| 7:00 am |
Attendee Check-In |
| 7:00 am |
Lake of the Woods Breakfast:
Fresh Seasonal Fruit, Assorted Cereals with Skim and 2% Milk, Freshly Scrambled
Eggs, Maple Cured Bacon, Country Grilled Sausage Links, Homestyle
Grilled Potatoes with Caramelized Onion, Freshly Baked Biscuits,
Danish and Breakfast Breads, Served with Whipped Butter and Fresh
Fruit Preserves, Served Chilled Orange Juice,
Freshly Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Caribou Coffee, Bigelow Tea and Milk |
| 7:50 am |
Welcome Message: Minnesota IT Leadership Forum |
| 8:15 am |
Portfolio Managment |
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 Garrett
Gleason
Vice President, Project Office
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
1. Differences between Project, Program and Portfolio Management
2. Portfolio Planning, a corporate framework for business strategy alignment
3. Project Prioritization, assessing strategic value with investment, risk and
business outcome
4. Project Lifecycle model, a process to provide project governance to minimize
risk and maximize results
5. Governance Structure & Reporting, providing corporate wide view and scorecard
of progress
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| 9:15 am |
Radio Frequency Identification |
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 Dr.
Sanjay Sarma
CTO
OatSystems, Inc.
1. Device Management (Monitoring Firmware updates, etc)
2. ePC provisioning
3. What movements from Log to Database
4. RFID Software Vendor Review
5. RFID Hardware Vendor Review
6. Sharing Data with Business Partners
7. What are the business drivers
8. What are the business benefits
9. What are the future applications
|
| 10:15 am |
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery |
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 Colin
Rankine
Vice President
Forrester Research
1. Business continuity trends today in the post 9-11 world - is it still urgent
2. High availability verses disaster recovery - what blend and balance
3. Creating the need - justifying the expense to senior management
4. Getting started - options and alternatives
5. Implementation and training - engaging the workforce
6. Updates and testing - keeping it fresh and viable
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| 11:15 am |
Moderated Break-Out Sessions |
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During this session each attendee will have the
opportunity to join a break-out group and have a candid discussion regarding
one of the following topics. Each break-out group will be moderated
by one of the featured presenters, sponsors or selected members of the
Minnesota IT Leadership Forum:
1. Security, Microsoft
2. Portfolio Management, Thrivent Financial
3. The CIO Agenda for 2004 and 2005, Gartner
4. Information Life Cycle Management, EMC |
| 12:00 pm |
The Gourmet Deli Buffet Served:
Mediterranean Salad, Cous Cous with Roasted Vegetables, Marinated Seafood Salad,
Dill Havarti, Chedder and Swiss Cheese, Roas Turkey, Roast Beef, Ham, Pastrami,
Vegetable Platter, Potatoe Chips, Assortment of Bread and Rolls, Chefs Selection
of Specialty Deserts, Freshly Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee, Assorted
Soft Drinks, Iced Tea and Mineral Water. |
| 1:15 pm |
Great Communicators Make Great Leaders |
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 John
Baldoni
Internationally Recognized Speaker/Author
Baldoni Consulting
John Baldoni will describe how managers can achieve their leadership
goals by focusing their communications. He will describe what leadership
communication is and how leaders can develop, deliver and sustain their
communications to build trust and drive results. Specifically John will
cover:
Why leaders need to communicate
- What it means to speak, listen and learn as a leader
- How communications propels the leadership process
- How leaders assess the communications climate
- How leaders use communications to sell their ideas
- How to overcome objections
- How leaders use story to get their points across
- How to communicate upward
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| 2:15 pm |
Alignment of IT & the Business |
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 Ken
Wendle
President itSMF USA
HP Lead Solution Architect
1. What are the elements of IT credibility and how organizations can improve
them?
2. How IT best practices can help align technology and business
3. Managing business Expectations / SLAs
4. Collaborating with business on IT investment strategies |
| 3:15 pm |
CIO Panel Presentation: Critical Issues |
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 John
Soat
Senior Executive Editor
Information Week
This panel presentation featuring local CIO’s will share their
views on the following discussion points:
1. How is your roll as a CIO changing within your company?
2. How have the regulatory compliance laws HIPPA, Patriot Act, and Sarbanes affected
your company?
3. What do you see as the next technology shift?
4. As more mergers of application happen how are you going to make the vendors
accountable? |
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 Mike
Thyken
SVP & CIO
Select Comfort
|
 Keith
Payden
CIO
State of Minnesota |
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 Larry
Robbins
SVP & CIO
Thrivent Financia
|
 Alan
Abramson
SVP & CIO
HealthPartners |
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 Ramon
Baez
VP & CIO
Honeywell
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| 4:15 pm |
Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 pm |
Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres |
