PANELS

Panelists:
Michael D.S. Harris, Owner, David Consulting Group
Alexander Keller, Ph.D., PMPے, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
Prof. Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University, Tokyo

The panel will delve into the questions around the role of creativity in a defined process environment. Is the framework the silver bullet or is the creativity of those who apply it, stretch it, grow it, and make it work? Can any framework detail the right things in advance of new challenges or is the framework only advanced via creative discovery? When do you need to break out of the prescribed method and create a new one? How does such innovation get captured and validated for others to use? How does ITIL view the Agile world? Is there such a thing as rapid ITIL or light weight ITIL management interpretation? Is the domain of ITIL management a better fit for rigorous models with little flexibility compared to development functions or must it do both? Does automation in large scale computing environments eliminate needed original thinking? And finally, where is the next wave of innovation likely to come from: those planning the management framework or those using it?

Panelists:
Wouter Haerick, Ghent University-IBBT, Belgium
Young Hun Hwang, Korea Telekom, Korea
Junichi Takeuchi, IBM Japan
Takahashi Matsuyama, Kyoto University, Japan

The steep increases in energy prices and the acceleration of climate change has finally created enough public awareness and support for a sustainable transformation in how we generate, manage and consume energy. The engineering community has been challenged to respond with innovative solutions to control greenhouse emissions, expand the use of renewable energy sources, conserve energy, and introduce ambient and energy-aware intelligence in our surroundings. These solutions have their roots in classic management problems: monitoring resources and establishing control mechanisms for managing their consumption.ن This panel discussion will set the stage for a management approach to this green transformation.

Panelists:ن
Mark Chun, Pepperdine University, USA
Roberta Ewart, Chief Scientist, Space and Missle Systems Center, US Air Force, USA
John Strassner, POSTECH, Korea
Stew Sutton, The Aerospace Corporation, USA
Vijay Koduri, Google, USA

Knowledge management technologies and social networking are building communities of collaborators on a global scale.ن This emerging trend is building new communities and growing novel activities as well as introducing virtual collaboration tools and technologies.ن This trend is re-architecting the way by which communities interact and collaborate.
New tools such as Wikis, social networking tools, and tools offering improved access to knowledge and enhanced search capabilities, are introducing new and rich ways by which to interact, collaborate, create ideas, and conduct business.ن This panel will address these emerging changes, and review these trend-setting activities from a number of key perspectives.