Sopra Group recently welcomed a number of CIOs to The Cinnamon Club in London for a complimentary half day seminar.  The theme of the event was revitalising IT and preparing for the upturn, this is in line with the view of many leading analysts that organisations that invest wisely in IT during a downturn can improve the quality of their offerings and services, and in turn their long-term future.

The feedback from attendees was extremely positive:

'I thought today's event was excellent, and I certainly took some food for thought away from each presentation.  Thank you for inviting me.'

'I really enjoyed the event and found it extremely useful and stimulating, it gave me lots to think about.'

A full programme from the day is outlined below; if you would like to receive the presentations or join us at our next CIO event please email us. 

9.30am - Registration & Breakfast

10.00am - Welcome & Introduction
Pierre Yves Commanay, Sopra Group

10.15am – Waiting For The Upturn – How The Vendors Are Coping In The Downturn
Anthony Miller, Managing Partner, TechMarketView

A 35-year IT industry veteran (but wearing it well) Anthony Miller is best known as an accomplished analyst and provocative commentator on the UK software and IT services market. Anthony is a co-founder of IT research firm, TechMarketView, chaired by industry 'guru', Richard Holway. Anthony will explain how IT firms are coping with the downturn and give his views on which players are likely to be in best shape when you start spending again! You can check out TechMarketView's daily commentary on the industry free at www.techmarketview.com.

11.00am – Optimising Delivery, Saving Cost & Time
(Agile Offshore/Onshore - It Does Work!)
Tim Newing, easyJet & Gopalan Rajagopalan, Sopra Group

This session will explore how by adopting an agile way of working and making use of offshore at the right time you can drive cost savings and innovation, as well as reducing time to market. Sopra Group and easyJet's agile team working delivers real benefits and this session will show how their model works to support and manage several of easyJet's business critical applications.

12.00pm – The Technologies That Can Revitalise Your IT Assets With Various Speakers

In the current economic climate making the best use of IT is imperative. In this session we will explore what the quick win technologies are, not necessarily new deployments but those that can also improve existing assets or speed up current developments. As well as looking at the technology we will also look at how to develop an ROI model and prioritise your choices, and give ideas around how to 'sell' these within your organisation.

12.30pm – Round Table With All Speakers

12.45pm - Close
Pierre-Yves Commanay, Sopra Group

1.00pm - 3 Course Lunch Served In The Mezzanine