Agenda

Thursday October 19, 2006

Hy-Vee Conference Center

5th Annual Iowa IT Symposium

Knowledge & Networking
Detailed Agenda
8:00 am Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served
8:50 am Welcome Message
9:00 am Getting IT Right – Improving the Business Value of Technology in State Government
 
John P. Gillispie
Chief Operation Officer
Information Technology Enterprises
Bio Synopsis
10:15 am
Moderated Best Practice Discussions
 
  1. The Struggle with Outsourcing: When Outsourcing Makes Sense and When it Does Not.
    Presented by: Randy Remington, VP, Director of Information Technology, Bankers Trust Co.
  2. Get It Together: Driving Data Quality and Data Integration Initiatives for Deeper Customer Perspective
    Presented by: Jeff Hoffman, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Chubb & Son
  3. Consolidating Distributed Data back to the Data Center
    Presented by Randy Cairns, AVP & Corp. Security Office, American Republic Insurance
11:30 am Privacy - What you Need to Know
 

Michele Shuster
Attorney
Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter
BioSynopsis
12:30 pm Lunch Buffet Served
1:30 pm Pursuing IT Excellence through Service Management Processes
  Kathy Lang
CIO
Marquette University
BioSynopsis
2:30 pm Moderated Best Practice Discussions
 
  1. Updating WAN Connectivity: Avoiding the Potholes
    Presented by: Dave Thalacker, Director of IT, Ruan Transport Corporation
  2. Creating a Service Oriented Architecture to Integrate Business Information to Support Processes, Compliance and Decision Making
    Presented by: Jeff Gleason, Director, IT Strategies, Aegon Transamerica
3:30 pm Moderated CIO Panel Presentation
 
Randy Cairns
AVP & Corporate Security Officer
American Enterprise
Bio

Steve Printz
VP & CIO
Pella Corporation
Bio
 
Mark Davison
VP & CIO
Bandag, Inc.
Bio

Cristina Thomas
VP & CIO
Mercy Medical Center
Bio
4:30 pm Closing Remarks, Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres