December 11, 2003  at the UT-Dallas School of Management Building
5:00 pm - Reception with wine and light buffet
6:30 - 7:00 pm - Keynote presentation
7:00 pm - Second Reception with light buffet
Admission with $20 donation ($10 for MIT Club of DFW members, $10 for students) or a gift for a child . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

              Winds of Change: 
New Technologies CIOs are Looking For 
                          in an Uncertain World 
to be December MIT Forum & Holiday Event

Program

On December 11, 2003, the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth, Inc. will present Winds of Change: New Technologies CIOs are Looking for in an Uncertain World at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management Building. The program begins with networking and registration at 5:00 p.m., a keynote address beginning at 6:30 p.m., and a second networking session after 7 p.m.  The cost to attend is a donation of $20 which will be waived if you bring  an unwrapped toy or gift for a child aged 11 – 17, which will be donated to The Family Place. Reservations can be made at mitforum@juno.com, or 972-377-4554. More information and directions to the new management building are at www.mitforum.com. 

There will be a keynote address by Mike McClaskey, chief information officer (CIO) of Perot Systems Corporation. His presentation will offer suggestions to entrepreneurs on what specific technologies and tactics to develop that business managers and CIOs can use to prevent crises and to maintain control of information technology within their companies.

DIRECTIONS: Enter at the Security booth on University Pkwy. (Off of Campbell) to get an orange parking pass, and turn right --  the SOM building is the first building on the right. Parking Lot M is the correct parking lot. If the parking lot becomes filled, drive back past the guard station to the first building on the left, which is the Activity Building, Parking Lot G.

This Forum will be hosted jointly with the EFNT. The Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas (EFNT) assists emerging companies in building philanthropy into their business plans. As a designated Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT), EFNT provides an easy, innovative, and cost-efficient philanthropy model that enables participating companies to leverage their equity to generate resources for charity, build team among employees and strengthen the communities in which they work.