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The First Annual Silicon Flatirons CIO Forum

January 24, 2005

Co-sponsored by the Communications and Computer Security Center, Denver Telecom Professionals, the International Center for Standards Research, the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, the Leeds School of Business Systems Center, and the Western Information Technology Council

Opening Speaker
  • LeRoy Williams
    Secretary of Innovation and Technogy
    State of Colorado
Voice over Internet Protocol
For businesses looking for significant efficiencies and innovative forms of communication, upgrading to an Internet architecture can give rise to new efficiencies, cost savings, and enhanced services. This upgrade, however, can take a number of different forms--using an application service provider; installing an IP Private Branch Exchange (PBX); or relying on a VoIP provider (like Vonage). This panel will not only canvass the opportunities by upgrading to a VoIP architecture, it will also discuss the challenges and precautions that businesses should keep in mind, including those necessary to preserve E-911 functionality, to preserve quality of service, and to ensure that users are prepared to adapt to a new environment.
  • Vab Goel
    Venture Partner
    Norwest Venture Partners
  • Roger Koenig
    Founder and CEO
    Carrier Access
  • Tom Lookabaugh
    Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow
    University of Colorado
    Chief Technology Officer
    Entropic Communications
  • Lucinda Sanders
    Executive in Residence
    Bell Labs Fellow
    Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society
    CEO
    National Center for Women & Information Technology
  • Douglas Sicker
    Associate Professor of Computer Science
    Director, ITP Laboratory
    Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
    Computer and Communications Security Center
Luncheon Speaker
  • Scott Charney
    Corporate Vice President
    Microsoft
Taking Advantage of Wireless Technologies
Wireless technologies is no longer limited to a simple choice of cell phone provider. In today's world, corporate networks are filled with a variety of licensed and unlicensed wireless uses. Like VoIP, the changes in wireless technology promise a more innovative and efficient workplace, but these opportunities also raise a series of difficult questions: whether and how to incorporate RFID products into my corporate asset structure? can wireless local area networks (WLANs) be implemented using Wi-Fi technology and can they be secured effectively? how can the bills paid for cellular usage be managed most effectively?
  • Greg Cronin
    Chief Executive Officer
    TrenStar
  • Dale Hatfield
    Executive Director, Silicon Flatirons Center
    Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado
    Former Chief Engineer, Federal Communications Commission
  • Steve Lanning
    Principal - Consulting Practice
    Evolving Systems
  • Peter Mannetti
    Managing Director
    iSherpa Capital
  • Gordon McGowan
    Director
    Sun Microsystems
  • Patrick S. Ryan
    Adjunct Professor of Law
    Scholar in Residence and Faculty Director
    Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
    University of Colorado
Privacy and Security
The onset of networked computers, linked through the Internet's open protocols, has enabled data sharing and ways of providing services and care using private information. At the same time viruses, denial of service attacks, social engineering, and unauthorized uses or disclosures of private information have become a concern for businesses and consumers.. New technologies also enable information technology professionals to monitor the habits and communications of employees at the same time that new legal mandates restrict when and how information can be stored, how it must be secured, and when and how it can be shared. This panel will discuss the tensions between people, systems, and data, and the options available to companies seeking to comply with various privacy and security mandates imposed either by law or business necessity, as well as how to develop sound business practices.
  • Cornelia Dorfschmid
    Senior Vice President
    Chief Information Officer
    Strategic Management Systems, Inc.
  • Phil Gordon
    Partner
    Littler Mendelson
  • Dave Leonard
    Chief Technology Officer
    (i)Structure
  • Mark Roellig
    Vice President
    StorageTek
  • Phil Weiser
    Executive Director
    Silicon Flatirons
    Professor
    University of Colorado Law School
  • Art Zeile
    Chief Executive Officer
    Inflow

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Conference Papers and Speech Texts

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