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VISION THEATRE
(GOLD or DIAMOND PASS access only)
Keynote Stream
Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Chair: Richard Sykes, Industry Expert
John Sculley, Former CEO, Apple and Pepsi
• How are businesses realising real value from implementing cloud enabled solutions?
• What is the roadmap all organisations should be following to become cloud-enabled?
• What is the potential impact on the role of IT?
Andrew Greenway, Global Cloud Services - Programme Lead, Accenture
Bill Hilf, General Manager, Window Azure, Microsoft
• What you need to do to drive innovation and accelerate cloud implementation
• How to move quickly and get new services up and running and start making money sooner than your competition
• Add expansion metrics to your business cases
Chris Dickson, VP, Global Sales, Enterprise Management EMEA, CA Technologies
• Summarising the current telecom position in the cloud
• Does telecom influence suit the consumer, enterprise or both?
• Best option – Why are some telecoms stalling on entering the market?
Matt Finnie, CTO, Interoute
• Can anyone build scalable, highly available applications?
• Avoiding app deployment disasters
• Choosing the right apps for the public cloud
Moderator: Maxwell Cooter, Editor, Cloud Pro
Roland Schütz, CIO, Lufthansa Cargo AG
Nati Shalom, Founder & CTO, GigaSpaces
Trae Chancellor, VP of Global Enterprise Strategy, Salesforce.com
Patrick Kerpan, CEO, CohesiveFT
• The current privacy and data security concerns
• Is self-regulation key to ensuring cloud standards?
• Analysing whether over-zealous governance affects growth
Ricky Santos, Vice President, Cloud Solutions, Dell
• Discussing the importance of AWS infrastructure on global cloud adoption
• The process of building for big data
• How does Amazon’s infrastructure affect your organisation?
Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon
• Understanding the precondition – getting independent security testing right
• Evaluating the steps towards better hack-proofing your cloud
• Identifying the individual threats to your organisation
Moderator: David Terrar, Director, D2C
Denis Martin, Executive VP, CTO, NaviSite
Glyn Hughes, Technology Director, G4S
Brian Shorten, IS BCP, Risk and Security Manager, Cancer Research UK
Chair: David Terrar, Director, D2C
• The Digital Agenda for Europe - an EU-wide strategy on Cloud Computing
• Assessing the legal framework, and technical / commercial fundamentals
• Analysing the results of the EU’s cloud computing consultation process
Megan Richards, Acting Deputy Director General, DG INFSO, European Commission
• Is the “cloud first” policy the right way to approach new IT models?
• Analysing the increasingly blurred line between cloud provider and customer
• Does cloud replace hardware in dictating IT decisions?
Moderator: Rupert Goodwins, Editor, ZDNet UK
Stephen Phillips, Partner, Bain and Company Global IT Practice
Bill Limond, CIO, City of London
Ulli Pfeiffer, Regional Chief Technologist, HP Software & Solutions EMEA
Senior Representative, Adapt
• Discussing cloud computing’s increasing dependence on the Google data centre
• Pushing the boundaries
• Developing search to coincide with the cloud hype
Sean Monahan, Senior Manager, Enterprise, Google
• What lies ahead?
• Do you have right capabilities? Does your staff have the right capabilities?
• The CIO as a business partner: innovating new business models and making money
Senior Representative, Terremark
• What makes a cloud provider a true cloud provider?
• Analysing the shift in terminology and its effect on traditional IT
• Is the market really open to new suppliers?
Moderator: Andy Burton, Chairman, Cloud Industry Forum
Nigel Beighton, VP of Technology, Rackspace
• By combining traditional environments, private & public clouds, companies can balance risks and costs of running their applications
• This however requires an environment supporting multiple delivery models in a transparent way to the end-user
• That is what the concept of the converged cloud actually addresses, integrating multiple environments under one integrated umbrella
Christian Verstraete, Chief Technologist – Cloud Strategy, Hewlett Packard
• How has G-Cloud improved the public sector IT landscape?
• Deciding on contracts – does G-Cloud ensure no more “cartel” or recipe for rip-offs?
• Issues in developing the Government App Store
Francis Maude, Minister, Cabinet Office
• Will all software eventually be ‘as a service’?
• What role does software play in the ‘Internet of Things’ vision?
• Will security issues hamper the industry’s development?
Moderator: Phil Wainewright, CEO, Procullux Ventures
Eriks Dobelis, SVP Information Systems, AirBaltic
John Harris, Chief Architect and VP of Global IT Strategy, GlaxoSmithKline
Patrick Kerpan, CEO, CohesiveFT
STRATEGY THEATRE
Business Stream
(Free-to-Attend)
Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Morning Chairman: Jamie Liddell, Editor, Outsource Magazine
• Is the mobile cloud equipped for e-commerce?
