Agenda

Wednesday November 1, 2006

Minneapolis Marriott Southwest

6th Annual Minnesota IT Symposium

Knowledge & Networking
Detailed Agenda
7:00 am Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served
7:50 am Welcome Message
8:00 am Is There Still Life in the IT Career
 


Phil Zwieg
Former VP of IS
Northwestern Mutual
BioSynopsis
9:15 am
Moderated Best Practice Discussions
 
  1. Successful Enterprise Deployment of Analytic and Business Intelligence Tools
    Thought Leader: Jerry High, Manager-Analytic Access Tools, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
  2. The Four Ages of IT Management
    Thought Leader: Tom Bishop, CTO, BMC Software
  3. Simplifying Through Global IT Consolidation
    Thought Leader: Jerry O'Connell, Ecolab
  4. Implementing a Cost Effective Data Protection Solution in a Large, Distributed Environment.
    Thought Leader: Amin Kassem,CIO, SHPS
10:30 am Streamlining Your IT Department Through IT Process and IT Consolidation
 
Matthew Miszewski
CIO
State of Wisconsin
BioSynopsis
11:30 am
  1. Aligning Technology with the Business, The Value of Consolidation
    Thought Leader: Jeff Eccles, Vice President Information Technology & Knowledge Cooperative, Taylor Corporation
  2. The Journey to High Availability and Disaster Recovery with a Limited Budget
    Thought Leader: Mark Rude, Director IT Operations, AgStar
    Thought Leader: Scott Ament, Sr Technical Analyst & Team Lead, AgStar
  3. Virtualizing Your Environment – Managing a Run Away Train
    Thought Leader: Andrew Mayberry, Sr. Network Engineer, HighJump Software, a 3M company
12:15 pm Lunch Buffet Served
1:15 pm Privacy - What you Need to Know
 
Michele Shuster
Attorney
Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter
BioSynopsis
2:15 pm CIO Panel Presentation
 
Natan Abraham
Sr. Advisor CIO Group
Forrester Research, Inc.
Bio
 
William J. McGarry
VP of IT & CIO
Saint Jude Medical 
Bio

David A. Albright
EVP & CIO
MoneyGram International, Inc.
Bio
 


Rob Tabb
VP & CIO
Ecolab
Bio


Michael Connly
Chief Information Officer
UnitedHealth Technologies
Bio
3:15 pm Closing Remarks, Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres
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