What happens when an age-old institution is confronted with its own mortality? For years the NYSE operated in a protected world, building an enviable position as the leading platform for capital creation globally, indeed a veritable symbol of capitalism. Then in a short period of time, a series of regulatory and structural changes turned the world upside down, threatening its very existence. By 2011, when LinkedIn joined a growing chorus of technology companies choosing to list with NYSE, the market’s view of the “old and stodgy” NYSE had radically changed. When the history book is written about this turn-around, will it view technology as an enabler in the Exchange’s resurgence, or a hindrance? What parallels can be drawn to the current existential crisis in the financial industry, and what lessons should be learned?

Over the past few years we’ve entered an information explosion. From user-generated content to machine-generated content, social media, raw data and endless other sources of data, the rate and complexity of corporate information being created has led to a big data challenge for CIOs. There are many implications of big data when it comes to how organizations function, and CIOs are defining the roles and developing opportunities for maximum impact. In this discussion, three IT leaders will share strategies for navigating this data transformation and insights into some of the tools and technologies for effectively managing today’s information. When it comes to enabling and enhancing the business the big data challenge is just getting interesting.

As IT leaders shift their focus to revenue growth and enhancing the customer experience, they’re looking to mobile solutions to deliver new business opportunities. Organizations are increasingly deploying mobile devices and apps, social and cloud-based services, and are being rewarded with significant productivity gains, cost savings and a higher level of customer satisfaction. But how do IT leaders support corporate applications on mobile devices to enable the workforce while balancing the issue of security? What policies and level of protection are required for different types of data with mobile access to internal systems? Join this discussion with your CIO peers to explore business successes through mobile innovation and strategies for balancing security challenges.

Due to the format of the Executive Boardroom session, there are a limited number of seats available. Seating priority will be given to CIOs. To reserve your seat, please contact Mike Veselik at 503-972-3249, or mike.veselik@evanta.com. Sponsor participation is limited to Boardroom sponsor attendees only.

John Fiore is leading IT transformation initiatives at the Bank of New York Mellon where his team is implementing tools and technologies to provide competitive advantage for lines of business within its global markets. Fiore and his team are showing the business what’s possible when it comes to acquiring and retaining customers and building revenue with mobile solutions. Join Fiore along with his CIO of Enterprise e-commerce Initiatives, Shekar Pannala, as they share how they’re delivering highly innovative, mobile-based applications at BNY Mellon.

Session discovery topics:

• Choosing a platform or delivery mode
• Allocating resources between in-house talent or outsourced partners
• Securing the mobile app store

What is the single biggest value-generator to the business? Many would say that it’s people - engaging, communicating and collaborating about your products and services. In order to capture these insights, CIOs need social enterprise tools that enable anytime, anywhere collaboration. Companies like L’Oreal and Cushman & Wakefield are considering the benefits of social technologies and applications and their potential impact on employees, customers and business partners. In this session Polly Sumner, Barry Gillmore and Craig Cuyar will explore the implications of cloud-enabled social business strategies and how CIOs can build communities and empower employees and customers alike.

Martha Poulter shares her management philosophy and leadership strategies running information technology for one of the largest financial services companies in the world. As CIO for GE Capital, Poulter is continuously assessing the skills and tools necessary to support the growth of the organization — from rethinking outsourcing and building technical talent, to implementing collaboration tools and developing technology strategies for internal users and GE customers. In this session, she describes her approaches to elevating the IT conversation within the business, leveraging the IT business value proposition, partnering successfully with the C-Suite and defining technology’s future impact within the organization. Poulter will also share GE’s leadership philosophy “We All Rise,” which is the cornerstone for leadership development and talent management at GE.

New technology trends have an interesting defining characteristic — they tend to smash through the landscape in large disruptive waves. Lars Leckie from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners will give a venture capitalist’s perspective on the disruptive and emerging technologies that global CIOs need to be investing in today. These areas include hadoop/big data, open source, SaaS, mobile and security. Hummer Winblad regularly welcomes CIOs, likely including some of your competitors, to visit a couple times a year to find the next technology waves they need to ride. The question is, can you afford to let the competition get ahead?

