Microsoft's Kevin Turner and Stuart Scott Kick Off the 2007 InformationWeek 500 ConferenceMicrosoft Duo Provides Strong Start for Annual Conference and IW500 Gala AwardsPRNewswire MANHASSET, N.Y., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Technology's InformationWeek, the market-leading business technology brand, announced today that the InformationWeek 500 Conference will kick off its premier industry event with Microsoft's Kevin Turner and Stuart Scott in a first-ever joint keynote address. The 18th annual InformationWeek 500 conference will be held September 16-18, 2007 at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, AZ. It's a year of major milestones at Microsoft as the company delivers new versions of its flagship products, enters new markets from mobility to music, looks to deliver on its software plus services vision, and takes on bold new (and old) competitors. Relative Microsoft newcomers Kevin Turner and Stuart Scott are at the center of that frenetic activity -- Turner, the former Wal-Mart CIO and CEO of Sam's Club, as Microsoft's chief operating officer, and Scott, the former divisional CIO at GE, as Microsoft's CIO. In this Q&A session with InformationWeek Editor John Foley, learn which technologies (Microsoft and otherwise) they're betting the business on, which software models they think will prevail and why, and how they view the CIO-CXO relationship. Attendees will also get an inside look at the strategies Turner and Scott are implementing. "Once again, we have filled the conference agenda with leaders in the truest sense of the word," says Rob Preston, Editor in Chief of InformationWeek. "The executives who will speak at this year's conference are not only leaders within their own organizations, but they're also shaping business and leading change in the IT industry." Other conference highlights include panel discussions on health care reform, Enterprise 2.0, the business potential of virtual worlds like Second Life, and a VC-perspective on the next great business technology movements. Confirmed speakers include: -- Dan Drawbaugh, CIO, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and
InformationWeek Chief of the Year
-- Colin Evans, Director, Policy and Standards, Intel Digital Health Group
-- Lynn Harold Vogel, Ph.D., VP & CIO, University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center
-- David Watson, SVP & CTO, Kaiser Permanente Information Technology
-- Brian Behlendorf, CTO, CollabNet
-- Kevin Dabney, Executive VP, Wholesale Technology Services/Enterprise
Payment Strategies, Wells Fargo
-- Susan Sheskey, EVP & CIO, Dell, Inc.
-- Jason Maynard, Software Analyst, Credit Suisse
-- Denis O'Leary, Private Investor & Consultant
-- William "Billy G." Glynn, Chairman & Founder, Collective IQ
Each year, InformationWeek brings CIOs and business leaders together to network and collaborate on the use of technology to transform business. The event also identifies the 500 companies that are the most innovative users of business technology. This premier event brings The InformationWeek 500 conference and gala awards celebrates innovation with three days of workshops, networking and discussion. Unlike most technology-oriented shows, attendees get a unique opportunity to speak to and learn from some of the most successful IT executives, editors and influencers in the industry in an intimate setting. "The InformationWeek team prides itself on having unrivaled access to the top IT executives in the industry today," says Scott Vaughan, Vice President of Marketing. "The InformationWeek 500 selection process is a rigorous one, and we're thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize excellence in this forum while also offering invaluable content and networking opportunities for our attendees." Sponsors for the 2007 event include Avaya, Foundry Networks, NTT Technology, QD Technology, Teradata, and TIBCO. Plan to celebrate with the best and brightest this September at the InformationWeek 500 conference and gala awards. For more information visit the conference registration Web site https://secure.pnmi.com/iw500/?source=PR&keycode=prx About InformationWeek (http://www.informationweek.com/) InformationWeek is the leading multimedia Business Technology brand - online sites, magazine, events and research - providing CIOs and IT decision makers with unique perspective and tools that work in lock step with their decision making process - from the setting of business strategies to the evaluation and recommendation of technology solutions. Through its cross-media platform, InformationWeek provides editorial content developed by both journalists and CIO and IT peers delivered when and how they want it, 24/7. For Technology Marketers, InformationWeek offers a dynamic portfolio of products to engage and align with the largest, most influential buying audience in the market. This means marketing solutions that target broad audiences (reach), as well as media programs organized by content themes and specific audience segments (composition). The InformationWeek audience of 3 million buyers, includes CIOs, IT executives and business managers who cut across industries, job titles, company sizes and global borders. About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. Contact: Rob Preston
VP/Editor-In-Chief, InformationWeek
516.562.5692
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