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Atlanta Agenda
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
8:00 am - 4:30 pmRegistration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast and Conversation
9:00 am - 9:15 am IT Roadmap: Overview and Opening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Events
9:15 am - 9:45 amCreating Agile IT for Aggressive Growth: Lessons Learned from a Disruptive Market
Scott Schemmel, EVP, Information Technology, PatientPoint
9:45 am - 10:15 amThe Bots are Coming!
Nate Brown, Solutions Engineer, Oracle + Dyn
10:15 am - 10:30 amMorning Networking Break
10:30 am - 12:10 pmMorning Breakout Sessions
10:30 am - 11:00 amAdapt, Adopt, and Improve: Pulling Your Multicloud Together
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Cybersecurity in a Virtual World
Johna Till Johnson, CEO & Founder, Nemertes Research
Implementing Effective AI: Realistic Options When Resources Are Limited
Marc Seybold, Contributing Consultant, Nemertes Research
Breaking through the Digital Deadlock
Bill Keyworth, VP, Research, IDC
11:05 am - 11:35 amHow to Work Safely in Today’s Threat Environment
Mark Holobach, Enterprise Sales Engineer , Sophos
Empowering the Citizen Developer to Scale Digital Transformation Across the Enterprise
Keith Johnson, Enterprise Account Executive, K2
11:40 am - 12:10 pmEmbeddingAgile Approaches Across IT Infrastructure and Security
Jason Molesworth, VP, Project and Program Management, E*TRADE
Technologies to Watch: Machine Learning, AI, Cognitive Computing and More
Johna Till Johnson, CEO & Founder, Nemertes Research
The Journey to DevSecOps at U.S. Bank/Elavon
Mark Gelhardt, VP, Global Technology Governance , US Bank/Elavon
12:15 pm - 12:45 pmThe Technology Evaluation Time Crunch: How Providers Can Help
Bill Milligan, Regional Systems Engineer - Southeast, Illumio
Mikal Saboor, Regional Sales Manager II, Ixia Solutions Group
Ferrol Macon, VP, Architecture and Product Strategy, Veristor
Matthew Sanford, System Engineer - Southeast , Zerto
Moderator: Mike McGoldrick, VP, IDG Events
12:45 pm - 2:00 pmLunch & Expo (Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:30pm)
1:15 pm - 1:45 pmExpo Hall Theater
Keith Johnson, Enterprise Account Executive, K2
Mark Holobach, Enterprise Sales Engineer , Sophos
2:00 pm - 3:10 pmAfternoon Breakout Sessions
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmThe New Wireless Network – Using AI to Deliver Amazing Wi-Fi and BLE Experiences
Kevin Cordell, VP South Eastern Sales, Mist Systems
IT Infrastructure Trends: From On-Prem to the Enterprise Cloud
Adam White, Sr. System Engineer, Nutanix
2:40 pm - 3:10 pmAutonomous Cyber Defense: AI and the Immune System Approach
Kathryn Eckhart, Cyber Security Account Executive, Darktrace
3:20 pm - 3:50 pmLeveraging Technology and Organizational Change for the Future
Gary Brantley, CIO, DeKalb County School District
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmReception and Passport Prize Drawings in Expo
4:30 pmEvent Concludes