Tuesday, November 18, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
8:00 am - 4:15 pm | Registration | ||||||||||||||
8:00 am - 8:45 am | Continental Breakfast and Conversation | ||||||||||||||
8:45 am - 9:00 am | Welcome and Overview John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World | ||||||||||||||
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Your IT Roadmap: Concepts to Consider Lynn Gibson, VP and CTO, CHRISTUS Health | ||||||||||||||
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Noisy Times in Wireless GT Hill, Director of Technical Marketing, Ruckus Wireless | ||||||||||||||
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Network-Enabled Cloud Solutions: The Next Phase of Cloud Amy Machi, Director of Offer Development , AT&T | ||||||||||||||
10:30 am - 10:45 am | Morning Break | ||||||||||||||
10:45 am - 12:35 pm | Morning Breakout Sessions | ||||||||||||||
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Moving to the Cloud: Innovating While Weighing Risk Holger Mueller, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research | Datacenter Network Architectures and the Advent of SDN Rohit Mehra, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, IDC | The New Mobile Network Edge in the Era of the Cloud Nolan Greene, Analyst, IDC | The Next Wave of Connectivity: Is 802.11AC Right for You? Zeus Kerravala, Founder & Principal Analyst, ZK Research | |||||||||||
11:25 am - 11:55 am | Reduce Complexity and Drive ROI in the Age of Cyber Threats Michael Holburn, Sales Systems Engineer, Intel Security Dave Johnson, Security Engineer, Digital River | ||||||||||||||
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm | Redefining Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage Andrea Pelosi, Director of Data & Analytics Services, TXU | A Transformation Journey: Evolving Technology and Applications for Mobility David Fung, VP, Product Development & Delivery, Copart, Inc. | Integrating a Cloud Strategy for Data and Social Media Needs Tom LaPlante, CIO, Topgolf | Planning Ahead: Charting Your BI Roadmap Mark Schulz, IT Enterprise Architect, The Texas A&M University System | |||||||||||
12:35 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch & Expo (Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:15pm) | ||||||||||||||
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Expo Hall Theater | ||||||||||||||
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Are You Ready for 802.11ac? GT Hill, Director of Technical Marketing, Ruckus Wireless | The Current Threat Landscape Dean Shroll, Channel Sales Engineer, Sophos | The Path to Network Video Surveillance Alex Walthers, Business Development Programs Account Executive, Axis Communications | Mobile Apps Made Ridiculously Easy Luis Gasca, Sales Engineer, OutSystems Mike Jones, Regional Sales Director, OutSystems | |||||||||||
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm | The Business Impact of Next Generation Firewall Michael Knapp, North America NGFW Systems Engineer Manager, Intel Security | Leveraging the Cloud for Scalable and Simplified Data Storage Warren Arnold, Senior Systems Sales Engineer, Nasuni | Are You Ready for the Next Security Threat? Matthew Hickey, Systems Engineering Manager, Dell SonicWALL | ||||||||||||
3:15 am - 3:45 pm | Your IT Career Roadmap: A Practical Template and Three Key Skills You Need Kevin Parker, Principal, Heidrick & Struggles | ||||||||||||||
3:45 pm | Closing Remarks John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World | ||||||||||||||
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Reception, Closing Remarks and Prize Passport Drawing (in the Expo) |