• Can cloud technologies allow European companies to leapfrog their counterparts in the US?
• Are internet security issues of greater concern to retailers than cloud?
• The HDS vision to the cloud
• The transformational journey, where and when to adopt cloud to balance risk and return
• The economic benefits associated with transformation
Russell Hill, Global Services and Pre-Sales Director, UK, Ireland & South Africa, Hitachi Data Systems
• Why the IT pro's job is changing in 2012?
• How are cloud vendors repositioning in the market?
• How do users decide which vendor to choose?
Moderator: Andy Burton, Chairman, Cloud Industry Forum
Senior Respresentative, Rackspace
Senior Representative, Flexiant
Bernard Golden, Author, Virtualization for Dummies
• Strategy for a Service Catalog Roadmap: From Workplace to SaaS
• Company performance with Policies and Governance: Agility at the Core
• Business Service Management: The ultimate platform for Cloud
Eric Blum, Chief Technology Officer - EMEA VP, BMC Software
• Understand how subscribers use your service
• Maximize revenue from existing customers
• Modify your offering to effectively target new customers and segments
• Leverage usage information to optimize your business model
Shlomo Weiss, VP, Business Development, Safenet
Afternoon Chairman: Mike Spink, Director, Nephologic
• The virtualization implementation successes and challenges
• Analysing a business case for cloud implementation
Mojtaba Akbari, Head of IT, The Kildare Hotel, Spa & Country Club
• The business case for the Government Cloud
• Government Cloud today and e-Services tomorrow
• Putting the ideals of private sector clouds into practice in the public sector
Andy Nelson, CIO, UK Government
• Security in the cloud
• Who has successfully met the challenge?
• Does the cloud require new IT skills?
Moderator: Bryan Glick, Editor-in-Chief, Computer Weekly
Peter Ransom, CIO, Oxfam
Andy Nelson, CIO, UK Government
Tareq Alemadi, Head of IT, Office of Her Highness Sheikha, Moza Bint Nasser
Fiaz Mansha, EVP and Head of IT, Gatehouse Bank
• Improving performance by over 3x for the same cost
• It's time to get the honest truth and change your mindset
• How to properly consume cloud computing
Chris Drake, CEO, FireHost
• Improving efficiency and productivity throughout the company.
• Making Easier and intuitive collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Empowering the company with agility and process optimisation
Carmen Lopez Herranz, Innovation - Global Observatory and Portfolio Director, BBVA
Senior Representative, Workday
• How to get to cloud quickly and deliver the efficiencies and economic benefits your compnay is seeking, and show internal success by enabling your business
• How to ensure governance and control while embracing consumerization of IT
• Private Cloud Case Studies: MAN Group, Global Bank
Sahir Azam, Director of Technology, Dynamic Ops
Wednesday, 13th June 2012
Morning Chairman: Roland da Silva, Partner, Value Partners Management Consulting
• What is the difference? Haven’t we seen this all before?
• Enterprise 3.0 and beyond analysing
• Contract negotiation
• New Paradigm Requires Change (Licensing, Process, Planning)
• Start Where You Are - It is an Evolution!
• Reduce risks and costs (regulatory, license, process)
Mark Beshof, CEO, Flexera
• Why are platform tools deemed the best option for developers?
• Evaluating the complexities of building on an external platform
• The great PaaS lock-in debate
Moderator: Bernard Golden, Author, Virtualization for Dummies
François Déchery, VP of International Business Development, CloudBees
Wes Nolte, Director of Innovation, Tquila
Steven Harrison, IP Solutions Manager, Pre-Sales Engineer, Enterprise Business for Western Europe, Huawei
• International privacy laws – how do they affect you?
• Understanding and assessing the risk of cloud computing
• A practical guide for global executives, lawyers and technologists
Mark Webber, Partner and Head of Technology, Osborne Clarke
• Cloud security issues and the process of encrypting data
• Using safe harbouring to counter regional data protection laws
• Quantum computing, the future and its potential for ‘100% security
Senior Representative, McAfee
Afternoon Chairman: Geva Perry, Blogger, Thinking Out Cloud
• Why you should (or should you?) plan for transition
• Considerations for the development of your business case
• What your solution options are and benefits
• How to make your transition successful
Senior Representative, Adapt
• Lessen your need for specialized and/or dedicated in-house IT support staff
• Serve your customers more efficiently and open up communication with them
• Help your company adjust more readily to new forces and changing situations
Justin Pirie, Director of Communities and Content, Mimecast
• How Dirty is your Data
• Practical challenges in introducing a Renewable Energy (RE) policy into your overall procurement policy
Andrew Hatton, Head of Information Systems, Greenpeace
Peter Cochrane, Co-Founder, Cochrane Associates
• CIO’s responsibilities in using all the tools at their disposal
• Focus the strategy on moving strategically up the Information Management Value Chain
• The Cloud is important, but as a reliable, solid Utility provider.
