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We thank everyone who participated in our
sold-out event.
We are in the process of organizing our 2008 event.
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We thank our 2007 Keynote Speaker:
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Our list of excellent panelists and speakers included:
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 Mr. JP Rangaswami CIO, Global Services BT |
 Mr. Steve Papa Co-founder and CEO Endeca |
 Ms. Mary Finlay Deputy CIO Partners Healthcare |
 Mr. Claudio Silvestri CIO Cognos |
 Mr. Paul Nielson SVP Monster |
 Mr. Richard Soley Chairman and CEO Object Management Group, Inc |
 Ms. Rosalee Hermens VP and CIO Timberland |
 Mr. John Polizzi SVP and CIO BJ's Wholesale Club |
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Mr. Peter Cohen
General Manager Amazon Mechanical Turk
Mr. Glenn Engler
EVP Digitas
Mr. John Gallant
Editorial Director and President Network World
Ms. Jo Hoppe
CIO Pegasystems
Ms. MaryFran Johnson
Former Editor in Chief Computerworld
Mr. Kumud Kalia
CIO Direct Energy
Mr. Thornton May
Futurist, Executive Director and Dean IT Leadership Academy
...and more...
This year’s theme explored how social networks in business can revolutionize the processes by which people, partners and customers work together to create value. Social networks and related technology have gained prominence recently as sources of entertainment.
The 2007 CIO Symposium brought together thought leaders from across the globe to share their perspectives on how to maximize the potential of such collective intelligence networks to gain competitive advantage.
Symposium Theme Summary
In an increasingly connected world, in the office, on the road, at home, companies have unprecedented access to information and ideas from their employees, partners, and customers. Business leaders are looking for ways to leap ahead of their competitors by leveraging these social networks for competitive advantage and become the product and customer service leaders of the future.
Panel Tracks
The 2007 MIT CIO Symposium discussed the impact of recent IT developments along three themes: “Leveraging Collective Insights to Enhance Value”, “Trends in the Ever-changing CIO’s Technology Toolkit”, and “On the Horizon - Trends and Opportunities”.
Within the first theme we looked at the impact of using IT as the template for social networks on the enterprise. In our first track, “The Global KnowledgeForce” answers: How are social networks being used to improve productivity and innovation? In the second track, “Knowing the Wants and Needs of the Customer”, details: How is IT being used to adapt the customer experience to improve conversion and retention? How does this data allow for more accurate customer segmentation models? What knowledge can be gleaned about the customer ownership cycle and emerging, possibly disruptive, market trends?
The second theme considered trends impacting the tools at the CIO’s disposal. In Track 1, “Is IT becoming “ComponentWare” considered the following questions: Is IT evolving towards standard, easily-connected building blocks? What are the risks and benefits of using 3rd party services and “openware”? Track 2, “Trends in IT Infrastructure” considered the impact of ITIL on infrastructure management, new technologies and their rates of adoption, and virtualization tools impacting data storage and delivery.
As an extra bonus, our third track introduced attendees to the latest thinking from some of the Institute’s leading professors and practitioners, as well as emerging technologies from MIT spin-offs. How are firms using these technologies? What kind of returns are they seeing? Are your competitors gaining or losing ground through innovations that you have not considered?
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Click here for podcasts of the 2006 panels!
Here are a few news articles about previous Symposia:
Nine great podcasts from
MIT's CIO Symposium
Posted by David Berlind
Google in the Enterprise:
Listen to an interview between Eric Lundquist
and David Girouard, VP of Enterprise from Google
at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
At a recent gathering of CIOs, the person who heads Google's Enterprise Search unit made...
So You Want To Be The Boss?
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Business IT Vendors Failing To Meet User Needs
Can Google turn enterprise IT from a cost center to a profit center? Maybe.
Here are some links to articles written about the 2005 Symposium:
E-tailing's Next Lift
A Call For Citizen Action On Security
E-Commerce Score Card
Flexibility, Ease of Use Will Measure Workflow Success
For more information about this event or sponsorship opportunities, please contact our Sponsorship chair . For Speaker Information or Submission please contact .
This event is part of the CXO series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston. Please refer your finance colleagues to the MIT Sloan CFO Summit (www.mitcfo.com).