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Agenda
Wednesday, May 16
8:15 am - 4:30 pmRegistration Open
8:15 am - 9:00 amBreakfast and Conversation
9:00 am - 9:15 amIT Roadmap: Overview and Opening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Events
9:15 am - 9:45 amBusiness in the Fast Lane: How to Create a Real-Time, Know-It-All, Agile Enterprise
Ken Piddington, CIO & Executive Advisor, MRE Consulting, Ltd.
9:45 am - 10:15 amGDPR: Leveraging Insights to Action to Become GDPR-Ready
Zachary Bosin, Director, Solutions Marketing, Veritas
10:15 am - 10:30 amMorning Networking Break
10:30 am - 12:10 pmMorning Breakout Sessions
10:30 am - 11:00 am Adapt, Adopt, and Improve: Pulling Your Multicloud Together
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Cybersecurity in a Virtual World
Johna Till Johnson, CEO & Founder, Nemertes Research
Enterprise Acceleration: IT’s Role in Creating Organizational Agility
Alan Lepofsky, Analyst, Constellation Research, Inc.
11:05 am - 11:35 amIT Infrastructure Trends: From On-Prem to the Enterprise Cloud
Jeremy Ross, Global Systems Architect , Nutanix
Why Cloud Visibility is the Foundation for Cloud Security
Loyd McBride, Sr. Systems Engineer, Ixia
11:40 am - 12:10 pmCommunications and Collaboration in the Digital Workspace
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Technologies to Watch: Machine Learning, AI, Cognitive Computing and More
Johna Till Johnson, CEO & Founder, Nemertes Research
Balancing Transformational and Tactical Priorities
Sameer Purao, CIO, Austin Industries
12:15 pm - 12:45 pmIT Roadmap Panel of Industry Experts
Roy Donaldson, Sr. Manager, Technical Solutions, K2
Tyler Crompton, Senior Account Manager, Logitech
Rob Haine, VP of Sales for Network Performance and Cloud, Viavi Solutions
Greg Kuchar, Account Executive, Zerto
Moderator: Mike McGoldrick, VP, IDG Events
12:45 pm - 2:00 pmLunch & Networking
2:00 pm - 3:10 pmAfternoon Breakout Sessions
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmThe New Wireless Network: Using AI to Deliver Improved Wi-Fi and BLE Experiences
Jeff Aaron, VP of Marketing, Mist Systems
Empowering the Citizen Developer to Scale Digital Transformation Across the Enterprise
Roy Donaldson, Sr. Manager, Technical Solutions, K2
2:40 pm - 3:10 pmData at the Speed of Business: A CIO’s Perspective
Ken Piddington, CIO & Executive Advisor, MRE Consulting, Ltd.
Cybersecurity Introspection: How a Pre-Breach Assessment Helps You See Around the Corner
Norman Comstock, ISACA Expert Speaker, Immediate Past President, ISACA Houston Chapter, ISACA
3:20 pm - 3:50 pmLeveraging Intelligent Automation with Cognitive Capabilities and Deep Learning
Raveendra Boggaram, Senior Director, Global Digital Services & Platforms, PepsiCo Inc.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmReception and Passport Prize Drawings
4:30 pmEvent Concludes