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March 31-April 1, 2009 · Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA

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SaaScon Conference Advisors

	Jeffrey Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies, Inc.
	Bill McNee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Saugatuck Technology

“SaaScon provided me the opportunity to share information and best practices with my peers. We were very excited to learn more about the benefits of SaaS and how new methods in application delivery are changing the way we use technology.”
Basil Blume, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Colorado Capital Bank

“We are on the edge of a technological change from restrictive and complex packaged applications to more nimble and flexible on demand applications. SaaScon gave me the opportunity to share valuable insights on SaaS with my peers and I enjoyed hearing about the successes and challenges other CIOs face implementing SaaS solutions.”
Manjit Singh, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Chiquita International

2009 Presenters Include:

John Dohm, Vice President, True Religion Brand Jeans
Basil Fedynyshyn, Vice President, Platform Management, Wells Fargo
Joe Cardenas, Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Employers Direct Insurance Company
Beach Clark, Jr., Vice President Information Technology, Georgia Aquarium
Steven John, Chief Information Officer, H.B. Fuller
Prashant Nema, Chief Technology Officer, SVB Financial Group
Peter Young, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, MedImmune
Tom Kelly, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, Kardia Health Systems

2009 Conference Agenda

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
7:00 am-6:30 pm	Registration
7:30-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld Jeffrey Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
9:00-9:45 am	Yours, Mine, and Now Ours? How the Cloud Will Become the Computer Peter Young, Vice President, Chief Information Officer, MedImmune
9:45-10:00 am	Networking Break
10:00-10:30 am	Rethinking IT's Role in a Saas World: SaaS as a Way of Life Joseph Cardenas, Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Employers Direct Insurance Company
10:30-11:00 am	Enterprise IT Strategy for the Cloud Basil Fedynyshyn, Vice President, Platform Management, Wells Fargo
	Concurrent Case Study Sessions
11:10-11:40 am	Cloudy Days Ahead… What You Need to Know Andy Rubinson, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai Application Performance Solutions Presented By: Akamai SaaS Success in the Cloud—A Case Study Emil Sayegh, General Manager, The Rackspace Cloud, Rackspace Hosting Andy Neville, Vice President of Engineering, Zapproved Presented By: Rackspace Hosting
11:50 am-12:20 pm	The Information Opportunity in the Clouds Dana Schmidt, SaaS Market Director, Business Intelligence, IBM Presented By: IBM Software Delivery: Choose the Right Model Moderator: Rich Froble, Director, SaaS Enablement, AT&T Panelists: Lawrence Whittle, Chief Executive Officer, M-Factor Steven Hillion, Vice President, Engineering, M-Factor Presented By: AT&T
12:30-2:00 pm	Lunch in the Networking Lounge and Expo
2:00-2:45 pm	Essential Service Delivery Considerations: Safeguarding the Reliability and Performance of Your SaaS Apps Moderator: Jeffrey Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies Panelists: Rodney Foreman, IBM Tivoli World Wide OEM Executive, IBM Rich Froble, Director, SaaS Enablement, AT&T Sonal Puri, Director of Business Development, Application Acceleration, Akamai Jim Szafranski, Vice President of Customer Platform Services, Fiberlink Communications
2:45-3:15 pm	Learning to Change. Steven John, Chief Information Officer, H.B. Fuller
3:15-3:30 pm	Networking Break
3:30-4:00 pm	End-User Case Studies Track Selling SaaS within the Fortune 50 Kurt Anderson, Worldwide Technology Manager, Pfizer Analyst Perspectives Track Blue Skies? Clearing the Air on Cloud Computing and SaaS Bill McNee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Saugatuck Technology
4:10-4:40 pm	The SaaS Balance Model: Lessons Learned in Global SaaS Implementation Carmen Malangone, Global Solution Designer, Coty Inc. The Evolving SaaS Ecosystem Liz Herbert, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
4:50-5:20 pm	SaaS Risk Assessment and Selection Methodology Lionel Bernard, IT Manager, Appalachian Regional Commission SaaS and the Cloud: What Users are (and SHOULD be) Doing and Planning – and Why! Michael Dortch, Principal Analyst & Managing Editor, DortchOnIT.com
5:30-8:00 pm	Dinner in the Networking Lounge and Expo
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009
7:30 am-3:30 pm	Registration
7:30-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am	Opening Remarks Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld Jeffrey Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
9:00-9:45 am	5 Golden Rules for a Successful SaaS Prashant Nema, Chief Technology Officer, SVB Financial Group
9:45-10:15 am	Try Before You Buy: The Value of Testing SaaS Solutions John Dohm, Vice President , True Religion Brand Jeans
10:15-10:30 am	Networking Break
10:30-11:00 am	SaaS, Hosted IT Services: Making the Right Choices for Your IT Organization Beach Clark, Jr., Vice President Information Technology, Georgia Aquarium
11:00-11:30 am	Leveraging the Business Web: Nothing but the Net Tom Kelly, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, Kardia Health Systems
	Concurrent Case Study Sessions
11:45 am-12:15 pm	Mobility as a Service: Protecting Your Most Relevant Data Where It Resides - In the Cloud Jim Sheward, Chief Executive Officer, Fiberlink Communications Presented By: Fiberlink Communications How to Approach the Cloud: Gaining Visibility and Control of the Shared Responsibilities Between You and the Cloud Vendor to Get the Outcomes You Need. Scott Kupor, Vice President & General Manager, SaaS/Global Support Delivery, HP Software Services, Hewlett-Packard Company Presented By: HP
12:15-2:00 pm	Lunch in the Networking Lounge and Expo
2:00-2:45 pm	Evaluating, Selecting and Managing Vendor Relationships Service Contracts in the Cloud Ken Boasso, Managing Director, Keychain Logic How IT Can Help Business Users Optimize Solutions Best Practices for Developing & Deploying SaaS Jaswant Singh, Lead Web System Engineer and Architect, AOL
2:55-3:40 pm	It's the Service, Not the Software Mikael Blaisdell, Director, Mikael Blaisdell & Associates, Inc. - Customerium.com SaaS for Market Research Peter Milla, Chief Information Officer, Survey Sampling International
3:50-4:35 pm	The Social Enterprise: Best Practices in Implementing e2.0 to Transform Your Business Michael Fauscette, Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions, IDC Cloud Computing: What is it? Where do I fit in? How will it help me? Tim Crawford, Director of IT Operations, Stanford University
4:35 pm	Conference Concludes