PRELIMINARY AGENDA

 

Saturday, April 30, 2011
All Day Arrivals/Check-in
   
Evening Open
Sunday, May 1, 2011
7:30am – 1:30pm Optional Activities
Golf
Spa
*Please note the the costs associated with optional activities are the responsibility of the conference attendee.  If you registered for the optional activities you received confirmation in a separate letter.
3:30pm – 5:00pm  COMMON Opening Session
Ballroom B, Minneapolis Convention Center
5:00pm – 7:30pm COMMON Exposition 
Exhibit Hall C, Minneapolis Convention Center
7:30pm - 9:00pm Reception with COMMON Board, IBM Executives and Innovation Award Winner
9:00pm - 10:00pm Power Down – Ask the Experts Night (Optional) 
Minneapolis Ballroom Salon EFG, Hilton Minneapolis
Monday, May 2, 2011
7:30am – 8:00am Continental Breakfast/Networking
8:00am – 9:00am Introduction – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
9:00am – 10:00am IBM Executive Welcome
· This session requires advance signature of IBM’s Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement.
10:00am – 10:30am Facilitated Discussion - Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
10:30am – 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:0pm Session:  Power HA Storage
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch - Industry Roundtables
· Topics to be determined by participant mix
1:30pm - 2:30pm Session To Be Determined
2:30pm - 3:00pm Facilitated Discussion – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
3:00pm – 3:30pm Break 
3:30pm – 4:30pm  Session To Be Determined
   
4:30pm – 5:00pm   Facilitated Discussion – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
5:00pm - 6:00pm COMMON Exposition - open to IT Executive Conference ONLY
Exhibit Hall C, Minneapolis Convention Center
6:30pm - 7:00pm COMMON Exposition / All Attendee Reception
Exhibit Hall C, Minneapolis Convention Center
7:30pm IT Executive Conference Networking Dinner 
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
8:00am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast/Networking
8:30am – 9:30am Vendor Panel
9:30am – 10:00am Facilitated Discussion – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
10:00am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:30am COMMON Session
11:30am – 12:00pm Facilitated Discussion – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm Solution Exchange
Roxanne Reynolds-Lair, CIO, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
This is an Interactive Q& A session designed to allow participants to pose issues or specific questions they have for discussion and to get input or possible solutions from fellow ITEC attendees.
2:00pm – 2:30pm Facilitated Discussion – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
2:30pm – 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm Session To Be Determined
4:00pm – 4:30pm   Facilitated Discussion – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
4:30pm – 5:00pm Conference Wrap-up – Roxanne Reynolds-Lair
5:30pm – 6:30pm Closing Reception