The Official Event of the ITSMF USA
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September 19-23, 2005 • McCormick Place • Chicago, IL

			

Event Dates:
Conference Hours:
Sept. 19: 7:30am-7:00pm
Sept. 20: 7:30am-6:00pm
Sept. 21: 7:30am-1:30pm
Registration Hours:
Sept. 18: 3:00pm-7:00pm
Sept. 19: 7:00am-7:00pm
Sept. 20: 7:00am-6:00pm
Sept. 21: 7:00am-12:30pm
Expo Hall Hours:
Sept. 19: 12:00pm-4:00pm
              5:30pm-7:00pm
Sept. 20: 12:00pm-3:00pm
              4:30pm-6:00pm
Sept. 21: 10:00am-12:30pm
Post-Conference Training
September 21-23, 2005

Premier Sponsor:
Hewlett-Packard
Platinum Plus Sponsors:
Axios
BMC
CA
IT Service Management Institute
Microsoft
Sun Microsystems
Platinum Sponsors:
IBM
Intuit
Mercury
NetIQ
Oblicore
Pink Elephant
SAS Institute Inc.
Executive Business Sponsor:
EDS
Gold Sponsors:
Accenture
CA
CCN
Covestic
Cybermation
Empirix
British Computer Society
Pepperweed
Peregrine Systems
TeamQuest
Media Sponsors:
ITSMWatch
internet.com
EarthWeb
Official News Distribution Service:
Business Wire VPO

CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Sunday, September 18, 2005
3:00pm–7:00pm   Early Registration
5:00pm–6:30pm   EDS - Welcome Reception Sponsor
Monday, September 19, 2005
7:00am–7:00pm   Registration
7:30am–8:20am   Conference Breakfast Sponsored by IBM
The 7 Immutable Laws of IT Service Management: A Practical Approach to ITIL®

Michael McCarthy, Director of Strategy for IBM Tivoli Software, IBM Corporation
8:30am–9:45am   Conference Welcome and Opening Keynote:
IT Service Management Improves the Value of IT to the Business

John Heller, CIO, Caterpillar
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7
Starting the Journey to Best Practices Designing & Building Process Architecture Growing Your ITSM Implementation Solving IT Leadership's Compliance Challenge Measuring, Metrics and Service Levels Outsourcing and Organizational Change Talking Shop
10:00am–10:50am
Sanofi- Aventis: From Silos to Service Management
Building the Service Chain: Back to the Future
Process, People & Technology: Liberty Mutual IT's BPI Success Story
IT Governance: Where IT and the Business Meet
New ITSM Metrics: Beyond the Measurement
First 100 Days: Transforming the Organization with Speed and Care
Implementing ITIL®, Where Do I Start?
11:05am–11:55am
Building a Real Configuration Management Database Quickly and Accurately
Implementing ITSM: 6 Steps To Results In One Year
IT Service Management: Practical Best Practices
From Cost Center to Business Partner Using CobiT and ITIL®
Implementing Service Level Management at Air Products
EVIDENTLY FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR FOR YOU... Maybe it Should Be, Align with the Business or be Outsourced
Track 4 Panel
The IT Leadership Balancing Act: Compliance, Cost and Performance

12:00pm–1:00pm   Conference Lunch Sponsored by NetIQ - Expo Hall Open
Building Security Into Your Service Management Strategy

Travis Greene, Chief Service Management Strategist, NetIQ
12:00pm   Expo Hall Open
2:00pm–2:50pm
ITIL® Best Practice Guidance: A New Generation of ITIL®
Why You Need a Configuration Management Database: Where ITIL® Fits In A Pragmatic Approach to Configuration Management
BS 15000 Certification in the U.S: ITSM System in Operation
Financial Management: How to Influence Behavior and Gain Customer Confidence
ITSM & Distributed Sourcing: It's Not a Question of "If " but of "How"
Track 2 Panel
Moving to a New Process Architecture: All at Once or Incrementally?

