7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast and Late Registration
7:00 - 1:15 PM
Exhibits Open
8:00 - 8:15 AM
Official Welcome & Opening Remarks
Rebecca S. Barna, Publisher, InformationWeek
Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief, InformationWeek
Conference Chair: Tom Trainer, Vice President, IT & CIO, Eli Lilly
8:15 - 8:45 AM
Customer-Driven Technology at DuPont
Cinda Hallman, Vice President, IS, DuPont & Co.
8:45 - 9:45 AM
Keynote Ad
dress: How Customer-Driven Technology
Is Changing Business
Dr. Fred Wiersema, Senior Vice President, CSC Index
9:45 - 10:15 AM
Three Paths to Market Leadership
1. Operational Excellence
Tom Trainer, Vice President, IT & CIO, Eli Lilly
10:15 - 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 - 11:45 AM
Three Paths to Market Leadership (Cont'd)
2. Product Leadership
Joseph Farrelly, Executive Vice President & CIO, Nabisco
3. Customer Intimacy
Ron McEvoy, Senior Vice President & CIO, Fred Meyer Inc.
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11:45 - 12:15 PM
Smart Customers, Smart Cards: Industry Update
Cathy Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Alliances, Citicorp
12:150 Ð 12:45 PM
Customer-Driven Client-Server Computing
John White, Vice President & CIO, Compaq
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Empowering The Desktop User
Steve Tsui, Vice President, Sales, Acer America
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Industry Panel: Enterprise Strategies for Customer Service
Moderator: Charles Pelton, Assistant Managing Editor, InformationWeek
1. Implementing Successful Data Warehouse Systems: Learning from the Leaders
Dan Maher, Vice President, Global Professional Services, AT&T/GIS
2. Arming the Enterprise for Customer Advantage
Duncan McClain, Director, Business & Marketing Strategy, Texas Instruments
3. Data Warehousing for Competitive Advantage
Steven Sommer, Vice President, Marketing, Informix Software
3:15 - 6:15 PM
Workshops and Free Time for Networking and Recreation
6:15 - 8:15 PM
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7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 12:45 PM
Exhibits Open
8:00 Ð 8:15 A
M
Welcome
Day Chairman: John White, Vice President & CIO, Compaq
8:15 - 9:00 AM
Keynote Presentation: Restructuring IS/IT: A Customer-Driven Approach
Ron Ponder, Senior Vice President & CIO, AT&T
9:00 Ð 9:30 AM
IT and Excellence At Rockwell
James Sutter, Vice President & General Manager, Rockwell Information Systems, Rockwell International
9:30 Ð 9:55 AM
Customer Systems: Managing The Technology Infrastructure
Bill Tauscher, Chairman & CEO, Vanstar
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:35 - 11:00 AM
Technology That Wins Customers
Sam Jadallah, General Manager, Corporate & Developer Support, Microsoft
11:00 - 11:30 AM
Customer Service in Health Care
Vita Cassese, Vice President, Systems and Market Research, Pfizer
11:30 - 11:55 PM
From CIO to CEO
Gene Bedell, President, CEO & Founder, Seer Technologies & Former C
IO, CS First Boston
11:55 - 12:25 PM
The Role of the Enterprise Database and Decision Support
In Customer Service
Terry Sandvik, CIO, FBS Business Technology Center
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12:30 - 1:35 PM
Lunch
New Rules, New Tools: Innovation In Customer-Driven Technology
Steve Zarate, Vice President, Human Resources & Network Services, PeopleSoft
1:35 - 2:00 PM
Extended Enterprise; The Next Generation Of Software For Accessing & Using
Business Information, Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime
John F. Slitz, Jr., Vice President, Object Technologies Marketing, IBM
2:00 - 3:15 PM
Industry Panel: Desktop Strategies for Customer Service
Moderator: Joseph Panetieri, Senior Editor, InformationWeek
1. Asset Management: Keeping Inventory Current
Richard R. Ward, President, Avnet
2. Evaluating Desktop PCs: Measuring Performance For Maximum Value And Return
Bruce Smith, Director, Texas Corporate
Communications, Advanced Micro Devices
3. The Changing PC: How PowerPC Is Enabling The Change
Tom Beaver, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Semiconductor Products Sector, Motorola
3:15 - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30- 4:00 PM
Customer Focus: Changing The IS Mindset
Anne Castellan, Consultant
4:00 - 7:00 PM
Free Time for Networking and Recreation
7:00 - 7:30 PM
Reception
7:30 - 9:30 PM
InformationWeek
500 Awards Ceremony and Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: James I. Cash Jr., Professor,
Business Administration & Chairman, MBA Program, Harvard Business School
9:30 - 11:00 PM
Dessert Reception: Dynamic Scalable Desserts
Hosted by Informix
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7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 11:15 AM
Exhibits Open
8:00 - 8:15 AM
Welcome
Conference Chairman: Tom Trainer, Vice President, IT &, Eli Lily
8:15 - 9:45 AM
The Winners' Circle: Excellence In Information Systems
Moderator: Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief, InformationWeek
Winners named at awards ceremony will be panelists
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9:45 - 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Closing Keynote Presentation
Dr. Gary Hamel, Founder & Co-Chairman, Hamel, Prahalad and Associates
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