Sun, May 1, 2016 - 7:00 am to 1:30 pm

The Brickyard Crossing Golf Course

MES Golf Tournament

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm

JW Grand Ballroom Foyer

Registration

Pick up your conference badge and personalized schedule at registration, then stop back any time you have questions or feedback that you'd like to share.  The MES Event staff is there to help you! 

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Room 201

MES Training for International Sponsors

This training will teach our International Sponsors the best practices for engaging with MES attendees and getting maximum ROI from the event.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Orientation

CIOs and senior IT leaders hear tips and tricks from staff and advisory board members to make the most of their time at MES.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Welcome and State of the Midmarket

Hear perspectives on the State of the Midmarket based on insight drawn from hundreds of senior IT leaders who attend the Midsize Enterprise Summits. The biggest challenges and opportunities facing midmarket CIOs and IT leaders will be discussed along with their top technology priorities. In this fast-paced session you will have a chance to benchmark your priorities against your peer set allowing you to make strategic adjustments to your business plan. This research and insight is exclusively shared with MES attendees to help them make the right decisions going forward and help their senior leaders understand the midmarket landscape.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: The Road to Reinvention--How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation

With disruptive forces assaulting business from every direction, creativity has been labeled the single-most important business attribute.  To succeed, leaders must be focused on creating a resilient culture where everyone’s engaged; a torrent of fresh, creative ideas needs to flow from every level of the organization.  Top leaders then employ a secret weapon: a systematic approach to selecting and launching the ideas that will best drive growth and innovation.  Josh Linkner weighs in with a fresh perspective on this critical leadership challenge.  A highly successful serial entrepreneur and now a tech investor, Linkner shows leaders how to employ his simple but effective framework to ramp up the creativity and identify/launch ideas that will break through and defy gravity.  This presentation will help attendees:
•   Challenge assumptions and conventional wisdom
•   Build courage to foster responsible risk taking
•   Authentically express your own creativity and tap into the hidden creativity of your team members
•   Develop “everyday creativity” to attack business problems of all sizes
•   Deploy creativity beyond R&D to reimagine processes, drive efficiency, and improve operations
•   Uncover fresh approaches for reinvention and growth

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: How IT Leaders Can Deliver Operational Efficiency With Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Midmarket IT leaders and their teams have done a good job of containing capital expenses. Unfortunately, Capex and Opex ratios have flipped, which is no longer tenable in today’s ultra-completive business environment. This has created silos of technology and specialists along with data center sprawl. In this MES East General Session Keynote, SimpliVity executives will share how hyper-converged infrastructure can help drive dramatic operational efficiency gains. They will also review the startling findings from a recent operational efficiency survey of SimpliVity customers.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 5:00 pm to 5:05 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Vendor Spotlight Interviews: Domo and ESET

The industry is changing from minute to minute so why not spend a few precious minutes getting to know some of today’s leading service and technology suppliers. Each company featured in the MES Vendor Spotlight interview, hosted by MES’ SVP Robert DeMarzo, will provide insight into their value proposition and how their solutions can benefit CIOs and senior IT leaders. Some people say you can live a lifetime in a minute. If that is the case, come and spend a few minutes as these companies tell attendees how they can improve the lives of employees, customers and organizations. Just remember what Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers sang, “minute by minute by minute by minute…” You know the rest. Come and enjoy.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

MES Newcomer Private Reception (Invitation Only)

Come meet your fellow MES attendees as this private reception for CIOs and senior IT leaders who are new to MES.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm

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Networking Break
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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm

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MES Boardroom Meet & Greet

The interactive boardrooms are one of the core components of the MES agenda.  This meet and greet session will allow you to better understand how the boardrooms work and how you can get the most value out of them.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Griffin Hall

MES Welcome Reception

Enjoy heavy appetizers and  drinks while networking with vendors and attendees.

Tequila Tasting Sponsored by:

 

Mobile App development for iPhone, iPad and Android devices

 

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

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Sponsored Receptions (Invitation Only)

Sponsored Receptions are a great networking opportunity for attendees.  Keep an eye out for your invtiation!

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 7:00 am to 7:45 am

Griffin Hall

Networking Breakfast

Take time to recharge the batteries and enjoy a meal with your fellow CIOs and senior IT leaders. This is time exclusively designed so attendees and technology suppliers can have private conversations, compare notes and build new relationships.  

