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At IBM InterConnect you will have the opportunity to attend any 5 out of the following 10 hot topics designed to help you understand how the changing market can improve your business. These 10 hot topics fall into three overarching themes:

During the registration process, you will be asked to select which of the following look most interesting to you. Read below to gain a better understanding of what these hot topics will offer.


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Changing the economics of IT with IBM PureSystems.

Success in today’s business environment requires the ability to react quickly to change.

Learn how to accelerate delivery of new applications, analytics, and exploit big data while changing the economics of IT with IBM PureSystems which are “built for Cloud”, integrated by design and simple to use and manage.


Executive hosts and speakers Changing the economics of IT with IBM PureSystems

Jim Stallings, General Manager IBM
Inhi Cho Suh, Vice President, Product Management and Strategy Information Management, IBM Software
George Folk, Managing Director, PCCW Limited

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Defending against cyber threats with security intelligence and behavioral analytics

In today’s hyper-connected world, information security is expanding beyond its technical silo into a strategic, board-level priority. And there’s reason – the advanced cyber-attacks, insider threats and the business ramifications multiply every day.

Learn how the CISO role is evolving to a business leadership position and how your organization can balance the need for increased business innovation, agility and information sharing with the need to safeguard your most valuable assets –your intellectual property, customer data and your brand.


Executive hosts and speakers Defending against cyber-threats with security intelligence & behavioral analytics

Brendan Hannigan, General Manager, IBM Security
Kris Lovejoy, Vice Presidents IT Risk, IBM Global Technology Services
Satish Das, CSO & VP-ERM, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Peter Param, Manager IT Security, St Vincent’s & Mater Health
Vitor Rodrigues, CSO, Banco Mercantil do Brazil

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Rethink IT. Reinvent business with cloud computing.

Everyone is looking for new ways to create sustainable advantage. To reach new customers. Design and deploy new business models. All while managing an unprecedented rate of change. The appeal of Cloud computing to achieve these objectives is undeniable -- yet separating the hype from the operating realities is critical.

Learn more about how IBM SmartCloud solutions are helping clients to improve their operating agility and speed the delivery of new IT systems, thereby transforming IT into a strategic center of business innovation.


Executive hosts and speakers Rethink IT. Reinvent business with cloud computing

Danny Sabbah, General Manager, IBM Tivoli
Tom Rosamilia, VP, Corporate Strategy and GM, Enterprise Initiative, IBM
Paul Moung, VP, Cloud & Smarter Planet Growth Markets, IBM
Rekha Garapati, VP IBM CIO Office, IBM
Angel Diaz, VP Software Standards, IBM
Sumeet Kapur, CEO, Global Groupware
Jose Eugenio Quesada, President, Open Source Information Technology Solutions
Chan Eng Lim, CEO, DynaFront Systems

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Transforming critical business processes.

In today’s world of impatient customers and insatiable shareholders, organizations can’t afford operating mistakes. Yet most are dealing with silo processes built around divisions and transactions rather than constituencies and their interactions -- which makes flawless operations and rapid delivery of new products and services nearly impossible.

Learn how smarter processes and improved asset management are helping organizations improve the effectiveness of operations -- increasing their ability to address ever evolving customer, citizen, employee, and partner needs.

Executive hosts and speakers Transforming critical business processes

Marie Wieck, General Manager, Application & Integration Middleware, IBM
Kevin Custis, GBS, Global Leader Social Business and Mobility Services , IBM
Maria Winans, Vice President, WW Software Industry Solutions Marketing, IBM
Patrick Shearman, CIO, Hospital Contribution Fund, Australia
Mustafa Aziz, Program Manager, Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity

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Unlocking opportunities with Smarter Analytics and Big Data.

Recent research confirms that analytically sophisticated organizations have 1.6 times more revenue growth and 2 times more profit growth then analytics laggards. Yet with the ever increasing supply of data and unstructured content coming from an ever expanding number of sources, the sheer volume is growing faster than organizations can turn it into useful insights. IBM has worked with hundreds of clients to identify the highest impact scenarios for analytics and big data, and deployed solutions faster and more cost effectively using optimized systems.

