PEM Conferences

7:00am	REGISTRATION - Foyer

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

8:15am-8:30am Salon 2 Marc DiFrancisco	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONS

8:30am-9:30am Salon 2 David Corrigan	KEYNOTE- “HARNESSING THE POWER OF BIG DATA TO TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS” Presented by: David Corrigan, Director of Product Marketing for IBM's InfoSphere portfolio, 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 Salon 1 Sasi Pillay Debi Piccus	"EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES" Moderated by: Al Rhoades, IT Director - Commercial Software Systems, Applied Industrial Panelists: Sasi Pillay, CTO, NASA Andrew Balazs, JR, VP IT, Medical Mutual Debi Piccus, CIO, Duramax Marine

Session 2 Salon 4 Jason Linden Paul Timmerman	“MOBILE STRATEGIES AND MARKET TRENDS” Moderators: Jason Linden, Virtualization Consulting Manager, AdvizeX Paul Timmerman, Vice President of Solution Strategy, AdvizeX Discussion: AdvizeX Technologies will host a panel of customers and industry experts for a real world discussion about End User Computing. Each expert will share their experiences with virtual desktops and answer questions from the audience in this roundtable discussion. Don’t miss this chance to ask your questions and talk with the experts.

11:30am –12:30pm Session 1 Salon 1 Sandra Rapp Albert Edwards Jr. Leo Schuster	“STRATEGIC IT PLANNING” Panelists: Sandra Rapp, Director IT, Timken Albert Edwards Jr., Director IT, Cleveland Clinic Leo Schuster, Director IT, Nationwide

12:30pm –2:00pm	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE-OPEN

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

2:30pm–3:30pm Session 1 Salon 1 Chad Wyckoff	“SECURTY RISKS: ALIGNING IT SECURITY TO THE ENTERPRISE BUSINESS STRATEGY” Presented by: Chad Wyckoff, CISO, Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Discussion: Aligning IT strategy to an enterprise business strategy is one key to success but companies can’t forget to align its IT security and IT risk programs to both to ensure IT can provide secure technology enablement of these strategies. I will focus on the upcoming technology trends that every company will experience and the related security trends and threats that you need to be aware of. These security trends and threats are real and most organizations are fighting a losing battle. The alignment and integration of business, technology and security strategies is the key to every company’s ongoing success and prepares you for the challenges ahead.

Session 2 Salon 4 Justin Barr Leslie Chom	“SHAREPOINT” Panelists: Justin Barr, Manager SharePoint Technology, Meyers Industries Leslie Chom, Web & Application Development Manager, Cleveland Clinic Robert Clemente, IT Manager, Progressive Insurance

3:45pm–5:00pm Salon 2 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.

5:00pm-7:00pm	EXECUTIVE RECEPTION – SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE PAVILION 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" June 8, 2012 Embassy Suites Hotel Independence, OH
7:30am	REGISTRATION - Foyer

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

9:00am–9:15am Salon 2 Marc DiFrancisco	WELCOME Marc Di Francisco, President, CIO Forum & Executive IT Summit PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONS

9:15am-10:15am Salon 2 Dan Roberts	KEYNOTE: "DEVELOPING THE IT WORKFORCE OF THE 21ST CENTURY" Moderated by: Dan Roberts, President, Ouelette & Associates Discussion: Over the past 25 years, we have seen IT departments evolve from a back office support function into a strategic business driver that leads the way in innovation and revenue growth. Savvy CIO’s have shifted their focus from aligning IT with the business to a mantra that says “we are the business.” To be successful in this environment and to integrate IT as a critical member of the business decision making team, these leaders are focusing on identifying, growing and developing the IT workforce and culture of the 21st century. They are committed to building a workforce that has the right mix of relationship management and business partner engaging skills, business acumen, and technical understanding.

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

11:00am–12:00pm Session 2 Salon 4 Peter Kohler	“BUILDING AN ENTERPRISE-WIDE DATA MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: FROM CREATION TO RETENTION TO DISPOSAL" Presented by: Peter Kohler, Business Unit Executive, IBM Discussion: Today’s organizations depend on business-critical enterprise applications to drive results and meet the challenges of daily operations. However, as applications and databases collect and accumulate a wealth of business information, organizations face significant data management challenges. Without a repeatable and established process, spiraling data growth can negatively impact application responsiveness, hinder data accessibility and increase storage and operational costs. Join us as we discuss strategies and review case studies from other organizations who have successfully overcome these challenges. Gain insight on the crucial areas for building a successful data management, retention and disposal strategy. And learn what key requirements to consider when evaluating solutions to support your strategies.

12:00pm–1:30pm Salon 2 George Gazdick Bennett Gaines Raymond Voelker Andrew Platt	LUNCHEON KEYNOTE:- “BUSINESS INNOVATION AND IT ALIGNMENT” Moderated by: George Gazdick, CIO, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP. Panelists: Bennett Gaines, CIO, First Energy Raymond Voelker, CIO, Progressive Corporation Andrew Platt, VP IS & CIO, The J. M. Smucker Company

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