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About the Conference Established in 1999, the CIO Forum is
a yearly meeting of top chief
information officers, technology
strategists, and academic researchers,
in Mid-Atlantic states. Events are
highly interactive and focus on the most
important issues confronting technology
strategists in the emerging digital
economy, including e-commerce, the IT
talent shortage, Internet strategy,
multi-sourcing, next generation
architectures, and other topics.Participants come from high-tech
firms, financial services companies,
consulting companies, manufacturing,
service industries, non-profit
organizations, and federal, state, and
local government agencies. The CIO Forum
is sponsored by the
Center for
Electronic Markets and Enterprises (CEME) and the
Center for Health Information and
Decision Systems (CHIDS)
at the Robert H. Smith School of
Business.
CIO FORUM 2006: "Strategic Use of Information
Technology"
Information technology has moved
beyond supporting the operational
mission of an organization and has
become an enabler to innovation and the
exploration of new opportunities.
However, these opportunities are
difficult to take advantage of because
they are taking place in a very dynamic,
competitive environment and involved a
great deal of technological uncertainty.
Therefore, the challenge to the CIO is
even greater than just making sure the
"trains run on time." Increasingly CIOs
must be able to understand the mission
of their organization and help apply and
manage information technology to the
strategic direction of their
organization. At this event, we will
take an opportunity to learn from
information technology leaders and other
strategists to understand how they have
successfully and unsuccessfully explored
the strategic opportunities of
information technology and discuss some
of the future opportunities.
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