iOpener Conference 2009

WHEN

Friday, August 28, 2009 - 7:30am - 12:00pm

WHERE

TBD

This year’s iOpener event will bring together CIOs, Entrepreneurs, IT Professionals and students to brainstorm around what fosters and contributes to an IT culture of innovation. Members of the Chicago Information Technology community will moderate roundtable discussions with iOpener attendees to discuss the criteria an organization must have in order to develop and grow a culture of innovation. Not only will this eye opening event leave you with a collection of new concepts you can bring back to your own organization, the ideas will be used as the criteria to identify the 2009 i.c.stars’ CIO of the Year.

Agenda

7:30 - Registration and Breakfast
8:15 - Welcome address - Ed Earl, CIO, Littelfuse
8:30 - CEO of the Year Award
8:45 - Keynote, Insight
9:10 - Break
9:40 - Thoughts on Innovation, Dale Kutnick, Senior Vice President, Gartner Group
9:55 - Lance Pressl, President of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Foundation
10:15 - "Our Culture of Innovation" - Sandee Kastrul, President and Co-Founder, i.c.stars
10:35 - CIO/Entreprenuer Table Brainstorming - Moderator, Tom Kuczmarski
12:00 - Wrap up

Event Policies

SIM Chicago events are focused on providing content-rich, peer-networking opportunities for the IT executive community.

As such, we strictly enforce a Dress Code Policy, No-Solicitation Policy, and Guest Policy.