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 7:00 am to 7:45 am

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Vendor Breakfast and Gartner Midmarket Overview

Get an overview of Gartner's latest midmarket research, including strategies, opportunities, trends, priorities and challenges. This is a must-attend session for vendors and sponsors.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 7:00 am to 5:00 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion (Vendor Set-up)
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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 8:00 am to 8:10 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Morning Remarks

This brief session will lay the framework for today's agenda.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 8:10 am to 8:55 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: Gartner's Heather Colella Presents The 2030 CIO Algorithm

By 2030 the impact of technology will have replaced the routine and ordinary in daily business, substantially altering how the role of CIO is performed.  What are the drivers of these changes? What is the new CIO algorithm? How can CIOs prepare for the future ahead?

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 8:55 am to 9:25 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: Pivoting In The IT Industry--Big Shift Moves To Make Now

IT must be at the forefront of “the big shift” by unleashing and aligning company assets to create new competitive landscapes. This general session keynote by Joe Batista, Chief Creatologist of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will explore key emerging trends using a case-study approach to illustrate how tech innovation can drive business success.  According to The Economist, Batista “traced the incredible connections between technology, internal competencies, and external partners that led to real business results.” Key takeaways for IT leaders attending this session include:

  •  The top target areas for transformation, the blind spots and the best practices of leading companies
  •  The technology innovations and approaches Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel are driving to enable the IT and business transformation of mid-sized businesses
  •  What IT leaders can implement now to pave the way in areas such as mobility, big data, security and workforce productivity

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 9:25 am to 9:30 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Vendor Spotlight Interviews: Acumatica and Digital Fortress

The industry is changing from minute to minute so why not spend a few precious minutes getting to know some of today’s leading service and technology suppliers. Each company featured in the MES Vendor Spotlight interview, hosted by MES’ SVP Robert DeMarzo, will provide insight into their value proposition and how their solutions can benefit CIOs and senior IT leaders. Some people say you can live a lifetime in a minute. If that is the case, come and spend a few minutes as these companies tell attendees how they can improve the lives of employees, customers and organizations. Just remember what Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers sang, “minute by minute by minute by minute…” You know the rest. Come and enjoy.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 9:45 am to 11:35 am

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 9:45 am to 11:35 am

Whtie River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:45 am to 12:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Executive Session 1: What the C-Suite Really Thinks About You

* Based on extensive surveys and interviews with business leaders hear what their perceptions of IT leaders and the challenges they have working with CIOs. 

* Gain an understanding of how to work better with linen of business and change perceptions.

* How do you create a strategy to collaborate better with line of business and senior company management

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:45 am to 12:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 8

Executive Session 2: Cybersecurity 2020: Phase 2 Guardian for Big Change

* How will the convergence of the Internet of People and Computer with the Internet of Things change business?

* How will those digital business changes shift the practice of Security and Risk Management?

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:45 am to 12:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 9

Executive Session 3: Vendor Management Best Practices for Midsize Enterprises

* How can vendor management improve vendor performance?

* What are the primary disciplines, roles and responsibilities for vendor management?

* How can these activities and roles be developed and operate in the midmarket?

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Griffin Hall

MES Lunch & Learn--Peer Perspectives On Today's Hottest Issues

This networking luncheon will feature insightful and educational peer-led conversations around some of the most pressing issues facing IT leaders of midsize enterprises. A leader will be assigned to each MES luncheon table who will be responsible for initiating and fostering a conversation around the topics listed below among others. At each table, IT leaders will gain insight from their peers and have the opportunity to ask questions and be heard. Peer perspective is rated as one of the most important components of the MES experience so don’t miss this valuable opportunity and discussion. Table topics include:

•    The role of the IT leader
•    Best practices working with line of business
•    IT as a value generator vs. cost center
•    IT security priorities
•    Infrastructure initiative over the next 12 months
•    Top application initiatives
•    Investment plans for IoT
•    Public and hybrid cloud strategies
•    How solution provider/VAR/IT consultant/integrators can better service your needs
•    Best of breed vendors

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

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Networking Break
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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 2:15 pm to 3:25 pm

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 2:15 pm to 3:25 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Technology Power Session 1

EmPowered by HPE Hyper-Converged

In this session, CIOs and senior IT leaders will learn why Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been a market leader in software-defined storage for the past eight years. Hear how Hewlett Packard Enterprise is redefining what hyper-converged means and how IT leaders and their businesses can benefit using hyper-converged solutions from HPE and Intel. 

