12th Annual Kansas City IT Symposium
Previous Events
| 7:30 am | Attendee Check-In; Breakfast Buffet Served |
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| 8:20 am | Welcome Message |
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| 8:30 am | Opening Keynote |
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| 9:15 am | Networking Break |
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| 9:45 am | Disaster Recovery – JE Dunn’s Journey from recovery weeks to recovery hours
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Quail II |
![]() Ben McDavid Systems Manager JE Dunn Disaster Recovery is one of those topics that gets talked about from time to time but inevitably very little action is taken. The fact is, today’s reliance on technology to drive business is unquestionable. Downtime that was once an inconvenience will now cripple an organization. This session will lead you through what JE Dunn did to build a reliable, testable, and scalable DR process. You will learn what we did right, what we could have done better, and what we have planned for the future. |
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| 9:45 am | Managing & Leveraging Mobile Technology in 2012 and Beyond |
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Quail III |
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This panel will offer a forthcoming perspective on how mobile technology will shape the way companies continue to do business, and how the IT organization will have to adapt to what experts consider the inevitable mix and match environment of the very near future.
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| 9:45 am | Breakout Session |
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Quail IV |
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| 10:30 am | Networking Break |
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| 10:45 am | Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) |
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Quail II |
![]() Larry Sellers Director of Technology Stormont-Vail Healthcare Larry Sellers will present Stormont-Vail Healthcare's practical implementation of BYOD. Stormont-Vail has recently implemented a BYOD offering to its physician and mid-level practitioner populations. Stormont-Vail HealthCare is an integrated health care system serving a 12-county area in northeast Kansas. Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, located in Topeka, Kan., is a 586-bed acute care center that provides inpatient, outpatient and a variety of community outreach services. Larry will showcase business drivers that led to the concept, support strategy, end-user use agreements and the technical details of the implementation. |
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| 10:45 am | Break Out Session |
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Quail III |
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| 11:30 am | Hot Lunch Buffett Served |
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| 12:30 pm | Gone in 60 Seconds! |
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Grand Ballroom |
![]() Chris Roberts Founder, CISO and Chief Geek One World Labs Chris (CEO of One World Labs) is going to take a long, hard look at the basics that are still unprotected in our IT environments, as well as examining some of the upcoming technologies being implemented... and the challenges with them. Be sure to disable your BlueTooth, leave your luxury car at home, and switch off all the electronics! Mr. Roberts will cover topics including risk reduction, policy implementation, systems configuration and other areas of interest to both the technical audience as well as the executive leadership. The discussion will provide an understanding of technical considerations as well as the business, fiduciary and legal responsibilities within any organization. The presentation will also examine business awareness to the security climate in today's world, and how Information Security should be reacting and working with clients. Chris will also discuss the impact of both technical and policy-based solutions giving examples, case studies and real world examples of where ideas have both worked and fallen on the rocks. Finally, there will be a review of proactive options for intelligence gathering and preemptive threat analysis techniques to help attendees understand the security threats facing them today and how to protect against them. The session will review threat modeling, risk assessments and talk about the successful implementations of Information Security Threat Models. |
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| 1:15 pm | Networking Break |
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| 1:45 pm | SharePoint: A Knowledge Management and Social Platform |
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Quail II |
Rich Perkins IT Portfolio Manager Black & Veatch This presentation will provide a high-level overview of the guiding principles of Black & Veatch’s Knowledge Management practices including insight into that organizations extensive deployment of SharePoint as a KM and Professional Networking platform. This presentation includes discussion and live demonstration of B&V’s SharePoint-based Project, Intranet, Dashboard, Community, and Professional Networking platform. |
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| 1:45 pm | Data Center 2.0…The Evolution of the Virtualized Data Center |
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Quail III |
![]() sponsored by IP Pathways Shane Maas IT Manager Guide One Insurance Virtualization changed the data center by allowing consolidation, unification and simplified management. The physical footprint of the data center became smaller as underutilized servers were virtualized and consolidated. Fast forward 4-5 years later in the virtualization journey and with expanded capabilities in both hardware and software, we are beginning the 2nd phase of virtualization which we call Data Center 2.0. Data Center 2.0 is about further consolidation and includes Tier 1 applications and desktops. The end state is a more efficient, consolidated, scalable and reliable data center that allows IT to be more reactive to the needs of the business. Shane Maas of GuideOne will discuss GuideOne’s virtualization journey and how Data Center 2.0 is benefiting IT and the business as a whole. |
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| 1:45 pm | Security Considerations (Strategic/Operational) in Managing Mobile Devices |
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Quail IV |
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This panel will offer a forthcoming perspective on how mobile technology will shape the way companies continue to do business, and how the IT organization will have to adapt to what experts consider the inevitable mix and match environment of the very near future.
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| 2:30 pm | Networking Break |
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| 2:45 pm | Selling IT Projects to “the business” |
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Quail II |
![]() Sam Passer Vice President, Program Services CommunityAmerica Credit Union Projects that are approved to move forward in many organizations are not always what’s best for the company. Often times, critical projects are ignored and key areas within the organization are neglected. IT can fall victim to this trap. This session is geared to examining the pitfalls IT projects can face in the approval process and how to better position your projects to have a better chance of being approved and maybe even getting your entire organization excited about your next IT project. |
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| 2:45 pm | Order Out of Chaos: A Proactive Approach to Disruptive Technology |
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Quail III |
sponsored by Lightedge SolutionsCarl Waldenmaier CIO & President ActNow, LLC “The only thing constant in life is change.” It is quite apparent that the foundation of Information Technology for business has been shifting beneath our feet, but the question is; are we just waiting for the change to occur or are we embracing it? Carl will discuss the problems with simply reacting to changes in the business environment and explain how embracing disruptive technology in our strategy will put us ahead of the curve and reduce our IT headaches through more strategic planning and creative solutions.
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| 3:30 pm | Networking Break |
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| 3:45 pm | Social Media – A Business Perspective |
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Quail III |
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| 4:30 pm | Closing Remarks & Networking Reception |
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Grand Ballroom |
Enjoy this complimentary cocktail reception featuring an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and conversation. Make this an important element of your attendance to the IT Symposium. The ability to network and collaborate with your peers in an open and no-hype environment will prove to provide long lasting value to your key business initiatives moving forward. | |





















sponsored by Lightedge Solutions