CIOmove 2019: In a “Flying Lab” from Frankfurt to New York to Columbia University to UN to Westpoint, and back! Columbia University, United Nations Headquarters and United States Military Academy in Westpoint are the highlights at CIOmove 2019. Participants from Europe, Africa and Asia may experience a fourth attraction: In the Lufthansa “Flying Lab” they can start the conference in Frankfurt already.

Day 1: Peer Day

11:00 am - 1:40 pm FlyingLab on flight LH 400 CIOs who fly to New York via Frankfurt start the conference in a “FlyingLab” on LH 400 from FRA to JFK. Book your flight now on lufthansa.com or any other platform and tell us your confirmation number. You will be reseated then by Lufthansa to a designated area for CIOmovers on the upper deck of an A380.

(Photo: Lufthansa)

6:30 pm: Get Together in New York at Hotel Freehand, 23 Lexington Avenue, NY 10010, Tel: 001 212 475 1920 CIOs from the Americas join the party here. We will welcome all newbies (approx. 20 CIOs). And we will celebrate a reunion of 40 CIOmovers who have not seen each other since last year.

(Photo: David Ausserhofer)

Day 2: Columbia Day 9:00 am: Transfer from Hotel Freehand to Columbia University

(Photo: Columbia University, Eileen Barroso)

10:00 am: Welcome by Prof. Art Langer, Director of the Columbia Center for Technology Management

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10:15 am: Presentation of New Topics incl. time to select topics for CIO sessions

12:00 am 1. CIO-Session (all topics concerning innovation)

1:00 pm: 2. CIO-Session (all topics concerning integration) 2:00 pm: Lunch

(Photos: David Ausserhofer)

3:00 pm: Guided Tours at Columbia Explore the campus and see the place where the “Manhattan Project” started 4:00 pm Transfer from Columbia to the Sprint Offices 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

(Photo: Columbia University, Eileen Barroso)

5:00 pm Welcome by Jan Geldmacher President of Sprint 5:15 pm 3. CIO-Session (all topics concerning intelligence) 6:30 Dinner at the Sprint Offices Reunion with spouses, who didn´t join us at Columbia

(Photo: David Ausserhofer)

Day 3: United Nation Day

10:00 am: How IT improves the World, Speeches by CIO Atefeh Riazi et al.

(Photo: UN Photo/Milton Grant)

12:00 pm: Guided Tour at UN (also for spouses) 1:00 pm: Lunch

(Photo: UN Photo/Loey Felipe)

2:00 pm: Walk to Grand Central

2:43 pm: Departure of Train to Peekskill 4:15 pm: Bus-Shuttle to Westpoint (Photos: NY Tourism)

4:45 pm: Checkin at The Thayer 7:00 pm: Dinner

(Photo: Thayer Hotel)

Day 4: Westpoint Day

10:00 am: Welcome by Cindy R. Jebb Brigadier General and Dean of the United States Military Academy 10:15 am: Speech: AI in Warfare

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11:00 am: Guided Tour 01:00 pm: Lunch

(Photo: Public Domain/Leonard G.)

02:00 pm: Leisure Time Option 1: Arts – Russell Wright Design Center Visit Manitoga, the House, Studio and Woodland Garden of pioneer industrial designer, Russel Wright, see www.visitmanitoga.org

Option 2: Nature – Hike the Hudson Valley Yes, there are bears 50 miles outside of Manhattan – “Bear Mountain State Park” may be your favorite trail, see https://hikethehudsonvalley.com/

Option 3: Sports – American Football Training The US Military Academy has a long tradition in Football, get to know how, see https://goarmywestpoint.com/

05:00 pm: Transfer back to Hotel Freehand or to JFK airport 08:00 pm: Dinner/Party (Photo: NY Tourism BCE Hornblower Kate Glicksberg)