''The Future of Work'' to Be Focus of Greater Richmond Technology Council's Tech Summit 2005.RICHMOND, Va. -- Imagine a company with thousands of employees and no central office. Imagine a company with no employees at all - just electronically-connected freelancers who live and work wherever they want across the globe. Imagine that this freedom allows people to get more of what they want out of life - money, engaging work, or time with their families. You're imagining the future of work. The Greater Richmond Technology Council, in partnership with Sprint, is exploring this topic in depth at TechSummit 2005, to be held on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at the Richmond Marriott from 7:30am - 1:00pm. TechSummit 2005 will look at the strategies, tools and applications being used successfully - nationally and locally - to change the definition of "work" and "office". What are the privacy and security issues associated with employees operating from remote, home, or mobile offices? How are these shaping the business models of Fortune 500 companies and small businesses? TechSummit 2005 will feature two presentation sessions and a moderated panel discussion. The first session, "The Changing Landscape of IT and the Future of Work" will be presented by David Hummelberg, Vice President, Information Technology, Capital One. Capital One currently has a "Future of Work" program involving 1,500 of its knowledge workers, who have been outfitted with Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, Voice over IP software phones and portable printers - these workers can now do business from anywhere within Capital One's 24 buildings in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the United Kingdom. Mr. Hummelberg will outline how IT has driven Capital One's business model, and its "Future of Work" project. The second session, "Work Without Wires: Tools, Applications, Security" will be presented by Mark Muratore, Sprint Sr. Solution Engineer. This presentation will address how the advent of WiFi/WLAN technology has revolutionized the concept of "office", and the security and privacy issues raised by using wireless technology as a business communication and computing platform See platform. . The third session, a moderated panel entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Reality IT", will discuss the practical application of the "Future of Work" model in two Richmond companies: Capital One and CyMed. Capital One will be represented on the panel by Larry Ebert, VP of Facilities Management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. , CyMed, Inc. by Dale Kivi, VP of Development. Both Ebert and Kivi will speak about the real-world issues their companies faced in implementing "Future of Work" initiatives - system architecture, system and user security, and accessibility. The panel will be moderated by Robert Diggles of Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. . TechSummit 2005 will conclude with a lunch, with a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. by Thomas H. Davenport This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. entitled "Thinking For A Living," designed to ask and answer the question "How can you tell whether your employees are working when their job is to think?" Mr. Davenport Davenport, city (1990 pop. 95,333), seat of Scott co., E central Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1836. Bridges connect it with the Illinois cities of Rock Island and Moline; the three communities and neighboring Bettendorf, Iowa, are known as the Quad Cities. , a nationally recognized management expert, speaker and author, is listed by Consulting magazine as one of the nation's top 25 consultants. His most recent book, "Thinking For A Living: How to Get Better Performance and Results from Knowledge Workers" was named one of Fortune's top three books of 2003. He holds the President's Chair in Information Technology and Management at Babson College Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (zoned as "Babson Park," ZIP code 02457),[1] is a private business school that grants all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. The F. W. in Massachussetts, and is an Accenture Fellow. The Greater Richmond Technology Council's partner in presenting TechSummit 2005 is Sprint. Sprint is a leader in the development of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. technology, and continues to be recognized as a communications innovator. The Greater Richmond Technology Council is an association of businesses and organizations working together to promote the success of technology companies, and the growth of the technology sector of the Central Virginia economy. |
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