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12th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium to Help CIOs Invent their Future and Accelerate Success through Technology
The MIT
Sloan CIO Symposium, a world class one-day conference, will gather
over 700 CIOs and senior business executives to discuss, network and
explore critical business issues, technologies and leading-edge
research. The 12th annual Symposium will equip attendees with
actionable insight to set a successful path for their organization's
future. The Symposium will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May
20, 2015 at the MIT (News - Alert) Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge, MA. Registration
is still open.
This year's theme, "Inventing Your Future: Accelerating Success through
Technology" will draw heavily from two books originating from the MIT
Initiative on the Digital Economy - the New York Times best
seller, The
Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee (News - Alert), and
the new book, Leading
Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation, authored
by George Westerman, Didier Bonnet and Andrew McAfee. All of the authors
(Bonnet, Brynjolfsson, McAfee and Westerman) are attending and actively
participating in the day's activities.
"Digitization and exponential improvements in technology, paired with
new combinations of people, processes, and technology are the foundation
to accelerated success," said Lindsey Anderson, Chair of the 2015 MIT
Sloan CIO Symposium. "We are at an inflection point where what made CIOs
successful today will not necessarily make them successful tomorrow.
CIOs need new modes of thinking and practice, and exceptional
collaboration skills across the organization. To accelerate success,
CIOs need to work with their C-Suite colleagues and the rest of their
enterprise on envisioning new business models enabled by technology."
The Symposium will feature more than a dozen interactive panel
discussions with top leaders in their fields of expertise. All of
the day's sessions will help attendees learn how to effectively use
technology to improve business performance while sustaining their
leadership. The full agenda is available at www.mitcio.com/agenda.
Highlights include:
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MIT Academic Keynote Panel: "The
Impact of Automation" will discuss digital technologies that are
fundamental to the leading innovation-driven companies driving our
economy. While technology is advancing rapidly, many organizations are
not keeping pace and the gap in the pace of adoption will grow rapidly
in the coming decades as exponential improvements in automation affect
more and more of the economy. Discussion will involve the trajectory
of AI, robotics and automation, and put forth a call to arms for CIOs
to embrace the opportunities that they present to today's leading
businesses. Featuring Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Initiative on the
Digital Economy (IDE); Prof. Daniela Rus, MIT CSAIL; Prof. Mary
(Missy) Cummings, Duke University; Prof. Tomaso Poggio, MIT Center for
Biological and Computational Learning; and Robbie Allen, Automated
Insights.
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Innovation Keynote Panel: "Platform
Shift - How New Business Models are Changing the Shape of Industry,
and the Role of CIOs" will reveal the secret of Internet-driven
platforms and CIOs will tell how they have embraced platforms at their
organizations. Companies that can transform their traditional business
models into platforms (or network models) will have a competitive
advantage based on new insights into pricing, network effects, supply
chains, and strategy. These principles show how dotcom companies like
Airbnb, Amazon, Apple (News - Alert) and Uber managed, in a relatively short time, to
attract millions of clients worldwide. But they apply also to
traditional product companies like Sony, shoe companies like Nike, and
spice companies like McCormick. New business models help these
companies extend existing transactions to new, associated products and
services. Featuring Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT Initiative on the
Digital Economy (IDE); Bryan Kirschner, Apigee Institute; Jerry Wolfe,
Vivanda; and Paddy Srinivasan, LogMeIn (News - Alert) (NASDAQ: LOGM).
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Afternoon Keynote Panel: "Leading
Digital: A Manifesto for IT and Business Executives" will show you
how to be part of the strategic digital conversation. Companies in
every industry are mapping their way through the digital realm, being
fueled by mobility, analytics, social media, cloud computing, and
embedded devices. Yet companies in various industries are far
outpacing others in their ability to drive new value from digital
technology. Digital Masters don't just adopt technology, they
transform their businesses through smart digital investment and strong
leadership of change. Featuring George Westerman, MIT Initiative on
the Digital Economy (IDE); Anthony Christie, Level 3 Communications (News - Alert)
(NYSE: LVLT); Brian Tilzer, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS); and Craig
Stephenson, Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY).
Other panel sessions driven by key IT leaders, practitioners, and MIT
researchers include: "The Board, CEO and CIO Roles in Dealing with
Digital Disruption," "Cybersecurity - New Approaches to Assessing and
Maximizing Your Protection," "Healthcare Breakout: Inventing Continuity
of Care," "Getting the Data - Approaches to Managing Personal Data,"
"Demand Shaping: How IT Becomes a Distinctive Advantage," "The Internet
of Things: Challenges for a Connected World," "Cashing in on Your Data,"
and "The Influence of Digital on CIO Leadership."
The Symposium will also feature this year's finalists for the
prestigious MIT
Sloan CIO Leadership Award on several panels and conclude with The
Innovation Showcase, which connects CIOs and senior business leaders
with ten carefully selected early-stage technology companies which have
the potential to impact CIOs' top and bottom lines through innovation
value.
For more information about the 2015 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium visit www.mitcio.com.
About the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium The MIT Sloan CIO
Symposium is the premier global conference for CIOs and digital business
executives to become more effective leaders. In one day, CIOs and senior
IT executives explore enterprise technology innovations, business
practices and receive actionable information that enables them to meet
the challenges of today and the future. The Symposium offers a unique
learning environment by bringing together the academic thought
leadership of MIT with the in-the-trenches experience of leading, global
CIOs and industry experts. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is organized and
developed by the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association, the MIT Initiative
on the Digital Economy (IDE), and the MIT Sloan Center for Information
Systems Research (CISR). Visit www.mitcio.com
for more information and registration.
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