Convergence: Innovation Through Technology
| 8:00 am | Attendee Check-In; | |
| Freshly Brewed Coffee and Decaffeinated Coffee, Deluxe Assortment of Breakfast Pastries to include Danish, Muffins, Croissants, Donuts and Gooey Butter Cakes. | ||
| 8:50 am | Welcome Message | |
| 9:00 am | Innovation That Matters: Creating a Culture of Innovation with IT | |
| Grand Ballroom |  Cathy Lasser Vice President, Industry Solutions and Emerging Business IBM Research Innovation is a word used often today to mean many different things. To some it is invention to others it is doing something completely new. We at IBM believe innovation occurs at the intersection of invention and business insight. Creating an atmosphere and an ecosystem for innovation requires some new ideas and processes. It is global, it is unpredictable yet it can be encouraged and supported for success. IBM has a number of processes we use to create an innovation ecosystem. The Global Innovation Outlook, or GIO, the global technology outlook (GTO) and Innovation Jam are a processes that IBM has used for the past couple of years to create an innovation ecosystem. These processes highlight how IT can create significant impacts and add value to many opportunities. The journey for activity is also as interesting as the results. This presentation will discuss the process and what we’ve learned about the process as well as the specific results and outcomes. I'll also share client innovation examples from our First of a Kind program. |
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| 9:45 am | Networking Opportunity | |
| 10:00 am | Putting Your Network to Work Without Putting Your Business at Risk! |
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| Lewis |  Ian Patterson CIO Scottrade Scottrade is one of the most advanced users of information technology in the country and has experienced first-hand the critical success factors and hurdles around large scale network communication infrastructure implementations. Patterson will walk through two critical projects that Scottrade has completed over the last 18 months. The first was the network design and build of a 10 gb network backbone that processes traffic for 1.8 million customers and handles, at peak, over 600,000 messages/second. The second is the implementation of an MPLS network connecting over 340 branches nationally to Scottrade’s |
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| 10:00 am | Global Sourcing of IT Work |
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| Clark |  Professor of Information Systems University of Missouri-St. Louis Global sourcing of information technology (IT) is the idea that IT work can be seamlessly distributed anywhere in the world to the best source in terms of overall value. The “best source” can include combinations of in-house provision, offshore captive centers, outsourcing to multiple suppliers, and even joint ventures. Senior executives dream of creating agile global IT networks to lower costs, increase quality, realize seamless sunrise-to-sunrise production, deliver faster, and disperse risks. But juxtaposed to this dream, many IT executives we studied struggle to realize the full potential of global IT sourcing. One common complaint was that overall cost savings was less than anticipated due to the high transaction costs associated with finding suppliers (or erecting captive centers), coordinating, and monitoring work done offshore. Other common complaints were that quality was initially poor, delivery was slow, and personnel issues such as high supplier turnover interfered with success. Based on a substantial research base spanning 17 years and hundreds of organizations, we identified the best practices associated with successful global sourcing. Best practices address (1) client-side roles of chief information officers, program management officers, and project managers, (2) project characteristics that differentiated successful from unsuccessful projects, (3) engagement models for moving IT work offshore, (4) and finding the right suppliers. |
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| 10:00 am | Onboarding New Employees: Accelerating Time to Productivty |
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| Field |  Laura Baur Business Solution Specialist, Information Work Practice Microsoft In today’s global marketplace; new hires can be placed across the country or across the globe. How do you engage and accelerate time to productivity? |
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| 10:00 am | Enabling Meaningful Change: Infusing Entrepreneurial Ideas into Your Organization | |
| Laclede |  Bob Lozano Chief Strategist & Founder Appistry Sometimes it’s about asking the right question—some of the best innovations come from walking around an existing problem to gain a fresh perspective. In this talk we’ll focus on IT innovation, the entrepreneurial mind set, and how to get others to pay attention to your ideas when you're the first person to think of them. We’ll finish with some thoughts on using entrepreneurial energy to fuel innovation in the enterprise. |
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| 11:00 am | Networking Opportunity | |
| 11:15 am | Delivering Actionable Information to Decision-makers: Bryan Cave's Law Practice Management Suite | |
| Lewis |  John Alber Technology Partner Bryan Cave If a friend tells you that your shoe is untied, chances are you’ll take a seat and attend to the problem. That’s actionable information. It is information (1) from a trusted source, (2) about something that’s important to you, and (3) that, once known to you, will impel you to take action. Accounting and other enterprise systems amass information that is, almost by definition, not actionable by front-line decision-makers. And business intelligence systems, too, can fail because they present too much information or information that is not inherently actionable. In this session, John Alber, technology partner at Bryan Cave LLP will chronicle the development and implementation of an award-winning business intelligence system for lawyers that has not only achieved significant results inside Bryan Cave, but has gone on to become one of the leading industry-wide BI systems in the legal sector. He will talk about how his team achieved high level buy-in regarding the choice of key performance indicators (the actionable information at the heart of the system), what factors contributed to a successful implementation and what lessons were learned in the various iterations of this suite of BI tools. | |
