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ERBI IT Special Interest Group event - 11th September 2007
How do you influence your CEO on IT strategy?
The Nucleus Centre, Chesterford Research Park , Cambridge - map and directions
Arrive 17:30 for 18:00 start - Finish at 20:00
ERBI have teamed up with CambiNet Limited and EACS in order to stage a series of high profile IT Special Interest Group events. These events will reveal and explore a variety of important information management strategies which are available to the core strategic decision makers working within the centres of European biotech excellence in Cambridgeshire.
Guest speakers
Gordon Baxter, Chief Executive Officer, Biowisdom Limited
Gordon will be giving us all his perspective on what it is like to be at the top of a forward thinking biotech organisation that has eagerly embraced IT, as a key business enabler. Given the prominence that technology plays in the competitive marketplace, Gordon will be sharing his views and expectations of people, wishing to introduce new technologies into his business, and how this needs to be communicated in order to gain his total buy-in and commitment.
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Bio here |
Ian McKendrick, Managing Director, CambiNet Limited
Turning current thinking on its head about how we should be considering technologies to enable our businesses to do more with less. Ian will be showing us how we should be selecting the most appropriate technologies for our business, by firstly understanding the strategic business objectives, and then how we should interpret the requirements of other departments, whose aim it is to achieve them. Only after we understand these strategic objectives of the business, and the requirements of other departments, can the IT Department begin to select technologies that are appropriate. |
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Agenda |
Bio here |
17:30 - 18:00 Arrive for drinks and networking |
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| 18:00 - Introductions and welcome | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 Presentations from Gordon Baxter and Ian McKendrick | |
| 19:00 - 19:15 Coffee break and networking | |
| 19:15 - 19:45 How to control the communications | |
| 19:45 - Hot buffet and networking | |
| During the evening buffet you will have ample opportunity to meet with allof the speakers and share your concerns with them, as well as network with your peers. |