Downtown Lunch Meeting

Topic:   Managing Innovation, Agility and Growth through Convergence of Business and Technology

Speaker:   Faisal Hoque, Chairman and CEO, BTM Corporation

When:   Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:30am - 2:00pm

Where:   233 S. Wacker Drive - Metropolitan Club - Sears Tower – Michigan Room - 66th floor

Today's economic landscape requires new thinking and next generation management capabilities to gain the full value of technology by converging it with the business to create a 'whole-brained' enterprise. He will define the key management capabilities needed to shift focus from quarter-to-quarter thinking toward the fundamentals of how enterprises will be shaped under the current global climate.

Join Hoque for this significant dialog centered on the imperatives CIOs must focus on to elevate the technology organization by driving 'whole-brained' organizational shifts to deliver value.

Session highlights include:

  • What are the qualities of a converged enterprise
  • What business models are needed to deliver agility on an ongoing basis
  • How to prepare your organization to continue to innovate and grow during an economic downturn

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Additional Details:  

Agenda:
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Informal Networking
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Announcements
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker and Q&A
2:00 p.m. – Presentation concludes

Cost:

Members: $40 if registered through Friday, May 15; $50 thereafter

Guests: $60 if registered through Friday, May 15; $70 thereafter
*Must be accompanied by a SIM member

Sustaining Partner:

SIM – Chicago Chapter (One of Our Own)
Dr. Gezinus Hidding

Dr. Hidding, an associate professor at Loyola University, Chicago was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal in a jointly written article titled “The IT Platform Principle: The First Shall not be Last”. Congratulations to Dr. Hidding (a SIM Member) on this nationally published article. You can read the article at:
“The IT Platform Principle: The First Shall not be Last”

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