About 2022 Grand Rapids IT Symposium
The premier single-day event designed exclusively for the IT executive community – hosted by ITMA
The Grand Rapids IT Symposium is designed with the IT executive in mind and is meant to serve as a conduit for IT professionals to build a stronger professional peer network and attain real-world knowledge on business-changing technology and management solutions.
Each year, we aim to deliver a rich and rewarding Symposium that incorporates topics that you actually want to hear about. To ensure we are covering topics that are of the most valuable to you, we’ve incorporated a content survey for all alumni to nail down the most pressing problems on your local front.
Why Attend?
Explore Innovations.
This Symposium brings the most cutting-edge solution providers right to you. Connect with our sponsors and find the solutions that will protect/help your organization to work more effectively.
Make Connections.
This Symposium has always been the best place to meet and collaborate with your peers. Throughout the day there will be plenty of opportunities to interact with both your peers, speakers and solution providers.
Learn More.
This Symposium is designed to help grow and educate the next generation of leaders. Whatever your role or level of experience, you can learn the trends and best practices that will help you overcome present and future challenges.
Agenda
Thursday, May 26
| 8:30 AM – 8:40 AM EDT (10 Min) | Welcome Message |
| 8:40 AM – 9:10 AM EDT (30 Min) | Opening Keynote: Leading Cyber Aligned IT Risk Reduction |
| 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM EDT (20 Min) | Networking Break |
| 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM EDT (50 Min) | Roundtable Discussion: It’s Ransomware, a CIO’s Nightmare: Lessons Learned |
| 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM EDT (20 Min) | Partner Story Jam |
| 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM EDT (20 Min) | Networking Break |
| 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EDT (50 Min) | Executive Panel: Secrets to Success for a Career in Technology |
| 11:50 AM – 12:10 PM EDT (20 Min) | Partner Story Jam |
| 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM EDT (50 Min) | Lunch Buffet |
| 12:30 PM – 12:55 PM EDT (25 Min) | Priming the Pump: Diversifying the Source of the IT Talent Pipeline |
| 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM EDT (50 Min) | Roundtable Discussion – Conquering the Great Resignation, Strategies to Help You Win the War for Talent |
| 1:50 PM – 2:00 PM EDT (10 Min) | Partner Story Jam |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT (15 Min) | Networking Break |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM EDT (30 Min) | Closing Keynote: Innovation. Why here? Thinking Local, Impacting Global. |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT (15 Min) | Closing Comments & Sponsor Raffles |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT (1 Hour) | Networking Reception |
Link for more information or to register for the event:
https://www.grandrapidsitsymposium.com/