| 11:15 pm | Health Care IT - Solution or Just Another Problem? | |
| Clark |  Dr. Richard Vaughn Corporate Vice President - Clinical Decision Support SSM Healthcare Everyone wonders why health care has been so resistant to the digital conversion that has overwhelmed every other sector of the |
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| 11:15 pm | You’ve Tested Server Virtualization and it Works… Now What? |
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| Field |  Bryan Doerr CTO SAVVIS Server virtualization is now part of many corporate IT department plans as a means to address both space and power shortages and compliance with corporate “green” goals. Using current tools, experimenting with virtual machine technology and quickly achieving a basic understanding of the technology is quite easy; however, once experimentation concludes, planning for virtualization in development, stage/test, and production systems begins. To successfully conclude this phase and achieve real operational benefits from server virtualization requires much more than a basic operational understanding. This talk will introduce and discuss several virtual server technology areas that require more extensive design and testing, to ensure successful and secure virtual server deployments. |
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| 11:15 pm | Leveraging Unified Communications | |
| Laclede |  Randall B. Sparkman Chief Information and Technology Officer MedAssets, Inc. Communications is a key enabler to the success of your organization. Deploying a framework to carry the increasingly complex communications needs of your business can help to streamline your operations, foster improved collaboration, and reduce costs. This session will explore how MedAssets, Inc implemented unified communications and how it has transformed the way we operate. Our discussions will include our learnings around providing video, voice, email, mobile clients to our organization. |
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| 12:15 pm | The Classic American Buffet served: Field Green Salad with Tomatoes, Sliced Cucumbers, Julienne Carrots and Croutons with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Ranch Dressings , Grilled Vegetable Platter with Shaved Parmesan Cheese , Sliced Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Berries with Honey Yogurt Dip . Pecan Crusted Salmon with Honey Thyme Glaze , Sautéed Breast of Chicken with Leeks, Bacon and White Wine Velouté . Garlic Mashed Potatoes , Penne Primavera with Pesto , Roasted Vegetables , Freshly Baked Rolls with Sweet Butter . Chocolate Mousse, Carrot Cake and Assorted Cheesecakes . Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, Iced Tea and Iced Water. |
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| 1:15 pm | Leveraging Technology in Missouri State Government | |
| Lewis |  Dan Ross CIO State of Missouri In this presentation I will discuss several initiatives my office has undertaken to leverage |
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| 1:15 pm | Why are these #%&*$# Lawyers Bothering Me and Do I Really Have to Do This? | |
| Clark |  Christopher King Partner Sonnenschien A lawyer with substantial experience in electronic discovery, including complex litigation, will describe the types of new demands corporate IT managers are likely to see as a result of recent changes to the Court rules. This session will be of most use to corporate IT managers responsible for e-mail, network, archive/storage and database systems. It will describe the types of information the lawyers are likely to request and why they are asking for it. It will review the stages of "discovery" from preservation to acquisition to review/filtering to production. It will discuss how lawyers typically handle these projects and give you specific suggestions to reduce the burden on IT's operations and save the Company money. |
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| 1:15 pm | Anticipate, Innovate, Accelerate: Technology Makes It Easy for Consumers | |
| Field |  Michael Manchisi Group Executive, Strategic Account Management Global Technology and Operations MasterCard Worldwide MasterCard Worldwide is a driving force at the heart of commerce — making commerce faster, more secure, and more valuable to everyone involved. The O'Fallon-based MasterCard global processing headquarters includes its network operations and vast data warehouse. There, MasterCard business technologists use their expertise to innovate and develop solutions that keep MasterCard at the forefront of technology integration to enable anytime, anywhere payments. MasterCard PayPass® and other new ways to pay address the "need for speed" of both consumers and merchants without sacrificing convenience, reliability, and security. |
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| 1:15 pm | Campus Technology - Beyond Chalkboards and Transparencies | |
| Laclede |  Susan E. Yager Chair and Associate Professor Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
