Gartner analysts go one-on-one with each Keynote guest. Trends confirmed. Illusions shattered. News broken.
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Low confidence in IT markets is changing the way investors evaluate risk when funding new IT ventures, recommending stocks or lending money to high-technology companies. Many are skeptical about the benefits of investing in IT but despite the decline in technology stock, plenty of investment opportunities still exist. This track will take a broad perspective in examining IT-related trends and disruptions, and identify the most-important investment opportunities that will result.
Lead Presentation: Gartner Predicts: The Future of IT
(13A)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm 24 March 2003
Claunch, Carl
This is the "Gartner IT Scenario," our integrative, top-level view of IT's future. In it, discover fundamental trends, discontinuities, shifts in direction, and unseen opportunities. This session builds on and extends our popular Gartner Predicts 2003 special report, a holistic view of what's going to happen on and around the IT industry landscape over the next several years.
- What are Gartner's "Top 10" predictions for IT?
- How can enterprises best prepare for the major changes ahead?
Lead Presentation: Investment Scenario: Looking for Growth
(15E)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 24 March 2003
Roussel, Anne-Marie
Despite the technology stock decline, there is still plenty of growth and investment opportunities. Seed funding has dropped to almost non-existent status -- yet there is still a lot of innovation out there. This presentation will explain how to leverage this context, which market dynamics will influence future IT investments, and what will be the right balance between business and technology evaluations for investment decisions. Key issues covered are:
- Which emerging technology markets will represent major opportunities for investors?
- What strategic, market and geographical IT issues need to be understood to develop an effective investment strategy?
- What are effective strategies and tactics for IT investors?
Lead Presentation: The Business Value of IT
(16C)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 24 March 2003
Apfel, Audrey
There is great uncertainty on the true returns, productivity impacts and economic benefits of IT investment. We will bare the issues hidden behind the business value of IT and present a set of methodologies, tools, frameworks and fresh thinking to enable attendees to look at IT investment justifications in a new way.
- Why is the business value of IT so elusive?
- As business managers assume a key role in IT strategy, how will the role of the IS organization evolve?
- Which methodologies and frameworks work well to capture and measure the business value generated by technology?
Lead Presentation: 2003 Technology Radar Screen: Emerging Trends and Technologies Scenario
(17F)
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 24 March 2003
Fenn, Jackie
Gartner's technology radar screen examines the evolution of IT during the next decade, with particular focus on disruptive and high-impact technologies and the transformations they will bring in business and society.
- Which advances will trigger a revolutionary leap, rather than an evolutionary crawl, in the power of IT?
- What are the most disruptive trends and most significant opportunities arising from emerging information technology?
- How can technology planners identify the technologies and applications that will generate maximum benefit for the organization?
Peripheral Vision: Talking About the Cutting Edge
(45A)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 27 March 2003
Linden, Alex
Here, we present a broad selection of cutting-edge technologies and discuss their implications on work, enterprises and social life. Trends to be included are semantic Web, grid computing, ID services, new forms of data mining, intelligent agents, and new user interfaces.
- Which emerging and embryonic technologies should early adopters be examining for competitive advantage?
- What are the most disruptive trends and most significant opportunities arising from emerging IT?
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