Leading UK CIOs debate winning strategies at the 2006 silicon.com CIO Forum
250 of the UK's top CIOs and heads of IT gather at the silicon.com CIO Forum to explore critical factors for business success.
Award-winning online publication silicon.com, a property of CNET Networks UK, today announced the silicon.com CIO Forum will take place on 26 September at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
The annual conference, which attracts a highly influential audience of the UK's leading CIOs, IT directors and other heads of IT, offers an unrivalled stage for the exchange of ideas and information. Chaired by René Carayol, CEO, Inspired Leaders Network, this year's Forum looks at a range of issues including "Leadership: The CIO as a corporate trailblazer", "Strategy: Using the language of the board to get buy-in", and "Technology insights: Sourcing, managed services and SOAs" - providing invaluable insight into what makes a leading CIO.
The conference again features the unique CIO Jury debate bringing to life silicon.com's popular CIO JuryTM . The lively and informal courtroom-style debate puts the audience in the gallery, while the jury of prominent tech chiefs airs their views and members of silicon.com's CIO Jury deliver the verdict. The debate before the house this year is "Should you fear Google?".
Other highlights of the conference include the McCue Interview with John Suffolk, UK Government CIO; Q&A sessions; specialist work shops; and various panel debates. An impressive line up of speakers will be participating in the event, including:
Peter Cochrane, silicon.com columnist and co-founder of ConceptLabs
Neil Cameron, Global CIO, Unilever
Darin Brumby, CIO, First Group
Peter Dew, CIO, BOC
For a full list of speakers, visit, www.silicon.com/cioforum.
Tony Hallett, silicon.com editor and site director, said: "The CIO Forum is an event with clear momentum, spanning the worlds of business and technology. We have great people attending this year's conference, whether speakers or delegates, and we're pulling no punches in taking some of our best online brands onto the stage to get to grips with some tricky subjects."
What: The silicon.com CIO Forum
When: Tuesday 26 September
Where: London Hilton on Park Lane
Find out more and register: www.silicon.com/cioforum
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