Top management at leading competitive companies want IT leaders who can drive innovation and generate business growth, rapidly and without sacrificing efficiency. That's one of the main messages on the agenda at the 2011 Atlanta CIO Executive Leadership Summit.

The summit takes placeAug. 26at the Four Seasons Hotel inAtlanta. HMG Strategy, LLC, the leading producer of the CIO Executive Leadership Series inNorth America, is presenting the invitation-only summit as part of its comprehensive schedule of transformational CIO leadership conferences.

Keynote presenterDick Escueof Salesforce.com will examine the changing role of the CIO in a new era in which cloud, mobile and social technologies are rapidly transforming the nature of competition. Executive briefings will be presented byMark Ryan, CIO, Travelport, andPeter High, Founder and President, Metis Strategy, LLC.

Additional speakers and panelists includeRebecca Blalock, SVP & CIO, Southern Company;Martin Davis, Head of Technology Integration Program Office, Wells Fargo Technology and Operations;Lee Congdon, VP & CIO, Red Hat, Inc.;Brian Shield, EVP & CIO, The Weather Channel, Inc.;Jay Ferro, VP & CIO, Chartis Aerospace;Maryann Goebel, SVP & CIO, Fiserv, Inc.;Carrie Wheeler, CIO, CBeyond Communications;Edwin Marcial, SVP & CTO, Intercontinental Exchange;Anne Park Hopkins, Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International;Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director, IT Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International;Matt Aiello, Principal, Heidrick & Struggles;Carl Gilchrist, CIO Practice Leader,Spencer Stuart;Tony Leng, Managing Partner, Diversified Search.

"This is an exceptionally high-value executive-level summit," saidHunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy. "Our roster of 'A-List' speakers and panelists will highlight the key issues confronting transformational leaders seeking optimal strategies for leveraging new technologies to drive innovation and business growth in evolving markets."