[May 21, 2013] Enterasys Plans Discussion on Social Business Value at 2013 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Tweet May 21, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications Company, announced that Vala Afshar, CMO & chief customer officer at Enterasys, will join CIOs and senior IT executives as a featured panelist at the tenth annual 2013 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. According to a release, this international event will provide CIOs with high level insight from academic research combined with the counsel of successful business leaders on how to operate in today's world of complex and dramatic change. Afshar will discuss the valuable role social business can play in the enterprise and why organizations should embrace this growing trend during the "Architecting the Social Enterprise" panel. He is one of more than 50 presenters from a range of industries, as well as academics from the MIT Sloan School of Management. "At Enterasys, we pride ourselves in being a social business with ambitious goals," said Afshar. "Transforming into a socially connected enterprise can fuel growth across organizations and provide opportunities to deliver the level of engagement that customers expect in today's market. I'm looking forward to joining this prestigious panel and sharing insights from our work at Enterasys." "Now more than ever, the CIO must be nimble and navigate not only the technology playing field, but the entire changing business enterprise," said Kathleen Tetrault, the 2013 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Chair. "Our speakers will provide direction on embracing change caused by economic, social, political, environmental and technological forces, to lead organizations in an increasing adaptive and upward path." In a release, the company noted event details: WHAT: "Architecting the Social Enterprise" panel WHO: Vala Afshar, CMO & chief customer officer at Enterasys Michael Krigsman, CEO at Asuret (moderator) JP Rangaswami, chief scientist at Salesforce.com Kim Stevenson, CIO at Intel Laura Bassett, director of Customer Experience Management & Emerging Products at Avaya WHEN: May 22, at 1:45pm ET WHERE: MIT Sloan CIO Symposium; MIT Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, MA Siemens Enterprise Communications is a global provider of unified communications (UC) solutions and network infrastructure for enterprises of all sizes. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is a global event for CIOs and senior IT executives to become better business leaders. More Information: http://www.mitcio.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]