Summer Session Details - Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)

MIT CISR Summer Session 2009

Generating Business Value from IT:
How to Build Business Success in the Midst of a Downturn
A series of five one-day workshops held on the MIT Campus in Cambridge, MA from June 15–19, 2009. (Next session: June 14–18, 2010)

Workshop Topics

About CISR
MIT CISR's mission is to help executives address the IT-related challenges of leading dynamic, global, and information-intensive organizations. From our rigorous field-based research, we develop concepts and frameworks to guide management practice. The relevance of our research is ensured by the active participation of corporate sponsors from a range of industries. Research results are disseminated primarily through publications, sponsor forums, and our annual CISR Summer Session.

Intended Audience
Each of the five one-day workshops highlights critical management areas for executives in large organizations in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. The workshops are designed to help leaders responsible for decisions regarding the management and use of IT improve their management practices and drive more value from their IT investments.

CISR Summer Session Fees:
Individual attendees will be invoiced at the following rates:

1 Workshop $1,500
2 Workshops $2,500
3 Workshops $3,250
4 Workshops $4,000
5 Workshops $4,500

Individuals attending as part of a group—four or more members from the same organization—will be invoiced at the following rates:

1 Workshop $1,100 per person
2 Workshops $1,850 per person
3 Workshops $2,500 per person
4 Workshops $3,150 per person
5 Workshops $3,750 per person

Workshop fees include tuition, workshop materials, breakfast, lunch, and a light reception.

Cancellation Policy

Full refund through May 24, 2009
$250 cancellation fee May 25 to May 31, 2009
$500 cancellation fee June 1 to June 8, 2009
Beginning June 9, any registrant who cancels or fails to attend will be charged the full fee

Substitution Policy
If an accepted applicant cannot attend, a qualified substitute may replace him or her provided CISR is notified by June 8, 2009.

Typical Daily Schedule

8:00-8:30	Check-in/ Registration & Cont. Breakfast
8:30-10:00	Overview of CISR Research on Workshop Topic
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	Case Examples & Discussions
12:00-1:30	Luncheon
1:30-3:00	Group Work or Additional Research Results
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	Guest Speaker Session
5:00-6:00	Informal Networking Reception

Hotel Information
It is important that all participants make and confirm their own hotel reservations. The following hotels—located close to the MIT campus—offer special MIT rates:

Marriott Boston Cambridge
2 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
617/494-6600

Residence Inn Boston Cambridge Center
6 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
617/349-0700

The Kendall Hotel
350 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
866/566-1300

Le Meridien Cambridge
20 Sidney Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617/577-0200

Contact Information
Questions regarding CISR Summer Session should be directed to 617-253-2348 or cisr@mit.edu.

Message from the Director of MIT Sloan CISR

IT has enabled the global economy. As a result, in good times and bad, your firm’s success depends very much on your ability to effectively use IT to capture business opportunities and overcome competitive challenges. The temptation in an economic downturn may be to cut IT spending; your even greater need is to enhance IT effectiveness. We invite you to join us at MIT CISR Summer Session to consider how, even in the midst of cost cutting, you can increase IT effectiveness. Our goals is to help you identify your critical IT challenges and map out plans so that IT becomes a strategic asset supporting long-term growth and profitability.

For over 30 years, MIT Sloan’s Center for Information Systems Research has been studying how firms generate business value from IT. In most cases, we can explain why top performers get better results. At MIT CISR Summer Session, you can analyze your firm's practices in light of research findings to learn, challenge, and change your IT management practices. Participants will debate the research findings, discuss case studies, and share their experiences and best practices with MIT CISR faculty and industry guest speakers.

Rarely do you have the opportunity to step back and think holistically about your approach to IT, to learn from the experiences of others, and to identify the one or two things you might do differently to significantly impact your firm’s adaptation to a crisis and its readiness for future business opportunities. This reflection is the purpose of MIT CISR Summer Session. Please take a day, a few days, or, ideally, a week to explore the implications of our world class research for your organization. Join us—alone or with a team—at MIT this June.