Guest 1: Michael Hugos

Title: Author, Speaker and Principal at Center for Systems Innovation

Guest 2: Mark P. McDonald

Title: Group VP Executive Programs, Gartner, Inc.

It is not uncommon to see enterprise transformations fail due to a lack of enthusiasm from your employees. But now imagine a strategy inspired by video games, one that uses technologies and techniques designed to motivate enterprise staff through feedback, measured achievements and incentives. It’s called Gamification, and its claim to fame is that Gamification can not only improve workplace engagement and productivity but also increase the success rate of enterprise transformations. Is this just another management fad or are there some winning ideas to this game?

Guest : Venkatram Ramaswamy

Title: Professor of Marketing and Computer and Information Systems, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

What are the hot topics in business today: Big Data, Cloud Computing, Social Media, CRM? These are all game changing technology innovations, and yet in increasing numbers of businesses, the adoption of this next wave of thinking is being pushed by the Marketing department, not IT. CIOs have a seat at the table, but have they been able to demonstrate the value of these technologies in the way that CMOs have? On the other hand, Marketing has been driving the ideas, but don’t they need IT’s support to fully deliver what they promise? Who then is winning the race in value creation? Is this even a race?

Guest 1: Dr. Kevin Kramer, Ph.D.

Title: Head of Sales Analytics and Optimization at Aetna

Guest 2: Dr. Kathe Fox, Ph.D.

Title: Head of Informatics, Aetna Financial

Metric identification, data collection, comparing and contrasting, focused action and sustained improvement...  these are the elements needed for the sales function to be more effective and help individuals and organizations to make their sales numbers!  Obviously, Sales can no longer depend solely on transactional data, since there is more to understanding how, why, and when people buy.  Could Big Data help in this endeavor?

Guest 1: Raymond J. Oral

Title: SVP & Chief Information Officer, CNA Financial

Guest 2: Bill Oates

Title: Chief Information Officer, City of Boston, Massachusetts

Guest 3: Roger Seshadri

Title: SVP & CIO of Melco Crown Entertainment, Hong Kong

Increasingly, businesses are finding it necessary to challenge the status quo and explore new directions -- not only for competitive advantage -- but to stay relevant and prosperous! How can IT and business unite to be innovative and get new ideas to market first, embrace continuous change? …step away from past successes and focus on new ones? How can businesses create an environment where creativity is allowed to flourish without pressure?

Guest 1: John David Thompson

Title: EVP & CIO at Western Union

Guest 2: Peter Cook

Title: Chief Information Officer Europe, Global Shared Services, Wolters Kluwer N.V.

Even the most successful global organizations struggle at effectively coordinating and controlling their operations. To do this, they need common processes across geographical regions to promote efficiency while also customizing products and services that match the needs of their local business units and functions. This also requires tailoring of their global IT in parallel, to accomodate their localized operations. How are Global business operations and IT executives addressing these challenges?

Guest 1: Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan

Title: Speaker, Executive Coach and Author

Guest 2: Daniel Traynor

Title: SVP and CIO, Tennesee Valley Authority (TVA)

Guest 3: Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia

Title: CIO, the State of Hawaii

Despite the best intentions of an IT leader and his/her organization, efforts at change usually fail. A big announcement with lots of fanfare and a catchy slogan doesn’t guarantee success... Rather, effective organizational change requires active, engaged participation by everyone affected. So, how does a leader go about enlisting the heads, hearts, and hopes of his/her people, in order to implement effective and lasting change?

Guest : Ralph Loura

Title: Chief Information Officer, Clorox

We start each new year with new hopes and new resolutions. While personally we may consider weight loss or losing some habit, what about making resolutions as an IT leader, to take positive proactive steps to improve at doing our job? i.e., Making changes that will help one develop oneself as an IT leader? ...With business, technology trends, and IT changing around us, what traits, habits, and approaches should a CIO consider changing or strengthening to improve him or herself?

Guest : Peter Ransom

Title: CIO, OXFAM

This holiday, many of us are busy chasing profitability, luxury lifestyles, or the hottest toy... but right next to us, there is a parallel world where people are struggling for survival and dependent on local/global "giving" and contributions. Those organizations involved in trying to make the suffering parallel world better are also experiencing challenges. In this new era of global convergence where pockets of deprivation still need help and contributions, how are such organizations leveraging IT to meet the end goal?

Guest 1: Michael B. Koval

Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Long and Foster

Guest 2: Mayur Raichura

Title: Vice President, IS at Long and Foster Real Estate

Today's lean mean business demands quantitative results. when results count, do we really have the luxury of carrying out traditional R&D with incremental innovation? Perhaps, that is why R&D and Innovation related initiatives are on so very few organizations' agendas. Is there a way to drive practical R&D and Innovation initiatives that offer "assured" leaps in terms of competitive advantage, business capability, and market share?

Guest 1: Bob Krestakos

Title: Chief Information Officer, Steelcase Inc.

Guest 2: Randall N. Spratt

Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, McKesson Corporation

What are today's I&O leaders doing to handle the challenges they increasingly face? ...How to optimize costs; how to support business growth leveraging the cloud, mobility, and big data; how to be agile while reducing complexity; and how to modernize the legacy environments of their datacenters? what new and different ideas are helping them demonstrate they are delivering more business value and to clearly and quantifiably document it through metrics?