• Agenda Overview
• CIO/CEO Insights

Tracks

• Applications
• Business Intelligence & Information Management
• Business Management of IT
• Business Process Improvement
• Communications
• Emerging Trends & Technologies
• Enterprise Architecture
• Government
• Infrastructure & Operations
• Program & Portfolio Management
• Security & Risk Management
• Sourcing & Vendor Relationships

Symposium/ITxpo 2009 is organized according to twelve IT leadership tracks. Each track is designed to address the key priorities and challenges you face. The Symposium/ITxpo role experience includes the targeted sessions and networking opportunities you need to transform your organisation's IT strategies.

For Sourcing & Vendor Relationships Leaders, Symposium/ITxpo 2009 will answer:

• Why, when and how should I reassess our sourcing strategies?
• What course corrections are indicated by the current economic conditions?
• What specific actions and demands should I take and make when negotiating and renegotiating my sourcing or software contracts?
• Understand opportunities in using emerging alternative delivery options like SaaS, infrastructure utilities and business process utilities? Are they mature enough to deliver the flexibility and reliability I need?
• How do I create a world-class strategic vendor management program that not only helps me capitalise on today's buyer's market, but also makes me stronger in my provider dealings over the long term?

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Analyst/User Roundtables

• Benchmarking and Performance — How do you Ensure the Best Outcomes Over the Lifetime of your Deal? – Mike Lafford

Gartner Speakers

• Micehel C. Caminos
• Helen Huntley
• Rolf Jester
• Mike Lafford
• Jim Longwood
• William R. Snyder