IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS
AGENDA
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Hilton Valley Forge Conference Center
King of Prussia, PA

7:30AM-8:00AM	REGISTRATION – Foyer

8:00AM-9:00AM	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Franklin Salon

9:00AM-9:15AM	WELCOME
Franklin Salon	Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit
Peter Julian's bio	OPENING REMARKS Joe Tait, Chairman, SIM Philadelphia PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Peter Julian, Conference Director, Sr. VP & CIO (Ret.) Crown Cork & Seal

9:15AM-10:15AM	KEYNOTE “MOBILE HIGH-SPEED DATA – EXPLORING
Franklin Salon	BUSINESS IMPACTS”
Ray Gilbert's bio	Presented by: Ray Gilbert, AVP, Director CIO – Chief Technology Office, Lucent Technology Discussion: United States and Canadian Carriers have deployed Mobile High Speed Data (MHSD) nationally with 40kk to 80kb average throughput, which is Equivalent to or better than landline modem experience and available today. Service Providers are testing the Next Generation MHSD with up to 400k average throughput with peak speeds up to 2.4 MB, which is equivalent to the cable modem experience available in the future.

10:15AM-11:00AM	BREAK - VENDOR PAVILION – Ritten House Ballroom

11:00AM-Noon
Session 1	“BUSINESS and IT COLLABORATION IN A DEMANDING
Hancock Salon John Hopkins bio Jack Gavin bio Howard Mark bio	ECONOMY” Moderated by: John Hopkins, CEO, Virtus Partners, LLC Panelists: Jack Gavin, President & COO, formerly of Right Management, Inc., Howard Mark, Executive Vice President, e Business and CIO, Right Management, Inc. Business Problem: Business/IT Collaboration is regarded as one of the leading challenges facing CIO’s today. How can business and technology executives work together to create new business value in the face of global competition, resource constraints, worldwide acquisitions, multiple languages and cultures and budget constraints? Solution: Working in a mid-sized, high growth, global organization this COO/CIO team will share how they complimented each other’s experiences and skills over a four-year period. Their combined leadership helped to: create technology solutions that resulted in new revenue growth; redefine how their services could be delivered in the marketplace; and position the firm for a successful worldwide merger. Working within a budget challenged environment their customer facing technology solutions have set a new standard amongst Right’s competitors. Finally, the major principles for Business and IT collaboration will be summarized, shared and further developed with audience participation.

Session 2	“UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO DECREASE TIME-TO-MARKET”
Adams Salon Robert J. Knecht bio Jeff Keisling bio Perry M. Cozzone bio	Moderated by: Robert Knecht, VP Information Technology & Services, Cephalon, Inc. Panelists: Jeff Keisling, VP Pharma Information Services, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Perry Cozzone, CIO, Colorcon

Noon-1:15PM
Franklin Salon	“LUNCHEON KEYNOTE -MEASURING RISK AND VALUING INFORMATION”
Dunhill Doug Hubbard's bio	Presented by: Doug Hubbard, President, Hubbard Decision Research, Published numerous times in CIO Magazine Business Problem: Measuring Risk and the economic impact of information value Solution: Applied Information Economics

1:15PM-1:45PM	DESSERT – VENDOR PAVILION – Ritten House Ballroom

1:45PM-2:45PM

Session 1	"THE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR REDUCING COST AND
Hancock Salon Jeff McQuaid's bio Yvonne Cook's bio Stewart H. McCutcheon's bio William H. Morgan bio	COMPLEXITY" Moderated by:Jeff McQuaid, Regional Executive, Sun Microsystems Panelists: Yvonne Cook, CIO, American Business Financial Services Stewart McCutcheon, CIO, Elemica Bill Morgan, CIO, Philadelphia Stock Exchange Business Problem: 1.Bringing an outsourced application in-house 2.Migrating legacy application to open systems 3.Implementing scalable solutions Solution: Strategic implementation of information technology solutions

Session 2	PJM INTERCONNECTION DEPLOYS STRATEGIC IT INIATIVES
Adams Salon Lisa Cash's bio Heather Forsythe's bio	TO IMPROVE MEMBER SERVICES WHILE LOWERING EXPENDITURES Presented by: Lisa Cash,President, Global Field Operations,Princeton Softech Heather Forsythe, PhD, Project Leader, Data Management Systems, PJM Interconnection Business Problem: Provide leading market services to meet the demands of the Industry is already a tough challenge; accomplishing this while improving member services and lowering total expenditures. Solution: Strategic utilization of information technology. Abstract


2:45PM-3:30PM	BREAK - VENDOR PAVILION - Ritten House Ballroom

3:30PM-4:30PM

Session 1	“TAKING IT LEADERSHIP TO NEW HEIGHTS-SIM’S ADVANCED
Hancock Salon Madeline Weiss' bio Gary Tretina' bio Joan Del Conte's bio Bud Baumann bio	PRACTICES COUNCIL FOR CIOS AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP FORUM FOR EMERGING CIOS” Moderated by: Madeline Weiss, PhD, President, Weiss Associates, Inc. and Director of Advanced Practices Council, SIM Panelists: John Sterling, VP Enterprise System Development, Cendant Mortgage Gary Tretina, Sr. Manager BIS-OPS, Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Joan Del Conte, Global Collaborative Tools Manager, Rohm & Haas Co. Bud Baumann, Division Information Systems Officer, Cigna Discussion: If you are a CIO, how do you: Decide when to deploy technologies? Generate strategic benefits from your IT architecture? Orchestrate value nets with partners, vendors and customers for maximum value? Enable far-flung teams? Ensure that senior non-IT executives perceive value from their IT investments? Abstract

