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Financial Crisis Update: The Critical Next Steps -
Preparing Business and IT for the New Economy
The Harvard Club of New York City
AGENDA AT A GLANCE*
Bring your CIO/IT Leader colleagues to the Summit so together you can
attend all of the breakout sessions and share the notes!
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM |
Welcome and Opening Ceremonies
Location: Harvard Hall - 1st Floor
Greeting from Larry Bonfante, CIO, United States Tennis Association and President, SIM Fairfield/Westchester Chapter
HMG Strategy Moderator: Dr. Jerry Luftman, Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Howe School of Technology Management,
Stevens Institute of Technology
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8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Opening Keynote: Financial Crisis Update:
"IT Does Matter - IT Matters Now"
Location: Harvard Hall - 1st Floor
Introduction: Thomas B. Henkel, Jr., VP Sales - NY/NJ Metro Region,
Polycom, Inc.
Dr. Howard Rubin, Rubin Worldwide, MIT CISR Research Associate and Professor Emeritus Hunter College of NY
In a world beset by a global economic crisis in which companies are struggling to be profitable and survive and in which nations are looking for the right stimulus cocktails to restore their economies, IT DOES MATTER and IT MATTERS NOW!
In the recent past, perhaps Nicholas Carr was right in that there was little "spread" between how companies used IT and IT didn't matter. When company performance (and national performance) was driven by "easy" revenue growth (and GDP growth) perhaps IT really didn't matter. However, when revenue and GDP goes flat or worse, negative, it is all about efficiency - optimizing operating costs; lowering cost of goods; surgical focus on the right products, markets, and customers. The one tool that exists today that is the ultimate lever ( if used right ) that did not exist in the 1930's, 1970's, 1980's, and even in the late 1990's in the form it is in today --- is IT.
The nation's infrastructure is no longer just highways/harbors and roads/rail and airports/aerospace, it is tech-heavy encompassing broadband, technology innovation, technology investment, and technology talent development.
To retrieve Dr. Rubin's presentation click here.
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9:15 AM- 10:00 AM |
Keynote Panel: Lean IT in Challenging Times
Location: Harvard Hall - 1st Floor
Introduction: Dr. Jerry Luftman, Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Howe School of Technology Management,
Stevens Institute of Technology
Yuri Aguiar, Senior Partner & Chief Technology Officer,
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Kamal Bherwani, CIO for Health & Human Services, City of NY
Todd Thompson, CIO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Moderator: Douglas Rousso, Senior Vice President, Global Business Solutions, CA, Inc.
CIOs find themselves in a tough spot. Business priorities are shifting faster and more radically than ever before. Budgets have been cut, but the expectations for service delivery remain constant and astoundingly high. Never mind the complexity of IT infrastructure, the range of security threats IT must address and the ever-growing web of compliance mandates IT must support. This session is focused on best practices and real-world examples on realizing the potential of Lean IT. By applying lean thinking to IT, you can identify opportunities to reduce waste, increase efficiencies and improve customer service.
To retrieve Douglas Rousso's slides click here.
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break in Solutions Exchange Pavilion
Location: Slocum & East Rooms - 3rd Floor
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Breakout Sessions
Location: West Room - 3rd Floor
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Breakout Sessions
Location: Cambridge Room - 2nd Floor |
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Solving the IT Dynamic Infrastructure Conundrum --
Unique Horizontal Thinking in a Vertical World
Introduction: Erich Winkler
Senior Partner
BizTekGlobal
Saad Ayub
Senior VP & CIO
Scholastic Inc.
Jon Harding
Global CIO
Conair Corporation
Mark Schlesinger
CIO
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Moderator: Christopher Mierzwa
VP, Product Management and Alliances
Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc.
This interactive session will explore the ever increasing quest to build next-generation Dynamic IT Infrastructures to meet the enterprise goals of improving service, reducing cost and managing risk. The discussion looks at this challenge from the perspective that it represents a significant paradigm shift in IT architecture design. Some of the areas for exploration will be integrated server and storage virtualization, rules-based provisioning, converged network futures, security, and holistic asset tracking and management.
For information about Sirius Computer Solutions' Dynamic Infrastructure products and services click here.
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Reinventing Business Relationships: CIO - CXO Opportunities for Excellence
Gregory E. Buoncontri
Executive VP & CIO
Pitney Bowes Inc.
John Repko
Corporate Senior VP & CIO
Covance, Inc.
Rich Roseman
VP, CIO
News Corporation
Moderator: Tom Hoffman
Editor-at-Large
Without a strong working relationship between the executive suite and the CIO, business lacks the ability to use IT to drive innovation and growth. How can the CIO breakdown the barriers and eliminate the misunderstanding and lack of trust of the CXOs to effectively integrate business and IT? Attend this session to learn about best practices and success stories around building strong surviving relationships with the CXOs, lines of business management and even within IT.
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11:45 AM - 12:25 PM |
Luncheon
Location: Harvard Hall - 1st Floor |
| 12:25 PM - 1:00 PM |
Luncheon Keynote: Innovation at IBM
Location: Harvard Hall - 1st Floor
Carol A. Sormilic, VP, Global Workforce and Web Process Enablement,
IBM Corporation
Moderator: Perry Rotella, Senior VP & CIO, Moody’s Corporation and
President, SIM NY Chapter
Carol Sormilic will share how the CIOs office at IBM has gained a significant return on minimal investment through programs that use technology to capture, nurture, and “graduate” innovation by tapping into the company’s greatest asset: its people.
