Agenda
Wednesday November 15, 2006
Sheraton St. Louis City Center
Inaugural St. Louis IT Symposium, hosted by SIM


| 8:00 am |
Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served |
| 8:50 am |
Welcome Message |
| 9:00 am |
Is There Still Life in the IT Career |
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| 10:15 am |
Moderated Best Practice Discussions |
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- Simplifying Your Data Center
Thought Leader: Jeff Maynard, Director Infrastructure Technology, Thompson Coburn
- Software License Management and Compliancy Advisor
Thought Leader: Linda Platt, Distributed Support Management - License Manager, US Bank
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| 11:30 am |
IT Solutions Driving Scientific Achievement and Competitive Advantage |
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Dr. Jason Bull
Enterprise Applications Strategy Lead
Monsanto
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| 12:15 pm |
Lunch Buffet Served |
| 1:15 am |
The Anheuser-Busch IT/Business Partnership – From Strategy to Implementation |
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Mark A. Schmitt
Senior Director, Supply Chain & Administrative Systems Finance Division
Anheuser-Busch Information Technology
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| 2:15 pm |
Moderated Best Practice Discussions |
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- Preparing Your Litigation Response Plan
Thought Leader: Stephen Stewart, Subject Matter Expert - Compliance and Regulatory Issues
- Winning Back Customers Through Analytics
Thought Leader:: Executive Director of Enterprise Business Intelligence of Prominent Telco
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| 3:15pm |
CIO Panel Presentation |
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Natan Abraham
Sr. Advisor CIO Group
Forrester Research, Inc.
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Michael T. Abbene
VP & CIO
Arch Coal, Inc
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Christoph H. Schmidt
SVP of Planning & IS
CSI Leasing, Inc.
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Eric S. Nichols
VP of IT & CIO
Solutia Inc.
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Debbie Erickson
VP & CIO
Metro St. Louis
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| 4:15 pm |
Closing Remarks, Cocktail Reception with Hors d'oeuvres |