IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS
AGENDA
Monday, April 21, 2008
Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel & Conference Center
Atlanta, GA


7:30AM-9:00AM REGISTRATION – Foyer
7:30AM-9:00AM PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM-9:15AM

    
Chris Horace's bio
WELCOME
Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
Chris Horace, President, Atlanta SIM Chapter & Director, Global G&A and IT Sourcing, The Coca-Cola Company
9:15AM-10:15AM

    
Lee Congdon's bio
KEYNOTE – “OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A POWERFUL MODEL FOR INNOVATION AND VALUE”
Presented by: Lee Congdon, CIO, Red Hat
Discussion: For more than a decade open source and Linux have helped to significantly transform the economics of IT. Fueled by an enduring collaborative model, it has had far reaching affects on the value of enterprise computing and innovation. In his talk, Lee Congdon, CIO of Red Hat, will draw on the needs of today's CIOs and map the adoption of open source in the enterprise. As we look ahead, hear how Red Hat is helping customers realize better performance from development to deployment, not just through Linux, but through a deeper open source strategy.
10:15AM-11:00AM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
11:00AM-Noon
Session 1

    
Paul Penny's bio


    
Jim Draughn's bio


    
John Dunbar's bio


    
Richard Stepanek's bio


“IT DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING: FLAG BEARER AND TREND SETTER FOR CORPORATE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING”
Moderated by: Paul Penny, Executive Solution Architect, Consonus Technologies
Panelists: Jim Draughn, Director of Enterprise Engineering, Acuity Brands Lighting
John Dunbar,CIO, Aquilex Corporation
Richard Stepanek, VP Information Technology Operations, Precyse Solutions, LLC
Business Problem: DR planning as a Function of overall BC Strategy
IT Solution:Frameworks for BC and DR planning Many IT Organizations have taken the initiative around Disaster Recovery planning for IT assets and services. DR planning is considered an important element of a much larger Business Continuity planning effort undertaken to protect the enterprise at large. But is it really being driven as a top-down approach from executive levels or are CIO’s and other IT decision makers actually raising corporate awareness and fostering more prudent corporate governance through the DR planning process? This presentation will offer DR/BC planning frameworks and approaches, present case studies from IT practitioners on the planning and executing of their DR strategies, and encourage a discussion on the effect or role of IT DR planning on overall corporate BC planning.
Session 2

    
Danielle Ayan's bio


    
Don Hill's bio


    
Ryan M. Fernandes's bio


    
Steve French's bio


    
Joseph Van Loo's bio

“INTEGRATING LOCATION INTO ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION-MAKING AND ENHANCED DELIVERY OF SERVICES”
Moderated by: Danielle Ayan, Research Scientist II, Center for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS), Georgia Institute of Technologies
Panelists: Don Hill, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
Ryan M. Fernandes, Interim Director/CIO, Department of IT, Fulton County, Georgia
Alan Travis, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Steve French, Ph.D. FAICP, Director, Center for GIS, Georgia Institute of Technology:
Joseph Van Loo, Supervisor, UPS Retail Services
Discussion: Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies (GIS/T) are unparalleled in their abilities to enhance decision making and delivery of services. This panel will highlight geospatial program and project components necessary for better decisions by anyone at any level in any industry in public, academic and private sectors. The panelists will identify how they’re using GIS to provide Location-based services, make administrative decisions and generally drive business.
Noon-1:30PM

    
James Seligman's bio
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE – “THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN PROTECTING HEALTH”
Presented by: James Seligman, CIO, Centers for Disease Control
Discussion: As the nation’s premiere disease prevention agency, information technology has played a vital role in CDC’s efforts to protect the public’s health over the last 60 years. IT is integral to disease detection; outbreak, natural disaster, and epidemic response; understanding new health threats; and fostering good health choices and medical care. Implications of pandemic influenza on businesses and IT will be discussed along with other contemporary health challenges.
1:30PM-1:45PM DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
1:45PM-2:45PM
Session 1

    
Virginia Bradley's bio


    
Kathy Lamb's bio


    
Mary Anne Green

    
Shawn Willoughby's bio

“IT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES”
Moderated by: Virginia Bradley, President, GlobalEXECWomen
Panelists: Kathy Lamb, CIO, Ames Tools
Mary Anne Green, VP, Delta Air Lines
Shawn Willoughby, Sr. Director IS, Total Debt Management
Discussion: New Technologies are always evolving in the market place and work place. What are the technologies that customers want to use? How do technologies affect how we work? As we know, the adoption rates very between the technology groups and social networking groups. Come and check out the panel for various insights.