Learn from IBM clients who will share insights from our big data assessments and new research study, plus explain how leading organizations got started with big data analytics and their game-changing results.

Executive hosts and speakers Unlocking opportunities with Big Data analytics

Deepak Advani, VP Business Analytics Products and Solutions, IBM
Martin Wildberger, Vice President Development, IBM Information Management

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Gaining competitive advantage through software innovation.

Software is part of everything. It differentiates products, services, & business models -- and is increasingly part of our systems and physical infrastructure. Yet few organizations have the software development and delivery skills and systems that are necessary to make it a competitive advantage.

Learn how top-performing organizations are delivering business innovation with reduced cost and improved speed and predictability by leveraging a smarter approach to software delivery.

Executive hosts and speakers Gaining competitive advantage through software innovation

Kristof Kloeckner, General Manager, IBM Rational
Harish Grama, VP Rational Product Delivery
Scott Marchant, Managing Director, TestPro Pty Ltd

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Creating exceptional experiences by combining social and commerce best practices.

Today’s customers expect more. They expect you to know them as individuals, to anticipate their needs and to surprise them with interesting new products and services. Yet the traditional approaches to innovation and customer intimacy are hopelessly archaic in today’s world.

Learn how social business and an end-to-end approach to commerce can change the way you interact with your customers, building their loyalty and your brand.

Executive hosts and speakers Creating exceptional experiences by combining social and commerce best practices

Craig Hayman, General Manager, IBM Industry Solutions
Alistair Rennie, General Manager, IBM Collaboration Solutions
Manish Choksi, Chief of Strategy & CIO, Asian Paints Ltd.
Kashyap Mehta, eCommerce, Infiniti Retail Ltd.

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Speeding innovation and extending reach with mobile enterprise.

In a world where everyone is connected to everything your organization’s infrastructure has no boundaries. Successful companies are computing in motion. The challenge is managing and securing an infrastructure that connects an endless array of intelligent devices and sensors that are outside your control.

Learn how to create a Mobile Enterprise -- fundamentally changing and creating new value for customer, supplier and employee interaction. In doing so, new data and transactions and analytics workloads provide value and insight with the peace of mind that the security and management discipline required are future ready.

Executive hosts and speakers Speeding innovation and extending reach securely with mobile enterprise

Marie Wieck, General Manager, Application & Integration Middleware, IBM
Chris J.Jang, CEO/President
Company, Finance All Solutions, Inc.

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Transforming IT for insight and efficiency with smarter storage.

As organizations become smarter and information becomes more valuable, the role of IT is transformed. The IT infrastructure must deliver new information services and higher service levels, which the organization needs to prosper. How can IT transform your business when budgets are flat? On a smarter planet, data is the fuel to propel your organization into the future.

Learn how IBM's Smarter Storage for Smarter Computing can be the catalyst to unlock the true potential of your data.

Executive hosts and speakers Transforming IT for insight and efficiency with smarter storage

Brian Truskowski, General Manager, IBM System Storage and Networking
Laura Guio, VP and Business Line Executive, IBM Storage
Jung Yeop Kim, IT Operations Manager, Mirae Asset Life Insurance
Yoni Cohen, Founder, Snowball VFX
Mr. Ariotejo Bayuaju, Vice President of IT Operations, Bank of Mandiri

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Enabling growth with enterprise systems.

At the core of every business and government is a set of applications and information that are critical. Critical records of historical transactions plus new information and insights that can be used to redefine customer experiences, services and relationships. Yet the complexity and cost associated with operating these core systems is stifling new innovation.

Learn how enterprise systems' capabilities can help promote business growth by enabling the highest qualities of service for security of data, infrastructure efficiency, and information delivery across the enterprise – while reducing the resources required to operate and maintain them.

Executive hosts and speakers Enabling business growth with enterprise systems

Doug Balog, General Manager, IBM Systems & Technology Group
Colin Parris, General Manager, IBM Systems & Technology Group

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