Listen to experts on 'CIO Strategies for 2011' this Thursday
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 02:21 IST
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New Delhi: After the resounding success of the Mumbai and Chennai editions, Siliconindia is back with the 'CIO Strategy Summit 2011' on August 11th (Thursday) in New Delhi, the most topical and exciting event, which addresses the challenges and opportunities ahead for business leaders to finalize the roadmap for the next financial year. The conference brings together CIOs, CTOs and IT decision makers of enterprises who are currently directly responsible for managing the information flow, who are responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals and who are the key contributors in formulating strategic goals for an organization. The agenda for the Summit will focus on 'What CEOs and the Board Expects from the CIO and IT', a panel which will look at the demand side from the top down - what are boards and CEOs thinking and what business agenda must IT leaders deliver to? You will find out what they CEOs are thinking about technology at the strategic level, what they think about CIOs and what needs to be done as a result. We have Ajay Kumar Dhir, Group CIO, Lanco Infratech; Mukesh Kumar, CIO, Vishal MegaMart and RD Malav,VP-IT, Jindal Group for this panel. We have an exciting insight on 'e-Governance' by Shankar Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, DIT, as head of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), Shankar is responsible for realizing the government's vision to make services accessible to the common man through the use of information and communications technology. Listen to him speak at the Keynote Session at the event. How do CIOs bring the business acumen and core values they have gained from the experience back into the IT department? How can CIOs retain their IT role, while effectively using their skills and passion to provide value within several divisions of the company? All these and more will be discussed in the panel 'The Competitive CIO: Driving Business Forward' for which we have Ashok Cherian, CIO, from JK Cements; Prakash Pradhan,Head-IT & CIO, Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals and Manoj Shrivastava, Director - Integrated Technology, MTS India. The Emerging Technologies and Trends and how it plays a role in today's IT decisions will be addressed upon by Daya Prakash, CIO, LG Electronics; Deepak Rout, General Manager & Head-IS Uninor; JS Sodhi, Head-IT & CIO, Amity Group; Huzur Saran, HOD-Computer Science, IIT Delhi and Gaurav Mohan, VP Channels & Head of Mumbai Region, Huawei. You wouldn't want to miss listening to these speakers at the event. This is an ideal platform for excellent networking and to interact with your peers over cocktail and dinner following the event! 'The CIO Strategy Summit 2011' is a one-stop shop to address all challenges ahead for the CIOs who would inspire the leaders of tomorrow. DATE: August 11th, 2011 TIME: 3.30 PM to 9:00 PM VENUE: The Suryaa, New Friends Colony, Plot No-1,Community Centre, Okhla Phase-1, New Delhi - The CIO Strategy Summit is an INVITE only event. To request an invitation please reach out to lakshmi@siliconindia.com or call 080 43112120 The event is sponsored by Huawei, Regus.

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