3:05pm–3:55pm
Starting from Scratch
Financial Management of IT Assets at Bank of America: A Success Story
Change Management: Don't Let it Knock Your SOx Off!
Best Practices for "Managing the Business of ITTM"
A Statistical Approach To Prioritizing ITIL® Processes And Controls
The Implementation Quagmire: Methods & Madness and Somewhere In Between
Track 3 Panel
Gaps: Your Gateway to Excellence

4:10pm–5:20pm   Afternoon Keynote:
How ITIL® Links Business and IT: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from HP and Its Customers

Mike Rigodanzo, Senior Vice President, Technology Services, HP Services, Hewlett-Packard Company
5:30pm–7:00pm   Networking Reception in the Expo Hall - Sponsored by Pink Elephant
 
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
7:00am–6:00pm   Registration
7:30am–8:20am   Conference Breakfast Sponsored by Oblicore
Trends and Best Practices in Service Level Management

Steve Piper, Sr. Director, Marketing, Oblicore, Inc.
8:30am–9:45am   Morning Keynote: Partnering: The Secrets of Great Relationships
Chip Bell, Founder, The Chip Bell Group
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7
Starting the Journey to Best Practices Designing & Building Process Architecture Growing Your ITSM Implementation Solving IT Leadership's Compliance Challenge Measuring, Metrics and Service Levels Outsourcing and Organizational Change Talking Shop
10:00am–10:50am
How to Fail at IT Service Management (Without Really Trying)
Case Study: Implementing IT Operational Excellence at SIAC
Sneaking-up on ITIL®
Using CobiT & ITIL® to Drive ITSM Implementation
Financial Management: What Does a Service Really Cost?
Microsoft Management Overview: Delivering on the Dynamic Systems Initiative
Track 1 Panel
It is Always Best to Start at the Beginning - or is it?

11:05am–11:55am
ITSM: The Next Ten Years
Using ITIL® to Design an Enterprise Architecture Function
Case Study: Implementing Incident Management at JM Family Enterprises
How to Assess Your Capability to Provide Quality, Cost Effective Services
Driving Service Improvements through Better Measurements
Organizational Readiness and ITIL®: Ensuring Your ITIL® Initiative Will Succeed
Track 5 Panel
Measuring Your ITIL® Program

12:00pm   Expo Hall Open
12:00pm–1:00pm   Conference Lunch Sponsored by SAS - Expo Hall Open
Use the "cost of service" to align IT within and without

Bill Flemming, IT Intelligence Strategic Concepts, SAS
2:00pm–2:50pm
Welcome to the Real World
Planning to Implement IT Service Management
Aligning IT to the Business Perspective
The IT Strategy Management Process
The Transformation to Delivering IT as a Service
Powering the People Portion of Your ITIL® Efforts
Track 6 Panel
Organizational Change Caused by ITIL® Implementations

3:05pm–4:15pm   Afternoon Keynote:
D. Michael Abrashoff, Former Commander of U.S.S. Benfold and Author of It's Your Ship
4:30pm–6:00pm   Networking Reception in the Expo Hall - Sponsored by Mercury
6:00pm–9:00pm    itSMF USA Membership Appreciation Gala
 
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
7:00am–12:30pm   Registration
7:30am–8:30am   Continental Breakfast
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7
Starting the Journey to Best Practices Designing & Building Process Architecture Growing Your ITSM Implementation Solving IT Leadership's Compliance Challenge Measuring, Metrics and Service Levels Outsourcing and Organizational Change Talking Shop
8:30am–10:25am   2-Hour Workshops
So You Bought Books - Now What?
Leadership Challenge - Navigating the Matrix
Communication & Training: Creating/ Refining Your Plan
Top 10 Reasons to Not Attempt an ITIL® Implementation in 1 Year
Benchmarking w/ COBIT and ITIL®
IT Organizational Structures: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
How Sprint Implemented Six Process Areas and a New Tool All at Once
10:00am   Expo Hall Opens
10:40am–11:30am
Sorting out the Change/ Request/ Incident/ Problem Dilemmas
ITIL® - Can You Scale it Down?
Achieving Operational Excellence in the State of North Carolina
A Case Study: Expanding From ITIL® to Strategic IT Business Management
Metrics, KPIs and Dashboard: Tools for Continuous Process Improvement
Using ITIL® to Address the Tower of Babel in a Multi-Supplier Environment
Q&A Panel: Maturing & Integrating an IT Service Management Program in a Highly Outsourced Environment
11:30am–12:30pm   Lunch in the Expo Hall 11:30 - 12:30 (Expo Hall Open 10:00 - 12:30)
12:30pm–1:30pm   Closing Keynote: The DNA of Information Technology Service Business
Ravi Nannapaneni, Manager - Strategic Programs, Intel
2:00pm   Post Conference Training Begins

POST-CONFERENCE TRAINING CLASSES

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005

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