Sessions By Type
Keynote Sessions
Typically presented by non-Gartner industry leaders, these plenary sessions are designed to be entertaining and thought-provoking.
Sessions
Welcome and Opening Remarks
29 November, 2011 (08:45 AM - 09:00 AM)
Gartner Opening Keynote: The Ten Most Important Strategic Planning Assumptions
29 November, 2011 (09:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
We are at the beginning of a broad sea change in IT caused by the rapid evolution of the Cloud and the Web, and the development and deployment of Mobile and Social applications. In total, they require that you create a new vision for your application strategy and a set of tight planning assumptions for how they will impact your IT capabilities.
Guest Keynote: Why Games Make Us Better -- and How They Can Help Us Achieve Extraordinary Goals
29 November, 2011 (04:45 PM - 05:45 PM)
We spend 3 billion hours a week as a planet playing computer and videogames -- and these 3 billion hours are far from an escapist waste of time. Gaming is actually one of the most productive ways we can spend our time -- it produces positive emotion, stronger social relationships, a sense of accomplishment, and for players who become a part of a bigger online community, a chance to build up a sense of meaning and purpose. Scientific research shows that all of these feelings and activities can trickle into our real lives and impact our real-life confidence, ambition, likability and willingness to help others. In fact, when we play a good game, especially multiplayer games, we become the best version of ourselves: the most optimistic, most creative, most focused, most collaborative, the most likely to set ambitious goals, the most resilient in the face of failure. In this talk, find out how you can unlock the power of games to achieve extraordinary goals in your real life -- and how gaming can become a source of innovation and collaboration for your most important work.
Guest Keynote: Management 2.0
30 November, 2011 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Today’s organizations face unprecedented challenges, which include: a wildly accelerating pace of change, the gale-force winds of creative destruction, intensifying competition, rapid commoditization, and increasing demands for social accountability. Problem is, these challenges lie outside the performance envelope of the “management model” that currently predominates in most companies. What’s needed is a revolution in how our companies are led, managed and organized—and information technology will be the catalyst. The basic structures of “modern” management were invented a century ago with the goal of driving discipline and efficiency into large organizations. But today, companies need to be more than diligent and cost-effective. They must be highly adaptable, endlessly inventive, and inspiring for employees and customers. Accomplishing this will require a fundamental overhaul of “Management 1.0.” Over the past decade, companies have harnessed the power of information technology to reinvent their operating models and their business models. Now they must overhaul their deeply embedded management practices. Top-heavy and control-oriented organizations must be rebuilt around the principles of meritocracy, freedom and openness. In his provocative and practical presentation, Professor Hamel will lay out a blueprint for Management 2.0, and help you to identify the ways in which you can use the power of the social web to start a management revolution in your company. In his talk, Hamel will cover: • The make-or-break challenges that will drive competitive success in the “creative economy” • The performance limits of Management 1.0 • The “design rules” for Management 2.0 • How information technology will invert ultimately the pyramid • What you can do to begin “hacking” the management processes in your company Drawing on a wealth of examples from the world’s most progressive organizations, Professor Hamel will present a compelling vision of how information technology will help us build organizations that are fit for the future and fit for human beings, and he will challenge you to join the vanguard.
Playing to Win: How IT Creates Value and Makes It Visible
30 November, 2011 (04:30 PM - 05:30 PM)
As a major platform change for delivery of IT-enabled capabilities draws closer, enterprise IT professionals need to know and clearly communicate the value they deliver. This presentation describes the two most important ways that IT professionals create value, and how successful IT teams make that value clear to the enterprises they serve.
Gartner Closing Keynote: What to Do on Monday?
01 December, 2011 (03:00 PM - 04:00 PM)
When you get back to the office you will have key project and priority decisions to make based on the information at this event. How should you consider and prioritize what to do next?
