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IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Marriott Executive Park
Charlotte, NC

7:00AM-9:00AM	REGISTRATION – Foyer

7:30AM-9:00AM	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/BUFFET BREAKFAST

9:00AM-9:15AM Salon B Marc Di Francisco Cam Faison	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Cam Faison, Conference Director; SVP & CIO, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry

9:15AM-10:15AM Salon B Rich Lechner	KEYNOTE - "LET'S BUILD A SMARTER PLANET: GREEN AND BEYOND" Presented by: Rich Lechner, VP Energy & Environment, IBM Discussion: Over the past few years, a whole new world has emerged – one with volatile energy supplies, more greenhouse gas awareness, global financial crises – that makes sustainable business practices more important than ever. Businesses, governments and people everywhere are more concerned about efficient use of energy and natural resources. They are investing in making systems intelligent by building smarter and greener electrical grids, supply chains, information technology (IT) infrastructure and water systems. Governments around the world are placing clean tech or green collar jobs at the center of their economic stimulus packages. And while environmental impact tops the list of corporate responsibility concerns, it is just one of a number of issues on the list of sustainability concerns, including health, food and energy. Mr. Lechner will share with you different ways companies around the world have implemented smarter and greener systems.

10:15AM-11:00AM	BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION Back to Top

11:00AM-NOON Session 1 Salon A Steven R Bulmer David Merrill Jack Rech Josh Van Dyke	"DATACENTER OPTIMIZATION: DOING MORE WITH LESS. A STRATEGY FOR OPTIMIZING KEY DATACENTER ASSETS AND OPERATIONS THAT PROVIDE MEASUREABLE SUCCESS." Moderated by: Steven R. Bulmer, CTO & Director, Consulting & Advisory Services, Consonus Technologies Panelists: David Merrill, Chief Economist/Global Business Consultant, Hitachi Data Systems Jack Rech, Director e-Commerce, National Gypsum Josh Van Dyke, Dir. Enterprise Infrastructure, Goodrich Corporation Discussion: CIOs and IT leaders are under ever-increasing pressure to rapidly develop and deliver innovative solutions to meet the changing needs and scale of the business. Meanwhile, they are also expected to deliver higher levels of service at lower cost. Achieving these seemingly conflicting objectives require a combination of architecture and process improvements. In this session, attendees will learn a stepwise method to realizing cost- saving optimization in the datacenter. Strategic metrics for planning and gauging optimization success will be discussed including seeing beyond tired IT clichés such as dollars-per-GB and servers-per-admin.Panelists will share their experiences with evolving IT Architectures and approaches to streamlining datacenter operations and reducing costs.

Session 2 Carolina Ballroom Dennis Daniel Gerry Davis Terrence Lillard Andrew Osborn Dave Armbrust	"TELEWORK BEST PRACTICES: MANAGEMENT TOOL OR MYTH?" Moderated by: Dennis Daniel, President, North Carolina Chapter, SIM Panelists: Gerry Davis, IT Planner/Strategist, Mecklenburg County Terrence Lillard, Faculty IT Security & Cybercrime, Forsyth Technical Community College Andrew Osborn, VP, Business Development Dir., Bank of America Dave Armbrust, CTO, The Halo Group Discussion: This open panel discussion on telework will address both the positive (green issues, employee retention, productivity, management by objectives) and negative (lack of control, accountability and organizational or team cohesiveness). The panel will also discuss the technological advances that enable telecommuting, such as cloud computing, and their affect on the work environment.

NOON-1:30PM Salon B Frank Curran Brent Phillips	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE - "CUSTOMER-CENTRIC INTEROPERABILITY TO IMPROVE DATA CENTER EFFICIENCY" Moderated by: Frank Curran, Business Development, Novell Panelist: Brent Phillips, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Nathan Rae, Product Sales Specialist, Novell Monty O’Kelley, Technical Director, Microsoft Discussion: Learn about the groundbreaking partnership between Microsoft and Novell that helps companies reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies through enhanced interoperability between Windows and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The panel will discuss a use case and/or present an actual customer success story on: Windows and Linux running side by side in the data center The need for better interoperability to address cost and complexity issues Virtualization, management, and identity solutions to improve data center efficiency between Windows and Linux Vendor best practices to foster greater interoperability

1:30PM-2:00PM	DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

2:00PM-3:00PM Session 1 Salon A Doris Gardner Travis Reese	"CYBERTERRORISM: AN UPDATE" Moderated by: Doris Gardner, Special Agent, Cyberterrorism unit, FBI Panelist: Travis Reese, EVP & COO, MANDIANT (Contractor to Dept. of Justice) Discussion: The latest threats to our computer systems from China and Russia. The threat to the financial sector. Unclassified examples and case studies. How you can improve your first line of defense.

