Theme One: Collaboration
Enhance your workforce productivity with an Enterprise wide platform
Connectivity and integration amongst your workers is essential in establishing a cohesive work environment. New software offerings
to the enterprise have made the nature of teamwork a seamless process that connects all employees to the work they are doing.
Companies such as Google, Cisco and Jive have developed these offerings while enormous corporations such as GE have implemented
them with huge success. GE’s CIO Gary M. Reiner has shaped the corporate culture at GE by establishing “SupportCentral” a
collaboration platform that links nearly half a million global workers in 6,000+ international locations working in 20 different languages.
Sessions Include:
9:45am-10:30am
Theme 1: Collaboration
Mass Collaboration: The Use Case and Value of Collaboration Efforts in the Enterprise
This case study presentation will give you an in depth look into the multiple value drivers of collaboration software. Hear the different uses
of collaboration from the perspective of a multinational organization with thousands of employees. From project and document management
to increased connectivity, collaboration has many uses that your company needs to discover and implement in order to stay on track with the
evolving culture and workforce.
Maximize productivity, efficiency and integration
Define the ROI behind collaboration
Outline the value for employees and business growth
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10:45am-11:30am
Theme 1: Collaboration
Google Apps Sit Down: Navigating the Challenges of Implementing Collaboration Solutions within Enterprise Infrastructure
Sr. Manager Google Enterprise
, Google
When looking at the costs and challenges of weaving collaborative technologies within your infrastructure the major obstacle is development and deployment. This session will walk you through the spin-up process of Google Apps within the enterprise and the value they can add. Adam Swidler, Sr. Manager of Google Enterprise will sit down and discuss the process with a current Google apps customer, outlining:
• Spin-up process
• Value and ROI added
• The future of Google apps in the enterprise
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11:30am-12:15pm
Theme 1: Collaboration
Case Study:
The Hartford Building, Monitoring and Measuring a Comprehensive Collaboration Solution
Operations Manager
, The Hartford
Collaboration platforms are being built, bought and deployed by organizations of all shapes and sizes. This case study presentation will take a look at The Hartford’s journey towards enhanced employee integration. Within this session attendees will gain real life insight into the process of building out an enterprise wide collaboration platform.
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Theme Two: Crowdsourcing
Transform the way your organization distributes and executes tasks
Crowdsourcing is a term tossed around loosely in several different verticals. The new technology continues to blaze a path while
remaining virtually undefined. The power and impact of crowdsourcing on the future of the enterprise has been realized, but hardly
scratches the service on a large scale. In its simplest form crowdsourcing can be described as Labor-on-demand, automated work or a
virtual assembly line of production for the enterprise. But looking at the impact of crowdsourcing on the future, it becomes apparent that
it is rapidly evolving as an earth-shattering force for the face of work as we know it.
Sessions Include:
1:40pm -2:25pm
Theme 2: Crowdsourcing
Panel DiscusionCrowdsourcing Sit Down: The Projects, Process and Possibilities of Crowdsourcing
President and CEO
, Crowdflower
Leading service providers will sit down to discuss the benefits of crowdsourcing. The conversation will discuss the technological aspects of the
different platforms as well as the types of projects and the process of outsourcing labor to an on demand virtual workforce.
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2:25pm-3:05pm
Theme 2: Crowdsourcing
Lower the Cost and Maximize the Value: Tapping Into the Crowd to Complete Enterprise Wide Tasks
This session will allow you to hear from a leading service provider in the crowdsourcing space, in conversation with a current customer, Helathline, to outline the value crowdsourcing can add.
Define the Value of Crowdsourcing:
• ROI and monetary value
• Increase your workforce
• Competitive advantages of bidding process
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3:05pm-3:20pm
Afternoon Break and Refreshments
Theme Three: Social Communication
Connect your employees, management, and customers with disruptive social technologies
Social media, unified communication and social
CRM have all evolved over the last five years
under the term Enterprise 2.0. Beneath the
ambiguous tag words tossed around by the
media we must analyze how the nature of our
constantly connected and social world impacts
the enterprise, and what tools are needed for
successful integration.
Sessions Include:
3:20pm-4:00pm
Theme 3: Social Communication
Case Study: IBM's Journey to Becoming a Social Business
Executive Consultant
, IBM
This case study presentation will follow the successes and challenges of creating an enterprise wide social business structure. Topics addressed will include:
• File Sharing and Collaboration
• Unified Communication
• Blogging
• User Profiles and Communities
• Measuring the Impact
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4:00pm-4:45pm
Theme 3: Social Communication
The Evolution of Social CRM: What’s in it For Me- An Organizational Perspective
Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions
, IDC
Connecting the Customer, Organization and Employee to Drive Processes and Spur Growth
This session will analyze two aspects of the Social CRM paradigm shift:
1. How do you define it
2. How do you execute it
Rid your organization of one-way marketing efforts and connect with your customer in a transparent forum. Learn best practices in the Social
CRM movement that are essential in connecting your organization with the digital customer and community.
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Theme Four: Enterprise Mobility
Adapt to the challenges and benefits of the mobile revolution
The mobile workforce presents both challenges and new advantages to the corporate world. Virtual desktops, smart phones, applications,
security concerns and a shifting culture that transplants workers from their cubicles to the rest of the world has taken over the office,
leaving organizations asking themselves where do I go from here? Learn from enterprise case studies how to leverage mobile concerns
and implement technologies that will expand the possibilities of business processes.
Sessions Include:
9:00am-9:45am
Theme 4: Enterprise Mobility
The Risks and Rewards of Introducing the Tablet to the Enterprise
Managing Director
, Enterprise Mobility Foundation
This presentation will walk you through the many uses of Tablets for improved business efficiency, providing you with a new vertical strategy to bring back to your mobile team and a metric system that will let you track your successes and failures.
• Discover new apps and devices that will drive business process
• Explore new strategies for Tablet integration
• Establish metrics, and measure the success of mobile business applications
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9:45am-10:30am
Theme 4: Enterprise Mobility
Employee Devices: Enhance Business Processes with a Mobile Strategy for Integration and Management
Senior Network Engineer
, Ford Motors
The most important aspect of introducing devices to the workplace is a comprehensive strategy. This case study presentation will introduce the mobile strategy at Ford Motors, and will look at the different challenges that need to be addressed when rolling out employee devices within your corporation.
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10:45am-11:30am
Theme 4: Enterprise Mobility
Mitigating Risk and Securing Devices for the Mobile Employee
Employees want to use their smartphones tablets and laptops for personal use out of the office. Mobile policies that limit their use don’t seem
to work and the possibility of a breach grows exponentially with the activation of every employee device. This session will help you set up a
plan that will ensure safety for your private corporate information while allowing new devices to rollout on your network.
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11:30am-12:15pm
Theme 4: Enterprise Mobility
Managing the Mobile Workforce: Adjusting to the Growing Demand for Virtual and Mobile Employees
How do you cope with the growing trend, and adjust to the demand for virtualization and constant connectivity both in and out of the office? This session will analyze the movement taking place by outlining the technology at hand, defining new management techniques and brining to light the ROI that can be found in accepting the growing revolution.
• Define new and emerging mobile technologies
• Outline policies that need to be in place
• Manage employee compliance and secure use
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