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April 1st, 2008- Setting the Vision
Experts, practitioners and pundits define strategic themes and drivers for collaboration and group intelligence.
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| 7:00 am |
Breakfast/ Registration Open |
| 8:00 am |
Opening Welcome Address- Creating An Innovation Environment: What To Do On Monday Morning, Luis Solis, CEO |
| 8:45 am |
Break |
| 9:00 am |
Keynote Speaker: James Surowiecki author of "The Wisdom of Crowds" with interactive Q&A |
| 10:20 am |
Break |
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| 11:00 am |
1.1- Seizing the Wisdom of Crowds in Organizations: Portals, Content Management, Wikis and Social Media Presented by Joaquin Alvarado, Executive Director of the Institute for the Next Generation Internet |
2.1- Remarkable Outcomes with Remarkable Tools: Instances of Innovation Presented by Scott Williams, President - Remarkabilize and Managing Director, MagaDesign |
3.1- Advancing Creative Leadership with ThinkTank™ Presented by David Altman, Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
1.2- Leadership in the 21st Century: How ThinkTank™ Can Help
Presented by Major General Don Lynch, US Marine Corps
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2.2- Improving Education Management: Customer Paper Presentations Moderator: Linda Macaulay, University of Manchester |
3.2- Capital Investment & New Business Development with GroupSystems Presented by David Spencer, Executive Director of the Oakland University SmartZone Business Incubator |
| 2:00 pm |
Break |
| 2:30 pm |
1.3- Cracking Cold Cases 2.0: Customer Case Study Presented by Steve Bather, Director of Realise (Europe) Limited and Lieutenant Jonathyn Priest, Denver Police Department |
2.3- Beyond Brainstorming: How GSD&M’s Idea City Found Many Unexpected Uses for the ThinkTank™ Tool Presented by Tiffany Miller and Ellen Kolstö, GSD&M Idea City |
3.3- eGovernment at the State and Local Levels Presented by Richard Varn, CIO, City of San Antonio |
| 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 4:00 pm |
1.4- How the PMO ThinkTanks at Pearson Presented by Casey Gaughran, Global Project Manager, Pearson Corporation |
2.4- Applications of GroupSystems to systems engineering at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins UniversityPresented by Randy Dean, Supervisor of the Joint Analysis Facilities Operations Group |
3.4- The Art and Science of Collaboration Presented by David Silverstein, President/CEO of BMGI |
| 5:00 pm |
End of Sessions |
| 5:15 pm |
Share the Magic Cocktail Reception |
| 6:15 pm |
Share the Magic Dinner and Entertainment |
| 10:30 pm |
End of Day |
April 2nd, 2008- Putting Vision into Practice
Applications that achieve remarkable outcomes and results.
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| 7:00 am |
Breakfast/ Registration Open |
| 8:00 am |
Expediting Innovation 2008 Day One Recap- Day in Review with CEO, Luis Solis
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| 8:30 am |
Speaker: Bob Johansen the author of "Get There Early" |
| 9:30 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am |
New Innovations for Group Intelligence: Beyond ThinkTank™ Presented by Diana Peterson, Director of Product Management |
| 10:15 am |
Break |
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| 11:00 am |
1.5- Get There Early: New Approaches to 10-year forecasts of trends/challenges
Presented by Bob Johansen
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2.5- Global Partner Evaluation at IBM: Case Study Presented by Anne Miller, Program Manager for IBM's Total Workplace Experience Center of Excellence |
3.5- Global Project Management Business Case Presented by Diana Peterson, GroupSystems and Brad Jackson, President cOrdin8 Technologies, LLC |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 12:20 pm |
Lunch- Special Guest Presentation
Microsoft's Collaboration Vision and the Importance of Best of Breed Players Presented By Dave Drach, US VC and Emerging Business Team, Microsoft |
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| 1:00 pm |
1.6- Collaboration for Technologists: How Group Intelligence Aids in Technology Decisions Presented by Rick Gregory, Innovation Evangelist, Procter & Gamble |
2.6- Using GroupSystems to Improve Business Development Processes and Winning Proposals Presented by Rich DeMasi, Manager of Facilitation Services Northrop Grumman |
3.6- Industrial Strength Strategic Planning: The Avnet Story Presented by Doug Griffin, Advanced Strategy Center at Pinnacle Peak and
Therese Bassett, Avnet |
| 2:00 pm |
Break |
| 2:30 pm |
1.7- Innovative Places, Spaces, and Method: Unisys Pannel
Alan Chute and Sam Racine of Unisys Corporation
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2.7- ThinkTank™ at Work for Public Relations Presented by Lisa Wilson, President of VisiTech Public Relations |
3.7- Using GroupSystems in Advanced Market Research Presented by Jerome Norris, Harris Interactive United Kingdom |
| 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 4:00 pm |
1.8- Facilitation 202: Secrets to Exceptional Team Facilitation Presented by David Haedtler, Productive Teamwork; Mick Blasik, Collaborative Strategies; Peter Beck, Decision Technology |
2.8- Enterprise Risk Management Around the World: PWC Case Study
Presented by Bob Semple, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Ireland) |
3.8- Brainstorming at NATO Headquarters: A Case Study Presented by Stephan de Spiegeleire, The Hague Center for Strategic Studies |
| 5:00 pm |
Closing Observations, Remarks, and Next Actions |
| 5:45 pm |
Conference Close |
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