1:45pm

• Cutting edge perspectives on the new game changers for chemicals and materials companies driven by demographics trends -- beyond BRIC countries
• New strategies for adapting to the imminent new world order in the chemicals global market landscape
• Analysis of the demand for chemicals and materials that enable health and wellness concepts, driven by the worldwide need for prevention and better general health
• Thought leadership and best practices into corporate sustainability and integrating economic, social, and environmental considerations in strategic and operational initiatives

2:15pm

2:45pm

• Insights on the key challenges CMF companies face when adopting effective sustainability strategies
• Best practice case studies of how other companies have successfully identified, measured, and optimized their “Triple Bottom Line”
• Approaches companies can adopt for effective assessment of their internal sustainability implementation capabilities and optimized performance of their ‘Triple Bottom Line’

3:30pm

4:00pm

Product Development and Marketing for Sustainable Products and Technologies

Kevin R. Lambrych, Global Wind Energy Program Manager, Ashland Performance Materials

This presentation focuses on green market trends from a product development, marketing and distribution point of view. Case histories from transportation and wind energy are used to illustrate the benefits of development partnerships between the raw material supplier and all members of the value chain to reduce cost, increase productivity, and improve a company's green image. Lessons from these case histories are shared to better understand what can be learned from the field of sustainable products and technologies.

 Key Take-Aways:

• Lesson learned: Partnership and cooperation throughout the value chain is a must

• Another lesson learned:  Bio-based and recycled products must be a "drop in" and function the same as petroleum based products

• A point for the radar:  Green brand equity is achievable and this is only the beginning for green composite technologies

4:45pm

Meeting of the Minds: New World Order Reshaping the Chemicals & Materials Competitive Industry Landscape and Value Chain

Facilitator:

Shomik Majumdar, Vice President, Consulting, Frost & Sullivan

During the last decade, the global chemicals industry was dominated by suppliers maintaining traditional positions and struggled in terms of growth and profitability. As we embark on the second decade of the 21st century, that is all about to change as companies are poised to embrace a new world order and business models.

Key Take-Aways:

• A panorama of the global competitive landscape in 2015. Is your company prepared to compete in the new arena? What will be key success factors and potential pit falls to watch out?

• Growth expansion opportunities in downstream applications and customers’ customer. What are the industry best practices in customer facing and solutions focused strategies that have enabled traditional chemicals companies to differentiate themselves from the rest?

• Examples of leveraging adjacencies for accelerated growth. Learn how companies leverage core competencies through vertical and horizontal integration of technologies and services to expand their addressable markets and participate in new spaces.

1:45pm

• A firm grasp on the top three to four Mega Trends that are driving this evolution
• Roadmap to Identifying and quantifying the major markets within this growing convergence
• Examples of potential business models for both traditional and unconventional market participants

2:15pm

2:45pm

• Progressive thinking around when is “smart,” smart: where does it make sense from the bottom line perspective?

• Best practices that utilities have employed: where do they spend their budgets and why?

• Real pitfalls and hindrances encountered by utilities in working with certain providers: what do they like, what do they not want?

3:30pm

4:00pm

Ken Geisler, Director, Strategy, Siemens

This presentation addresses the incorporation of Building Management Systens into an integrated Smart Grid solution framework and its related benefits. It will outline building owner as well as utility strategies and tangible short term steps to achieve benefits.

4:45pm

David W. Green, Executive Vice President Customers &
Markets - North America, Elster Solutions

Through the convergence of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with the operational efficiencies of distribution automation (DA) technology, utilities are realizing the benefits of their smart grid investments. Utilizing a multi-communications and technology approach, the convergence of AMI and DA is helping to deliver the following operational and customer benefits: 1) Increasing load efficiency while improving monitoring capabilities and remote control for customer and utility benefits; 2) Improving asset management through improved distribution monitoring and control capabilities; 3) Improving customer satisfaction through real improvements of service.

1:45pm

• Top forces driving change from outside the mainstream of the healthcare industry – are you prepared?
• Expectations of patients and healthcare providers and where current solutions come up short
• New business models that are being applied to meet the needs of patients and providers.

