At A Glance  Sunday 9/18 Monday 9/19 Tuesday 9/20 Wednesday 9/21
Sunday, September 18th
7:00 p.m.
Celebrity Foyer
- 8:00 p.m. Conference Registration
Hospitality provided by Mercury
7:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. InformationWeek Golf Classic Registration
Sponsored by Mercury and Accenture
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. InformationWeek Golf Classic & Awards Reception
Hosted by Mercury and Accenture
6:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks
Stephanie Stahl, Editor-in-Chief, InformationWeek and Conference Chair Denis O’Leary, Private Investor and Former CEO, LabMorgan Chase.
6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. "The PeerThink Project"
Brian Gillooly, Editor-in-Chief, Events, InformationWeek and Editor-in-Chief, Optimize

Attendees will be assigned to a group for the duration of the event in an interactive project to answer the following questions:

1) What is the single most pressing business technology challenge facing your group (choose either a common challenge facing the group or one representative the group feels has the toughest challenge)?
2) What are two key steps your group would suggest to begin solving this challenge?
3) Who in your organization will you contact when you get back to begin solving this challenge?

Attendees will periodically break into their groups throughout the conference to discuss these questions. On Tuesday afternoon, each group will present its findings, citing examples from the conference content. Prizes will be awarded to the winning group, as judged by InformationWeek editors.

7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker:
Michael Hawley, Director of Special Projects and founder of MIT's GO Expeditions program
8:15 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. Reception
The InformationWeek 500 Innovators Awards
A gala reception to honor the top innovators, by category and by absolute ranking, in the 2005 InformationWeek 500 research.