Symposiums

CIO 2.0: Next generation of insights on digital business strategy

April 08, 2011

The Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology in collaboration with the Special Issue on Digital Business Strategy of Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) presents the Fox IT symposium: CIO 2.0: Next generation of insights on digital business strategy.

The symposium will integrate different points of views on how IT shapes and influences business strategy. As exponential advances in the price/performance of computing, storage, bandwidth, and software applications drive the next generation of digital technologies, it is time to rethink the role of IT strategy, from functional-level strategy aligned, but subordinate to business strategy, to a fusion between IT strategy and business strategy termed digital business strategy. The symposium will discuss how next-generation CIOs can take advantage of their deep knowledge of digital technology to take a leadership role in their firm’s formulation of business strategy.

Panelists

Andrea Anania, Retired, VP and CIO, CIGNA
Richard Cohen, Managing Director Principal, Deloitte
Bruce Fadem, Retired, VP and CIO, Wyeth
Jim Accardi, CIO, Education, Aramark
Edward Quinn, VP – Application Development, Hewlett-Packard

Moderator

Paul A. Pavlou, Associate Professor, Temple University

The Electronic Health Record: Workforce Implications

June 23, 2010
8:30am – 10:30am
Temple University, Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Partnership for Direct Care Workers (Industry Partnership), Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, and Temple University Fox School of Business present a highly interactive exclusive discussion forum on EHR led by academic experts and leaders at local healthcare institutions. Specific questions to be addressed include: What will be the impact of the EHR on healthcare delivery and our healthcare workforce? What technology changes will be required to implement the EHR? How does this change impact jobs and organizations?

Panelists

J. Robert Beck, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Academic Officer, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Anthony Luberti, Director, The Center for Biomedical Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Cathy Flite, Assistant Professor, Health Information Management, Temple University

Moderator

Cindy Marselis, Director, Health Information Management, Temple University

Open Source: Winners vs. Losers

Lockheed Martin

October 21, 2009
8:30am – 11:00am

Fox IT Symposium - Open Source Oct 2009 The philosophical debates continue, the political positions for and against are now well known. The predictions of early demise or swift success were both wrong. Amid all these debates, an increasing number of new innovative applications are being released as open source and the business case seems much simpler today. Terms such as peer production, innovation, reliable, and high quality are now frequently associated with open source projects. In this symposium we will take a pragmatic perspective on open source concepts and tools. What can your firm do today? Should your next internal project leverage open source toolkits? Should you release your internally developed tool to the open source community? Should you deploy open source technologies? Are there really any cost savings? Is there an appropriate mix of approaches that can leverage the gains of open source without incurring the risk? What are the standout examples of today and tomorrow? What are the keys metrics of success and why do certain projects fail? The symposium will bring together a diverse panel of experts who will ensure that your organization does not miss the boat on this important topic.

Panelists

Matt Mullenweg, Founder, Automattic Inc.
Chris Fralic, Partner, First Round Capital
Shawn Dahlen, Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
Jonathan Markow, Executive Director, Jasig
Vijay Royyuru, Vice President, Technology, First Data Corporation

Moderator

Munir Mandviwalla, Temple University

Is Cloud Computing the Next Big Thing?

February 5, 2009
8:30am – 10:30am

To critics, cloud computing is just a fancy name for distributed or net-centric computing. For proponents, it is a concept that will usher in a new era of high value computing innovations at low cost. Cloud computing is typically associated with delivering services through the Internet and is integrated with the concept of software as a service (SaaS). Google Apps and application service providers (ASPs) such as salesforce.com are often quoted as examples. Cloud computing will likely leverage massive data and storage centers, provide services on a subscription basis, apply virtualization, and provide instant access worldwide through the “cloud.” Is cloud computing in general and software as a service specifically, the answer to the economic uncertainties of today? Will firms large and small really be able to reduce their reliance on internal server farms and utilize Amazon’s web services? Will we see new applications that for example leverage the Facebook API to deliver entirely new kinds of capabilities? Can cloud computing overcome security and integration challenges and help firms save money and deliver new capabilities?

Panelists

Lauren C. States, Vice President, IBM Software Group
Jazz Tobaccowalla, Vice President, Wyeth
Ed Sullivan, CEO and Founder, Aria Systems, Inc.
Yair Greenbaum, Executive Vice President, ekkoTV, Inc.
Charles D. Wallace, Chief Technology Architect, Rohm and Haas Company

Moderator

Munir Mandviwalla, Temple University

Where art thou innovation?

Fox IT Symposium Innovation April 2008 April 9, 2008

Organizations often talk about innovation, but few actually act in an innovative manner. Is innovation really that important or is it just the modern mantra of every organization? Why do organizations really need to innovate? Is it competitive or opportunistic pressure? Are some organizations born to innovate? Can every organization really create new products and service through innovation? Should every organization pursue radical innovation? Would it make more sense to pursue process innovations under some conditions? Can you really innovate by acquisition or must you develop everything on your own? Is open and distributed innovation really the answer? Should large organizations even bother with innovation? Can you simply buy innovation? Is innovation really the old refrain of business process reengineering? The panel will engage the participants in an informal interactive manner to further discuss the above questions.

Panelists

Cristóbal I. Conde, President and CEO, SunGard Data Systems Inc.
Matthew Charles Mullenweg, Founder, Chief BBQ Taste Tester, Automattic, Inc.
Joe Weiss, Chairman, Electronic Ink
Rajiv Banker, Merves Chair and Professor
Ram Mudambi, Professor and Perelman Senior Research Fellow
Youngjin Yoo, Associate Professor and IBIT Fellow

Moderator

Munir Mandviwalla, Associate Professor, Temple University