Respected Information Technology Leaders Headline CIO Symposium

One-day seminar will address challenges facing Chief Information Officers and IT Directors.

London, UK (PRWEB) February 7, 2005 -- A faculty of internationally recognized information technology (http://www.compaid.com) leaders will headline the CIO Symposium on Friday, 29th April 2005 at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London. The speakers at this one-day seminar will address the leading challenges facing Chief Information Officers and Directors of IT and IS (http://www.compaid.com) now and the rest of the decade.

The confirmed speakers include:

Dr. Bill McColl of Oxford University         

Jose Eiras, CIO, General Motors Europe

Nigel Arkwright, IT Director, Parcel Force    

Joe McMakin, CIO, Air Products Intl.

Tony Salvaggio, CEO, CAI             

David Cohen, Chairman, Perot EMEA

Vince Long, CIO, Autologic            

James Onalfo, CIO, New York Police Dept

Overall theme of the CIO Symposium is the "Challenge of Managing Information Technology Worldwide."

The faculty will address such critical 'Best Practices' in; Outsourcing, Governance, Security, Re-engineering the function, Bench-marking and Assessments for Productivity Improvements, Offshore Success, Automating Utility Computing, Process as a Religion, and Managing IT with Metrics.

The admission fee, which includes a three-course lunch, faculty reception including a folio of all the presentations, speaker bios and attendees list, is set at GBP485, although discounts are available for early registration and groups.

To register for the CIO Symposium, the "Challenge of Managing Information Technology Worldwide" event or for more information, email: CIOSymposiumEU@compaid.com

or ring +44 (0)20 7556 7735.

Media Contact:

Miera Yiannakou

Miera_Yiannakou@compaid.com

+44207 556 7010

Louis J. Haugh

lou.haugh@klone.com

(UK/EU) +44 790 082 6540

(US)      +1 203 667 4600

Clif Onolfo

(In UK) +447900 826 540

Clifton_Onolfo@compaid.com

Managed by Westridge Consulting Group.

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