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New York Agenda
Thursday, July 27, 2017
7:45 am - 5:00 pmRegistration Open
7:45 am - 8:30 amBreakfast and Conversation
8:30 am - 8:45 amIT Roadmap: Overview and Opening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise Events
8:45 am - 9:15 amLeveraging RFID and the Internet of Things for Secure Document Management
Michael Hoffman, VP, Innovation and Growth Strategy Leader, Bank of New York Mellon
9:15 am - 9:45 amHow Cloud Object Storage Can Help Your Digital Business
Michael Brooks, U.S Sales Leader, Financial Services, IBM Cloud Object Storage
9:45 am - 10:15 amBuilding Momentum with Virtual Network Functions
Rodney Godwin, Director, Product Marketing Management, AT&T
10:15 am - 10:30 amMorning Networking Break
10:30 am - 12:10 pmMorning Breakout Sessions
10:30 am - 11:00 amReimagining Your Network and Infrastructure for the Cloud-Powered Enterprise
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Achieving World Class Information Security
Johna Till Johnson, CEO & Founder, Nemertes Research
From Data to Decisions: The Path to an AI-Driven Smart Service
R. Ray Wang, Principal Analyst, Founder and Chairman, Constellation Research, Inc.
DevOps: Best Practices for Improving Speed and Quality
Stephen Elliot, VP, Research, IDC
11:05 am - 11:35 amTransforming Your Data Center Network to be Cloud-Ready
Steve Shalita, VP of Marketing, Pluribus Networks
Are Your Headphones Really Spying on You?
Steve Overko, Enterprise Systems Engineer, Kaspersky Lab
How To Protect Your DNS Services Against Security Threats
Jim Balback, Senior Solutions Architect, EfficientIP
The Next Evolution of Protection: Machine Learning
Andrew Mundell, Enterprise Account Executive, Sophos
11:40 am - 12:10 pm Emerging Technologies to Watch in the Year Ahead
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Securely Exchanging Corporate Financial Information
Paul Raines, CISO, United Nations Development Programme
Building and Leveraging Business Data Capabilities
Andy Santacroce, VP, Technology Development, Tokio Marine
Making Smart and Difficult Technology Decisions to Support Company Growth
Scott Scherer, CIO, Jersey Mike's Franchise System
12:15 pm - 12:45 pmThe Future of Communication
James Roth, VP of Sales, Vonage
12:45 pm - 2:00 pmLunch & Expo (Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:30pm)
1:10 pm - 1:45 pmExpo Hall Theater
Gerard Svartz, Sr. Solution Marketing Manager, Dell EMC
Scott Leonard, Sr. Regional Sales Manager , Ixia
Steve Overko, Enterprise Systems Engineer, Kaspersky Lab
Steve Shalita, VP of Marketing, Pluribus Networks
Andrew Mundell, Enterprise Account Executive, Sophos
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmIT Roadmap Panel of Industry Experts
Dan Greer, Systems Engineer Manager, ExtraHop Networks
Matt Gowarty, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Infoblox
Erik Giesa, VP, Products, Tempered Networks
Harry Smith III, Technology Evangelist, Zerto
Mike McGoldrick, VP, Events, IDG Enterprise
2:40 pm - 3:50 pmAfternoon Breakout Sessions
2:40 pm - 3:10 pmThe Evolving Role of Clouds in Digital Transformation
Kameron Chao, IBM Cloud Platform Leader, North America
Connecting Your Workforce to Empower Your Business
Chris Caruana, Sr. Sales Executive, RingCentral, Inc.
Time for Internet 3.0: Networking Only Provable Cryptographic Identities
Erik Giesa, VP, Products, Tempered Networks
3:20 pm - 3:50 pmModernizing Infrastructure with Software Defined Approaches
Gerard Svartz, Sr. Solution Marketing Manager, Dell EMC
Why You Need to Know About Composable Infrastructure
Juan B. Giusti, Principal Architect, Cloudistics
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmTracking the Tech Megatrends: What Enterprise IT Executives and Managers Need to Know
Christina "CK" Kerley, Innovation Speaker & Futurist, All Things CK
4:30 pm - 5:00 pmReception and Passport Prize Drawings in Expo
5:00 pmEvent Concludes