In this Issue...
    • Join Silicon Valley Legend Thomas Siebel
    • Welcome Salesforce
    • Welcome CAST
    • Innovation Showcase
    • Join the Discussion
    • General Registration is open until May 17

    Join Silicon Valley Legend Thomas Siebel

    Our world is entering a new era driven by AI, elastic cloud computing, big data, machine learning, predictive analytics and IoT that will reshape business and social processes. Silicon Valley legend Thomas M. Siebel, C3 IoT Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, will share his vision for how these new and disruptive technologies will shape our future. Join us for “IoT: AI at Enterprise Scale.”
    But there’s more! Distributed ledgers (“blockchain”), secure identity mechanisms, and end-to-end encryption have the potential to revolutionize a wide range of applications. Prof. Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, PhD ‘82, MIT Media Lab will lead a panel discussion about how these technologies will transform your business model and change the way you do business. Join us for “Trusted Data: The Role of Blockchain, Secure Identity, and Encryption.”
    These forces make it clear that your company, in fact every company, has become a technology company. Every business strategy has digital as a core component and CEOs must decide how to delegate technology leadership. Paul Michelman, Editor in Chief, MIT Sloan Management Review, will lead a panel discussion to explore the question, “Who’s Really Responsible for Technology?”

    Welcome Salesforce

    The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is proud to welcome Salesforce as a Platinum-Level sponsor for 2017! Salesforce is the Customer Success Platform. Salesforce enables companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way, leveraging the combined power of cloud, social, mobile, data science and IoT technologies. Find out more at www.Salesforce.com.
    Welcome CAST

    The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is proud to welcome CAST as a Gold-level sponsor for 2017! CAST is a pioneer in software analysis and measurement, founded more than 25 years ago with the mission to make the invisible visible. IT-intensive organizations rely on CAST analytics to make fact-based decisions, minimize risk, prevent software outages and develop super software. Learn more at www.castsoftware.com.
    Innovation Showcase
     The Innovation Showcase highlights 10 outstanding early stage companies with cutting edge solutions that combine both value and innovation to Enterprise IT.

    Here are the first four 2017 finalists:

    Alpha Software - Burlington, MA
     Alpha Software products help developers of all levels speed the development and deployment of cross-platform mobile and web business apps

    Bonsai - Berkeley, CA
     Bonsai’s AI platform empowers enterprises to build intelligence into industrial systems, including robotics, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, energy and utilities.

    ClearSky Data - Boston, MA
     ClearSky delivers on-demand, primary storage with offsite backup and DR as a single service. Enterprises pay for their data once and can access it anywhere needed – on premise or in the cloud.

    Decibel Insight - London, UK
     Decibel Insight reveals exactly how users behave on websites and apps, helping enterprises quantify and improve customer experience at every touchpoint.

    General Registration is open until May 17

    General registration is $995 before May 17. It is now after May 1 and no cancellations are accepted, but you can always transfer your registration to someone else at no charge. Don't wait until the last minute, register today!
    Cordially, 
    Lindsey Anderson

    MIT Center for Information Systems Research


    MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

     MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association