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 8

Technology Power Session 2

How HPE Servers and Storage Address Today’s Top 4 Business Priorities

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has shifted from focusing customers on products to focusing customers on the right IT for their top 4 business priorities. Those priorities include increasing productivity; growing the business; reducing costs; and staying up and running. Attendees will hear how this new approach can change the way IT and business leaders purchase HPE IT products and solutions  and can lead to better outcomes for the business.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 9

Technology Power Session 3

Move to an All Mobile Workplace

Organizations are moving toward and have arrived at an All Mobile Workplace.  Learn how new innovations in wireless networking, policy management and location-based services can rapidly transform today¹s legacy workplace into an All-Mobile Workplace that balances freedom of access with critical security to protect confidential data.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 5:40 pm

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 5:40 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 5:50 pm to 6:20 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES CIO Interview: Tom Miller, CIO & SVP, Anthem

Brian Watson is the co-author of Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges (Wiley, March 2014), and writes the "CIO Confessions" column for CIO.com. He will interview a top CIO onstage, seeking answers on:

  • How have they handled their most challenging business problems
  • How do they anticipate changes to their business and respond—before the business comes knocking
  • How they make critical decisions around strategy and IT to not only benefit their companies, but in some cases, to save them from becoming obsolete.
  • What are their perspectives on managing people, crises and balancing the risks and rewards of their "bet the farm" strategies
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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 6:20 pm to 6:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

Brace Yourself For A Little Magic From Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Intel

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion

Sponsors showcase their products and solutions in booths on the show floor.  It is an exciting, interactive setting for live product demonstrations and face-to-face networking.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with CIOs and Senior IT Leaders

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled. 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 7:00 am to 7:45 am

Griffin Hall

Networking Breakfast

Take time to recharge the batteries and enjoy a meal with your fellow CIOs and senior IT leaders. This is time exclusively designed so attendees and technology suppliers can have private conversations, compare notes and build new relationships.  

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 8:00 am to 8:35 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: Managing Big Challenges with Small Resources

One of the foremost CIO thought leaders will address how to manage the biggest challenges of the day with the resources you have on hand. Many IT leaders at mid-sized companies face the same daunting challenges of larger enterprises except they can’t throw money and headcount at the issues. Without a large team of specialists, how do today’s senior IT leaders get the best result for their organizations? Jim Noble, who has been CIO of more Fortune 100 companies than anyone else alive, will share insights in how to deal with the big issues like Shadow IT, cybersecurity, surging business expectations, and using IT to change the basis of competition. His advice will help you be a successful bi-modal leader -- keeping the lights on, and being a respected innovator. In fact, Jim will attempt to solve all your budget and headcount challenges during this interactive general session!

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 8:35 am to 8:55 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Tech Symposium: Consumer Behavior Analytics for the Midsized Market

Ready or not, the digital landscape has transformed most customer engagement models – even the traditional cottage industry paradigm has been regenerated by digital accessibility.  Competitors are not only found down the street, they are more likely to be just one click away from an online search.  With the accessibility of consumer data fueling an ever more competitive marketplace, how can midsize companies grow against the unrelenting advances of nontraditional rivals?  In this session you will hear how a 100 year old brand leverages technology to grow closer to its customers every day.  The answer is surprisingly simple; its implementation requires alignment across very complex areas in the organization.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 8:55 am to 9:15 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Tech Symposium: Building the Perfect Solution Partnership, One Brick at a Time. Are You Ready? No, seriously. Ruckus Ready!

Building the perfect relationship is like building a perfect wall…it’s hard.  Join Ruckus Wireless as we work together alongside our solution providers to build relationships, capabilities, and most importantly….profit!  We’ll help you take advantage of our Ruckus Ready Solution Partner network to help you change perceptions, solve problems, and grow your business!

 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 9:15 am to 9:20 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Vendor Spotlight Interview: Centrify

The industry is changing from minute to minute so why not spend a few precious minutes getting to know some of today’s leading service and technology suppliers. Each company featured in the MES Vendor Spotlight interview, hosted by MES’ SVP Robert DeMarzo, will provide insight into their value proposition and how their solutions can benefit CIOs and senior IT leaders. Some people say you can live a lifetime in a minute. If that is the case, come and spend a few minutes as these companies tell attendees how they can improve the lives of employees, customers and organizations. Just remember what Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers sang, “minute by minute by minute by minute…” You know the rest. Come and enjoy.

Sponsored by:

 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 9:30 am to 11:20 am

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 11:30 am to 12:15 pm

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Networking Break
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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Griffin Hall

Networking Lunch

Take time to recharge the batteries and enjoy a meal with your fellow CIOs and senior IT leaders. This is time exclusively designed so attendees and technology suppliers can have private conversations, compare notes and build new relationships.  

