The next generation of talent threatens to disrupt many established processes within the IT department. These workers use technology to innovate and collaborate. But what happens when they enter the workforce, become management, and use their collective influence to affect change? Corporations are struggling to understand the needs of this generation while providing assurance around compliance and security. Ari Lightman will discuss his experiences with this next generation and how CIOs should be preparing.

Session discovery topics:

• Shifts in consumption habits around IT, data and devices
• Case studies of companies adopting new models to accommodate Gen D
• Social software trends and how this is driving IT commoditization

Two years ago, when Jon Kirby stepped into the role of CIO at AstraZeneca, he inherited a department whose operating model was fundamentally broken, acting simply as order-takers for the business. Drawing on more than a decade of experience as a chief procurement officer, Kirby brought a broader business perspective to his team, building new capabilities and implementing a greater sense of rigor within the department. Now, after two years of integrating the IS and business strategy, he has reduced costs by 20 percent while leading the department to deliver greater value than ever before. In this keynote session, Kirby examines how he was able to bring IS out of its traditional role into the heart of the business.

As the IT landscape continues to grow by leaps and bounds, the cyber threat environment continues to grow and evolve with it. Corporate information security must also adapt to better understand the threat, what must be protected, new defensive methodologies, technologies and measures of risk. It is still incumbent upon the CIO to understand the business implications and bottom-line risks of their IT initiatives. Join Steve Adegbite as he provides trends in the cyber market, real life examples of security lessons learned, advanced methodologies, next generation security analytics, and financial cyber risk analysis.

Session discovery topics:

• Advanced cyber intelligence “Kill Chain” methodology and metrics
• Identifying the metrics that matter
• The four types of economic impact and the true, total cost of a cyber breach

The visionary CIO’s appetite for transformation can be larger than what a company’s legacy systems and corporate culture can stomach. The leadership challenge becomes planning for the business of tomorrow, while maintaining and protecting the business of today. As the pace of technological innovation continues to demand faster processes and workflow, most organizations cannot transform into nimble digital enterprises overnight. In this session, Whitney Bouck challenges the Philadelphia CIO community to imagine how they would deliver business transformation if freed from constraints of cumbersome IT infrastructure. Bouck will lead a discussion about how CIOs can enable collaboration across their workforces and integrate new technologies into their operations to achieve greater growth and productivity.

The amount of data collected daily has reached unprecedented volume, and the data sets have become so complex that it is increasingly difficult to tease insights out of the data. CIOs are struggling to understand the potential value of that data, and are unclear as to where and how to start their Big Data journey. What are the potential areas of business benefits and competitive differentiation from Big Data? What will tomorrow’s Big Data-ready architecture look like and what are the organizational ramifications? How can CIOs sustain a culture of data-driven decision making? Join this Executive Boardroom Discussion, led by discussion leader Michael Wondrasch and moderated by 20-year big data veteran Bill Schmarzo, for an interactive discussion on the big data challenge.

When Dale Danilewitz was named CIO of AmerisourceBergen in early 2012, the $80B industry giant was undergoing a significant transformation. The organization had become intensely decentralized, creating issues of inefficiency and misalignment in an already challenging environment that included new healthcare regulations and increased expectations of IT as a strategic partner. The business charged Danilewitz with leading the organization’s move toward centralization with a new federated strategy — a precarious balance requiring detailed understanding of the business strategy and structure of the organization. Join Danilewitz as he provides insight into his time as a new CIO during this transition, including challenges such as ‘selling’ the organization on the new model and building strong relationships with the board of directors, executive team and AmerisourceBergen’s business units.

As the development of mobile technologies continue to offer business leaders greater (and seemingly limitless) business potential, developing and driving a dynamic mobile strategy has become imperative for enterprise IT leaders. Not all mobile strategies are created equal, however. Join this special Executive Discussion as John Buhl and John Marcante lead an interactive discussion around developing mobile strategies. Through insights from Vanguard’s journey that led to a dynamic and award winning mobile program, Buhl and Marcante will lead enterprise CIOs in discussing how to set and develop your mobile vision, getting key stakeholders’ input and buy-in, and best practices and lessons learned along the way.