Bill Limond, CIO, City of London Corporation
• PaaS becomes the overhyped buzzword for 2012
• Business chores moving to the cloud
• Seeing beyond the cloud to cloud 2.0
Moderator: Maxwell Cooter, Editor, Cloud Pro
Edmund D’Souza, IT Analyst, Ford Motor
Daniel Saks, President and CEO, AppDirect
Peter Heather, Head of IT & Systems, WaterAid
Ian McDonald, Head of Infrastructure and Cloud, News International
DEVELOP THEATRE
Technical Stream
(Free-to-Attend)
Tuesday, 12th June 2012
• Should businesses use SaaS, PaaS or IaaS?
• Is there a single solution that will support a combination in your private cloud and in the public cloud?
• How to build a private cloud for your enterprise class applications
Richard Garsthegen, Director Cloud Business Development EMEA, Oracle.
• Who is who in the cloud?
• Creating the right dialogue between vendor and consumer
• The foundation for complete vendor cloud computing strategy
Paul Boyns, Head of IT Strategy and Policy, BBC
• How is cloud working with legacy IT, from infrastructure to applications?
• Can cloud be governed and managed as effectively as traditional IT?
• The long game is the only game
Moderator: Bernard Golden, Author, Virtualization for Dummies
Graham Hobson, CTO, PhotoBox
Adam Gerrard, CTO, Laterooms.com
Jora Gill, CTO CBS, Elsevier
Sahir Azam, Director of Technology, Dynamic Ops
• Accumulating large volumes of information in a database is no longer an obstacle
• Deriving actionable insight via big data analytics
• Organising your data libraries
• Pursuing quality, and why you will never catch it
• Fundamental requirements of successful testing in the cloud
• How is testing cloud based applications different from testing on premise applications?
Senior Representative, Reply
• Evaluating your Environment for Cloud Migration
• Building a Roadmap for Flexibility
• Enabling Business Change through a Hybrid Environment
Shaun Mundy, Group Director of IT, Buro Happold
• Nullifying unnecessary threat to your data
• The problem posed by privileged accounts
• How can the cloud path be audited effectively?
Len Padilla, Senior Director of Technology, NTT
• Legal issues aside, cloud data storage requires executive guidelines
• Unified storage and the cloud are two sides of the same coin
• Which technologies and companies should you be watching?
Moderator: Bob Plumridge, Chairman, SNIA
Senior Representative, Interxion
Roger Foxcroft, IS Digital Solutions Architect , Reckitt Benckiser PLC
Maria Pillitteri, Senior Channel Sales Manager, Adaptec by PMC
• The role of cloud technology and the future internet in a connected, smart city
• Facilitation of new models of public service delivery
• Lowering the barriers to innovation in cities
Tom Baker, Head of Corporate ICT, Sunderland City Council
• Storage appliances for primary data: Addressing cache, scalability
• Will you use the hybrid product for primary or near-line data?
• How will the hybrid approach affect backup?
Denis Martin, Executive VP, CTO, NaviSite
• The full potential of the cloud to transform IT processes has been limited by inherent bottlenecks in moving the data
• How to overcome the data movement bottleneck to enable big data applications in the cloud
• Big data cloud best practices and application examples
Bhavik Vyas, Director of Cloud Services & Partnerships, Aspera, Inc
• Establishing on-going control of how your data is used
• Implementation without disruption
• Incorporating the automation of IAM processes
Frank Keessen, Head of Information and Communications Technology, Boekel De Nerée
Rhys Jones, Head of Engineering, RBS Global Banking & Markets
Wednesday, 13th June 2012
• Infrastructure cloud services
• Providing & selling managed IT&T services
• Airport applications in the cloud
Leonidas Daravelis, Director IT & Telecommunications Business Unit, Athens International Airport S.A.
