Global Summit for Leaders in Information Technology

Sustaining Infrastructure

Farkas Berkowitz & Company

Bentley Systems, Incorporated

 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

5:30 pm     Welcoming Cocktail Reception

6:30 pm     The 112th U.S. Congress: Progress Report and Prognosis

John Mercurio brings to this topic 18 years’ experience as a journalist in Washington, D.C. A regular guest on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, he also frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and NBC. He recently joined public-relations powerhouse Burson-Marsteller. He will provide an up-to-date report on the U.S. Congress, focusing on the federal budget.

7:30 pm     Dinner

9:00 pm     After-Dinner Drinks and Cigars Overlooking the Historic C&O Canal

Friday, May 6, 2011

7:30 am     Continental Breakfast Buffet

8:00 am     Update on Bentley Systems’ Efforts to Sustain Infrastructure

Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems, Incorporated

8:30 am     Highlights of Farkas Berkowitz’s 23rd Annual State-of-the-Industry Report

Alan Farkas, Managing Director, Farkas Berkowitz & Company

9:00 am     Getting Organizations to Keep Pace with Technology

Organizations must continually change if they are to realize technology’s potential, and yet few are able to do so successfully. Consider what firms are doing to meet this challenge and the role CIOs are playing in the process.

11:00 am  Wireless Devices in the Workplace: Impending Chaos or Opportunity?

Everyone is gravitating to consumer computing devices that are fun to operate. CIOs are struggling to channel this enthusiasm and are looking to their software providers for help. Explore how firms are responding to employees who no longer want the standard-issue Blackberry, and how CIOs are striving to exploit tablet devices, radio-frequency identification (RFID) and telematics from the boardroom to the construction site.

12:30 pm   Lunch and “Data Management: Critical Component for Safety”  James B. Porter, Jr.

During his 40-year career with DuPont, Jim Porter advanced through the ranks to become Chief Engineer and Vice President, Engineering & Operations. Now retired, he is a consultant on safety.

1:45 pm     Addressing Critical IT Challenges: Breakout Groups

Participants break into groups to consider critical IT challenges. Participants then return to the plenary session to consider the findings of each group and to reflect on the results of the entire workshop.

3:15 pm     Addressing Critical IT Challenges: Plenary Session

Participants return to plenary session to discuss the results of the breakout groups and the workshop as a whole.

4:00 pm     Adjournment