AGENDA East 2008
Subject to Change
| Sunday, May 4, 2008 | |
| 11:30am-5:30pm | Summit Shotgun Golf Tournament |
| 2:00pm-8:00pm | Registration |
| 2:00pm-8:00pm | Solution Showcase Setup |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | Peer Exchange Workshops |
| 5:00pm-6:30pm | Canadian CIO Reception (Invitation Only) |
| 6:30pm-7:00pm | IT Executive Orientation |
| 6:30pm-7:00pm | Technology Provider Orientation |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | Spouse Reception |
| 7:00pm-8:00pm | Opening Session IT Modernization - Closing The Gap Between Yesterday’s IT Implementations and Tomorrow’s IT Demands. Dale Vecchio |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | Welcome Reception |
| Monday, May 5, 2008 | |
| 7:00am-11:00am | Solution Showcase Set-up |
| 7:15am-8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am-8:50am | General Session Building a Business-Savvy IT Organization Barb Gomolski |
| 9:00am-9:30am | World Premiere |
| 9:40am-10:30am | Business Application Track Business Intelligence Trends and Best Practices Kurt Schlegal |
| 9:40am-10:30am | Security Track How Much Security Do You Need: Good, Better, and Best Adam Hils |
| 9:40am-10:30am | Infrastructure Track Blades and Virtualization: Choose One, Both, or Neither John Enck |
| 10:40am-11:50am | Boardroom Sessions |
| 12:00pm-1:10pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm | ChannelLine Advisory Council |
| 1:10pm-2:10pm | Breakout Sessions Managing Messaging: Staying Sane in an Insane World Matt Cain Best-in-class Approaches To Improving Data Quality Eric Thoo Key Issues in Data Protection Dave Russell |
| 2:20pm-5:30pm | Boardroom Sessions |
| 3:30pm-5:30pm | One-on-One with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled Technology Providers Only) |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm | Break |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Solution Showcase |
| 6:30pm-8:30pm | One-on-One with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled IT Executives Only) |
| 8:30pm-10:30pm | Free Night |
| Tuesday, May 6, 2008 | |
| 8:00am-8:45am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45am - 9:35am | General Session Maximizing the Value of Microsoft Licensing Frances O'Brien |
| 9:45am-10:15am | World Premiere |
| 10:20am-11:10am | Business Application Track BI Marketplace Dynamics Kurt Schlegel |
| 10:20am-11:10am | Security Track 15 Ways to Spend Less and Get More Secure Neil MacDonald |
| 10:20am-11:10am | Infrastructure Track Server Virtualization: Trends, Best Practices and the Future John Enck |
| 11:20am-1:10pm | Boardroom Sessions |
| 1:15pm-3:00pm | Solution Showcase (Lunch Served) |
| 1:30pm-3:00pm | One-on-One with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled IT Executives Only) |
| 3:15pm-5:05pm | Boardroom Sessions |
| 3:30pm-5:00pm | One-on-One with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled Technology Providers Only) |
| 5:15pm-6:15pm | Breakout Sessions The High Availability/Disaster Proof Network. Is it possible? Ted Chamberlin New Technologies in Backup/Recovery That You Cannot Ignore Dave Russell E-Mail and Content Retention Strategies: Managing the Growth of Your Content Matt Cain |
| 6:15pm-7:45pm | Solution Showcase and Cocktail Reception with Passport Prize Drawing |
| 7:45pm-10:00pm | Exhibit Breakdown |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | Midsize Enterprise Innovation Awards and Entertainment |
| Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | |
| 7:00am-10:00am | Exhibit Breakdown |
| 7:15am-8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am-8:50am | General Session Software as a Service: No Longer If or When ... Now Ben Pring |
| 9:00am-10:00am | Breakout Sessions |
| Business Application Track ERP on a Budget Bob Anderson | |
| Security Track Wireless & Mobile Security Scenario: Enabling Business Mobility Amidst Growing Wireless Threats John Girard | |
| 10:00am-Noon | Peer Exchange Workshops (IT Executives Only) |