 Download to your calendar 
Tue, May 3, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups  based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

 Download to your calendar 
Tue, May 3, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Executive Session 1: The Rapidly Chaning World of Business Applications
  • How are business application evolving and what HooF (Hybrid, On-Prem, Outsource and Filled) scenarios will dominate?
  • What are the primary changes for post-modern ERP and CRM business applications that you need to plan for now?
  • How do you create an application strategy to support digital business?
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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 8

Executive Session 2: Making Great, Aligned Decisions--For Free!

The stakes have never been higher, the pace never so fast and the ambiguity never greater. In this environment IT leaders need to make incredibly complex decisions and do so right now. In this executive breakout, Niel Nickolaisen, author of “The Agile Culture” and “Stand Back and Deliver” presents his model for making pragmatic, accurate, timely and great decisions. Best of all, attendees will learn and be able to apply this model in moments. Nickolaisen will use real world decision-making examples such as to cloud or not to cloud, a data center upgrade or finalizing an HRIS selection. This model will help IT leaders can improve their results and credibility – essential elements to becoming the leader organizations need to guide them through the digital transformation. Does this sound too good to be true? There is only one way to find out – attend the breakout session.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 9

Executive Session 3: One-Page Midmarket Cloud Strategy
  • Help with the design of an agile decision-making framework to visually compare and contrast current infrastructure and application workloads against a dynamic vendor landscape filled with cloud-based solutions of varying maturity.
  • Provide ways to communicate the organization's cloud strategy to business leaders looking to take advantage of cloud services' perceived benefits (e.g., decreased capital expenditures, shorter deployment cycles and agility) to drive growth and improve business outcomes.
  • Enhance visibility and focus on the most-significant IT investments, which represent the greatest potential risks and/or benefits and will ensure that the decision to move to cloud solutions is beneficial from an IT and business perspective.
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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion

Sponsors showcase their products and solutions in booths on the show floor.  It is an exciting, interactive setting for live product demonstrations and face-to-face networking.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with CIOs and Senior IT Leaders

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled. 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion (Vendor Tear Down)

Vendors can tear down their booths during this designated time period.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

Midsize Enterprise XCellence Awards

The MES XCellence Awards measure attendees' perceptions of sponsor products, services, and presentations during the event.  The awards program will recognize the companies who earned the most votes at Midsize Enterprise Summit.

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Wed, May 4, 2016 - 7:00 am to 10:00 am

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion (Vendor Tear Down)

Vendors can tear down their booths during this designated time period.

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Wed, May 4, 2016 - 8:00 am to 1:30 pm

Room 201

CIO Bootcamp: The Practices of a Transformational Leader

This Strategic CIO Bootcamp will help IT leaders deal with constant, accelerating change driven by technology and incredibly high expectations from both internal and external customers. Surviving and thriving in this environment requires IT leaders who can reliably deliver the following:

• Innovation that drives the organization forward
• Innovation centered on creating competitive advantage
• Results in the face of dramatic change and ambiguity
• A culture of motivation and agility
• Relationships of trust both inside and outside of the organization

In short, as IT leaders we need to transform our roles and our departments. But, what can we use to pull off this transformation? In this strategic workshop, we focus on, teach and practice the tools of transformational leadership.

Part one of the training dives deep into the Business Value Model, Purpose Alignment, and Design for Information (the key to delivering exceptional analytics and decision support). These tools are proven and can be put to use immediately. Part two of the training covers tools leaders use to re-define their roles using the Trust/ Ownership Model including agile principles, Proactive Service Level Improvement, the Collaboration Process, lean for IT, Macro-Cube, Meaningful Metrics, and Beyond Agile

All of these tools are concrete, pragmatic, and usable. After each part of the training, participants are ready to use the tools to re-define their roles and deliver what their organizations need – brilliant leadership.

Our Bootcamp leader, Niel Nickolaisen, is a practicing CIO who has developed and used these tools to transform a variety of IT departments. In his most recent role, Niel turned an IT department with neither credibility nor morale (the organization had made the decision that all new projects would be done outside of IT) into a high-energy, high-performance team whose work successfully changed the direction and results of the entire company.

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Fri, Apr 15, 2016 - 2:00 pm
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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 7:00 am to 1:30 pm

The Brickyard Crossing Golf Course

MES Golf Tournament

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm

JW Grand Ballroom Foyer

Registration

Pick up your conference badge and personalized schedule at registration, then stop back any time you have questions or feedback that you'd like to share.  The MES Event staff is there to help you! 

