THANK YOU

We thank our sponsors, speakers and attendees of the 2009 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. This year's event broke records in registrations, at over 720, sponsors, press attendance and innovations. We look forward to seeing you in 2010!

We congratulate the winner of the 2009 CIO Award for Innovation and IT Leadership, Justin Lindsey CTO of Netezza, and our finalists, Frank Modruson, CIO of Accenture, C. Martin Harris, CIO of The Cleveland Clinic, and Jo Hoppe, CIO of Parexel.

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WORD ON THE STREET

IT Forecast: “The Great Restructuring” On Horizon. By Russell Garland, May 21, 2009

CIOs Slow to Embrace Cloud Computing, By Rachael King, May 21, 2009

Jumping Into the Cloud – Advice for CIOs. REDMOND, Wash. – May 20, 2009

3 Lessons for a Future (or Current) CIO, By Jen Darr in Best Practices, June 23, 2009 16:20

Cloud computing to reshape IT: conference. The move is inevitable, attendees say
By Brad Reed Framingham
New Zealand, Monday, 8 June, 2009

CIO weekly wrap-up: CIOs on IT spending cuts, BPO and changing roles. By Rachel Lebeaux , TechTarget, 05/26/2009

MIT: Cloud computing to reshape IT. By Brad Reed, Network World , 05/21/2009

Jump right in: Microsoft schools CIOs on cloud computing migration, by Rick Hodgin, May 20th, 2009

Do CEOs *really* care about IT? by Michael Krigsman, May 20th, 2009

MIT Sloan CIO Symposium blogging, by Aleks Buterman May 20th, 2009

The 2009 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, by Irving Wladawsky-Berger, May 24th, 2009

Experts: CIO moving more into business, process optimization,
By Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer, 21 May 2009

Outsourcing and offshoring in a recession more flexible, panelists say
By Rachel Lebeaux, Associate Editor, 26 May 2009

MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: Part One: The Virtual Organization
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: Part Two: CIO Leadership and the Bottom Line
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Part Three: Enterprise 2.0
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Keynote Panel Part Four: Cloud Computing
by Bill Ives, 21-25 May 2009

Observations from the 2009 MIT CIO Symposium. 05/21/2009

What Business Could Learn from the New Star Trek Movie. 05/21/2009

THE 2009 MIT SLOAN CIO SYMPOSIUM

As CIO and as a senior business executive, you embrace a technology vision to enable improved global business performance for your company.  With pressure to do more with fewer resources mounting every year, your success increasingly requires tapping into innovative technologies and new ideas to get the job done.  What sparks these ideas?  How do you keep up with leading innovations?  Find out at the 2009 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is an annual one-day conference, held on the MIT campus, where CIOs and other senior business executives from around the world gather to explore how leading-edge academic research and innovative technologies can help address the practical challenges faced in today’s changing economy.  Senior IT decision makers engage with each other and with thought leaders from academia to find better ways to sustain their leadership in the effective use of technology to improve business performance. 

The theme of the 2009 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is, “Sustaining CIO Leadership in a Changing Economy.”  Keynote presentations and interactive panel discussions feature more than forty-five business leaders, technology innovators, and thought leaders from academia.  More than a dozen sessions explore topics ranging from leveraging virtualization and cloud computing to security challenges in private clouds, application of collaborative technologies, outsourcing, and IT governance. The Symposium, now in its sixth year, enables you to gain insight into new developments, hear the inside story on cutting-edge implementations, engage in spirited discussions with academics as well as business leaders, and network with peers from around the world.

WHY ATTEND?

• MIT is a hotbed of innovative ideas, new technologies, and leadership education.  The Symposium facilitates a spirited exchange between leading CIOs and academicians who spearhead these activities.
• The elite group of technology and business leaders who gather for this event together have thousands of years of experience leading the technology vision of major companies.  The Symposium enables these leaders to learn from each other and make connections that help them do their jobs better.
• The Symposium capitalizes on recent academic research and showcases innovations, bringing together in a single day an unprecedented level and range of insight that helps CIOs and other business leaders work smarter. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Global Chief Information Officers across industries and sectors.
• Other C-level executives from technology, information management, operations, and finance functions.
• Senior business and technical executives who lead – or need – delivery of business value through innovative solutions.

SIX YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

The MIT Sloan School of Management is ranked first in IT and innovation leadership among business schools worldwide. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium provides insight into leading-edge academic research that enables CIOs and other senior business executives to harness the potential of innovative tools and new approaches to the practical challenges they face in today’s changing economy.

MIT SLOAN CIO SYMPOSIUM AWARD

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2009 Award for Leadership in Innovation recognizes Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) for their ability to build an organization that fosters innovation while supporting current business strategy.

Here is what one award recipient said about last year's recognition:
" I haven't attended a better or more worthwhile event than the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium and you don't want to miss the 2009 symposium. The Award for Leadership brings tremendous visibility and recognition for organizations that foster innovation. My experience with this event is second to none and I highly recommend it to my peers and colleagues."

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