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June 16-18, 2008 · Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington, DC

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Agenda-At-A-Glance 2008

MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008

Registration Open
10:00 am-8:00 pm

12:30-5:00 pm

Pre-Conference Golf Outing

1:00-1:45 pm
Analyst Perspectives Track

Virtualizing To Go Green
Bob Gill, Managing Director, TheInfoPro

Storage and Information Management Track presented by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)

Information Classification: The Cornerstone for Compliance and Cost-driven Information Management
Bob Rogers, SNIA Data Management Forum ILM Initiative Co-Chair, (and Chief Technology Officer and Founder, Application Matrix)

1:55-2:40 pm

Information Security Best Practices and Data Encryption and Key Management
Gordon Arnold, Chair, SNIA Storage Security Industry Forum, (and Senior Technical Staff, Security and Storage Strategy, IBM)

2:40-2:55 pm

Refreshment Break

2:55-3:40 pm

2008-2011: Recession-Proofing IT Investment Strategies In A Volatile Economy
Joseph Pucciarelli, Program Director, Technology Financing & Management Strategies , IDC

Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies
Michael Fishman, SNIA Data Management Forum Education Chair, (and Chief Technology Officer for Backup Platforms, EMC)

3:50-4:35 pm

Accelerating Your Green IT Initiatives
Christopher Mines, Senior Vice President, Forrester Research

Data Deduplication: Methods for Achieving Storage Efficiency
Larry Freeman, SNIA DMF Deduplication & Space Reduction Group Co-Chair, (and Senior Product Marketing Manager for Storage Efficiency, NetApp)

4:45-5:30 pm

Green Storage: Economics, Environment, Energy and Engineering
Rob Peglar, SNIA Tutorials Chair; Member Green Storage Initiative Board of Directors; Member SNIA Board of Directors, (and Vice President, Technology, Xiotech Corporation)

7:00-9:00 pm

Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008

Registration Open
7:30 am-7:00 pm

7:30-8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30-8:45 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld

8:45-9:30 am

Next Generation Data Centers: Trends, Best Practices, Road Map Into The Future
Curt Aubley, Chief Technology Officer, Operations & Next Generation Solutions, Lockheed Martin

9:30-10:00 am

Virtualize to Proactively Manage the Challenge of High Growth in the Data Center
Drew Hiltz, Chief Technology Officer, Natixis Capital Markets, Inc.

10:00-10:15 am

Networking Break

10:15-10:45 am

Part Time Employees; Full Time Network Access
Ronald Housch, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Air National Guard

10:45-11:30 am

End User Panel Discussion: Balancing IT Agility and Reliability with Energy Efficiency: Lessons From the Front
Moderator:
Don Tennant, Senior Editor-at-Large, Computerworld and InfoWorld

Panelists:
Curt Aubley, Chief Technology Officer, Operations & Next Generation Solutions, Lockheed Martin

Brian Cobb, Senior Vice President, Technology Infrastructure & Operations, Fannie Mae

Drew Hiltz, Chief Technology Officer, Natixis Capital Markets, Inc.

Alexandra Sullivan, Program Engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 Concurrent End-User Case Studies
11:40 am-12:10 pm

Taming 21st Century IT Challenges through Client Virtualization
Christopher Fries, Solution Development Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company

Presented By: HP

12:15-1:45 pm

Lunch in the Networking Lounge

1:45-2:15 pm

How JPMorgan Chase is Advancing the Green Agenda: Next-Gen IT Infrastructure
Colin Mayne, Infrastructure Senior Director, GTI Distributed Technology Support, JPMorgan Chase

2:15-2:45 pm

Best Practices for Building a Business Case and Automating the Configuration Management Process
Joe Kennedy, Vice President of Technology Architecture, R&D and User Experience , State Street Corporation

2:45-3:15 pm

Improving the Six Flags Guest Experience: Designing an Infrastructure that Meets Long-Range Business Goals and Objectives
Michael Israel, Senior Vice President of Information Services, Six Flags, Inc.

3:15-3:30 pm

Networking Break

3:30-4:00 pm

Leveraging Next Generation Data Centers at National City
Joseph McCartin, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, National City Corporation

Michael Matuszak, Vice President, Infrastructure Operations, National City Corporation

4:00-4:30 pm

Data Center Consolidation and Aligning Infrastructure with the Green Business Imperative at Stewart Title
Murshid Khan, Chief Information Officer, Stewart Title, Inc.

4:45-5:30 pm

Cocktail Reception

5:30-7:30 pm

Dinner in the Networking Lounge

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008

Registration Open
7:30 am-4:00 pm

7:45-8:45 am

Breakfast in the Networking Lounge

8:45-9:00 am

Opening Remarks
Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld

9:00-9:45 am

Virtualized Everything: Reduce Energy Consumption, Complexity, and Improve Provisioning Time
Jacob Hall, Vice President and Chief Architect, Corporate and Investment Banking, Wachovia Corporation

9:45-10:15 am

Relocating Critical American Red Cross Systems to a World-Class Data Center
Mary Patry, Vice President, IT Infrastructure, American Red Cross

10:15-10:30 am

"Best Practices in Infrastructure Management" Awards Program

10:30-10:45 am

Networking Break

10:45-11:15 am

The Road to a Virtualized Desktop
Neal Puff, Chief Information Officer, Yuma County, Arizona

11:15-11:45 am

Pillsbury Case Study: Transforming Your Data Center Through Virtualization and Application Acceleration
Warren Jones, Chief Information Officer, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP

11:45 am-12:30 pm

Industry Expert Panel Discussion: Paving the Road to Virtualization
Moderator:
Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld

Panelists:
Bob Gill, Managing Director, TheInfoPro

Jacob Hall, Vice President and Chief Architect, Corporate and Investment Banking, Wachovia Corporation

Drew Hiltz, Chief Technology Officer, Natixis Capital Markets, Inc.

Mary Patry, Vice President, IT Infrastructure, American Red Cross

Neal Puff, Chief Information Officer, Yuma County, Arizona

12:30-2:00 pm

Lunch in the Networking Lounge

2:00-2:40 pm

Integrating IT Innovation Into Perkins+Will's Sustainable Design Initiative
Richard Nitzsche, AIA LEED® AP, Principal and Chief Information Officer, Perkins+Will

2:40-3:20 pm

An Enterprise Roll-Out of Change Management with Configuration Management Based on ITIL
Cathy Kirch, Process Consultant, Infrastructure Services, Allstate Insurance

3:20-3:30 pm

Networking Break

3:30-4:10 pm

More Efficient Information Management at UUHSC with Storage Virtualization
Jim Livingston, Director, Data Resource Center & IT Infrastructure, University of Utah Health Care Information Technology Services

4:10-4:50 pm

Risk v. Reward: Security and Privacy in the Enterprise
Ronda Henning, CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, CISM, Senior Scientist, Information Assurance Capability Owner, Harris Corporation

4:50-6:00 pm

Closing Reception with Prizes - Enter onsite to win a Nintendo Wii, an Apple iPod Touch and Garmin GPS Devices!