Keynote Speakers

Robert Herjavec, Chief Executive Officer and founder of The Herjavec Group
Applying his immense energy and ambition, Robert launched a computer company from his basement which was eventually sold to AT&T and Nokia. His current company, The Herjavec Group, is one of Canada’s leading cyber security providers with ranking in Profit Magazine’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies 3 years in a row. Meanwhile, Robert’s celebrity has expanded with leading roles in CBC-TV’s Dragons’ Den and on ABC-TV’s Shark Tank television shows.

James Norrie, President, e-Venture, Consulting, Inc.
Entrepreneur, former F-500 Executive and currently an Associate Professor in the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson University, James has an international reputation as both a scholar and consultant to industry. His expertise spans corporate strategy, innovation and social computing; performance management and process design; project management, leadership development and executive coaching.

From Information to Innovation: How CIOs Can Lead Innovation in Their Organizations

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Toronto Board of Trade
First Canadian Place
77 Adelaide Street West, 4th floor

Registration & Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Program: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

CLICK HERE to view the full CIO Exchange 2010 agenda

(Toronto, ON) Join IT World Canada, publisher of CIO Canada Magazine, and CIO Association of Canada as we present “From Information to Innovation: How CIOs Can Lead Innovation in Their Organizations.”

• This one-day peer-to-peer forum is designed to help senior IT executives define and develop the competencies needed to establish themselves as strategic business partners and innovative leaders.
• CIO Canada Exchange features expert speakers and roundtables, with report-outs to share ideas and findings.
• The agenda is driven and designed in consultation with the CIO Community, including an Advisory Board of elected CIO Association of Canada members, working collaboratively with senior editors at CIO Canada Magazine.

Attend this forum to learn more about the potential of IT as a driver of innovation and how CIOs can lead their organizations in this process. Share and discuss with your peers:

• The Journey – From Information to Innovation
• The Leadership of Innovation
• The Psychology of Innovation
• The Communication of Innovation
• The Economics of Innovation
• The Culture of Innovation
• The Future of Innovation

“In the long run, our competitive advantage and all of our living standards depends on innovation, and I would argue that for our era, the most important driver of innovation is information technology.”
Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and the Schussel Family Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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