Session 2

    
Anubhav Saxena's bio


    
Guido Sacchi's bio


    
Shaun W Cutter's bio


    
Dan Agranow's bio


    
Pankaj Chawla's bio

“STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT – ALIGNING IT WITH BUSINESS”
Moderated by: Anubhav Saxena, Associate Vice President , HCL America Inc
Panelists: Guido Sacchi, Chief Information Officer, Compucredit Inc
Shaun W Cutter, Director-Technical Services, Exide Technologies
Dan Agranow, CTO, The Weather Channel
Pankaj Chawla, Director of Application, Beazer Homes
Discussion: How “Real Time Businesses” expect to leverage IT to anticipate customer needs, create opportunities, and beat the competition & how effectively IT is meeting the challenge. How “Real Time Businesses” expect IT to provide tools/ intelligence to sense and respond to change using real-time technology to increase customer retention & profitability.
2:45PM-3:30PM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
3:30PM-4:30PM
Session 1

    
Mick Hollison's bio


    
Tom Eacobacci's bio

“HOW TO LEVERAGE VIRTUALIZATON TO TRANSFORM YOUR DATACENTER INTO A DELIVERY CENTER”
Presented by: Mick Hollison, VP of Desktop Delivery, Citrix Systems
Tom Eacobacci, VP of Southeast, US, Citrix Systems
Discussion: Virtualization is the latest buzzword in IT but what does it really mean for CIOs? How can virtualization help deliver desktops and applications in a more secure and cost-effective manner without compromising end user experience? In this talk, Mick Hollison, VP of Desktop Delivery at Citrix Systems will discuss how virtualization is emerging as the core enabler of desktop and application delivery. How? By enabling the key components of computing to be dynamically assembled on demand right from the datacenter – empowering IT with more control, providing increased flexibility for the business, and delivering a high performance experience for end users. Come learn about the best practices for transforming your datacenter into a delivery center from one of the foremost virtualization experts in the field.

Session 2

    
Alan Guibord's bio

“WORKSHOP: “JUMPSTART YOUR CAREER-A-WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO YOU AND YOUR CAREER”
Facilitated by: Alan Guibord, Chairman & Founder, The Advisory Council and former CEO, Computerworld, and former CIO, R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Workshop: This executive session is designed to be a group learning experience based on career management challenges. This workshop will include a group work session based on actual career situations. Each group will present its findings, followed by open discussion and sharing of ideas. In addition, the actual results of the situation will be presented. Learn from the experts as well as your peers. Take a huge leap towards enhancing your career
Session 3

    
Betsy Walker's bio
“UNLOCKING BUSINESS VALUE: A DISCUSSION OF ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE, REDUCE RISKS, AND CONTROL COSTS”
Moderated by: Betsy Walker, MBA, WW Product Marketing Manager, IBM
Panelists: TBD
Discussion: Today’s enterprise-level IT departments are challenged to support the highest levels of corporate performance within a strict budget. The risks of information security, data retention and compliance loom large. Enterprise data management strategies enable you to accelerate performance while controlling costs and mitigating risks. In this session, we will discuss some of the strategies that leading organizations have implemented to align their management of application data with their business objectives to optimize performance, mitigate risks and control costs
4:30PM EXECUTIVE RECEPTION
Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass Only, Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages


IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS
AGENDA
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel & Conference Center
Atlanta, GA


7:30AM-9:00AM REGISTRATION – Foyer
7:30AM-9:00AM PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM-9:15AM

    
Chris Horace's bio
WELCOME
Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
Chris Horace,President, Atlanta SIM Chapter & Director, Global G&A and IT Sourcing, The Coca-Cola Company
9:15AM-10:15AM

    
Chris Horace's bio


    
Vicki Hamilton's bio


    
Peter Whatnell's bio


    
Brian Shield’s bio


    
Robert P. Keefe's bio
KEYNOTE PANEL – “LEADING A CHANGE READY ORGANIZATION”
Moderated by: Chris Horace, President, Atlanta SIM Chapter & Director, Global G&A and IT Sourcing, The Coca-Cola Company
Panelists: Peter Whatnell, 2009 SIM International President & CIO, Sunoco
Vicki Hamilton, SVP Enterprise Performance Office, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Brian Shield, CIO, The Weather Channel
Robert Keefe, SIM International President & CIO, Mueller Water Products
Discussion: Change is a constant in business, and more often than not, IT is on the frontline of change. So doesn't it make sense to develop your organization to meet the ever increasing demands of a changing environment? But what really makes up a "change ready organization"? And, how do you develop your staff to meet this challenge? These are some of the questions that we will explore in our panel discussion on this important topic.
10:15AM- 11:00AM BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
11:00 AM-Noon
Session 1