• With power comes great responsibility
• Measuring performance: how to match your specific needs to various environments
• How to make application lifecycle management more agile
• Choosing the best options for deploying and managing applications
• Building infrastructure as a service
• Correctly planning your IT future
Eric Bear, Director of Managed Services, Visual Network Systems
Gwil Davies, Cloud Infrastructure Lead UK, Accenture
Peter Adams, IT Director, Northern Foods
Noel Dixon, IT Manager, Badminton England
• Range of options CERN is pursing
• How does this relate this to the European cloud computing strategy
• Outline - flagship use-cases and the special needs of the public research sector
Bob Jones, Head of openlab - IT Department, CERN
Evangelos Kotsovinos, VP, Morgan Stanley
Afternoon Chairman: Jamie Liddell, Editor, Outsource Magazine
• Addressing the challenges and impact faced by virtualization on the underlying physical infrastructure
• Why cloud computing and virtualization causes so much complexity in the data centre
• The tangible benefits of a full-featured Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) suite
Soeren Juul Schroeder, Software Sales Director, SA and Med, Schneider Electric
• What new tools and working practices are emerging to enable technology professionals to create and deliver high qulaity services more quickly?
• How can you distill Cloud Computing down to principles that you can apply to how you manage your datacenter and deliver services and build the applications that suport them?
• A look at software-based networking as a case in point, and consider how cloud princples can support your Devops and agile initiatives
Paul Wallace, Riverbed Stingray, Cloud Evangelist, Riverbed Technology
• Taking the patterns you have to use on a large scale
• Scalability, interoperability, and security
• New technologies and use cases for cloud computing moving forward
• Building a shared services model
• G-Cloud, cloud first and the journey so far
• Across the globe - New opportunities for emerging suppliers and SMEs
Mark O’Neill, Proposition Director for Innovation and Delivery, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office
• Are DLP and public cloud computing effectively an oxymoron?
• Clouds have to be better than the environments they replace
• Unpacking DLP
• Does hybrid cloud still provide unnecessary security issues?
• Managing the data exchange between private and public cloud
• Making the cultural shift – assessing changes beyond tech and security
Moderator: Rupert Goodwins, Editor, ZDNet UK
Mark Adams-Wright, CIO, Suffolk County Council
Chris Airey, Director Change & IT, Lifestyle Services Group
Barry Regan, Area Vice President of Sales, General Manager for Northern Europe, ASG Software Solutions
CONNECT THEATRE
Social & Mobile Stream
(Free-to-Attend)
Tuesday, 12th June 2012
Morning Chairman: Roland da Silva, Partner, Value Partners Management Consulting
• Assessing the Rackspace study into future cloud computing users
• How do businesses shape consumer understanding and build trust in cloud?
• The impact and legal implications of managing online ‘treasure chests’
• Evaluating the integration of social tools into the collaborative workflow
• Why digital natives are affecting your workforce
• Ensuring a positive return on investment from going social
TBA
• Configure your environment to maximize your mobile workforce experience
• Remote access scenarios
• Authentication methods for sharepoint web sites
Moderator: David Terrar, Director, D2C
Robert Jackson, Director of Architecture & Portfolio Management, Capgemini
Damian Saunders, Director, Cloud Platforms & Networking Group, Citrix Systems UK Limited
Mike Clark, CIO, Adecco
• As end user expectations for speed grow, and as corporations, non-government agencies and governments expand facilities into remote locations and emerging markets, the need for a breakthrough in the speed and security of Internet service among all of an organization's employees is increasing
• This season will examine some of the latest technology developments in this area, including the ability to guarentee speeds of up to 100mb up and 100mb down via satellite
• Attendees will come away with a greater understanding of the state of the art for high speed internet access as well as potential uses for the technology
Abel Avellan, President, Emerging Markets, EMC
• Creating a unified cloud management strategy for your business
• Ticking the box – the cloud computing cheat sheet
• Analysing the substantial payoffs and challenges of cloud
• The difference between Social CRM and other social tools for enterprise
• Why cloud computing has enhanced CRM capabilities in the workplace
• Does the ‘Facebook generation’ demand social CRM?
Senior Representative, Panduit
• Lessons from the front line
• Implementing a cloud-base help desk system
• Powered by the social, mobile and cloud revolutions of today
• Socialising web content management
• Could consumerization revolutionise public sector IT?
