PEM Conferences

7:00am	REGISTRATION - Foyer

7:00am–8:15am	PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING/BUFFET BREAKFAST

8:15am-8:30am Utopia B Marc Di Francisco Phil McEntee	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONS: Phil McEntee, Principal, Technology Exec. Network

8:30am–9:30am Utopia B John Choi	KEYNOTE: “HARNESSING THE POWER OF BIG DATA TO TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS” Presented by: John Choi, Director, Product Management Big Data, IBM Discussion: With the emergence of big data, new technologies have appeared that can gather and process massive amounts of information in a cost effective way. These technologies, such as Hadoop, have been the focus of attention in most big data discussions. Now, with new analytic solutions like IBM’s Jeopardy! winning Watson, companies are asking how these powerful technologies can be applied to their business and be put in the hands of their line-of-business users. In this presentation you'll hear about a new class of applications that can unlock the economic value of big data by putting powerful and easy to use tools in the hands of business users and domain experts, enabling actionable insights.
9:30am–10:15am	BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

10:15am–11:15am Session 1 Utopia A Dan Speck Jack Leifel Jaime Parent John Dalby	"BYOD- BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE” Moderated by: Dan Speck, Volunteer, Illinois Technology Foundation Panelists: Jack Leifel, CIO, Moraine Valley Community College Jaime Parent, VP IT Operations, Rush University Medical Center John Dalby, CIO, Lewis University Discussion: The influx of mobile devices and employee owned laptops is changing the way employees work. IT service delivery and support is changing to support these employee demands for more freedom, choice, and mobility. During the panel discussion we will discuss Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategies, support, and security.

Session 2 Utopia D Ken Greene	“DRIVING BUSINESS INNOVATION WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORK CONNECTIVITY” Presented by: Ken Greene, Director of Sales Engineering, Comcast Business Services Discussion: A Q & A discussion with Ken will follow featuring key topics including virtualization, cloud computing, scalability, future investments and more. Attendees will depart the session with a refreshed understanding of how network connectivity serves as a transformational asset for today's businesses.

11:30am–12:30pm Session 1 Utopia A Phil McEntee Andy Ptak Mike Kozlowski Lou Peterhans	"IT STRATEGIC PLANNING” Moderated by: Phil McEntee, Principal, Technology Exec. Network Panelists: Andy Ptak, VP IT, National Express Corp. Mike Kozlowski, CIO, Rust Oleum Lou Peterhans, CIO, Wells Manufacturing Discussion: The panel will discuss the structure and planning process as well as how to ensure alignment between business and technology. The discussion will include ways to develop your IT strategic plan when there is a well-defined business strategic plan in place and when there is not a well-defined business strategic plan in place.The panel will also discuss formal and informal strategic planning processes.

Session 2 Utopia D Christian Barnard John Keefauver Chris Pitre Ed Cox Dave Morgan	“BUSINESS IN “MOCIAL”: HOW MOBILE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE IMPACTING ENTERPRISE COMPUTING” Moderated by: Christian Barnard, VP Digital Marketing, Strategy & Design, Idea Panelists: John Keefauver, VP Application Services, Idea Chris Pitre, Executive Director, Social Media & Innovation, Idea Ed Cox, VP Infrastructure Services, Idea Dave Morgan, VP Service Desk and Customer Support, Idea Discussion: As mobile computing and social media continue to permeate businesses internationally, CIOs must prepare for the changes required to meet new demands on information systems, business processes and infrastructure. Customers and employees alike are engaging with mobile devices and social technologies every day. Rather than fight the power, CIOs must harness it to help drive business process and effectiveness, as well as deliver to the bottom line.

12:30pm–2:00pm Utopia B Warren Etheredge Craig Schiefelbein	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE-"INNOVATIVE THINKING" Moderated by: Warren Etheredge, Founder, The Warren Report & The High Bar Panelist: Craig Schiefelbein, Founder of PDS, President of Observation Tower and Author of Get Out of I. T. While you can Discussion: Warren Etheredge will join us to “grill” author, Craig Schiefelbein, on the ideas presented in his book, Get Out of I.T. While you can.

2:00pm–2:30pm	DESSERT – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

2:30pm–3:30pm Session 1 Utopia A Danielle Byron Nick Di Gioia Joyce Young James Anfield	“ATTRACTING AND KEEPING THE NEXT GENERATION WORKFORCE” Moderated by: Danielle Byron, CIO, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago Panelists: Nick Di Gioia, CIO, The Federated Group Inc. Joyce Young, CIO, Alden James Anfield, Senior Director, Health Information Technology, Blue Cross Blue Shield Discussion: Gen-X, Gen-Y, Millenniums just who are they and how do they impact IS? What changes have you had to make to improve hiring and retention of staff? How do you accommodate for Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) expectations? Has your own leadership style changed to better connect with the next generation work force? We'll be discussing these questions and more.

