Information Systems Roundtable

AGENDA

8:55 AM
Greetings/Introduction
Britta Schatz, Director Information Technology, Penn National Insurance,
PAMIC IS Committee Chair

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Predictive Analytics
Mark B. Gorman, Strategic Research Advisor, Tower Group
Leading organizations are increasingly turning to Business Analytics as a key factor for survival. This session will share the insurance industry research by Mark Gorman & Associates. The research, conducted in conjunction with Insurance Networking News and SAS, explored the critical issues in determining how insurance companies today are making the organizational and cultural changes required to assure business analytic solutions:

• Are focused on both the right business issue, and the right level of requirement (as table stakes, for competitive advantage or as market leading capability)
• Are being developed using the right mix of internal and external resources
• Can be cost efficiently developed and deployed
• Can be managed and maintained over the long run

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Future of Cobol Staffing
Moderator: Chuck Ferraro, Senior VP & CIO, Donegal Mutual Insurance Company
Panelists:
   • Phil Hippensteel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Information Systems,
      Penn State University
   • Denise Leete, Professor, Computer Science, PA College of Technology in Williamsport
   • Loren K. Rhodes, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Information Technology,
      Juniata College

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM   
BREAK

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable discussion will include such topics as Data Protection and Warehousing, Outsourcing and Business Intelligence Strategies. Please indicate other discussion topics on your registration form.

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
LUNCH

REGISTRATION FEE

PAMIC Member/Associate : $25
Non Member : $50

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

November 26, 2008

CANCELLATION POLICY

A full refund for this seminar will be given if a cancellation notice is received on or before November 27, 2008. Cancellations received after this date will not be eligible for a refund.

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