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Chairman's Dinner 2010
Dinner
- When:
- 09 Sep 2010
(Past) - Ref:
- W806
This will be an evening of networking and debate across peers, in previous years participants have enjoyed a lively, productive and stimulating evening and the opportunity to meet like minded individuals.
The Chairman's Dinner is open to CIOs, CTOs, Directors and Senior Managers.
Summary:
Ian Campbell, Group CIO, Transport for London, and John Harris, VP Application Services at GlaxoSmithKline invite you to attend the Corporate IT Forum's annual Chairman's Dinner on Thursday, September 9th in central London.
In July, forty European CIOs, joined by Ian Campbell, were hosted by the Chinese government to tour three provinces (Wuhan, Beijing and Shanghai) and meet with various Chinese CIOs and officials. Ian Campbell will present on the challenges and opportunities provided by China as it steps into the Outsourcing arena. Following this, a discussion will cover the current corporate viewpoints on China and other outsourcing locations with regards to service competence and the availability of quality and realistically priced outsourced services.
The evening will also be a celebration of Ian Campbell's four years of service as Chairman of the Forum and a welcome to the Forum's new Chairman - John Harris of GlaxoSmithKline.
Fundamental change is coming to what has been called corporate IT. John Harris' manifesto of change aims to better prepare UK IT professionals for the transformation now underway, and the opportunities it will bring.
Speakers:
Current Corporate IT viewpoints on China and other outsourcing locations will be given by:
- Head of Systems Services, John Lewis Partnership
- Head of Operations & Service Support, Britannia
Agenda:
18:30 - Drinks Reception
19:00 - Welcome
19:05 - Ian Campbell, Group CIO, Transport for London - CIO Tour of China
19:25 - Current Corporate IT viewpoints on China and other outsourcing locations
19:40 - Q&A Session facilitated by Sean Pond, Forum Facilitator
20:00 - Three Course Dinner Service
21:45 - John Harris, VP Application Services at GlaxoSmithKline - Vision of the Future
22:00 - Close