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Room 201

MES Training for International Sponsors

This training will teach our International Sponsors the best practices for engaging with MES attendees and getting maximum ROI from the event.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Orientation

CIOs and senior IT leaders hear tips and tricks from staff and advisory board members to make the most of their time at MES.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Welcome and State of the Midmarket

Hear perspectives on the State of the Midmarket based on insight drawn from hundreds of senior IT leaders who attend the Midsize Enterprise Summits. The biggest challenges and opportunities facing midmarket CIOs and IT leaders will be discussed along with their top technology priorities. In this fast-paced session you will have a chance to benchmark your priorities against your peer set allowing you to make strategic adjustments to your business plan. This research and insight is exclusively shared with MES attendees to help them make the right decisions going forward and help their senior leaders understand the midmarket landscape.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: The Road to Reinvention--How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation

With disruptive forces assaulting business from every direction, creativity has been labeled the single-most important business attribute.  To succeed, leaders must be focused on creating a resilient culture where everyone’s engaged; a torrent of fresh, creative ideas needs to flow from every level of the organization.  Top leaders then employ a secret weapon: a systematic approach to selecting and launching the ideas that will best drive growth and innovation.  Josh Linkner weighs in with a fresh perspective on this critical leadership challenge.  A highly successful serial entrepreneur and now a tech investor, Linkner shows leaders how to employ his simple but effective framework to ramp up the creativity and identify/launch ideas that will break through and defy gravity.  This presentation will help attendees:
•   Challenge assumptions and conventional wisdom
•   Build courage to foster responsible risk taking
•   Authentically express your own creativity and tap into the hidden creativity of your team members
•   Develop “everyday creativity” to attack business problems of all sizes
•   Deploy creativity beyond R&D to reimagine processes, drive efficiency, and improve operations
•   Uncover fresh approaches for reinvention and growth

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: How IT Leaders Can Deliver Operational Efficiency With Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Midmarket IT leaders and their teams have done a good job of containing capital expenses. Unfortunately, Capex and Opex ratios have flipped, which is no longer tenable in today’s ultra-completive business environment. This has created silos of technology and specialists along with data center sprawl. In this MES East General Session Keynote, SimpliVity executives will share how hyper-converged infrastructure can help drive dramatic operational efficiency gains. They will also review the startling findings from a recent operational efficiency survey of SimpliVity customers.

Sponsored by:

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 5:00 pm to 5:05 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Vendor Spotlight Interviews: Domo and ESET

The industry is changing from minute to minute so why not spend a few precious minutes getting to know some of today’s leading service and technology suppliers. Each company featured in the MES Vendor Spotlight interview, hosted by MES’ SVP Robert DeMarzo, will provide insight into their value proposition and how their solutions can benefit CIOs and senior IT leaders. Some people say you can live a lifetime in a minute. If that is the case, come and spend a few minutes as these companies tell attendees how they can improve the lives of employees, customers and organizations. Just remember what Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers sang, “minute by minute by minute by minute…” You know the rest. Come and enjoy.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

MES Newcomer Private Reception (Invitation Only)

Come meet your fellow MES attendees as this private reception for CIOs and senior IT leaders who are new to MES.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm

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Networking Break
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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm

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MES Boardroom Meet & Greet

The interactive boardrooms are one of the core components of the MES agenda.  This meet and greet session will allow you to better understand how the boardrooms work and how you can get the most value out of them.

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Griffin Hall

MES Welcome Reception

Enjoy heavy appetizers and  drinks while networking with vendors and attendees.

Tequila Tasting Sponsored by:

 

Mobile App development for iPhone, iPad and Android devices

 

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Sun, May 1, 2016 - 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

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Sponsored Receptions (Invitation Only)

Sponsored Receptions are a great networking opportunity for attendees.  Keep an eye out for your invtiation!

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 7:00 am to 7:45 am

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Vendor Breakfast and Gartner Midmarket Overview

Get an overview of Gartner's latest midmarket research, including strategies, opportunities, trends, priorities and challenges. This is a must-attend session for vendors and sponsors.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 7:00 am to 5:00 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion (Vendor Set-up)
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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 7:00 am to 7:45 am

Griffin Hall

Networking Breakfast

Take time to recharge the batteries and enjoy a meal with your fellow CIOs and senior IT leaders. This is time exclusively designed so attendees and technology suppliers can have private conversations, compare notes and build new relationships.  

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 8:00 am to 8:10 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Morning Remarks

This brief session will lay the framework for today's agenda.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 8:10 am to 8:55 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: Gartner's Heather Colella Presents The 2030 CIO Algorithm

By 2030 the impact of technology will have replaced the routine and ordinary in daily business, substantially altering how the role of CIO is performed.  What are the drivers of these changes? What is the new CIO algorithm? How can CIOs prepare for the future ahead?

