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!