IT Governance

Are you up to date with the latest developments in IT governance?

Learn about the latest developments in IT governance best practice including updates on standards that will underpin and support your operations. Find out how you can influence your board’s IT governance strategy to enable practical implementation. Discover how to bridge the communication gap, and have meaningful conversations in the boardroom about your organization’s use of IT. Improve your skills in key disciplines that contribute to robust overall governance of IT.

Attend this conference to hear from business leaders about:

• Governance of information technology being a crucial part of corporate governance strategy
• Making the most of your available resources
• How to deliver effective and cost-efficient governance.

Benefits of attending:

• FREE copy of BS ISO/IEC 38500:2008 Corporate governance of information technology

• Introduction to IT governance strategies that will be embraced, supported and adopted and by the Board, and easily implemented and used across your organization to support the business

• Understanding the threats, impacts and opportunities of the recession

• A concise briefing on the latest developments in standards and regulation

• Learning how to overcome problems through best practice case study examples

• Practical guidance on embedding IT governance strategy into operational activities

• Learning from industry and standards experts and networking and sharing experiences with peers.

There will be opportunity for networking and discussion during the conference and drinks reception.

Please check back for updates as the date, venue and programme are confirmed.

Supporting organizations

Chairman’s introduction

Alan Calder
Chief Executive, IT Governance Ltd

What is IT governance – Roles and responsibilities

• What is IT governance and where does it fit?
• Who is responsible and how should it work?
• What resources are available to help?
• Where and how should we start?

Roger Southgate
IT Governance, Risk and Information Security Consultant
Immediate Past President, ISACA, London Chapter
Leader, COBIT Development Group, London

The business case for BS ISO/IEC 38500:2008 Corporate governance of IT

• Selling corporate governance of IT to the board of directors
• The case for corporate governance of IT
• Why corporate governance of IT is different to IT governance
• Corporate governance of IT as a system
• The BS ISO/IEC approach to responsibility and accountability

Mark Toomey
Managing Director, Infonomics Pty Ltd
Chair, Standards Australia Technical Committee IT-030

Chris Ogden
Founder and Managing Director, BusinessNext

Creating cost-effective IT governance policies and procedures

• Stakeholders: customers, owners and actors
• Policies you can stick to
• Is it a business? Is it a service? No it's super-policy!
• Policies and procedures: the human side
• Policies in good times and bad times
• Governance: degenerating into security, sustainability, quality and business continuity

Daniel Dresner
Head of Standards, National Computing Centre

• Using BS ISO/IEC 38500 to evaluate governance of IT effectiveness
• Key elements in a system for governance of IT
• Enacting the principles in BS ISO/IEC 38500 through policy
• Transitioning to full BS ISO/IEC 38500 conformance
• High value initial steps to BS ISO/IEC 38500 adoption

Mark Toomey
Managing Director, Infonomics Pty Ltd
Chair, Standards Australia Technical Committee IT-030

Chris Ogden
Founder and Managing Director, BusinessNext

• Aligning IT with the business strategy 
• How to make it a key objective for boards and senior executives

Please note: Streams 1 and 2 run concurrently. Delegates may change streams between presentations.

Please indicate your session and stream selections when booking e.g. A1, B2, C1. Online bookings will be contacted by a customer services’ representative for their selection.

‘Greening’ the IT workspace: enhancing reputation and reducing costs

• Exploit ICT for carbon efficiency

• Encourage employee engagement

• Effect 'green IT champions'

• Manage assets and estates

• Set policies for the future

Bob Crooks
Defra CIOD Lead on Green IT, Defra

IT governance - the way ahead

• Emerging trends
• Data protection and IT governance
• Aligning board, management and auditors
• Integrating IT standards – the IT management system of tomorrow
• Preparing for the upturn

Alan Calder
Chief Executive, IT Governance Ltd

Senior and middle management, consultants and advisers responsible for or dealing with:

• IT strategy, management, planning, delivering and operation 
• IT service management and security
• Change management 
• Business management and strategy
• Operations management
• IT enabled business models, including e-commerce
• Business performance including risk, governance, compliance and audit.

Post-conference workshop - 21 May

Practical implementation of BS ISO IEC 38500

This is a practical, case study-based workshop on IT governance, providing a great meeting point for stakeholders in corporate or departmental systems. It includes the practical hands-on implementation of the IT governance standard ISO IEC 38500. Templates and other materials are provided.

This workshop on IT governance will enable effectiveness and efficiency to support:

• Getting the best from limited staff resources
• Exercising how to cope with multiple pressures on the IT budget
• How to handle multiple compliance initiatives which form the hoops that organisations are expected to jump through
• Treating information systems holistically
• Keeping IT strategy in line with business needs
• The performance of conformance.

The agenda includes:

• The provenance of governance
• The six principles of IT governance
• Getting the right stakeholder views
• A live board meeting
• Structure: accountability, authority responsibility
• Governance of security, sustainability, quality and business continuity: the front line.

Daniel Dresner
Head of Standards, National Computing Centre