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 8:55 am to 9:25 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: Pivoting In The IT Industry--Big Shift Moves To Make Now

IT must be at the forefront of “the big shift” by unleashing and aligning company assets to create new competitive landscapes. This general session keynote by Joe Batista, Chief Creatologist of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will explore key emerging trends using a case-study approach to illustrate how tech innovation can drive business success.  According to The Economist, Batista “traced the incredible connections between technology, internal competencies, and external partners that led to real business results.” Key takeaways for IT leaders attending this session include:

  •  The top target areas for transformation, the blind spots and the best practices of leading companies
  •  The technology innovations and approaches Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel are driving to enable the IT and business transformation of mid-sized businesses
  •  What IT leaders can implement now to pave the way in areas such as mobility, big data, security and workforce productivity

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 9:25 am to 9:30 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Vendor Spotlight Interviews: Acumatica and Digital Fortress

The industry is changing from minute to minute so why not spend a few precious minutes getting to know some of today’s leading service and technology suppliers. Each company featured in the MES Vendor Spotlight interview, hosted by MES’ SVP Robert DeMarzo, will provide insight into their value proposition and how their solutions can benefit CIOs and senior IT leaders. Some people say you can live a lifetime in a minute. If that is the case, come and spend a few minutes as these companies tell attendees how they can improve the lives of employees, customers and organizations. Just remember what Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers sang, “minute by minute by minute by minute…” You know the rest. Come and enjoy.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 9:45 am to 11:35 am

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 9:45 am to 11:35 am

Whtie River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:45 am to 12:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Executive Session 1: What the C-Suite Really Thinks About You

* Based on extensive surveys and interviews with business leaders hear what their perceptions of IT leaders and the challenges they have working with CIOs. 

* Gain an understanding of how to work better with linen of business and change perceptions.

* How do you create a strategy to collaborate better with line of business and senior company management

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:45 am to 12:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 8

Executive Session 2: Cybersecurity 2020: Phase 2 Guardian for Big Change

* How will the convergence of the Internet of People and Computer with the Internet of Things change business?

* How will those digital business changes shift the practice of Security and Risk Management?

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 11:45 am to 12:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 9

Executive Session 3: Vendor Management Best Practices for Midsize Enterprises

* How can vendor management improve vendor performance?

* What are the primary disciplines, roles and responsibilities for vendor management?

* How can these activities and roles be developed and operate in the midmarket?

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Griffin Hall

MES Lunch & Learn--Peer Perspectives On Today's Hottest Issues

This networking luncheon will feature insightful and educational peer-led conversations around some of the most pressing issues facing IT leaders of midsize enterprises. A leader will be assigned to each MES luncheon table who will be responsible for initiating and fostering a conversation around the topics listed below among others. At each table, IT leaders will gain insight from their peers and have the opportunity to ask questions and be heard. Peer perspective is rated as one of the most important components of the MES experience so don’t miss this valuable opportunity and discussion. Table topics include:

•    The role of the IT leader
•    Best practices working with line of business
•    IT as a value generator vs. cost center
•    IT security priorities
•    Infrastructure initiative over the next 12 months
•    Top application initiatives
•    Investment plans for IoT
•    Public and hybrid cloud strategies
•    How solution provider/VAR/IT consultant/integrators can better service your needs
•    Best of breed vendors

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

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Networking Break
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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 2:15 pm to 3:25 pm

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 2:15 pm to 3:25 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 8

Technology Power Session 2

How HPE Servers and Storage Address Today’s Top 4 Business Priorities

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has shifted from focusing customers on products to focusing customers on the right IT for their top 4 business priorities. Those priorities include increasing productivity; growing the business; reducing costs; and staying up and running. Attendees will hear how this new approach can change the way IT and business leaders purchase HPE IT products and solutions  and can lead to better outcomes for the business.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 9

Technology Power Session 3

Move to an All Mobile Workplace

Organizations are moving toward and have arrived at an All Mobile Workplace.  Learn how new innovations in wireless networking, policy management and location-based services can rapidly transform today¹s legacy workplace into an All-Mobile Workplace that balances freedom of access with critical security to protect confidential data.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Technology Power Session 1

EmPowered by HPE Hyper-Converged

In this session, CIOs and senior IT leaders will learn why Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been a market leader in software-defined storage for the past eight years. Hear how Hewlett Packard Enterprise is redefining what hyper-converged means and how IT leaders and their businesses can benefit using hyper-converged solutions from HPE and Intel. 