Moderator: Rahoul Bhansali, Principal, Hudson & Yorke
Peter Clarke, CTO, IS Division, Department of Economic Development, Isle of Man Government
Steve O'Connor, Head of ICT, UK Parliament
• APIs take distribution to its logical limit
• Technical scenarios and architectures
• Using APIs to integrate your platform with external systems
Jonathan Summerfield, Chief Architect & Head of Application Delivery, Ladbrokes PLC
Senior Representative, Ping Identity
• How cloud computing, social media and the consumerisation of IT are converging to enable true business transformation
• What a social business is and how being a social business will create value for your employees, customers and bottom line
• The steps IT and business leaders must take to become a social business
Tobias Andersson, COO, Projectplace
Wednesday, 13th June 2012
• The business risk lost devices and dead devices
• Keys to a successful implementation: Learning from experience Cloud-Pipe-device Securing Intellectual Property Cloud Storage
• Adoption issues on everyone’s mind Hazzle free IT ? BYOD
Johann Strauss, Director, IT & Security Solutions, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
• The background (current platform, limitations etc)
• The challenges (multiple locations, timescales etc)
• The programme (phased approach, objectives, deliverables etc)
• The results (5,000+ employees migrated to Gmail, Calendars and Chat)
Stephen Walker, IT Director, Trinity Mirror Group
• Assessing the main concerns associated with an IT-literate workforce
• The effects associated with cloud sprawl
• How does the IT department adapt to retain control?
Monderator: Badii Kechiche, Manager, Head of EMEA, Pyramid Research
John Ross, Director of IT and Facilities Management, Big Lottery Fund
Jack Cutts, Head of IT, The Nottingham Building Society
• Bupa Live our global emplyee community
• Exploring cloud and consumerisation
• Opportunities and next steps
Andrew Easton, Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture, Shared Services & Bupa Cloud, Bupa
• Pros and cons?
• What came first for mobile phone – the native app or Web app?
• What is the market share today? How is this expected to change?
Afternoon Chairman: James Mortleman, Business and Technology Writer
• Spin up complex demos or lab environments instantly
• vApps are stored in an online catalog for deployment on the fly
• Labs are accessed by authorized users from any location and scaled in seconds
Dante Orsini, Vice President of Business Development, iland
• Cloud and Delivering on efficiency
• Embracing social networking – Threats & Opportunities
• Commoditised public sector delivery, the reality of shared services
David Wilde, CIO, Essex County Council
• Making online shopping a truly interactive experience
• Accelerate marketing traction, grow your market
• Connect the enterprise to the rest of the business ecosystem?
Moderator: Lorenza Brescia, Strategy Director, Redmill Marketing Associates
Jonathan Summerfield, Chief Architect & Head of Application Delivery, Ladbrokes PLC
Rob Norman, Co-founder and CEO, Vnetrix Limited
Angie Dixey, Solutions Sales Director, CA Technologies
• Hosted unified communications vs. in-house UC deployment
• How do cloud communications work in private cloud computing?
• What security measures must be taken
Senior representative, Cisco
• Managing the Cloud ecosystem end-to-end for the Telecom operator
• The impact of cloud-based services on the MNOs
• Do operators see third parties as short term suppliers whilst they develop a long term cloud mobility strategy?
Senior representative, Cisco
• Mobile technology has radically changed the way we communicate and consume digital media
• Healthcare and medical education must take advantage of technological advances such as cloud computing
• By developing mobile digital technology and using the cloud we can deliver better healthcare for our patients and improve medical education
Drew Proven, Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
• A competitive advantage today, a competitive imperative tomorrow
• Beyond blogs, tweets and Facebook statuses
• The Future is Here – Social’s effect on search
Moderator: Chris Holloman, Resident Blogger, Sky News Tech Talk
Lee Bryant, Co-founded, Headshift
Alexandre Meerson, Luxury Brands E-Commerce Consultant & Managing Partner, La Boutique De Luxe
Xabier Ormazabal, Director, Product Marketing, EMEA, Salesforce.com
MICROSOFT THEATRE
(Free-to-attend)
Tuesday 12th & Wednesday 13th June 2012
1000 - 1030 Keynote: Cloud computing with the Windows Azure Platform
1035 - 1105 Office 365 case study
1110 - 1140 Private Cloud case study
1145 - 1215 Cloud and the Future of IT
1220 - 1250 Windows Azure case study
1255 - 1325 Big Data and the Cloud
1330 - 1400 Keynote: Cloud computing with the Windows Azure Platform
1405 - 1435 Office 365 case study
1440 - 1510 Windows Azure case study
1515 - 1545 Cloud and the Future of IT
1550 - 1620 Windows Azure case study
1625 - 1655 Big Data and Cloud
GOOGLE THEATRE
(Free-to-attend)
Tuesday 12th & Wednesday 13th June 2012
1000 - 1040 Better Web for Business
1050 - 1120 Google Apps demo
1130 - 1210 Cloud Enabled Mapping: Making Google Maps Work For Your Business
1220 - 1250 The beauty of Google search in your business
1300 - 1330 Google Cloud Platform
1340 - 1420 Customer Case Study - Grass Roots
1430 - 1500 Google Apps for Public Sector
1510 - 1550 Journey to the Cloud
1600 - 1640 Chrome for Business


















