Western
Washington
Summit 2005
on Technology and Economic Development Entrepreneurship
Kitsap Conference Center
Bremerton, WA
Securing Your Future
October 13, 2005
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Western
Washington on Technology and Economic Development Entrepreneurship
Kitsap Conference Center Bremerton, WA |
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Securing Your Future October 13, 2005 |
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Western Washington Summit on Technology and Economic Development
Entrepreneurship, WSTPA's annual conference,
delivers business critical development information designed to give you the
competitive advantage. Attracting leaders in an eight-county region, our summit
provides cutting-edge knowledge on how to increase productivity by incorporating
best practices, quality design, and proven management techniques into your
technology and business applications. Agenda 3:00
- 5:00pm 5:00 pm 5:05 pm 5:25
pm 5:30 pm
Though it may not be obvious to most Internet users the future of the
Internet, and the economic future of America, is at risk. This risk lies
in giving control of the Internet to the dominant telephone and cable
television companies that own the access networks linking America’s homes
and businesses to the Internet.
Mike Bookey makes a compelling argument for a new Internet public policy that recognizes the Internet is the next evolutionary advancement in transportation. That the most important investment America can make in its future is to replace telephone and cable television networks with a ubiquitous and open-access public Internet fiber road network. 6:00
pm 6:05 pm 6:55 pm
7:00 pm Most organizations continue to fall far short of realising the potential value of their investments in information technology (IT). This is a symptom of the failure of corporate governance to evolve to meet the needs of a complex and rapidly changing business environment. We continue to focus on the technology when we should instead be focusing on the changes that IT both enables and requires. If we are to realize the full potential of IT-enabled change, we need a continuous and dynamic governance process that manages the full investment cycle from strategy through execution to the full realization of value - a Strategic Governance approach. An approach that ensures clarity of the desired outcomes and enables understanding of the full scope of effort required to achieve those outcomes. One that senses and responds to changes in the internal and external environment, to our understanding of what is working and not working as expected, and to our assumptions. The speaker will introduce a framework for such an approach and, drawing on real world examples, discuss current and emerging best practices. If they are to survive, let alone prosper, organisations must continue to demonstrate that they understand how to create value, have strategies capable of delivering value both quickly and over the long term, and must have a track record of successfully executing those strategies. In the private sector, how well this is done plays an increasingly significant role in determining market valuation. In the public sector, the mandate, public perception, and viability of the organisation may well hinge on the clarity with which its actions and investments can be tied to value.
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