22nd Chief Information Officer Workshop

The 22nd Chief Information Officer (CIO) Workshop, jointly organized by Accenture and the Information Technology Management Association (ITMA), is an annual gathering of 50-60 of the most senior CIOs from large private and public organizations in the region. Considered the de facto CIO forum, many participants return year after year to benefit from the rich content and valuable networking opportunities.

The theme for this year’s workshop is “Business (not) as usual: The CIO in uncertain times.” Set against the current economic backdrop, delegates will have the opportunity to hear and debate the issues, challenges and opportunities facing CIOs. As speakers from Singapore and Taiwan share emerging trends and present case studies, participants will be challenged to see how they can help their organizations remain competitive and relevant in these challenging times.

Through a mix of structured networking, plenary presentations and interactive breakout sessions, delegates will have ample time to interact with their peers. In addition to the rich content, the opportunity to network with fellow CIOs is a major draw for participants. The 22nd CIO workshop will be an excellent platform for knowledge sharing.

At the conference you will:

• Hear from compelling speakers with innovative ideas.
  
  
• Participate in dialogue-oriented interactive breakout sessions and panel discussions.
  
  
• Visit and hear from prominent organizations in Taiwan.
  
  
• Have opportunities to network with fellow CIOs from the region.
  
  

The workshop is by-invitation only.

Bring Your CEO with You
Invite your CEO to join you for the first day of the Workshop. It is the perfect opportunity for CEOs to network with their peers and CIOs.

The Workshop Experience
The Workshop begins in the afternoon at ONE°15 Marina Club in Sentosa, Singapore. The following day, participants will meet at Changi International Airport for their flight to Taipei.

Following in the footsteps of past workshops, a part of the 22nd CIO Workshop is held outside Singapore. The Shangri-La Far Easter Plaza Hotel is a business class hotel situated in the heart of Taiwan's metropolis, soars 43 stories above Taipei's premier business and shopping districts, with sweeping views of Taipei 101 and the city skyline.

For workshop enquiries, please contact:
Petrina Goh
Tel - +65 6410 6510

Joyce Ong
Tel - +65 6410 6494

Our agenda includes C-Level executive speakers from both the private and public sectors. Along with Accenture, many industry leaders will share their insights gained from experience and solutions to the most pressing IT challenges that will resonate with the delegates.

We are honoured to have the following speakers:

• RADM(NS) Ronnie Tay - Chief Executive Officer, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
  
  
• Mr Ching Wei Hong - Group Chief Financial Officer, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd
  
  
• Mr Yam Ah Mee - Chief Executive Officer, Land Transport Authority
  
  
• Mr Neil Livesey - Managing Director, Accenture Communications Industry, Asia Pacific
  
  
• Mr Stan Shih - Founder, Acer Group
  
  
• Mr Andrew Chang - VP of Corporate Planning and Operation, Media Tek
  
  
• Dr Yu-Hsieh Sung - Deputy Minister, Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC), Executive Yuan

The breakout sessions are lively, interactive groups where industry peers share their business challenges along with practical solutions, lessons learned, and success stories. Small groups provide practical opportunities to share leading practices and network with peers who are on a similar path to high performance.

Ask questions. Hear the latest thinking. Share your own experience. Go back to work with new contacts and a renewed outlook on what is possible for your business.

Thursday, August 6
CIO Exchange

Panel Discussion
Validating technology trends against user and consumer adoption patterns
Having heard from the experiences of IT luminaries across various industries and two of Asia’s more advanced cities, how do emerging technology trends support or validate user sentiments in the areas of connectivity, mobility and interactivity? Hear from the some of the technologists who are instrumental in shaping the IT landscape.

Friday, August 7

Collaborative Mindshare Sessions

Cloud Computing – the “Future Internet”

• Cloud Computing has been featured as the key disruptive technological trend by the Economist in its Special Report on “Corporate IT” making businesses “more adaptable, interconnected and specialized – and often smaller.”
  
  
• Do clouds enable all components to be delivered “as a service”? For example: integration-as-a-service, application as a service, development-platform-as-a-service, runtime-platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service.
  
  
• Does Cloud Computing facilitate IT cost savings through utility computing, and reduce support costs and carbon footprints in the form of reduced data centers as firms keep business critical functions in house while outsourcing the rest to more efficient, vendor managed data centers?
  
  
• Is there too much regulation and intrusions into corporate data that could keep the cloud from rising high?
  
  
• What are the pros and cons of Public versus Private Clouds?
  
  

Social Computing

• The increased penetration of social networking among employees and consumers is raising questions for enterprises. Should enterprises build internally or allow employees to continue using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace?
  
  
• With sites such as Facebook and MySpace becoming “platforms” – can enterprises build applications on them?
  
  
• Will Social Networks define the new portals?
  
  

Managing IT in uncertain times: challenges, risks and threats (威 wei)

• Which challenges, risks and threats do CIOs and IT management consider most critical now?
  
  
• What do CIOs and IT management need to do to pre-empt these?
  
  
• How does this impact the enterprise if it’s not done?
  
  

Managing IT in uncertain times: opportunities (机 ji)

• What do CIOs and IT management view as opportunities now?
  