How do CIOs harness the power of innovative mobile and digital technologies to deliver the right consumer experience that drives competitive advantage? Noted technology visionary Mukund Balasubramanian and Barry Gilmore with L’Oreal USA discuss the innovation process and what CIOs need to consider when it comes to maximizing these new mobile and digital solutions and translating them into real value for the business.

Session discovery topics:

• Leveraging partners to accelerate innovation
• Balancing marketing vs. IT needs
• Understanding the right degree of centralization in multi-brand organizations

CIOs work hard at developing and retaining highly skilled employees who fit their corporate culture. Oftentimes, the hit-or-miss on turning a promising candidate into a successful employee is based purely upon subjective measures like intuition and past experience. Companies like Disney and Ritz-Carlton have in part solved this mystery by mastering a strengths-based thinking model and created innovative corporate cultures that have become their competitive advantage. In this interactive presentation, Benson Smith takes you on a journey to identify your team’s talents and leadership abilities so that you can maximize their skills and capabilities. As an added bonus, better understanding your own strengths as a leader will enable you to leverage your greatest areas of talent and position you for an even more successful career.

No matter what industry, an organization’s ability to manage and mine data is critical to enhancing and expanding the business. From finance to healthcare, organizations are focusing on information projects to differentiate, expand and guide decisions. But what effect is big data having on enterprise CIO data management strategies? How are traditional BI strategies evolving with the need for big data analysis? What challenges and opportunities does big data present to CIOs? Join this discussion for a better understanding of the role of IT when it comes to data management.

Due to the format of the Executive Boardroom session, there are a limited number of seats available. Seating priority will be given to CIOs. To reserve your seat, please contact Mike Veselik at 503-972-3249, or mike.veselik@evanta.com. Sponsor participation is limited to Boardroom sponsor attendees only.

David Kline leads IT at Viacom and Viacom Media Networks where he’s responsible for delivering content across various television, motion picture and digital platforms around the world. Leading IT at one of the world’s largest entertainment content companies requires a dynamic leader, and Kline has achieved success by changing the brand of IT within the organization. He’s encouraging his enterprise to show what is possible, outline it in business terms and implement and measure it in a way that’s meaningful to the business. Kline is changing the traditional IT management style at Viacom and challenging his team to question, communicate, and above all, be honest. Join this passionate IT leader as he shares strategies on building an IT organization that is business-driven, customer-focused, and most of all, a trusted partner.

The CIOs of 2012 are repositioning, re-branding and re-imagining IT. As CIOs move from technology specialists to high-level business strategists, they’re transforming and elevating the role of IT within their organizations. The last decade CIOs were focused on streamlining IT, but they’ve maximized efficiencies and re-structured their organizations and are now focused on taking IT to the next level. So what does the next decade hold in store for CIOs? Supporting the business? Driving the business? Generating the business? This isn’t your traditional IT shop, and CIOs in New York aren’t waiting for someone else to decide — they’re ready to re-define the role of the CIO in 2012. This discussion will explore the strategies, solutions and leadership that will take us there.

Bill Miller has been practicing IT financial management for more than 10 years at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company where he is focused on applying business practices throughout the IT organization to optimize budgets and improve ROI. In his unique role, Miller is bridging the gap between IT and the business, helping Nationwide achieve greater business value through its IT investments. He’s learned that there is an art to delivering intelligent insights to non-IT leaders, and that there is also such a thing as too much transparency. In this session, you’ll gain valuable insights on communicating the business value of IT as well as strategies for translating and selling technology to business partners.

IBM’s Chairman Sam Palmisano has defined innovation as “the intersection of invention and insight.” In a company of more than 400,000 employees in 170 countries, how does one find this intersection, and how does one leverage it to help transform the enterprise?

Dr. Françoise LeGoues, one of IBMs most influential leaders and dynamic speakers, discusses the tools, programs and processes used by the IBM CIO’s organization to enable collaborative innovation throughout the company, and to identify, pilot, nurture, and eventually bring to maturity those innovative solutions that are transforming the way IBMers do their jobs. She also reviews some of the new technologies and solutions introduced through this process to the IBM population and to IBM’s clients.