FEI forum on finance & technology.IT LEADERSHIP AT THE CROSSROADS: DIRECTIONS FOR SUCCESS September 12-14, 2004 | Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers | Chicago, IL Achieving Transparency and Competitive Advantage ... the Role of Information Technology in Financial Management Today, the objectives of the CFO See Chief Financial Officer. and the CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. run in parallel, requiring close collaboration to achieve the goals of the business. Strategic IT enables sound governance and financial transparency, improves productivity and helps CFOs create sustainable competitive advantage. Financial Executives International (FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. ) and the Society for Information Management[R] (SIM)--the preeminent organizations for CFOs and CIOs, respectively--have teamed up this year to present a joint conference for CFOs, CIOs, and financial and IT executives. Attendees will be able to network with their peers and attend informative sessions from both the IT and finance disciplines. Compelling Speakers Ed Brennan Executive Chairman, American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the and Former Chairman, Sears Corporate Leadership and Placing Those That Do It [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jim Collins Author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shane Robison EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition and Chief Strategy & Technology Officer, Hewlett-Packard Company Creating & Measuring Business Value [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scott Griffin Scott Griffin is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's most generous poetry awards in 2000. Griffin is the chairman, director and majority shareholder of two manufacturing companies. CIO, Boeing How Boeing Has Linked IT and Business Process for Success [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Carl Hammerschlag Author of Theft of the Spirit The Journey of Heroes: Facing Challenge, Choice and Change [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Why you should attend Today, the objectives of the CFO and the CIO run in parallel, requiring close collaboration to achieve the goals of the business. Strategic IT enables sound governance and financial transparency, improves productivity and helps CFOs create sustainable competitive advantage. FEI and SIM have teamed up this year to present a joint conference for both CFOs and CIOs. Attendees will be able to network with their CFO and CIO peers and attend informative sessions from both the IT and finance disciplines. Who is FEI? Financial Executives International (FEI) is the professional association of choice for senior-level corporate finance executives and the leading advocate for the views of corporate financial management. Its more than 15,000 members hold policy-making pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: positions as Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, Controllers, Tax Executives and Finance and Accounting Professors in academia. FEI accepts members from around the world. The association enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications, and special reports and research. Members participate in the activities of 86 chapters, 75 of which are 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 11 in Canada. For more information about FEI, visit www.fei.org. Who is SIM? Established in 1968, the Society for Information Management[R] (SIM) is the premier network for IT leaders comprised of nearly 3,000 members, including CIOs, senior IT executives, prominent academicians, consultants, and other IT leaders. SIM is a community of thought leaders who share experiences and relevant, useful intellectual capital and who are eager to explore the future of IT. In partnership with its 30 chapters, SIM provides resources and programs inspired by IT leaders for IT leaders, enabling CIOs to further develop their leadership capabilities and the key and emerging leaders in their organizations. SIM provides the collective voice to advocate policy and legislation on behalf of the IT profession across industries. For more information about SIM, visit www.simnet.org. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Conference Registration Information Conference Attire: Attendees will feel comfortable in "business" or "business casual" for all conference events. Registration Includes: Your registration fee covers all sessions, conference materials, all meals on both days, opening reception on Sunday, Sept. 12 and a boat ride and Gala Event at the Navy Pier on Monday, Sept. 13. Refund Policy: Full refunds will be issued on cancellations received on or before Aug. 6, 2004. Cancellations received Aug. 9-Aug. 13, 2004 will be issued a full credit for a future conference. Cancellations received after Aug. 13, 2004 will not receive any refund or credit. All cancellations must be received in writing. Contact us by fax 973-765-1031 or by mail: Financial Executives International, ATTN: Conference Department, 200 Campus Drive, Suite 200--Florham Park, NJ 07932. Hotel Reservations: Each attendee is responsible for making his/her own room reservation. A block of rooms has been reserved at The Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers at a group rate of $219.00 single occupancy, $229.00 double occupancy, and $20.00 additional person per night. After the cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, date of Aug. 13, 2004 (or when our block is sold out) reservations will be accepted on a space-available/rate-available basis only. 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Contact the FEI Conference Department at conf@fei.org or 973.765.1029. * Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:00 AM-5:00 PM Registration open 7:30-8:30 AM Continental breakfast 8:30-9:00 AM SIMposium 2005 Kick-Off * Ruth Gersh [CONFERENCE MODERATOR] Director Online Services, AP Digital Media 9:00-10:00 AM Keynote Session Corporate Leadership and Placing Those That Do It * Ed Brennan Executive Chairman, American Airlines Former Chairman, Sears 10:00-10:30 AM | Break 10:30-11:30 AM Featured Speaker How Boeing Has Linked IT and Business Process for Success * Scott Griffin CIO, Boeing 11:45 AM-12:45 PM Concurrent Focus Area Sessions FOCUS AREA 1 Creating & Measuring Business Value Business Intelligence--Leveraging Company Data to Competitive Advantage * David Pleasance David Pleasance was the Managing Director of Commodore UK, the UK subsidiary of Commodore International, at the time of its bankruptcy. He took over from Kelly Sumner. [MODERATOR] CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Alexander Consulting Group * Rich Lanahan Vice President-Enterprise Planning, Marketing and Development, Cognos Incorporated * Martin Deise Partner, Alexander Consulting Group FOCUS AREA 2 Technology Leadership TBD TBD abbr. to be determined FOCUS AREA 3 Operational Excellence ~ Best Practices Using Technology for Business * Ellen Barry CIO, Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority * Leticia Peralta Davis CEO, Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority FOCUS AREA 4 Emerging Technologies & Applications e-Health--Convergence of Medical Technology * Larry J. Goodman, MD President and CEO, Rush University Medical Center * Lac Tran SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul Information Services See Information Systems. , CIO and Associate Dean for Information Technology, Rush University 12:45-2:00 PM | Luncheon 2:00-3:00 PM Featured Speaker The Journey of Heroes: Facing Challenge, Choice and Change * Dr. Carl Hammerschlag Author, Theft of the Spirit 3:00-3:15 PM | Break 3:15-4:15 PM Concurrent Focus Area Sessions FOCUS AREA 1 Creating & Measuring Business Value Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation for Competitive Advantage * Peggy Yocher [MODERATOR] MIS Officer, CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) Corporation * Terry Hickman Technical Leader, Sarbanes-Oxley, The Proctor & Gamble Company * Amy Kwan Finance Director, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. FOCUS AREA 2 Technology Leadership Making Technology the Fundamental Backdrop of Your Business * Andrew Lopatynsky Senior VP, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. IS, Diageo * Alan Douville VP, North America IS, Diageo FOCUS AREA 3 Operational Excellence ~ Best Practices SIM Paper Award Winner Session The first-prize winner of SIM's Annual Paper Awards Competition delivers his/her presentation at the event. FOCUS AREA 4 Emerging Technologies & Applications Session sponsored by Unisys A Unique Approach to Outsourcing * Tom Czajkowski Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Plexus Corporation Plexus Corporation NASDAQ: PLXS, is an Electronics Manufacturing Services provider to the wireline/networking, wireless infrastructure, medical, commercial and defense/security/aerospace industries. 4:15-4:30 PM | Break 4:30-5:30 PM Closing Keynote Session The CFO and CIO in Partnership: Achieving Common Goals * Greg Knott CIO, Service and Parts Operations, General Motors Corporation * Chuck Neville CFO, Service and Parts Operations, General Motors Corporation 5:30 PM SIMposium 2004 Wrap-up * Ruth Gersh [CONFERENCE MODERATOR] Director Online Services, AP Digital Media * Sunday, September 12, 2004 Noon-7:00 PM Conference Registration 6:00-7:00 PM Opening Keynote Session Creating and Measuring Business Value * Shane Robison EVP and Chief Strategy & Technology Officer Hewlett-Packard Company 7:00-9:00 PM Welcome Reception * Monday, September 13, 2004 7:00 AM-5:00 PM Registration open 7:30-8:30 AM Continental breakfast 8:30-9:00 AM Welcome Address * Nancy Markle SIM President * Ruth Gersh Conference Moderator Director Online Services, AP Digital Media Paper Award Presentation 9:00-10:00 AM Keynote Session Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't! * Jim Collins Author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't! 10:00-10:30 AM Break 10:30 AM-12:30 PM CEO/CIO Panel Discussion * Jim Collins [MODERATOR] 12:30-1:45 PM Luncheon 2:00-3:00 PM Concurrent Focus Area Sessions FOCUS AREA 1 Creating & Measuring Business Value Transforming Business Reporting Through the Use of XBRL (EXtensible Business Reporting Language) A specification for publishing financial information in the XML format. It is designed to provide a standard set of XML tags for exchanging accounting information and financial statements between companies and analysts. (Panel Session) * Taylor Hawes [MODERATOR] Controller, Global Platforms & Operations, Microsoft Corp. * Susan Strausberg President/CEO, EDGAR Edgar or Eadgar (both: ĕd`gər), 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother Edwy and chose Edgar as their king. Online, Inc. * Mike Willis Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Founding Member, XBRL International * Louis Matherne Director of Business Assurance & Advisory Services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). President, XBRL International * Michael Ohata Director of Reporting Standards, Microsoft Corp. FOCUS AREA 2 Technology Leadership IT Users Gap; Users in Revolt: The Good News and Bad News * Joan Mann, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Technology, Old Dominion University “ODU” redirects here. For other uses, see ODU (disambiguation). The university was recently named one of the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. FOCUS AREA 3 Operational Excellence ~ Best Practices The Impact of Technology--Growing Business and Professionals * Father John P. Minogue CEO, DePaul University DePaul University[1] is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. * Vincent Kellen VP, Information Services, DePaul University FOCUS AREA 4 Emerging Technologies & Applications Managing P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. Technology in the Enterprise * Tsvi Gal CIO, Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. * Howie Singer VP Technology, Warner Music Group 3:00-3:15 PM | Break 3:15-4:15 PM Concurrent Focus Area Sessions FOCUS AREA 1 Creating & Measuring Business Value Legacy Management (Based on findings from Financial Executives Research Foundation) * Dr. Marshall Burak [MODERATOR] Professor, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State University * William Walton Noun 1. William Walton - English composer (1902-1983) Sir William Turner Walton, Sir William Walton, Walton Principal, Beta Group The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. * Bill Overell President, Overell Solutions * Joseph Barkley VP Finance, Global Information Technology, AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group FOCUS AREA 2 Technology Leadership Session sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS Limited company) is one of the world’s largest providers of information technology, consulting, services and business-process outsourcing which commenced operations in 1968. As of 2007, it is Asia's largest And India's No. Transforming BP Processes with Sensory Network Technology * Dr. Darukhanwala VP & CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , British Petroleum FOCUS AREA 3 Operational Excellence ~ Best Practices Enterprise IT Sourcing Strategy: Findings from CRIM CRIM Criminal CRIM Computer Research Institute of Montreal CRIM Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales (Municipal Internal Revenue Center, San Juan) CRIM Centre de Recherche en Ingénierie Multilingue (offshoring
Offshoring describes the relocation of business processes from one country to another. ) * Arkalgud Ramaprasad Head, Department of Information & Decision Sciences and Director, Center for Research in Information Management University of Illinois at Chicago This article is about the University of Illinois at Chicago. For other uses, see University of Illinois at Chicago (disambiguation). UIC participates in NCAA Division I Horizon League competition as the UIC Flames in several sports, most notably Basketball. * Dr. Ranganathan Assistant Professor, Department of Information & Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago FOCUS AREA 4 Emerging Technologies & Applications Supply Chain * Michael F. Mahoney CEO, Global Healthcare Exchange * Gale Sayers Gale Eugene Sayers (born May 30, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas), also known as "The Kansas Comet", was a professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears. He currently resides in Wakarusa, Indiana. Independent Director (Board), Global Healthcare Exchange and former Chicago Bear 4:15-4:30 PM | Break 4:30-5:30 PM GENERAL SESSION Session sponsored by Accenture RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. & Business Integration * James Hall James Hall may refer to: In politics and government:
Managing Partner, Accenture Technology, Alliance & Solutions 5:30-11:00 PM | Evening Event fei forum on finance & technology | four areas of focus Creating & Measuring Business Value Transforming Business Reporting Through the Use of XBRL (Panel Session) * Taylor Hawes, Controller, Global Platforms & Operations, Microsoft Corp. * Susan Strausberg, President/CEO, EDGAR Online, Inc. * Mike Willis, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Founding Member, XBRL International * Louis Matherne, Director of Business Assurance & Advisory Services, AICPA; President, XBRL International * Michael Ohata, Director of Reporting Standards, Microsoft Corp. Legacy Management (Based on findings from Financial Executives Research Foundation) * Dr. Marshall Burak, Professor, San Jose State University * William Walton, Principal, Beta Group * Bill Overell, President, Overell Solutions * Joseph Barkley, VP Finance, Global Information Technology, AIG Business Intelligence--Leveraging Company Data to Competitive Advantage * David Pleasance, CEO, Alexander Consulting Group * Rich Lanahan, VP, Enterprise Planning, Marketing & Deveopment, Cognos Incorporated * Martin Deise, Partner, Alexander Consulting Group Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation for Competitive Advantage * Peggy Yocher, MIS Officer, CIGNA Corporation * Terry Hickman, Technical Leader, Sarbanes-Oxley, The Proctor & Gamble Company * Amy Kwan, Finance Director, Cisco Systems, Inc. Technology Leadership IT Users Gap; Users in Revolt: The Good News and Bad News * Joan Mann, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information Technology, Old Dominion University Making Technology the Fundamental Backdrop of Your Business * Andrew Lopatynsky, Senior VP, North America IS, Diageo * Alan Douville, VP, North America IS, Diageo Transforming BP Processes with Sensory Network Technology * Dr. Darukhanwala, VP & CTO of British Petroleum [Session sponsored by Tata Consuitancy Services] Operational Excellence ~ Best Practices The Impact of Technology--Growing Business and Professionals * Father John P. Minogue, CEO, DePaul University * Vincent Kellen, VP, Information Services, DePaul University Enterprise IT Sourcing Strategy: Findings from CRIM (Offshoring) * Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Head, Department of Information & Decision Sciences and Director, Center for Research in Information Management, University of Illinois at Chicago * Dr. Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Information & Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Using Technology for Business * Ellen Barry, CIO, Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority * Leticia Peralta Davis, CEO, Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority Emerging Technologies and Applications Managing P2P Technology in the Enterprise * Tsvi Gal, CIO, Warner Music Group * Howie Singer, VP Technology, Warner Music Group Supply Chain * Michael F. Mahoney, CEO, Global Healthcare Exchange * Gale Sayers, Independent Director (Board), Global Healthcare Exchange and former Chicago Bear e-Health--Convergence of Medical Technology * Larry J. Goodman, MD, President and CEO, Rush University Medical Center * Lac Tran, SVP Information Services, CIO and Associate Dean for Information Technology, Rush University Earn up to 15 CPE Credits! REGISTER TODAY AT www.fei.org/forum Register for SIMposium to Win a Trip for Two to Italy! Trip to Italy sponsored by Syntel. This prize and several other spectacular prizes will be awarded at this year's SIMposium. Registrants must be present to win. For exhibit, sponsorship & advertising opportunities at FEI, please contact Brenda Newkirk, Manager of Sales and Events Marketing at bnewkirk@fei.org or 973.765.1054. THREE WAYS TO REGISTER WEB www.fei.org/forum FAX 973.765.1031 or 973.765.1018 Financial Executives International ATTN: Conference Department 200 Campus Drive, Suite 200, Florham Park, NJ 07932 |
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