Session 2 Carolina Ballroom Dan Russell Craig Miller Steve Hagood Dr. Eric Threatt	"IT OPTIMIZATION AND BUSINESS ALIGNMENT" Moderated by: Dan Russell, Vice President, CIBER, Inc. Panelists: Craig Miller, EVP & CIO, Movie Gallery Steve Hagood, VP & CIO, Goodrich, Inc. Dr. Eric Threatt, Director Solutions, CIBER, Inc. Discussion: The panelists will use case studies and personal experience to provide a "lessons learned" on the approach they used to optimize IT as a whole (the organization, resources, applications and infrastructure), to drive business value and attain a strong business alignment.

3:00PM-3:30PM	BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

3:30PM-4:30PM Session 1 Salon A Peter Coffee Ernest Hanington	"THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD: IMMEDIATE, URGENT, INEVITABLE" Moderated by: Peter Coffee, Dir. Platform Research, salesforce.com; Former Technology Editor, eWeek Panelist: Ernest Hanington, Former VP Global IT Audit, Sara Lee Corporation Discussion: Cloud computing offers dramatic improvements in time to market, alignment of IT cost with value, and reduction of risk associated with business process transformation. IT leaders in both small/medium business and enterprise settings can find a broad range of infrastructure services, application frameworks and packaged applications that satisfy “cloudy” criteria. Join us for an illuminating tour of the cloudscape that combines real-world results with authoritative analysis of the fundamental changes that are already well under way.

Session 2 Carolina Ballroom Elizabeth Austin Sarah Van Aken Mike Laurenti Bryan E. Venberg	"TALENT MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, RETENTION, RECRUITING" Moderated by: Elizabeth Austin, VP IT Operations, Family Dollar Stores Panelists: Sarah Van Aken, VP, Business Systems, Compass Group Mike Laurenti, VP, Solutions Delivery, Family Dollar Stores Bryan Venberg, SVP Human Resources, Family Dollar Stores Discussion: With the current economic situation, are companies (and their IT departments) doing everything they can to maintain “A Players” in the organization so that they will be poised to move forward when the economy turns around.

4:30PM	EXECUTIVE RECEPTION Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass Only, Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beveragesBack to Top

IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Marriott Executive Park
Charlotte, NC

7:30AM-9:00AM	REGISTRATION – Foyer

7:30AM-9:00AM	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00AM-9:15AM Salon B Marc Di Francisco	WELCOME & PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit

9:15AM-10:15AM Salon B Stephen Crawford Peter Whatnell Steve Pickett Mark Wyatt Susan Johnson	KEYNOTE – "DOWNSIZING WITHOUT CUTTING BACK" Moderated by: Stephen Crawford, VP Information Systems, Amarr, Inc. Panelists: Peter Whatnell, CIO, Sunoco Oil Steve Pickett, VP & CIO, Penske Corp. Mark Wyatt, VP Smart Energy Systems, Duke Energy Susan Johnson, CIO, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Discussion: This keynote panel will address topics such as succession planning, having the "right" IT people on a staff and doing more with less.

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11:00AM-NOON Session 1 Salon A Eric Offenberg	"MANAGING YOUR DATA IN TODAY'S ECONOMY: 7 STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COST" Moderated by: Eric Offenberg, CIPP, Business Development, IBM Discussion: Today's economy is calling for cost reduction and improved efficiencies across the entire enterprise – to "do more with less." It has become a necessity for organizations to maximize the business value of existing IT infrastructure while at the same time controlling or even reducing costs.

Session 2 Carolina Ballroom Bruce Anderson Cam Faison Ken Russell Rob Watkins	"WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CIO AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDER'S ACCOUNT MANAGER?" Moderated by: Bruce Anderson, Former VP IT Architecture & Standards, TIAA-CREF Panelists: Cam Faison, SVP & CIO, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Dr. Ken Russell, CIO, DHMRI at N.C. Research Campus Rob Watkins, CIO, The Compass Group Discussion: What constitutes a successful relationship between a CIO and their key IT product and Service providers? The panel will discuss their expectations and their understanding of the drivers for their key product and service partners. Can there be a "win-win" environment or are competitive pressure, economic volatility and the increasingly stregthened compliance standards keeping both parties from realizing an optimized relationship? Panelists representing organizations of different maturity from different industries will comment and respond to questions.

NOON-2:00PM Salon B Jack Wilson	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE– "CHANGING THE CULTURE – THE TOUGHEST TASK IN IT" Presented by: Jack Wilson, AVP Enterprise Architecture, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company Discussion: Any organization has to be dynamic in order to survive, let alone excel. You simply can't be stagnant, but there are a lot of forces within your organization struggling hard to maintain the status quo. It is one of the areas in the organization that by it very nature has to evolve forcing change within the organization. In the best cases IT can become a revolutionary force to drive an organization to examine what they do, why they do it and is it effective. It’s not easy, but it is what separates progressive IT leadership from stagnant IT management.

2:00PM-2:30PM	DESSERT, BEVERAGES & DRAWINGS – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

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