  
• What do CIOs and IT management need to do to capitalize on and maximize these opportunities?
  
  
• How does this impact the enterprise if it’s not done?

We would like to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their generous support of the 22nd CIO Workshop.

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About Taipei
Taiwan is a leaf-shaped island straddling the Tropic of Cancer about 200 kilometres (120 miles) off the eastern coast of mainland China. Named the "Beautiful Island" (Ilha Formosa) by Portuguese merchants, the island has a long history as a center of trade in the region.

Taiwan's lively and colorful culture celebrates the interesting juxtaposition of the traditional and the modern, from outstanding examples of Chinese heritage to the most recent innovations in technology.

About Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel
Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei's premier luxury hotel, occupies an ideal location in the heart of the city's flourishing business district on fashionable Tun Hwa South Road, just five minutes away from the Taipei World Trade Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The hotel comprises 420 exquisitely appointed luxury guest rooms, including 53 suites. The décor throughout the hotel exudes a perfect blend of the East and West, including artworks inspired by classical Sung dynasty pieces.

Taking advantage of the unique curved shape and soaring height of our signature building, which is the tallest hotel in the city, all rooms and suites have engaging and varied views of the Taipei skyline and the surrounding mountains.

Metro Suite, Level B1
201 Tun Hwa South Road,
Section 2,
Taipei 106, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2378 8888
http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/taipei/fareasternplaza

Hotel Reservations
Accenture will make hotel reservations for all participants based upon the information provided in the online registration form. To make changes to your reservations, please contact Petrina Goh (tel: +65 6410 6510) Please do not contact the hotel directly with changes to your reservations.

Ground transfers – Arrival/Departure
Complimentary group arrival pick up service has been arranged from Taoyuan International Airport to Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel on May 20, 2009.

Please look out for personnel carrying “22nd CIO Workshop” signage when you exit immigration in the airport lobby and identify yourself.

Conversely, complimentary group departure pick up service has been arranged from Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel to Taoyuan International Airport on May 23, 2009.

If you are arriving and/ departing at a different time from the main group, you will need to arrange your own airport transfer, on your own account.

Transportation to hotel
Guests may arrive the hotel from airport via taxi, airport shuttle bus and hotel limousine. The travel time varies depending on the mode of transport. The transportation details are as follows:

Taxi
The travel time is approximately 50 minutes. However, if it is during the traffic hour, the travel time may take up to 90 minutes. The taxi fare is about NT$1,250 (about US$38).

Air Bus
Busses depart every 20 minutes. The Air Bus travel time is approximately 1 hour 10 minutes, and fare is NT$145 (about US$4.5). Right outside of the Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, by the Tun Hwa South Road, an airport bus stop is just at the corner.

Hotel Limousine
Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel can arrange airport pick-up service and its average limousine travel time is approximately 45 minutes. To make pickup arrangements, contact us at least half a day in advance, or provide your travel details when completing your reservation online.

Dress Code
Workshop : Business casual
Leisure : Smart casual

Expenses and Billing
Your accommodation, excursion, travel and meals, which have been organized as part of this event from May 20 – 23, 2009, are included in the workshop fee.

Any additional expenses, i.e. personal expenses, charges to your room (any incidentals, room service, mini-bar, laundry, etc.) will have to be settled by you upon check out.

Meals
All organized meals as indicated in the Agenda are taken care of as part of the workshop fee. Utmost care has been taken to meet any special dietary requirements made known to us.

Voltage
Taipei uses 120 Volts.

Local currency
The New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) is the national currency. One US dollar is equivalent to about 35 NT$. One Singapore dollar is is equivalent to about 22 NT$. Money can be exchanged at foreign exchange banks and other authorized money dealers.

Temperature
Taiwan has a subtropical climate with warm to hot, humid summers from May to September (24C to 32C, 75F to 90F), and a cooler season from December to February (12C to 20C, 54F to 68F). Snow can be expected in winter in higher elevations

The CIO Workshop is supported by a Board of Advisors (BOA) comprising the ITMA president and other prominent IT leaders and CIOs from various industries and private or public organizations. They provide invaluable insight into overall industry trends and discuss and decide the content and format of the Workshop. Here’s this year’s team:

Ng Kuo Pin
Executive Partner, Accenture
Chairman, 22nd CIO Workshop Board of Advisors

Vincent Wong
Executive Partner
Accenture

Yap Chee Yuen
President, ITMA Head
Information Technology, Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd

Leong Chin Yew
Director, Information Services
Housing Development Board

Tan Eng Pheng
Senior Director
Infocomm Development Authority

Rosina Howe
Group Director of IT & Chief Innovation Officer
Land Transport Authority

Jack Chiam
Chief Information Officer
MediaCorp

Lina Lee
Chief Information Officer
MobileOne

Kwan Weng Mun
Vice President, Global IT Centers and Infrastructure
Molex

Seah Thiam Siong
Director, IT Governance
Neptune Oriental Lines

Lim Khiang Tong
Group Head of Technology
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

Foong Swee Hoon
DVP, IT Infrastructure & Planning
Singapore Airlines

Ng Yoke Weng
Group Chief Information Officer
Singapore Telecommunications