 Jennifer Vandever Director of Academic Computing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| Technology has changed academia dramatically. From chalkboards to podcasts to Second Life, how and where students learn continues to evolve. Technology has changed the quantity, type, and timing of contact with students. It has changed our work schedules, workloads, and the way we prepare for classes. Technology has changed how we conduct, collect, and distribute research. While trying to keep up can be overwhelming, we must be aware of changes in technology and select those that work for faculty and students. Technology has changed academia dramatically. From chalkboards to podcasts to Second Life, how and where students learn continues to evolve. Technology has changed the quantity, type, and timing of contact with students. It has changed our work schedules, workloads, and the way we prepare for classes. Technology has changed how we conduct, collect, and distribute research. While trying to keep up can be overwhelming, we must be aware of changes in technology and select those that work for faculty and students. |
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| 2:15 pm | Networking Opportunity | |
| 2:30 pm | Convergence and Innovation Panel, Moderated by Computerworld | |
| Grand Ballroom | This panel of distinguished guests will discuss how different technologies are converging and the innovations they bring, and what this means for information technology in business, education, and the government. The panel will also discuss how IT is a key contributor to the St. Louis region's economic base. | |
 Don Tennant Vice President/Editorial Director Computerworld & InfoWorld |
 Dr. Robert Atkinson President The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation |
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Dan Ross CIO State of Missouri |
 Benjamin Ola. Akande Dean Webster University's School of Business |
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 Glen Schuster SVP & CIO Centene |
 Mark Showers CIO Monsanto |
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| 3:30 pm | Networking Break | |
| 3:45 pm | Celebrating the Economic Impact of Information Technology | |
| Grand Ballroom | Mark Showers CIO Monsanto The St. Louis region is undergoing a dramatic shift in recent years and it is largely hidden from public view. Information Technology has grown to play a significant role in the metropolitan St. Louis economy. The impact is largely unnoticed because it is a driver of other industries. Every corporation, large or small, public or private; relies upon information technology to be successful and most have a substantial investment in IT to drive future growth. To give a snapshot of the economic impact of IT in the St. Louis region, the average IT worker earns in excess of $70,000 and our metropolitan area has over 50,000 IT workers. This is substantial contributor to the St. Louis regional economy. |
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| 4:00 pm | Digital Prosperity: Understanding the Economic Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution | |
| Grand Ballroom | Dr. Robert Atkinson President The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation In the new global economy information and communications technology (IT) is the major driver, not just of improved quality of life, but also of economic growth. Moreover, there are strong indications that IT has the potential to continue driving growth for the foreseeable future. Yet, most policymakers do not adequately appreciate this fundamental reality. In fact, after the post-2000 economic dip many concluded incorrectly that the IT economy was smoke and mirrors. The reality is that while the benefits of new technologies are often exaggerated at first, they often turn out to exceed initial expectations in the moderate-to-long term. This is exactly what has happened with the digital revolution. The digital economy is more than fulfilling its original promise, with digital adoption rates exceeding even the most optimistic forecasts of the late 1990s. The integration of IT into virtually all aspects of the economy and society is creating a digitally-enabled economy that is responsible for generating the lion’s share of economic growth and prosperity. In short, IT is the major driver of today’s global economy. But just because IT has been the leading engine of growth does not mean that policymakers can afford to be complacent. Ensuring that societies fully benefit from the IT revolution means that policymakers must devote the same, if not higher, level of attention to it than they currently give to more conventional economic policy areas, such as managing the business cycle. For more details please visit: http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=34 |
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| 4:45 pm | Welcome Message | |
| Grand Ballroom |  Richard Fleming President & CEO St. Louis RCGA |
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| 5:00 pm | Achievement in Information Technology Recognition Gala | |
| Grand Ballroom |  Al Wiman Vice President of Public Understanding of Science St. Louis Science Center We invite you to join us for an evening Recognition Gala, “Celebrating the Economic Impact of Information Technology”. The Gala will bring together leaders of business, government, civic, charitable, academic and other organizations to celebrate how Information Technology benefits all industries, the economy and the general public in the St. Louis region. It will highlight individual and company leaders in the innovation, development, commercialization and management of technology. Those recognized will represent technology innovators who have made lasting contributions to enhancing the quality of life and competitiveness of the St. Louis region. |
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| 5:45 pm | Closing Remarks & Cocktail Reception | |
| Grand Ballroom | Each guest will receive two complimentary drink tickets. Hors D’ Oeuvres will include: International Cheese Display, Carving Station to include Roast Turkey and Strip Loin, Hibachi Chicken Skewers, Cozy Shrimp, Beef En’Croute, Tomato Bruschetta and Pork Crustinis with Mango Salsa |
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