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 5:40 pm

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 5:40 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 5:50 pm to 6:20 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES CIO Interview: Tom Miller, CIO & SVP, Anthem

Brian Watson is the co-author of Confessions of a Successful CIO: How the Best CIOs Tackle Their Toughest Business Challenges (Wiley, March 2014), and writes the "CIO Confessions" column for CIO.com. He will interview a top CIO onstage, seeking answers on:

  • How have they handled their most challenging business problems
  • How do they anticipate changes to their business and respond—before the business comes knocking
  • How they make critical decisions around strategy and IT to not only benefit their companies, but in some cases, to save them from becoming obsolete.
  • What are their perspectives on managing people, crises and balancing the risks and rewards of their "bet the farm" strategies
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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 6:20 pm to 6:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

Brace Yourself For A Little Magic From Hewlett Packard Enterprise & Intel

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion

Sponsors showcase their products and solutions in booths on the show floor.  It is an exciting, interactive setting for live product demonstrations and face-to-face networking.

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Mon, May 2, 2016 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with CIOs and Senior IT Leaders

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled. 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 7:00 am to 7:45 am

Griffin Hall

Networking Breakfast

Take time to recharge the batteries and enjoy a meal with your fellow CIOs and senior IT leaders. This is time exclusively designed so attendees and technology suppliers can have private conversations, compare notes and build new relationships.  

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 8:00 am to 8:35 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Keynote: Managing Big Challenges with Small Resources

One of the foremost CIO thought leaders will address how to manage the biggest challenges of the day with the resources you have on hand. Many IT leaders at mid-sized companies face the same daunting challenges of larger enterprises except they can’t throw money and headcount at the issues. Without a large team of specialists, how do today’s senior IT leaders get the best result for their organizations? Jim Noble, who has been CIO of more Fortune 100 companies than anyone else alive, will share insights in how to deal with the big issues like Shadow IT, cybersecurity, surging business expectations, and using IT to change the basis of competition. His advice will help you be a successful bi-modal leader -- keeping the lights on, and being a respected innovator. In fact, Jim will attempt to solve all your budget and headcount challenges during this interactive general session!

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 8:35 am to 8:55 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Tech Symposium: Consumer Behavior Analytics for the Midsized Market

Ready or not, the digital landscape has transformed most customer engagement models – even the traditional cottage industry paradigm has been regenerated by digital accessibility.  Competitors are not only found down the street, they are more likely to be just one click away from an online search.  With the accessibility of consumer data fueling an ever more competitive marketplace, how can midsize companies grow against the unrelenting advances of nontraditional rivals?  In this session you will hear how a 100 year old brand leverages technology to grow closer to its customers every day.  The answer is surprisingly simple; its implementation requires alignment across very complex areas in the organization.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 8:55 am to 9:15 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Tech Symposium: Building the Perfect Solution Partnership, One Brick at a Time. Are You Ready? No, seriously. Ruckus Ready!

Building the perfect relationship is like building a perfect wall…it’s hard.  Join Ruckus Wireless as we work together alongside our solution providers to build relationships, capabilities, and most importantly….profit!  We’ll help you take advantage of our Ruckus Ready Solution Partner network to help you change perceptions, solve problems, and grow your business!

 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 9:15 am to 9:20 am

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

MES Vendor Spotlight Interview: Centrify

The industry is changing from minute to minute so why not spend a few precious minutes getting to know some of today’s leading service and technology suppliers. Each company featured in the MES Vendor Spotlight interview, hosted by MES’ SVP Robert DeMarzo, will provide insight into their value proposition and how their solutions can benefit CIOs and senior IT leaders. Some people say you can live a lifetime in a minute. If that is the case, come and spend a few minutes as these companies tell attendees how they can improve the lives of employees, customers and organizations. Just remember what Michael McDonald of The Doobie Brothers sang, “minute by minute by minute by minute…” You know the rest. Come and enjoy.

Sponsored by:

 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 9:30 am to 11:20 am

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 11:30 am to 12:15 pm

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Networking Break
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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm

Griffin Hall

Networking Lunch

Take time to recharge the batteries and enjoy a meal with your fellow CIOs and senior IT leaders. This is time exclusively designed so attendees and technology suppliers can have private conversations, compare notes and build new relationships.  

 Download to your calendar 
Tue, May 3, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm

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Interactive Boardroom Sessions

CIOs and senior IT leaders are assigned into peer groups  based on business focus and technology interests.  Vendors meet with the boardrooms for 30 minutes, presenting new products and opportunities - in an environment conducive to spirited conversation and constructive feedback.