Session 2	“TAMING THE IT TIGER- SHARING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT”
Adams Salon Mark Hess's bio John Marcante's bio Matt Minetola's bio	Moderated by: Mark Hess, President, Weston Technology Management Group Panelists: Tom Loane, VP & CIO, Teva Pharmaceuticals John Marcante, Principal, Technology Operations, The Vanguard Group Matt Minetola,VP & CIO, HP Financial Services Business Problem:Over the last decade, CIOs have lost "control" of IS resources and decisions as senior business managers have increasingly demanded a voice in IT decisions. Sharing these responsibilities has raised new issues about "who owns what" and "how IT decisions will be made". This session will describe how senior CIOs, in a variety of circumstances, have approached the issues of IS organizations and governance when sharing IT resources with business managers. Discussion: 1. What strategies work best in determining which resources and decisions will be shared and which will not? 2. How do CIOs organize IS functions, responsibilities and skills when resources are shared? 3. How are CIOs creating enterprise IT governance models? Abstract

4:30PM	EXECUTIVE RECEPTION
Franklin Salon	Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass Only, Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages

IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS
AGENDA
Thursday, May 6, 2004
Hilton Valley Forge Conference Center
King of Prussia, PA

7:30AM-8:00AM	REGISTRATION – Foyer

8:00AM-8:45AM	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Franklin Salon

8:45AM-9:00AM	WELCOME
Franklin Salon	Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit
Tom Egan's bio	OPENING REMARKS Joe Tait, Chairman, SIM Philadelphia PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Tom Egan, Conference Director, Executive Director, Business Technology Center, West Chester University

9:00AM-9:15AM	"WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS"
Schweiker's Bio	Mark Schweiker, (Former Governor Pennsylvania), President, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

9:15AM-10:00AM	KEYNOTE PANEL “THE C’S PERSPECTIVE ON IT”
Franklin Salon Siegfried's bio John M. Bolte's bio Jill Felix bio	Panelists: Siegfried Bocionek, PhD, COO, Siemens Medical Solutions John M. Bolte, COO, BDP Americas Jill Felix,President & CEO, Science Center

10:00AM-11:00AM	BREAK VENDOR PAVILION – Ritten House Ballroom

11:00AM-Noon

Session 1	“OUTSOURCING – A PRAGMATIC CHALLENGE”
Hancock Salon Jack Pond's bio Tsvi Gal's bio Fred Coia's bio	Moderated by: Jack Pond, CIO, Montgomery County Panelists: Tsvi Gal, Sr. VP & CIO, Warner Music Group Fred Coia, VP of Information Technology, Cendant Mortgage Discussion: Questioning the validity of the outsourcing-model – not from a protectionist point of view, but from a pragmatic business perspective using the evolutionary history of development cycles and empirical analysis of current industry experiences. Abstract

Session 2	IPR PRESENTS "GOLDEN OLDIES: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC"
Adams Salon Jerry Smith's bio Alice Vail Quinn's bio	Moderated by: Dr. Jeffry Smith, Chief Technology Officer, IPR International Alice Quinn, Vice President of Marketing, IPR International Panelists: Dr. Simon Samaha, CIO, Cooper HealthMr Lon Ibach, Network/Data Communications Manager, Tasty Baking Co. Business Problem: Data is Growing, Risks are Increasing, Regulators are in Over-Drive, IT Budgets are Decreasing...and Somehow You are Supposed to Guarantee that You Can Recover Your Entire Enterprise AND Meet Compliance Requirements and Disaster Recovery Objectives, using an anatiquated Technology. Solution: DATAUARDIAN LT®, DATAGUARDIAN® - Electronic Backup & Recovery for Laptops, PCs and Servers and OptiGuard® - long-term elecronic Archiving Abstract

Noon – 1:15PM	LUNCHEON – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Franklin Salon	One of the more significant features of the CIO Forum and Executive IT Summit is the opportunity to meet with your peers and discuss and explore solutions to common issues. To facilitate this human resource networking capability we have initiated and installed in the Forum’s agenda sever “Birds of a Feather” quorums. They are designed to be simple, informal and very discussion oriented. Yet at the same time they will be facilitated by an experienced professional in the subject matter field. We are confident that as an attendee to the “Birds of a Feather” you will gain maximum benefit from your presence and participation.

1:15PM-1:45PM	DESSERT – VENDOR PAVILION – Ritten House Ballroom


1:45PM-2:45PM
Session 1	“SARBANES OXLEY (SOX) BY THE NUMBERS”
Hancock Salon Cal Braunstein's bio Joseph Puglisi's bio Kenneth P. Mortensen's bio	Moderated by: Cal Braunstein, President, Robert Frances Group Panelists: Joseph A. Puglisi, CIO, EMCOR Group Inc. Kenneth P. Mortensen, Esq., Partner, Harvey & Mortensen Business Problem: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 impacts the Finance and IT organizations more than any other corporate departments. IT executives are getting concurring and conflicting inputs from internal auditors, outside consultants, software vendors, and others on what to do to comply with the regulations. IT executives are seeking unbiased inputs as to what actions to take to achieve compliance. Solution: IT must become involved now, if not already involved. The June deadline is rapidly approaching and companies that are not prepared may become targets of government lawsuits. This panel will cover the issues that SOX brings to the table and how to address them. Abstract

2:45PM-3:30PM	FINAL DRAWINGS & REFRESHMENTS SERVED IN THE VENDOR PAVILION
Ritten House Ballroom

3:30PM	CONFERENCE ENDS

(Materials contained are for Marketing purposes only. Speakers, topics, etc. are not in final form and are subject to change.)