Many CIOs acknowledge their employees’ fondness for their own personal technology and welcome the integration of these mobile devices as the future of cloud-based enterprise computing. However, the complicated transition to an un-tethered workforce can present challenges. This executive boardroom discussion, moderated by Derek Lacks and led by discussion leaders Jeff Rishel and James Schinski, will encourage attending CIOs to share their experiences as they implement a virtual desktop system and BYOD. Come prepared to share real-world examples of challenges, innovative solutions and the process of moving toward a decentralized workplace.

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 Rich Borders at 503-972-4031 or rich.borders@evanta.com.

When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency in the early moments of Superstorm Sandy, the New Jersey National Guard went to work. Simultaneously, governor Christie requested a dual status commander and brigadier general James John Grant was appointed. Brave young men and women from across the U.S. selflessly put their lives on the line, battling awesome forces of nature to secure fuel, restore power, maintain order and most importantly, save more than 7,000 lives.

Join this special Luncheon Keynote presentation as brigadier general Grant provides insights into the military’s character-based leadership culture and the critical role that it played in serving those most affected by Superstorm Sandy. Transcending the military, general Grant’s leadership message of the values of culture, selfless service and balance will inspire, educate, entertain and enthrall.

As corporate marketing strategies continue to focus more and more on technology, and with enterprise IT shops seeking opportunities to drive bottom-line growth, the alignment between CIOs and CMOs appears to be a new executive partnership with significant business potential. Join CMO/CIO partners Colin Kelton and John Marcante of the Vanguard Group and Michael Michlovich and Bob Olsen of E. I. du Pont as they provide a candid and interactive discussion on best practices and lessons learned in their working relationships and how they have enabled, innovated and elevated each other’s social media, Big Data and digital marketing strategies.

In today’s digital age, as business is increasingly being done wirelessly, in the cloud or on a mobile device, it’s no secret why organizations are looking to their IT departments to drive major business transformations. Though major implementations can take months (if not years) to complete and often result in an influx of long nights and gray hairs, the impact to the business — when implemented successfully — can be staggering.

Join discussion leaders Bob Dougherty and Chris Kulczytzky, both well-versed in leading significant transformations, as they lead this Executive Boardroom discussion moderated by David Jordan of Tata Consultancy Services, focused on best practices and lessons learned in implementing enterprise-wide business transformation technologies and the end-user change management that often accompanies those projects.

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 Rich Borders at 503-972-4031 or rich.borders@evanta.com.

Mobility in the enterprise is no longer strictly about handsets and aircards; wireless connectivity will soon be built into virtually everything that has a microprocessor. Increasingly, businesses across a multitude of industries are incorporating mobility into their products, systems, and processes to achieve operational efficiencies, increased profitability, establish competitive advantage, and provide an enhanced customer experience. M2M implementations and the integration of mobility with cloud services represent ways in which this transformation is occurring. Integrating mobility into the very fabric of the enterprise’s business represents both an opportunity and challenge. During this interactive discussion, session participants will share perspectives regarding opportunities to integrate mobility into their business at this level, how to articulate a strategy for doing so that resonates with their peers on the senior leadership team, and the key role that partners can play in designing and fulfilling the vision.

For business leaders, uncertain economic times can be even more challenging than down ones. The U.S. economy is at an historic crossroads and important decisions hang in the balance. Enterprise CIOs want to know, will the economy fall back into another recession, or are improvements in the housing and auto sales markets signs of an upturn and more prosperous times ahead? What impact will the European and Asian markets have on domestic and global business? What role can technology to play in anticipating future downturns?

Join Dr. Martin Fleming as he provides insight and context into today’s domestic and global macroeconomic climate. Through a historic framework that has helped IBM understand and anticipate the events that have occurred over the past few years, Dr. Fleming’s insights will help you understand how to assess the events that are occurring.