2nd Annual Nebraska IT Symposium : Agenda

2nd Annual Nebraska IT Symposium

2011 Nebraska

7:00 am	Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served
7:50 am	Welcome Message
8:00 am	Building an Innovative I.T. Culture
	Ray Bender Research Advisor Forrester CIO Group
9:15 am	Transformation: Changing IT’s Focus from Technology to Business Value
	Jeff O'Hare SVP Enterprise IT West Corporation
10:30 am	Positioning Your Company to React to the Business Needs More Quickly
	Beth Schmidt Director Application Development Farm Credit Services of America Lou Thomas Director Application Development Farm Credit Services of America
11:30 am	Moderated Best Practice Discussions
	Field Training Exercise: The Use of Mobile Computing to Enable Cultural Change in a 140 Year Old Company Thought Leader: James Bell, General Manager Operating Services, Union Pacific Railroad Leveraging Voice Over IP and Unified Messaging . Thought Leader: Robert Carlson, Manager, Advanced Technologies and Engineering, HDR Inc.
12:15 pm	Lunch Buffet Served
1:15 pm	How to Develop a Strong CIO – CEO Relationship
	Peter Stockhausen Former CIO Manpower
2:15 pm	CIO Panel Presentation
	Ray Bender Research Advisor Forrester CIO Group
	Jeff O'Hare SVP Enterprise IT West Corporation	David Mannering Chief Information Officer Lincoln Electric System
	Walter Weir Chief Information Officer University of Nebraska	Robert Rubio Vice President, Information Services Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
3:00 pm	Closing Remarks, Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres