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Registration is now open for the 9th annual SIM Golf Tournament, taking place on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston, MA. Tournament details can be found here. Register online by clicking here. Obtain a PDF of the registration form here.
Please join us for a special half-day event at our next monthly meeting on March 18, 2010 at the Newton Marriott. Join over 100 CIOs and IT leaders as they address the question "How does the CIO contribute to transforming the business in innovative ways?"
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Please join us for our next Practitioners Round Table for a discussion on new Business Intelligence Tools in the Marketplace and a roundtable discussion, being held at PAREXEL Corporation in Waltham on March 24th.
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Our next Sharpen The Leadership Saw Roundtable takes place on April 27, 2010.
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Our Next Monthly Meeting
Our Next Meeting: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Location: Newton Marriott
Topic: Business Transformation through Innovation and Leadership
3:00-3:45 PM - Registration and Networking
3:45-4:00 PM - Welcome and Introduction
4:00-4:45 PM - Keynote Panel: CIO as the Transformational Leader.
Panelists: Dave Kutler, CIO, Vertex, Bob Lyons, CIO, Stream, Jo Hoppe, CIO, Parexel
In addition to having a keen understanding of the changing marketplace and the ability to navigate and build strong relationships across the organization, transformational leaders lead by crafting strong business and technology visions and then figure out ways to achieve these. This unique combination of abilities permits these exceptional leaders to find and unlock value, which others miss, and unleash markedly improved business performance and even change the competitive landscape.
This keynote panel of CIO leaders will discuss practical aspects of leading business transformation in today's environment.
4:45-5:15 PM - Coffee Break in Solutions Exchange Pavilion
5:15-6:00 PM - KEYNOTE: Business Transformation Leadership, Rich Adduci, SVP & CIO, Boston Scientific
6:00-6:45 PM - Cocktail Reception
6:45-7:15 PM - Dinner
7:15-8:00 PM - Search Exec Panel: The Role of the 2010 CIO
Panelists: Tarun Inuganti, Partner, Spencer Stuart, Shawn Banerji, Managing Director, Technology Sector, Russell Reynolds Associates, Mark Polansky, Senior Client Partner & Managing Director, Information Technology Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International, Phil Schneidermeyerr, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Moderator: Jamie Satterthwaite, Consultant, Egon Zehnder International
Coming out of the recent economic crisis, CEOs are looking for dramatically different competencies across the CXO suite. What are the new competencies that CIOs need?
Listen, learn and interact with this world-class panel of search executives, who have invaluable insights into the changing role of the CIO from transactional to transformational leader.
8:00-8:15 PM - Event wrap-up and prize drawing
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Our Next Practitioners Roundtable
Our Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Schedule: Registration 1:30PM, Meeting 2:00PM, Meeting adjourns at 5:30PM with dinner to follow at a restaurant to be determined
Topic & Speaker: New Business Intelligence Tools in the Marketplace
Speaker: Anthony Deighton from QlikTech, Roundtable discussion to follow
Location: PAREXEL Corporation, 195 West Street, Waltham, MA
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Our Next Sharpen The Leadership Saw Roundtable
Our Next Meeting:
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
(Registration – 1:30 PM, Program – 2:00-5:30 PM, Dinner – 6:00 PM)
Location: Staples, in Framingham, MA
Speaker: Martha Heller
Book: Outliers, The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell
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This program is offered to all current SIM members and all former SIM RLF graduates who are interested in evolving as a leader. Through discussions of carefully selected books and through speakers who are IS/IT leaders, the roundtable offers you the opportunity to improve your fundamental understanding of “leadership”, and your own personal brand of it. We read one book in advance, discuss the book and another topic, and listen to a guest speaker who is an IS or IT leader like you.
Registration details:
The cost to attend the SLS Roundtable session is only $50, which includes dinner out following the afternoon meeting. To attend, please register and pay via credit card online by Friday, April 23rd.
For questions, please contact our SLS Roundtable Facilitator Katrina Sorrentino (ksorrentino@irobot.com)
About Boston SIM
For over thirty years the Boston Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) has been the meeting place for information technology executives, leading IT consultants, academicians, and senior business executives who play key roles in the use of information technology in their organizations. Boston SIM offers a collaborative exploration of best practices, trends and lessons learned for those who shape and influence the management and use of it. Join Boston SIM and collaborate with us in the management revolution that is changing the way the world communicates, educates, and conducts business. Membership in this chapter of an international organization puts you in the middle of a global community that is harnessing the power of knowledge, information, and technology. SIM International is an international organization for top information executives. It helps IS leaders to develop their management techniques for the strategic use of information and computing technology. SIM has over 25 local chapters, and 2,500 members from more than 500 major organizations.
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