  • A company AI strategy tied to business goals
  • A dashboard of AI transformation metrics for the board of directors
  • An AI pilot prioritization matrix by impact × feasibility × strategic alignment
You will improve your skills in
  • Applying AI to daily management tasks: document analysis, meeting preparation, and report handling
  • Prioritizing AI pilots and overcoming the "valley of death" during scaling
  • Managing team resistance and choosing the right organizational structure for an AI function
This course will help you
  • Turn fragmented AI initiatives into a scalable, enterprise-wide AI practice
  • Develop an AI strategy with clear business outcomes
  • Design the optimal organizational structure for AI governance
  • Lead AI adoption while addressing resistance and organizational challenges
The workshop is organized by the professional IT community Global CIO
Our community brings together more than 10,000 IT executives worldwide, which is why we understand firsthand the challenges CIOs face today.
For our training programs, we invite experts with deep hands-on experience in IT management, ready to share approaches and case studies that are not available in the public domain.
Mentor
  • Dmitry Inshakov
    He specializes in developing IT and AI strategies, and transforming IT departments. Additionally, for the past several years, he has led various AI projects and initiatives, driving enterprise-wide AI innovation.

    Since 2006, he has held CIO positions at international companies (Unilever, WPP, PwC, KPMG), and since 2022, he has served as the CIO of Kept.

    CIO at Kept, former IT Director at KPMG
    MBA guest lecturer, Ph.D. in Technical Sciences.

Program

September 15 | 4:00 PM–6:00 PM (GMT+3)
AI Tools for the CIO and Their Teams Daily Work
  • Several real-world CIO and IT leadership scenarios with live demonstrations: how to complete tasks significantly faster.
  • A ready-to-use prompt library for common leadership and management tasks.
  • Key examples where IT team members can significantly increase efficiency vs. areas where AI doesn't work yet.
September 17 | 4:00 PM–6:00 PM (GMT+3)
Enterprise AI Transformation
  • AI agents: what to implement, how to choose them, and what mistakes to avoid. Architectural patterns, agent harnesses, guardrails, and governance controls.
  • Company AI Strategy: organizational design, areas of responsibility, ROI, and AI metrics dashboards.
  • Prioritizing pilot projects and managing organizational resistance.

Pricing

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Basic
2 live practical sessions
Mentor guidance
AI tools & practical templates
AI case study library
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$ 650
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$ 950
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For all questions and participation terms, please contact Irina Gorbacheva at irina.gorbacheva@globalcio.com or WhatsApp +374 43 59 38 66