Session 2 Utopia D Laszlo Gonc Frank Yanan Milt Haynes Marv Ritter	“CLOUD COMPUTING” Moderated by: Laszlo Gonc, Director ISS, Jewish United Fund Panelists: Frank Yanan, CIO, Florida Family Insurance Milt Haynes, Founder and Chief Architect, Blacks Gone Geek Marv Ritter, Former Global CTO, Kantar Group Discussion: What does cloud computing mean to you? In this moderated panel discussion, we will explore real-world cloud computing opportunities, challenges and experiences with distinguished senior IT leaders from the Chicago area. Discussion topics will include private vs. public cloud, security, SLAs and the future of job opportunities in the cloud.

3:45pm–4:45pm Utopia B Anthony Wood	SPECIAL CLOSING KEYNOTE: "LEADERSHIP" Presented by: Col. Anthony A. Wood, USMC (Ret.) Discussion: Colonel Wood was a key player in the development and execution of the plan for the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975. His revealing description of the real heroes involved in that historic and risky operation, and his interaction with them (often in secret), is a study in generational understanding and leadership. Hear firsthand from a decorated Marine officer who was there, the untold tale of heroism and sacrifice during the final evacuation.

4:45pm-6:30pm Utopia B	EXECUTIVE RECEPTION Admittance by Conference Badge or VIP Pass only Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served. Back to Top
"IT SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROBLEMS" May 16, 2012 Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Schaumburg, IL
7:30am	REGISTRATION - Foyer

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

9:00am–9:15am Utopia B Marc Di Francisco	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONS

9:15am–10:15am Utopia B Susan Malisch Paul Eddy Jesse Mathews III Kathy J. Lang	OPENING KEYNOTE: "IT LEADERSHIP" Moderated by: Susan Malisch, VP & CIO, Loyola University Panelists: Paul Eddy, CIO & Group VP, Walgreens Jesse Mathews III, Senior Director, US Information Technology, McDonald's USA Kathy J. Lang, CIO, Marquette University Discussion: How do our panel of business technology leaders qualify great leadership? Learn from our panel what experiences have shaped the way they approach leading their organizations, how they lead in the rapidly changing world of today’s business climate and technology landscape, and what advice they would give that may influence how you think about leading your business!

10:15am-11:00am	BREAK – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION

11:00am–12:00pm Session 1 Utopia A Scot Berkey Barry Robinson Nelson Still Daniel Vonder Heide	“POSITIONING IT TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TO THE BUSINESS" Moderated by: Scot Berkey, Facilitator, Regional Leadership Forum Panelists: Barry Robinson, Former CIO, Clifton Gunderson LLP Nelson Still, Director of Operations and IT (CIO), Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Daniel Vonder Heide, Director of Infrastructure Services, Loyola University Chicago Discussion: The complexity of current demands on the business requires the CIO, as an executive leader, to look across the organization as well as within their teams for leadership to meet business needs. Our panel of CIO’s will discuss not only how they assess the leadership capabilities of their IT organization but also how they leverage that IT leadership to the advantage of their company.

Session 2 Utopia D Nancy Kopp Hensley	"EMERGING DATA WAREHOUSE ARCHITECTURES: WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU?" Presented by: Nancy Kopp Hensley, Sr. Program Director, Strategy & Marketing, IBM Data Warehouse Discussion: Enterprise Data Warehouse or multiple Data Marts - a dilemma of classical proportions. Many analytics initiatives are stumbling, slowing to a crawl or simply failing because their traditional data warehousing architecture can’t keep up. This session will discuss how IBM’s smart consolidation strategy can help: 1) Consolidate and govern enterprise data, 2) Optimize workloads for performance and SLAs, 3) Simplify the delivery of analytics by leveraging appliances, and 4) Flexibly extend analytic capability as needed. The basis for smart consolidation is to completely optimize your analytics architecture by placing the right workload against the right data, in the right place, at the right cost and the right performance level

12:00pm–1:30pm Utopia B Doug Hubbard	CLOSING KEYNOTE: "NEW TRENDS IN IT MEASUREMENT" Presented by: Doug Hubbard, President, Hubbard Decision Research Discussion: In this keynote session Douglas Hubbard, the author of How to Measure Anything, The Failure of Risk Management, and Pulse will explain new developments in methods for difficult measurements including IT value. Topics will include difficult measurement issues like the cost of brand damage or how to improve on the estimates of experts. Calling on examples from the most recent findings of his research and practical project examples, Doug will show how key measurements can be improved – even when they seemed impossible.

1:30pm–2:00pm	DESSERT, FINAL DRAWINGS & REFRESHMENTS– SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION