5:00 PM 6:00 PM Welcome Reception 6:00 PM 8:30 PM Opening Dinner and Program MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 OPENING REMARKS BRING ON THE DATA Big data has launched a boom industry in data analytics and science. Where s this revolution headed and how can companies turn all this data to competitive advantage? Perspectives: Hilary Mason CEO and Founder Fast Forward Labs Andreas Weigend Director, Social Data Lab Former Chief Scientist, Amazon OUR CYBER WAR We re in a global cyber war in which your corporate secrets are a chief prize. Are we up to the fight? A report from the front lines. General Michael Hayden Principal, The Chertoff Group Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2006-2009) Director, National Security Agency (1999-2005) John Bussey Associate Editor The Wall Street Journal 8:30 PM Nightcaps and Networking
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 7:30 AM 8:30 AM BREAKFAST 8:30 AM 8:35 AM Opening Remarks John Bussey Associate Editor The Wall Street Journal 8:35 AM 9:00 AM Containment Policy What does the innovation of container technology mean for business? And when should a company make the leap? Ben Golub CEO Docker Scott Thurm Senior Deputy Technology Editor The Wall Street Journal 9:00 AM 9:25 AM Organizing the Business New workflow and collaboration platforms are proliferating in the cloud. What does this say about how work will get done within and between companies? Aaron Levie CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman Box Jonathan Krim Global Technology Editor The Wall Street Journal 9:25 AM 9:50 AM The Corner Office CIOs increasingly report to the CEO, a reflection of how critical information is to top-level strategy. But what does it take for a CIO to become CEO? Dawn Lepore CEO, Drugstore.com, Inc. (2004 2011) CIO, Charles Schwab (1994 1999) Nikki Waller Global Editor, Management The Wall Street Journal
9:50 AM 10:10 AM The Virtual Future Virtual reality technology has moved beyond gaming and into the corporate world promising new ways to train and analyze. How deeply can this new tech affect the way business gets done? Jeremy Bailenson Co-Founder, STRIVR Labs Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University Geoffrey Fowler Personal Technology Columnist The Wall Street Journal 10:10 AM 10:40 AM BREAK 10:40 AM 11:05 AM The Industry Outlook What s trending, where and why? A look at enterprise software globally. Peter Sondergaard SVP, Research Gartner, Inc. Steven Rosenbush Editor, CIO Journal The Wall Street Journal 11:15 AM 12:45 PM Concurrent Task Force Sessions Participants will devise action items to address an issue of common concern. These will be reported back to the full meeting in the afternoon and will be published in The Wall Street Journal the following week as a special report. DATA, DATA AND MORE DATA There are mountains of it generated internally and from social sources that can offer great business insight or overwhelm initiatives. This task force will share best practices in data analytics what works, what doesn t and recommend strategies for successfully exploiting the raw data flooding companies. Gam Dias CEO and Co-Founder Mo-Data, Inc. Kathy McElligott EVP and CIO/CTO McKesson Corporation Kumar Mishra VP, Architecture and IT Operations The Nielsen Company Stuart Sackman Corporate VP, Global Product and Technology Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Concurrent Task Force Sessions (continued) INTEGRATING IT AND THE BUSINESS IT long ago stopped being a support function and in many cases is core to the business. But there can still be a messaging gap between tech and the corporate decision makers. What practical strategies can best help CIOs integrate IT and a company s larger mission and get buy-in from all stakeholders, from the board down to the production line? Garth Saloner Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean Stanford Graduate School of Business Michael Brown VP, Global Information Technology ExxonMobil Global Services Company Guillermo Diaz, Jr. SVP and CIO Cisco Systems, Inc. Celso Yoshiyuki Guiotoko CIO and Corporate VP Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Scott Thurm Senior Deputy Technology Editor The Wall Street Journal LEADING INNOVATION What new skills will businesses need to stay innovative in the future, and what can CIOs, other corporate leaders and policy makers do to fill the pipeline now? Vish Krishnan Professor, Rady School of Management University of California, San Diego Suresh Kumar Senior EVP and CIO Bank of Mellon New York Corporation Diane Schwarz CIO and VP Textron Inc. Creighton Warren CIO USG Corporation Jonathan Krim Global Technology Editor The Wall Street Journal
Concurrent Task Force Sessions (continued) IN SEARCH OF CYBER SECURITY Technology may never be able to fully stem network intrusions, but surely it can do better than it has to date. Beyond the usual admonitions for employees to improve internet hygiene, what state-of-the-art technology and ideas offer the greatest promise for correcting corporate cyber insecurity? Andy Ozment Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications U.S. Department of Homeland Security Karen Chamberlain SVP and CIO Western & Southern Financial Group Eric Friedman CTO and Co-Founder Fitbit David Kleidermacher Chief Security Officer BlackBerry Nikki Waller Global Editor, Management The Wall Street Journal GETTING DIGITAL RIGHT The traditional company often isn t set up to make the most of fast-paced digital business. Some companies have even created special units to handle their digital operations the so-called bimodal approach. How should companies best be restructured for the digital era so digital doesn t outrun the core operation? Peter Sondergaard SVP, Research Gartner, Inc. Gerhard Karba CIO Related Companies Ross Meyercord EVP and CIO salesforce.com inc Brad Strock CIO PayPal Steven Rosenbush Editor, CIO Journal The Wall Street Journal
12:50 PM 2:00 PM LUNCH AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS 2:20 PM 2:45 PM The Scoop on Hadoop Integrating data analytics into your network and culture can get complicated. How s that prospect likely to evolve in the coming years? Tom Reilly CEO Cloudera Rolfe Winkler Reporter The Wall Street Journal 2:45 PM 3:10 PM Making the Pitch The CIO is Chief Advocate for information technology a company needs. But that means convincing the CFO, the CEO and the Board to spend money on tech, and not on something else. Some tips on how to win that debate. Andy D. Bryant Chairman Intel Corporation Ted Greenwald News Editor, Enterprise Technology Desk The Wall Street Journal 3:10 PM 3:55 PM Task Force Reports Results from the morning sessions will be presented by the co-chairs of the task force groups. The findings will be published in The Wall Street Journal CIO Network special report. 3:55 PM 4:25 PM BREAK Data, Data and More Data Integrating IT and the Business Leading Innovation In Search of Cyber Security Getting Digital Right
4:25 PM 4:50 PM The New Face of Collaboration? Messaging, sharing and all in one. The new platforms that hope to transform the way we work. Stewart Butterfield Co-Founder and CEO Slack Scott Thurm Senior Deputy Technology Editor The Wall Street Journal 4:50 PM 5:15 PM Preparing for the Cyber Attack The government wants to help you achieve information security. Is that the good news, or the bad news? 5:15 PM 6:15 PM Closing Reception Andy Ozment Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications U.S. Department of Homeland Security