Houston SIM members meet six times a year. We traditionally meet at the Rice University Faculty Club for a dinner meeting.

The general agenda is:

Optional:  Informal, social gathering where members discuss current topics and share experiences.  Cash bar available.  (5:30 p.m.)
Dinner  (6:15 p.m.)
Presentation (speaker) followed by discussion.
 

SIM Houston Chapter 2008-2009 season

Date	Speaker	Topic
September 16	Cancelled due to Hurricane Ike
October 21	James Staten, Forrester Principal Analyst	Is Cloud Computing the Next Revolution?  Is it ready For The Enterprise?
November 11	Tiffany Songvilay	Governance and IT change management
December 16	Holiday Dinner
January 13	Mark Polansky, Managing Director, Information Technology Practice Korn/Ferry International	The Evolving Role of the CIO
February 17	Rick Watson	Green IT
March 17	Blake Ives	Second life - Virtual IT
Apr 14	Zain A. Ali The Hackett Group Sr. Director, Southwest Region	Benchmarking data
May 12	Ed Holub Gartner Research VP Houston, TX US	Making ITIL a Reality:  Pitfalls and Strategies

 *   Meal is included in dues.
 

Notes on meetings:

• Please RSVP attendance at least one week in advance.  (See "Contact Us" link for contact information.)
  Dinner is $40 per meeting, payable at the door.
• Be prepared to pay for parking.  Rice University has "pay for parking" lots close to the meeting facility.  You may park for free at Rice Stadium and walk, if you choose.
• Members are invited to bring guests (prospective members).
• Attendance is limited to members and their guests.

Campus driving direction:

1. From South Main turn into Entrance #2
2. Take the first left at the stop sign
3. The parking lot is immediately on the left after the turn
4. The Cohen House is the building with the circular driveway at the southwest corner of the parking lot.
5. We have a SIM meeting sign in entryway of the Cohen House.  Follow the sign

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