Special INVITE: Siliconindia CIO Strategy Summit [June 23, 2011 (Thrusday) in Mumbai]

Hello All,

How are you doing?

SiliconIndia is organizing CIO Strategy Summit on June 23, 2011 (Thrusday) in Mumbai.

This close-door CIO summit will bring CIOs, CTO’s and other IT decision makers together for an invigorating exchange of information, trend and insights. CIO’s of over 100 large & mid scale companies will attend this event.

CIO Strategies Summit, Mumbai  is one such dynamic forum that would address the challenges and opportunities ahead for CIO’s to finalize the roadmap for the next financial year. This summit will facilitate an informal discussion amongst the IT decision makers about the best technology practices of companies, what works, what doesn’t work, potential pitfalls and other challenges. They delve into candid, solution- seeking discussions focused on CIO-level issues — the challenges and pressures unique to CIO’s. Where are the new technology opportunities? What are the rising trends?  How do we maximize productivity and minimize the cost? What are the best technologies on the horizon? Which breakthrough technologies driving adoption?

The discussion at CIO strategy summit would comprise of industry thought leaders. It would be an informal and highly interactive session wherein your opinion also matters.

Confirmed Speaker's:

Jitendra Mishra,GM-IT, Elder Pharma

Jinoy Mathew,Group Head - IT, UTV Software Communications

Mukund Prasad,Director - Corporate Strategy, Business Excellence & Group CIO , Welspun Group

Tarun Pandey,Vice President-IT, Aditya Birla Financial Services Group

Pratap Gharge,Executive Vice President & CIO, Bajaj Electricals

Mani Mulki,Chief Information Officer, Pidilite

Bihag Lalaji,Vice President (Special Projects), Ambuja Cements 

Vijay Sethi,Vice President-IS and CIO, Hero Honda Motors 

Venkat Iyer,Sr. Vice President - Information Technology , STAR India

Meheriar Patel,Chief Technology Officer & Head - Information Technology, Globus

Anil Nama,CIO, CtrlS Datacenters

Gaurav Mohan,VP Channels & Head of Mumbai Region, Huawei

Vivek Kale,Group CIO, Raymond

Vikas Gadre,VP – New Business Initiatives, Tata Chemicals Limited

Sunil Mehta,Sr. VP & Area Systems Director-Central Asia, JWT

Rajesh Raghavan,Solutions Architect, Serena Software

Date:June 23rd, 2011 (Thursday)

Time: 3:00 - 8:10

Venue:Ballroom 1 & 2 ITC Grand Central,287, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road Parel, Mumbai - 400012

We will be shortly announcing the speakers for this summit. In the meanwhile, we would request you to block your date and kindly let us know your availability so that we can reserve a seat for you, as we have limited seats. SiliconIndia CIO Strategy Summit is an invitation-only event.

Agenda:

3:30 to 4:15:- topic - What CEOs and the Board Expects from the CIO and IT

Panel 1: IT management can become saturated by supply-side thinking, about what the IT industry will offer next and how best to assimilate that. Instead, this session looks at the demand side from the top down — what are boards and CEOs thinking and what business agenda must IT leaders deliver to? You will find out what they CEOs are thinking about technology at the strategic level, what they think about CIOs and what needs to be done as a result.

3:45 to 4:15:-

Keynote: topic - Key Role of Transformational CIO in Driving Innovation and Generating Business Growth in a Reset World

4:15 to 4:35:- Company Session 

4:35 to 5:20:- Panel 2: CIO Skill sets to meet Management Expectations

CIOs will discover how to translate strategic direction into actionable results, achieve the innovation required for competitive business advantage, and lead an organization's transformation of its IT capabilities.

5:20 to 5:35: Company Session 

5:35 to 6:00: Tea Break

6:00 to 6:45: Panel 3: The Competitive CIO: Driving Business Forward

How do CIOs bring the business acumen and core values they have gained from the experience back into the IT department? How can CIOs retain their IT role, while effectively using their skills and passion to provide value within several divisions of the company?

6:45 to 7:05: Company Session

7:05 to 7:25: Company Session 

7:25 to 8:10  Panel 4: Emerging Technologies and Trends: The Game Changer? 

New technologies such as cloud based services, social media and virtualization give CIOs tools to change IT's direction, strategy and operational profile to pursue growth and continued cost reduction strategies. Adoption of these technologies has accelerated and is accelerating changes in the role, structure and purpose of IT. The time to act is now as CIOs expect broad scale adoption of these technologies within the next four years. In this panel, get a peek into how some of the forward thinking CIOs are betting on new technologies to enable faster growth in their businesses.

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