IT departments are caught in the middle of a tug of war. They are pulled one way by the need to deal effectively with their current systems environment and the other by the need to plan and prepare for future demands. This challenge will be tackled head-on in today's Technology Super Session, "All Aboard the Technology Train of Thought: Succeeding & Competing in Today's Insurance Industry," at 10 a.m.

The session will highlight how IT departments can work effectively to "keep the trains running" while proactively addressing trends that will affect their companies and preparing for what is coming "down the tracks."

The panel makeup includes technologists on the front lines with vantage points from both inside and outside the industry, which will make for a lively discussion, according to George Grieve, session moderator and CEO of CastleBay Consulting. "We wanted to bring together people with very different background perspectives on the industry to provide for some real 'compare and contrast' on the topics that are explored," he says.