FT/HP CIO and Technology Leaders Series - Dubai
 

The Financial Times Conference Suite, London

Wednesday 19 June 2013
 
 
08:00 - 08:40

Registration and Networking Breakfast
 
08:40 - 08:50
 
 
Welcome Remarks from FT Chair

Paul Taylor, Editor of the FT's Connected Business and US Telecoms Editor, Financial Times 
 
08:50 - 09:20
 

Keynote Address: The Changing Role of the CIO and the Importance of IT in Enhancing Business Performance

Clive Selley, Chief Executive Officer BT Technology, Service & Operations and Group Chief Information Officer, BT Group
 
09:20 - 10:20
 

Panel Discussion: CIO Best Practices

  • What is the main business concern for today’s CIO?
  • Are CIOs able to drive innovation and influence business strategies? 
  • What are examples of when and how it was achieved, and what are the biggest barriers?
  • How easy is it to achieve board level ‘buy in’?
  • Which board members are most keen on collaborating with in-house IT to deliver innovative customer and employee solutions: CEO, CFO, CMO, HR, COO?
  • And what are the sourcing strategies for these solutions?
Phil Pavitt, Global IT Transformation Director, Aviva
John Finch, Chief Information Officer, Experian
Sukhi Gill, Chief Technologist , Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Region, HP Fellow Enterprise Services, HP

Moderated by Paul Taylor, Editor of the FT's Connected Business and US Telecoms Editor, Financial Times 

 
 
10:20 - 10:30
 

Concluding Remarks from FT Chair

Paul Taylor, Editor of the FT's Connected Business and US Telecoms Editor, Financial Times 
 
10:30 
 
 
Networking Coffee
 
 
11:10
 
Event Ends