INFOTECH FORTY 2009
The editors of Fortune Magazine are convening the FORTUNE INFOTECH FORTY, a select group of chief information officers, chief technology officers, and enterprise leaders who are shaping the way corporations are using technology to advance important business goals and transform their companies.
The group first convened for a high-level strategy session on July 22 at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. The session, led by the editors of Fortune, provided participants with an opportunity to hear from some of the most strategic technology executives operating in the world today, and will give council members a chance to share their opinions, perspectives, and concerns about the best ways to deploy technology — especially in economically challenging times.
These perspectives help inform Fortune's award-winning technology coverage throughout the year, and the editors will seek the council's input on issues of technology and innovation for stories that appear in the magazine's fortnightly TECHNOLOGY section, as well as feature stories, profiles, and interviews, and video segments that appear on Fortune.com and CNNMoney.com.
We believe Fortune can provide tech executives with a unique opportunity to hear from not only each other, but also the top technology thinkers and global business executives who rely increasingly on tech to make their companies work.
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THE INFOTECH FORTY
JULY 22, 2009
The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa • Pasadena, California
11:30 AMRegistration
12:00 – 12:05 PM Welcome
Andy Serwer, Managing Editor, Fortune
12:05 – 12:10 PM Opening remarks
Stephanie Mehta, Assistant Managing Editor, Fortune
12:10 – 1:00 PM Software vs. software
Do you like your software served up via the Internet, or do you prefer a nice client/server model? Maybe a healthy dose of both? Vishal Sikka, chief technology officer of SAP, joins Fortune senior writer Jon Fortt for a spirited conversation about the future of software delivery.
1:00 – 1:30 PM Social Media for Business: What Every Tech Exec Needs to Know
David Kirkpatrick, Fortune contributor and author of The Facebook Effect, and Chamath Palihapitiya of Facebook explain what every technology decision-maker needs to know about social networking in the workplace.
1:30 – 1:45 PM The Future of Work
Speaker: Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, Chief Technology Officer, Xerox Corp., President, Xerox Innovation Group
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, Fortune
1:45 – 2:30 PM Marketing and Technology: Corporate America’s Fiona and Shrek?
At DreamWorks (creator of the Shrek franchise), technology isn’t a lonely ogre: It plays a strategic part in every aspect of the studio, including marketing. Anne Globe, head of DreamWorks’ worldwide marketing, and Ed Leonard, its chief technology officer, talk with Fortune's Stephanie Mehta about how they work together to make sure technology is part of the promotion of every movie.
2:30 – 3:00 PM Winefellow tasting experience and networking mixer with Fortune editors.
3:00 PM Roundtable concludes
