The role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has undergone considerable change in recent years in many organisations in both the private and public sectors.

The changing nature of this role and how it can be managed to maximum advantage for the organisation will be debated by Martyn Harrow (Director of Information Services at Cardiff University and previously a CIO in industry) and Dr David Grant (Vice-Chancellor (Chief Executive) of Cardiff University and previously a CEO in industry) at this joint meeting of the Cardiff Business School and the South Wales Branch of the British Computer Society (BCS).