8:00 AM CDT – Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:00 AM CDT – Welcome Remarks

• Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

9:05 AM CDT – Opening Remarks

• Scott Baker, Chief Marketing Officer, Hybrid Cloud Portfolio, IBM

9:10 AM CDT – Panel Discussion: Modernizing the Enterprise by Embracing Cloud

Companies across all sectors are driving business innovation with a cloud-first model for speed and agility. But how can organizations move forward without compromising on security, data sovereignty, or regulatory compliance? These business and IT professionals will describe how they have taken a hybrid cloud approach that promotes innovation and efficiency, while avoiding unnecessary risk.

• Greg Adgate, Vice President, Global Partnerships and Alliances, Equinix
• John Manaloor, Associate Vice President, Product Engineering, Thryv
• Moderator: Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

9:35 AM CDT – IBM Sponsor Spotlight: Creating Modern Hybrid Cloud Architectures

With hybrid cloud, you can redefine what modernization looks like. Rather than being a description of where workloads run, it’s really about how you use your technology to further business transformation. You can build an environment that is optimized for your IT needs with the flexibility to choose strategy and deployment based on your priorities – cost, security, regulatory compliance, and scalability, reliability, and sustainability. Hybrid cloud done well allows companies to innovate and scale faster, remain secure, and foster easier integration across an expanding ecosystem.

• Scott Baker, Chief Marketing Officer, Hybrid Cloud Portfolio, IBM

9:45 AM CDT – Case Study: Glamour Goes High Tech

Bob Kupbens will describe how his organization transformed an established business model to a digital one. With strategic technology investments, he leveraged Neiman Marcus Group’s IT architecture to create the speed and flexibility needed to seamlessly adapt to market changes.

• Bob Kupbens, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Neiman Marcus Group
• Moderator: Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

10:05 AM CDT – Panel Discussion: Recruiting the Talent You Need to Thrive

In a highly competitive labor environment, executives must hire and retain a talent pool able to deal with rapidly changing technology and business priorities. Finding the right people to work in an agile, cross-disciplinary way is critical. The panelists for this discussion will share the skills they look for and their hiring and incentive strategies.

• Ronald Mehring, Chief Information Security Officer, Vice President of Technology & Security, Texas Health Resources
• John Wei, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Comerica Bank
• Moderator: Janet Wu, Anchor & Reporter, Bloomberg

10:30 AM CDT – Closing Remarks