As many of you know, we've taken input from the January steering committee brainstorming session and put together a list of proposed topics for 2016. These are still subject to change both before the working group sessions start and within each group...but I thought it would be helpful to get members (and other interested parties) up to date on where we might focus in 2016:
For IT management/practitioners:
- Optimizing hybrid IT environments in Canada
- The economics of cloud/hybrid IT: IT economics
- On-ramps to the cloud
- Cloud security – from the user in
For non-IT senior management
- The economics of cloud/hybrid IT – a management guide
- Sustainability and the cloud
- The cloud/hybrid IT value proposition for Canadian small businesses
For the supply chain/channel
- The economics of cloud/hybrid IT: a supply-side perspective
- Defining the cloud broker model
Focus on corporate innovation
- Cloud-enabled process change
- The human element in IT evolution
- Funding innovation: Financing options for early stage Canadian tech businesses
Please let us know if you'd like to be involved in any of these groups!