Agenda

Wednesday May 4, 2005

Overland Park Marriott

5th Annual Kansas City IT Symposium

Knowledge & Networking
Detailed Agenda
7:00 am Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served
7:45 am Welcome Message: Kansas City IT Leadership Forum
8:00 am Running IT as a Business - Connecting Vision to Reality and then to Results
 
Bill Davis
EVP, COO
Magellan Associates

BioSynopsis
9:15 am
Moderated Break-Out Sessions
 

1. Adopting a Data Integration Strategy
2. IP Communications: Maximizing Return on Investment
3. Addressing Compliance with a Tiered Storage Strategy

10:30 am Creating the Intelligent Enterprise
  Don Browning
Software Product Specialist
Sirius

BioSynopsis
11:30 am Delivering IT's Contribution: The CIO Agenda
  Terry Moore
VP and Managing Program Director
Gartner EXP

BioSynopsis
12:15 pm Lunch Buffet Served
1:15 pm Applying the Balanced Scorecard Process to an IT Organization
  Tim Blevins
CIO Department of Revenue
State of Kansas

BioSynopsis
2:15 pm Leveraging IT for Business Results
  Mike Laddin
President & Senior Partner
LeaderPoint

BioSynopsis
3:15 pm Moderated Break-Out Sessions
 

1. New Realities in Security Management
2. Addressing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements through CMMI-based process improvement
3. Quality Assurance and Testing

4:15 pm Closing Remarks
4:30 pm Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres