Vision
The Kellogg Technology Strategy Summit (KTSS) vision is to create a cross industry exchange of IT executives that will result in innovative approaches to address critical management issues such as managing complexity and global sourcing and leveraging IT to drive growth and profitability. A small, exclusive group of executives will engage in a highly interactive knowledge exchange focused on solving pressing technology management and strategy issues in a confidential, collaborative atmosphere. The KTSS will also stimulate and support significant new research relevant to the technology management community and will produce frameworks and best practices that will impact academia as well as practice.
Focus Areas
Organizations leveraging IT face similar challenges across all industries and government. The KTSS will specifically address the following questions which are significant challenges for executives:
• How do you manage global IT initiatives, complexity of legacy systems, and global sourcing?
• How do you drive top line growth, improve operational effectiveness, and increase profitability of your organization by leveraging IT?
• How do you define and implement an IT governance process, and develop enterprise wide buy-in to a new IT strategy?
• How do you manage the mounds of data your organization is creating and collecting, manage security and privacy issues, and leverage data for improved performance and growth?
• How do you create an enterprise-wide culture receptive to rapid technological change, improve the productivity of your people, recruit and retain good people, and communicate the value of IT to business executives?
Format
The KTSS will convene two times annually during the spring and fall season. Each program will run over the course of two days, beginning at 2:00 PM (CST) on day one and concluding at 1:30 PM (CST) on day two. The KTSS Board of Advisors will be responsible for selecting the topic that will frame each program’s dialogue in advance. The topic and invitation will then be distributed 8-12 weeks prior to the event.
In order to create a high level of interactivity the sessions will use a combination of activities to stimulate ideas and help guide discussions. There will be a handful of brief presentations throughout the day; however the majority of time will be allocated to open-floor discussions in a roundtable setting.
Activities include:
• Breakout sessions with facilitators to focus and guide group discussions
• Interactive panel presentations and discussions
• One to two Executive Perspectives
Participants
Participation is by invitation only to CIOs, CTOs and their direct VP level reports and/or business sponsors for a maximum of five people per organization. Participation will be capped at 60 executives per event and on a first-come, first-serve basis. There will be no vendors invited to the events.
Venue
The KTSS sessions will be primarily held at the Kellogg School of Management Executive Centers in Evanston IL, downtown Chicago, and Miami, Florida. We also anticipate holding at least one session per year on the East or West Coast at the suggestion of the Advisory Board.
Dress Code
The dress code for KTSS events is business casual.
Pricing
Due to the high value defined by participants, the fee for 2010 will be $2,500 per person.
Refund Policy
Because attendance at a Kellogg Technology Strategy Summit requires significant advance preparation and demand often exceeds capacity, it is important that you contact us in a timely manner if you must cancel or defer your attendance. To receive a full refund, notice of cancellation must be received more than 30 days in advance of the program start date. Cancellations received less than 30 days in advance are not eligible for a refund. Participants may nominate an acceptable substitute or attend a future session within one year.
For further information, please contact Manoj Rana or Mark Jeffery:
mrana2007@kellogg.northwestern.edu
mjeffery@kellogg.northwestern.edu
The Kellogg Technology Strategy Summit (KTSS) vision is to create a cross industry exchange of IT executives that will result in innovative approaches to address critical management issues such as managing complexity and global sourcing and leveraging IT to drive growth and profitability. A small, exclusive group of executives will engage in a highly interactive knowledge exchange focused on solving pressing technology management and strategy issues in a confidential, collaborative atmosphere. The KTSS will also stimulate and support significant new research relevant to the technology management community and will produce frameworks and best practices that will impact academia as well as practice.
Focus Areas
Organizations leveraging IT face similar challenges across all industries and government. The KTSS will specifically address the following questions which are significant challenges for executives:
• How do you manage global IT initiatives, complexity of legacy systems, and global sourcing?
• How do you drive top line growth, improve operational effectiveness, and increase profitability of your organization by leveraging IT?
• How do you define and implement an IT governance process, and develop enterprise wide buy-in to a new IT strategy?
• How do you manage the mounds of data your organization is creating and collecting, manage security and privacy issues, and leverage data for improved performance and growth?
• How do you create an enterprise-wide culture receptive to rapid technological change, improve the productivity of your people, recruit and retain good people, and communicate the value of IT to business executives?
Format
The KTSS will convene two times annually during the spring and fall season. Each program will run over the course of two days, beginning at 2:00 PM (CST) on day one and concluding at 1:30 PM (CST) on day two. The KTSS Board of Advisors will be responsible for selecting the topic that will frame each program’s dialogue in advance. The topic and invitation will then be distributed 8-12 weeks prior to the event.
In order to create a high level of interactivity the sessions will use a combination of activities to stimulate ideas and help guide discussions. There will be a handful of brief presentations throughout the day; however the majority of time will be allocated to open-floor discussions in a roundtable setting.
Activities include:
• Breakout sessions with facilitators to focus and guide group discussions
• Interactive panel presentations and discussions
• One to two Executive Perspectives
Participants
Participation is by invitation only to CIOs, CTOs and their direct VP level reports and/or business sponsors for a maximum of five people per organization. Participation will be capped at 60 executives per event and on a first-come, first-serve basis. There will be no vendors invited to the events.
Venue
The KTSS sessions will be primarily held at the Kellogg School of Management Executive Centers in Evanston IL, downtown Chicago, and Miami, Florida. We also anticipate holding at least one session per year on the East or West Coast at the suggestion of the Advisory Board.
Dress Code
The dress code for KTSS events is business casual.
Pricing
Due to the high value defined by participants, the fee for 2010 will be $2,500 per person.
Refund Policy
Because attendance at a Kellogg Technology Strategy Summit requires significant advance preparation and demand often exceeds capacity, it is important that you contact us in a timely manner if you must cancel or defer your attendance. To receive a full refund, notice of cancellation must be received more than 30 days in advance of the program start date. Cancellations received less than 30 days in advance are not eligible for a refund. Participants may nominate an acceptable substitute or attend a future session within one year.
For further information, please contact Manoj Rana or Mark Jeffery:
mrana2007@kellogg.northwestern.edu
mjeffery@kellogg.northwestern.edu
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Dan Fallon, VP and CTO, Navistar
Ray Feeney, CTO, W. W. Grainger
Keith Halbert, SVP and CIO, United Airlines
Matt Fahy, CIO, Aviva North American
John Moon, CIO, Johnson Outdoors Inc.
John Phillips, SVP and CIO, Briggs Corporation, President, SIM Chicago
Carlo Privitera, Corporate CIO, Luxottica Group
Steve Rubinow, CIO, NYSE Euronext
Creighton S. Warren, CIO, USG Corporation
Jon Stevens, SVP and CIO, CDW
Steve Stone, SVP and CIO, Lowe’s
Todd Walter, CTO, Teradata
Tim Zoph, SVP and CIO, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
