This year's Workshop theme is "The E-volution Continues: Faster, Smarter, Leaner". As there is constant pressure to reduce IT costs and to keep IT relevant and viable, the Workshop will examine innovative strategies relevant to today's economy. Participants will be challenged to see how they can help their organisations remain competitive in this fast-changing and ever-demanding business environment.

We are honoured to have two CEOs speak at our Workshop this year. They are Ms Loh Wai Kiew, President & CEO, SembCorp Environmental Management and Dr Chong Chee Leong, CEO, SATA. Other speakers include Mr Teo Chin Seng, CIO, Singapore Technologies Engineering; Mr Iain Lopata, Accenture's Chief Architect; Mr Ahmad Rosdi Md Ghazali, General Manager, IT Division, Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Mr Iwan Zakwan Zakaria, Telecommunication Services Director, DHL Asia Pacific, Information Services.

Catch CIOs from Singapore and Malaysia in their panel discussion of "The Best of Both Worlds: IT Practices and Culture" in their respective countries. Come hop on the tour of Shell's and DHL's office premises to see how they take advantage of the Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) facilities to become high performing businesses.

Networking activities include a round of golf at the prestigious Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club. Non-golfers or aka Makan Maniacs will spend their networking session eating to their hearts' content, sampling on the finest KL has to offer. The chow fest includes visits to KL's historic places, where the best shopping experiences can be found.

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The 17th CIO Workshop curtain raiser was held on Saturday April 24, 2004 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at the "bungalow" ambience of Restoran Tepak Sireh. About 40 CIOs and senior IT managers attended the event, which was jointly organised by Accenture Singapore and ITMA.

The theme of the Curtain Raiser was on wireless strategy. Mr Andrew Weekes, Singapore GACT lead, Accenture gave the talk on Wireless strategy overview and presented several RFID case studies.

Representatives from StarHub, Microsoft and PalmOne also took to the stage to debate the merits of their respective PDA and smart phone offerings.

[Contributed by Alvin Ong]

• Mr. Liak Teng Lit, CEO, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
• Mr. Gary Matula, Global CIO, Molex, who presented how Molex addresses business process management and IT issues in uncertain times;
• Prof. Lai Kim Fatt, Director, Systems & Computer, Defence Science & Technology Agency, who covered how DSTA played a critical role in managing the recent SARS crisis;
• Mr. Raoul Le Blond, Editor, CIO Asia Magazine. He threw light on recovery strategies employed by Asian companies;
• Mrs. Rosina Howe, Director, Information Technology and Chief Innovation Officer, Land Transport Authority, who presented creative IT strategies for these challenging times;
• Mr. Steve Ingram, MD, Group CIO, DBS Bank. He showed us how to source creatively and boldly to remain competitive;
• Ms. Tan Puay Siew, Technical Manager, Java Smart Services Lab (JSSL), Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, who guided us through the use of web services as an innovation to provide a competitive advantage for your business; and
• Mr. Trent Mayberry, Partner, Accenture, who discussed the significant challenges and transformation within the CIO agenda today and how to resolve them.

• Different perspectives of other CIOs
• Rich content / Openness of the Speakers
• Networking opportunities, pilates
• Panel Discussion
• Open and Candid Discussions

• Organised by Accenture in association with the Information Technology Management Association (ITMA).
• The defacto annual forum for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of large private and public organisations.
• Only IT forum with a track record of 16 years.
• Rich content – sharing of best practices and discussion of prevailing IT management issues.
• Workshop participants comprise 60 to 80 of the most senior IT executives in the region.
• Attendance is by-invitation-only.
• The opportunity to network with fellow CIOs is a major draw for participants.

• To provide a forum to promote and foster the effective business use of information technology among leading IT users.
• To identify critical issues that are faced by the participants and create a forum for discussion of opportunities for resolving these issues.
• To establish and maintain a network for on-going exchange of ideas among the participants.