    
Keith Baskin's bio


    
Brian Biles bio


    
Ted Hutchin's bio


    
Raza Syed's bio

"BEYOND THE HYPE: BUSINESS BENEFITS OF GREEN IT”
Moderated by: Keith Baskin, Storage Practice Manager, Optimus Solutions
Panelists: Brian Biles, Co-Founder & VP Product Management, DataDomain
Ted Hutchins, Sr. Director & Chief Technologist, AirTran Airways
William Souder, Information Security Officer, Berry College
Raza Syed, Green Datacenter Solutions Consultant, EMC
Discussion: Green IT can help your bottom line. Top industry experts will show you how during a panel discussion of Green IT storage strategies you can apply at your data center to save energy, resources and money. Optimus Solutions will moderate a discussion featuring experts from EMC and Data Domain, two leading storage solution providers with best-in-class Green solutions. Also joining will be a senior IT practitioner from AirTran Airways and another Optimus client. Learn what these organizations are doing to make Green IT work for them. Hear how they achieved ROI on storage tiering, data de-duplication, virtualization and data center consolidation while helping to preserve the environment. You’ll bring back powerful, implementable ideas to share with your executive team.

Session 2

   
Eric Markiewicz's bio


   
Scott Robinson's bio

“THE VISION IS NOW REALITY: ALIGNING IT SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO CRITICAL BUSINESS NEED”
Moderated by: Eric Markiewicz, Senior Solutions Architect and Business Consultant, Hitatchi Data Systems
Panelists: Scott Robinson, CTO, Datalink
Discussion: Today’s CEOs, CIO’s and technology executives want to evolve IT from a cost center objective into an enabler of competitive advantage. A services-oriented strategy is gaining adoption and has been leading the way in making infrastructures more responsive to business need. But how does this work…and how can you leverage your infrastructure to better support applications and growing data requirements that your company is demanding? Attend this panel discussion hosted by Hitachi Data Systems, premier partner Datalink and executive guests and gain insights on:
  • Industry, market conditions and regulatory and competitive issues driving the explosive growth of data and changes in strategic IT direction
  • How to leverage a services oriented approach to IT to help align infrastructure with critical business requirements
  • How to ensure your systems will be able to support next generation business required applications and choosing technologies that will support and grow it
  • How to make your datacenter and systems more agile/flexible to support business needs
  • How IT investments today can help improve operational and cost efficiency in the future
  • Current case studies: hear from your peers on IT-business alignment challenges and the steps and strategies taken
Noon – 1:30PM

    
Anubhav Saxena's bio
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE – “THE GLOBAL CIO – HOW?”
Presented by: Anubhav Saxena, Assoc. Vice President, HCL America
Discussion: CIOs are coming under increased pressure to perform whilst they transform their IT organization to become more externally focused and deliver value. CIOs are being asked to play a significant role in business growth and competitiveness, with limited budgets and resources on hand. Leveraging the strategic and tactical benefits of globalization, to innovate & transform IT. This allows businesses to stand out with strategic and innovative use of information, business processes, products and services. To take the right measures to enhance the value quotient of information flowing through systems and processes and improving the use of information to asses and understand needs, that drives growth and higher enterprise effectiveness. This presentation will be centered around real world case studies of how enterprises of all sizes, across industry verticals have successfully leveraged globalization to increase service quality & re-invest cost take outs in right technologies & services. The case studies will allude to how the Global CIO has increased focus & competitiveness whilst retaining control, lowering risk and reduced investments.
1:30PM-1:45PM DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
1:45PM-2:45PM

    
Kenneth Gooch's bio


    
Rick Herbert's bio


    
Shawn Willoughby's bio


    
Curtis Rawlings
CLOSING KEYNOTE – “INCREASING CHANGES IN IT SECURITY – INTERNET & NETWORKING”
Moderated by: Kenneth Gooch, VP Information Systems, Citizens Trust Bank
Panelists: Rick Herbert, VP IT, ADP National Accounts
Shawn Willoughby, Sr. Director IS, Total Debt Management
Curtis Rawlings, Asst. CIO Information Systems, DeKalb County
Discussion: Developing Internet Threats; such as Security Policy, Employee Training, Viruses, DOS, Phishing, Spoofing, Content Filtering, Social Site, Virtual Storage, Remote Desktop and Growing Utilization.
Strategic Security Challenges for the Network; such as Security Policy, Employee Training, 360 degree of security from parking to the CEO office, Total Enterprise to the Remote User, Layer Security, Viruses, Protecting the Physical Assets to Soft Assets, Hardening your Network from the Internal Intruder Attack, Hardening your Wireless Access Points, Locking Down Data Leakage by your Laptops, PDA and USB Devices, Email Data Retention Policy.
2:45PM-3:00PM FINAL DRAWINGS & REFRESHMENTS SERVED IN THE SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION
3:00PM CONFERENCE ENDS
 
(Materials contained are for Marketing purposes only. Speakers, topics, etc. are not in final form and are subject to change.)