Chris Chirgwin, CIO, Santa Barbara County

"The caliber of people that are here has been wonderful. Getting to know them, build relationships, and then just the knowledge sharing.

You know, just listening to these experts talk about challenges they're facing, the solutions that they're coming up with.

I was wishing that several other members of my team were here because there's just such good content and such good information that I'm picking up on, and it's more intimate, it's smaller, and the ability to have some really great dialogues and conversations and build those relationships with peers has really stood out to me, and I think would be really valuable to any CIO who is looking to improve his or her abilities and just hear from others on their journey and what they're learning."