AGENDA West 2008
Subject to Change
| Sunday, September 14, 2008 | |
| 11:00 am-5:00 pm | Summit Shotgun Golf Tournament |
| 2:00 pm-8:00 pm | IT Executive Registration |
| 2:00 pm-8:00 pm | Registration for Technology Providers |
| 2:00 pm-8:00 pm | Solution Showcase Set-up |
| 3:00 pm-5:00 pm | Peer Exchange Workshops (IT Executives only) |
| 5:00 pm-6:30 pm | Canadian CIO Reception (Invitation Only) |
| 6:30 pm-7:00 pm | IT Executive Orientation |
| 6:30 pm-7:00 pm | Technology Provider Orientation |
| 6:30 pm-8:00 pm | 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, September 15, 2008 | |
| 7:00am-11:00am | Solution Showcase Set-up |
| 7:15am-7:55am | Breakfast |
| 7:55am-8:45am | General Session Windows and Office – Which Version and for How Long? Mike Silver |
| 8:55am-9:25am | World Premiere  |
| 9:35am-10:25am | Breakout Sessions Energy Efficient, Low Cost, High Performance Data Centers Dave Cappuccio |
| Network & Security Network Security Best Practices For Midsize Businesses Greg Young | |
| Servers & Storage The Future of Storage Technologies and Architectures Roger Cox | |
| 10:40am-11:50am | Boardroom Sessions |
| 12:00pm-1:10pm | Lunch |
| 1:10pm-2:10pm | Breakout Sessions SharePoint 2007: Keys to Successful Implementation Ken Chin Will Your Network Get Left Behind? MPLS May Be The Answer. Robert Mason Choosing the Right Client Computing Architectures for your Business Mike Silver |
| 2:20pm-6:00 pm | Boardroom Sessions Snack Attack brought to you by  |
| 3:30pm-5:30 pm | One on Ones with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled Technology Providers only) |
| 6:00pm-8:00 pm | Solution Showcase |
| 6:30pm-8:00 pm. | One on Ones with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled IT Executives only) |
| 8:00 pm | Free Night |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | |
| 8:00am-8:45am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45am-9:35am | General Session Compliance on a Budget John Bace |
| 9:45am-10:15am | Peer Networking |
| 10:30am-11:20am | Breakout Sessions |
| Network & Security Track Unified Communications and Collaboration: The Next Strategic Advantage Rich Costello | |
| Servers & Storage Deploying Storage for Virtualized Servers Roger Cox | |
| 11:25am-1:15pm | Boardroom Sessions |
| 1:15pm-3:00pm | Solution Showcase (Lunch served) |
| 1:30pm-3:00pm | One on Ones with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled IT Executives only) |
| 3:15pm-5:05pm | Boardroom Sessions Snack Attack brought to you by |
| 3:30pm-5:00pm | One on ones with Gartner Analysts (Prescheduled Technology Providers only) |
| 5:15pm-6:15pm | CIO Breakout Sessions Five Things A CIO Can Do Today to Improve Business Value Niel Nickolaisen Developing a Business Savvy IT Team James DeHoniesto |
| 6:15pm-7:45pm | Solution Showcase and Cocktail Reception |
| 7:45pm-10:00pm | Exhibit Breakdown |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | Midsize Enterprise Innovation Awards and Entertainment |
| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | |
| 7:00am-10:00am | Exhibit Breakdown |
| 7:15am-8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am-9:00am | Microsoft Insight Session Becoming a Better CIO: The Time is Now to Maximize Your Business and IT Alignment Strategy Jennifer Heard, Regional Vice President 
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| 9:10am-10:10am | Breakout Session The CIO Agenda Barb Gomolski |
| 10:20am-11:20am | Breakout Session CIO Maturity Assessment Workshop Barb Gomolski Take the assessment here... |
