Meet the CIOs, CTOs and IT decision makers at CIO Strategy Summit 2011
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 20:08 IST
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Mumbai: Post recession, there have been paradigm shifts within the IT community, the role of a CIO has changed from being an information officer to being an innovative officer. The strategies too, have changed for a CIO but what has not changed is their continuous hunger for technology adaptation and adoption. SiliconIndia is organizing a dynamic conference for CIOs - 'CIO Strategy Summit 2011' on June 23 at the ITC Grand Central in Mumbai, which addresses these 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 Venkat Iyer, Sr. Vice President - Information Technology, STAR India; Jinoy Mathew, Group Head - IT, UTV Software Communications; Sunil Mehta, Sr. VP & Area Systems Director-Central Asia, JWT and Mukund Prasad, Director - Corporate Strategy, Business Excellence & Group CIO, Welspun Group for this panel. We have an insightful keynote on the 'Key Role of Transformational CIO in Driving Innovation and Generating Business Growth in a Reset World' by Vivek Kale, Group CIO from Raymond. CIOs will discover how to translate strategic direction into actionable results, achieve the innovation required for competitive business advantage, and lead their organization's transformation of its IT capabilities when Jitendra Mishra, GM-IT, Elder Pharma; Bihag Lalaji, Vice President (Special Projects), Ambuja Cements; Vijay Sethi, Vice President-IS and CIO, Hero Honda Motors and Mani Mulki, Chief Information Officer, Pidilite come under one panel to share their insightful thoughts on 'CIO Skill sets to meet Management Expectations'. The other speakers at the summit include Meheriar Patel, CTO & Head - Information Technology, Globus; Subramaniam V, Director - IT & CIO (India & Gulf Area), OTIS; Vikas Gadre, VP - New Business Initiatives, Tata Chemicals; Anil Nadkarni, Chief Information Officer, Thermax; Anil Nama, CIO, CtrlS Datacenter; Rajesh Raghavan, Solutions Architect, Serena Software; Pratap Gharge, Executive Vice President & CIO, Bajaj Electricals; Gaurav Mohan, VP Channels & Head of Mumbai Region, Huawei; Tarun Pandey, Vice President-IT, Aditya Birla Financial Services Group. You wouldn't want to miss listening to these speakers and not to mention the excellent networking opportunity 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: June 23rd, 2011 TIME: 3.00 PM to 9:00 PM VENUE: ITC Grand Central, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012 Register free here The event is sponsored by Huawei, Serena Software, Regus and Ctrl S.