Tuesday, September 24, 2013 | |||||
7:30 am - 8:15 am | Registration and Breakfast (sponsored by CommScope) | ||||
8:15 am - 8:30 am | Welcome and Overview John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World | ||||
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Leadership Strategies for the Future Theresa Meadows, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Cook Children's Health Care System | ||||
9:00 am - 9:30 am | IT Risk and Security Rewards in a Rapidly Changing Cyber Environment Terry Hect, Application Sales Director, AT&T | ||||
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Industry Shifts, Customer Demands, Shrinking Resources—How can Converged Infrastructure Help? Robert Beliles, Director of Product Line Management, HP Networking - Americas | ||||
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Morning Break | ||||
10:10 am - 12:00 pm | Morning Breakout Sessions | ||||
10:10 am - 10:40 am | Why Mobility and Consumerization Drive Innovation: How to Recognize the Barriers and Unleash Your Workforce's Potential David K. Johnson, Senior Analyst , Forrester Research | BYOD: Where do Security and Risk Fit In? Pete Lindstrom, Principal, Spire Security | Datacenters, Convergence and Integrated Systems Kelly Quinn, Research Manager, Datacenter Trends, IDC | Network From Edge to Core: The Path to the Future Zeus Kerravala, Founder & Principal Analyst, ZK Research | The Cutting Edge of Cloud & Next Generation Apps Holger Mueller, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research |
10:50 am - 11:20 am | Industry Perspective Presentation | Maximizing Investment in the Data Center Infrastructure Steven Schmerber, Regional Technical Manager- South, CommScope | Zoning In on Energy and Physical Infrastructure Management Robert Chernesky, Solutions Development Manager, Panduit Corp | Keys to Infrastructure Consolidation and Improved End-User Performance Eric Carter, Director, Granite Product Marketing, Riverbed Technology Chris Pinckney, Director, Global Customer Programs, Riverbed Technology | Industry Perspective Presentation |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Integrating Mobility for Academic Success Arthur Brant, Director of Enterprise Infrastructure, Abilene Christian University | Securing the Environment: PCI Compliance Jim Hesson, Director Information Technology - Sales and Marketing, A.H. Belo Inc. | The Data Center of the Future Tracy Nolan, VP and CIO, Commercial Metals Company | IPv6 - Now is the Time! Charles Alexi, Senior Consultant, Tonex Jeffrey Wiley, Senior Advisor to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). , Internal Revenue Service | Transforming and Simplifying IT: the Journey into the Cloud Kevin Dawson, Chief Enterprise Architect, GE Oil & Gas |
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm | Noisy Times in Wireless: Getting Wi-Fi to Stink Less Rob Mustarde, Vice President of Marketing, Ruckus Wireless | ||||
12:35 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch & Expo (sponsored by CommScope - Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:30pm) | ||||
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Expo Hall Theater | ||||
2:10 pm - 3:20 pm | Afternoon Breakout Sessions | ||||
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm | Are You Ready for 802.11ac? Rob Mustarde, Vice President of Marketing, Ruckus Wireless | The Path to Network Video Surveillance Jeremy Gideon, Regional Sales Manager, Axis Communications | Systems Management Nirvana: Balancing Demands, Dollars and the Day-to-Day Jamie Cerra, Senior Sales Engineer , Dell KACE | The Rising Tide of Ransomware John Shier, Senior Security Expert, Sophos | Lessons in Leadership – Using the Cloud to Simplify Your Life Jeff Uphues, Vice President, Business Development, Cloud Services, Cbeyond |
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm | The Top 5 Factors in Successful UC Monitoring Rick Kingsley, Regional Sales Manager, Network Instruments | Pull Your Head Out of the Sand and Into the Cloud Richard Whitehead, Director, Product Management, Virtualization and Cloud, NetIQ | They Think It, You do It: Real-Time Application Development Jeff Newlin, VP and GM, North America, OutSystems | Solutions to Modern Application Delivery Challenges: Cloud, IPv6 and Virtualization Paul Nicholson, Director of Product Marketing, A10 Networks | |
3:25 pm - 3:55 pm | Your IT Career Roadmap: Success Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand and Advance Your Career Renee Baker Arrington, Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc. | ||||
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Closing Remarks John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World | ||||
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Reception & Prize Passport Drawing (in the Expo) |