 Download to your calendar 
Tue, May 3, 2016 - 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with Vendors

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled.

Analysts are available to vendors during this time for one-on-one meetings.  Be sure to schedule your session at the registration desk and take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 7

Executive Session 1: The Rapidly Chaning World of Business Applications
  • How are business application evolving and what HooF (Hybrid, On-Prem, Outsource and Filled) scenarios will dominate?
  • What are the primary changes for post-modern ERP and CRM business applications that you need to plan for now?
  • How do you create an application strategy to support digital business?
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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 8

Executive Session 2: Making Great, Aligned Decisions--For Free!

The stakes have never been higher, the pace never so fast and the ambiguity never greater. In this environment IT leaders need to make incredibly complex decisions and do so right now. In this executive breakout, Niel Nickolaisen, author of “The Agile Culture” and “Stand Back and Deliver” presents his model for making pragmatic, accurate, timely and great decisions. Best of all, attendees will learn and be able to apply this model in moments. Nickolaisen will use real world decision-making examples such as to cloud or not to cloud, a data center upgrade or finalizing an HRIS selection. This model will help IT leaders can improve their results and credibility – essential elements to becoming the leader organizations need to guide them through the digital transformation. Does this sound too good to be true? There is only one way to find out – attend the breakout session.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 9

Executive Session 3: One-Page Midmarket Cloud Strategy
  • Help with the design of an agile decision-making framework to visually compare and contrast current infrastructure and application workloads against a dynamic vendor landscape filled with cloud-based solutions of varying maturity.
  • Provide ways to communicate the organization's cloud strategy to business leaders looking to take advantage of cloud services' perceived benefits (e.g., decreased capital expenditures, shorter deployment cycles and agility) to drive growth and improve business outcomes.
  • Enhance visibility and focus on the most-significant IT investments, which represent the greatest potential risks and/or benefits and will ensure that the decision to move to cloud solutions is beneficial from an IT and business perspective.
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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion

Sponsors showcase their products and solutions in booths on the show floor.  It is an exciting, interactive setting for live product demonstrations and face-to-face networking.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

White River Ballroom Foyer

Gartner Analyst One-on-Ones with CIOs and Senior IT Leaders

Gartner analyst meetings must be pre-scheduled. 

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion (Vendor Tear Down)

Vendors can tear down their booths during this designated time period.

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Tue, May 3, 2016 - 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

JW Grand Ballroom 5&6

Midsize Enterprise XCellence Awards

The MES XCellence Awards measure attendees' perceptions of sponsor products, services, and presentations during the event.  The awards program will recognize the companies who earned the most votes at Midsize Enterprise Summit.

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Wed, May 4, 2016 - 7:00 am to 10:00 am

White River Ballroom

Solutions Pavilion (Vendor Tear Down)

Vendors can tear down their booths during this designated time period.

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Wed, May 4, 2016 - 8:00 am to 1:30 pm

Room 201

CIO Bootcamp: The Practices of a Transformational Leader

This Strategic CIO Bootcamp will help IT leaders deal with constant, accelerating change driven by technology and incredibly high expectations from both internal and external customers. Surviving and thriving in this environment requires IT leaders who can reliably deliver the following:

• Innovation that drives the organization forward
• Innovation centered on creating competitive advantage
• Results in the face of dramatic change and ambiguity
• A culture of motivation and agility
• Relationships of trust both inside and outside of the organization

In short, as IT leaders we need to transform our roles and our departments. But, what can we use to pull off this transformation? In this strategic workshop, we focus on, teach and practice the tools of transformational leadership.

Part one of the training dives deep into the Business Value Model, Purpose Alignment, and Design for Information (the key to delivering exceptional analytics and decision support). These tools are proven and can be put to use immediately. Part two of the training covers tools leaders use to re-define their roles using the Trust/ Ownership Model including agile principles, Proactive Service Level Improvement, the Collaboration Process, lean for IT, Macro-Cube, Meaningful Metrics, and Beyond Agile

All of these tools are concrete, pragmatic, and usable. After each part of the training, participants are ready to use the tools to re-define their roles and deliver what their organizations need – brilliant leadership.

Our Bootcamp leader, Niel Nickolaisen, is a practicing CIO who has developed and used these tools to transform a variety of IT departments. In his most recent role, Niel turned an IT department with neither credibility nor morale (the organization had made the decision that all new projects would be done outside of IT) into a high-energy, high-performance team whose work successfully changed the direction and results of the entire company.

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