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1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Dessert Break in Solutions Exchange Pavilion |
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Breakout Sessions
Location: West Room - 3rd Floor |
Breakout Sessions
Location: Cambridge Room - 2nd Floor |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Use Improv Skills to Open The Door to Spontaneity, Creativity and Agility
Jim Tosone
Director, Healthcare Informatics
Pfizer, Inc.
Moderator: Julia Anderson
Director PepsiCo IT
Pepsi Business Solutions Group
Credibility in the C-Suite depends on relationships, which are built on adaptive communication, think-on-your-feet creativity, and seamless teamwork. Improvisation skills and techniques can help make you more successful in unplanned situations by enhancing your creativity, collaboration, and communication capabilities in unique ways. The audience will participate in Improv games designed to develop these capabilities in an interactive, low-pressure setting. Each game will include a discussion of the learnings and how to apply them in the workplace.
To retrieve Jim Toscone's slides click here.
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Ask The Recruiter
Introduction: Larry Bonfante, CIO, USTA and President, SIM Fairfield/Westchester Chapter
Beverly Lieberman
President
Halbrecht Lieberman Associates, Inc.
Phil Schneidermeyer
Partner
Heidrick & Struggles
Scott Smith
Director, Information Officers Practice
Spencer Stuart
Moderator: Rhona Kannon
Partner, IT Division
The Cambridge Group, Ltd.
Here is your chance to ask questions of top executive recruiters. The recruiters will talk about the top issues they see you are facing in your career and in your job search.
Your written questions will be collected at the beginning of the session and read by the facilitator, Rhona Kannon. You will get to ask anything you want to know. |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Break in Solutions Exchange Pavilion
Location: Slocum & East Rooms - 3rd Floor |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Driving Enterprise Value –Getting to the Business Value of IT
Introduction: Christopher Bernard, Interim VP, Business Optimization & Information Technology,
Haig Service Corporation
Daniel Petrozzo
CIO, Enterprise IT
Fidelity Investments
Anand Sahasram
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley
Perry Rotella
Senior VP &
CIO
Moody's Corporation
Moderator: Robert Kane
Director & General Manager, North East Region, TATA Consultancy Services
For many years, CEOs have been challenged by the inability to demonstrate the relationship between their IT investments and ROI. For CIOs, it has been very difficult to correlate IT’s expenditures with its impact on top or bottom line results. The cause and effect correlation has been elusive. Attend this session to learn about the keys to unlocking business value through IT investment and how to ensure IT is well positioned to drive business value across the enterprise. Areas to be discussed include people, process and technology investment.
To retrieve Robert Kane's slides click here.
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Strategy and Innovation: Improving Competitiveness and Creating Stronger Customer Connections
Michael Fabiano
VP - Strategic Initiatives
NBC Universal
Joseph Seibert
Senior VP & CIO
The New York Times
Hank Zupnick
CIO
GE Real Estate
Moderator: Tom Hoffman
Editor-at-Large
Never before has the linkage from sales to order to cash been more critical. Huge opportunities exist to re-define and automate business processes to reduce labor, decrease time to market, share information and improve competitive advantage. Attend this session to hear first hand what well known organizations are doing with business reengineering and information technology to drive up their competitiveness, decrease costs and improve customer satisfaction.
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Keynote Panel: What The C-Suite is Looking for in a CIO
Location: Harvard Hall - 1st Floor
Introduction: Carlos Delatorre, Northeast Area VP, BMC Software, Inc.
Shawn Banerji,
Managing Director Technology Sector, Russell Reynolds Associate's
Beverly Lieberman,
President, Halbrecht Lieberman Associates, Inc.
Mark Polansky, Managing Director, North America IT Officers,
Korn/Ferry International
Phil Schneidermeyer,
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Scott Smith,
Director, Information Officers Practice,
Spencer Stuart
Moderator: Dr. Jerry Luftman, Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Howe School of Technology Management,
Stevens Institute of Technology
When the Chairman, CEO, COO or CFO is looking for a CIO, what’s on their top 10 list? Our panel of senior executive recruiters will share the directives they hear from their clients and how it applies to you. Building your personal brand is a key element of career success. What does it mean, how is it developed and what do you need to do to have an outstanding personal brand? Attend this session to learn how your personal brand can have a significant impact on your career.
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Summit Wrap Up and Prize Drawings
Dr. Howard Rubin, MIT CISR Research Associate and Professor Emeritus, Hunter College of CUNY
Michael Pellegrino, CIO, Fujifilm Holdings America and Chairperson of Fairfield/Westchester SIM Chapter
Perry Rotella, SVP and CIO of Moody’s Corporation
and President of New York SIM Chapter
Craig Cuyar, Global CIO, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
and President of New Jersey SIM Chapter
Dr. Jerry Luftman, Distinguished Professor and Executive Director,
Howe School of Technology Management,
Stevens Institute of Technology
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Executive Reception and Networking |
* The agenda is subject to change.
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