Alison Toscano Keynote presented by: Rahaf Harfoush, Digital Anthropologist and Best Selling Author At a macro level, the rules for engagement have changed and leaders are bombarded with new platforms, analytics and technologies promising all the big answers. With the hype around micro-influence and big data, it’s easy to forget the reason that individuals and organizations started using …
Breakout Session presented by: Kurt Roemer – Chief Security Strategist, Citrix Systems Minimizing the security risks associated with any mobility strategy requires a synergistic combination of policies, procedures based on those policies, and technology. For many executives, this requires annual reviews of mobile strategies and policies based on evolving business needs and what users are actually …
Plenary Session presented by: Eric Wright, SVP Operations, Info-Tech Research Group Info-Tech has found too often this is done through ad-hoc and informal processes, making improvement hard to measure, and success impossible to define. A new model is needed to enable the CIO to rapidly make decisions, prove success & analyze challenges with DATA. In this …
Panel Presentation with: Fariba Anderson, Dean Doige, and Humza Teherany Is reaching a CIO position the final goal of our careers? How do we move beyond the boundary created by this title? Or does CIO also stand for Career Is Over? This session showcases examples of former CIOs who leveraged their success in IT to propel them to other …
Plenary Presentation by Rick Brandon, President and CEO, Brandon Partners Do you know how to cultivate your strategic influence and identical political styles of others? Are you able to identify the skills that comprise ethical political savvy? In his book Survival of the Savvy, Dr. Rick Brandon demonstrates how to employ high-integrity tactics to ensure career …
Kelly Friedman, Partner, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP recently spoke at a Toronto Chapter event acheiving some of the highest speaker ratings we have seen. Kelly recently posted a blog offering further insights that CIOs should read. In December 2015, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation entered into a significant settlement with the FTC requiring the company to put …
CXOTalk announced the top 20 influential CIOs on Social Media. Amongst them is CIOCAN Manitoba Chapter Chair and only Canadian: Nigel Fortlage. “As the Chief Information Officer role become increasingly prominent, it is important to recognize CIOs who actively stake a claim as innovators and communicators. At CXOTALK, we bring together leaders who embody the …
Alex Buhler recently presented at the Conference Board of Canada’s Council of Chief Information Officers. The theme of the event was: What’s Relevant Today, Tomorrow, and in the Future for the Strategic CIO Alex shared his perspective on the key strategic role a CIO must play in driving the digital business transformation while managing demand …
If you missed the inaugural Beers with Peers for the Ottawa Chapter, you missed out!
If you missed the Gartner Insight 2016 event in Calgary on January 21, 2016, you missed out! Attendees enjoyed the topic which was an excellent mix of leadership, psychology and technology. It was a thought provoking session which was presented with relevance and speed. One attendee asked for more events like this which would be …
We usually move the Beers with Peers events around the GTA to make them more accessible to our members. The March Beers with Peers will be in Mississauga. In planning the May event, we have had some requests to move it north. Please let us know your wishes by answering the poll below. [poll id=”2″]