2:15pm

2:45pm

3:30pm

4:00pm

Greg Caressi, Senior Vice President, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Frost & Sullivan

4:30pm

Danny Petrasek, MD, PhD, Director, Global Virtual Hospital Program (Caltech, Rice University, NTU-Imperial College London)

The current practice of medicine is unsustainable: Increasing demand for medical services and attendant rising costs have caused a growing financial crisis in health-care. The health-care crisis has created an opportunity for new solutions and mobile/Internet technology has laid the infrastructure upon which we can build a powerful, innovative and badly needed platform for health services: The Global Virtual Hospital (GVH).

Key Take-Aways:

1:45pm

• A map of expected future mega trends and their significance to the global manufacturing community
• Examples of best practices and successful thought leaders’ future positioning priorities
• The Top Three Things You Can Do Now to position for a radically different future

2:15pm

Smart Sustainable Manufacturing: Energy, IT and Manufacturing is Everybody’s Business

Richard Morris, Vice President – Assembly,
BMW Manufacturing Co.

From flexible manufacturing to energy production and consumption, the transition to ‘smart’ is spurring industry growth. Management of three critical areas (energy, IT and manufacturing) is paramount to sustained success and profitability in the manufacturing scenarios of the future. Listen to a representative of world class smart manufacturing processes share his perspectives on achieving global excellence.

Key Take-Aways:

• Proven best practices, and the benefits gained by transitioning to a ‘smart’ platform of systems
• Examples of the benefits of successful collaboration in three critical areas – energy, IT and manufacturing
• The essential elements of winning strategies in an easily digestible format

2:45pm

• New strategies on implementing IT for success in current and future manufacturing scenarios
• Case studies of potential pitfalls and best practices associated with IT systems implementations
• Insights into the processes and activities employed by companies successfully utilizing IT to leverage next level performance and profitability

3:30pm

4:00pm

Moderator:

Sath Rao, Vice President, Industrial Automation and Process Control, Frost & Sullivan

Panelists Include:

Brian Ahern, Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Defender
David Telford, Director Global Market Development, Manufacturing Industries, Qliktech International AB
Steve Shah, Senior Director Product Management, Citrix

The age of intelligence and information “in palm of your hand” has arrived. But along with the unparalleled convenience, speed, and depth of business intelligence this gives us come threats and challenges that could sink even the most stalwart competitors. Attend this discussion to interact with an eclectic mix of panel members who will give a first-hand account of their successes in addressing three top mega trend issues:

Key Take-Aways:

• Cloud as a disruptive technology with the objectives of driving down costs and increasing asset utilization
• Best practices in understanding malware threats and the armor required to thwart such efforts
• Insights into how analytics is a key enabler of actionable and intelligent information

4:45pm

• Insights into how end users are using optimization strategies to drive operational excellence
• Strategies for enterprise-wide collaboration with the objective of achieving a culture of fast innovation
• Success stories of companies’ transformations to cultures of fast innovation, and how these transformations have driven sustained global successes

1:45pm

• A CEO 360 Degree Perspective Model and examples illustrating best practices for integrating economic, social, and environmental considerations in strategic and operational initiatives
• A guide to the top forces driving change to the IT and Telecom industry from the outside
• Insights on the top three to four Mega Trends that are driving this evolution such as the SMART is the new Green; Future of Cloud Computing; Game Changers for Mobile & Wireless Technologies; and New Business Models

2:00pm

Lauren Coberly, Director, Worldwide Marketing, Kodak Direct, Eastman Kodak Company

Conversations are happening about your brand, products, and category whether you choose to participate or not. Social media has amplified the volume and increased the velocity of those exchanges. Kodak chooses to engage to propel its brand and business in a digital age. Examples will be shared that show how customer interaction drove product innovation, how timely "social listening" turned negative communications into a win, and how you can find value for your company's use of social media while growing the value of your brand at the same time.

2:30pm

• The best ways to reach out to social media users
• Steps to take to ensure privacy is respected and security needs are addressed
• Action items to manage the enormous amount of data such interactions produce
• A roadmap to integrate social media with established contact center procedures and protocols

3:00pm

Meeting of the Minds - Collaboration in the Enterprise: Making it Work

Moderator:

Melanie Turek, Industry Director, Enterprise Communications, Frost & Sullivan

Panelists Include:

Brian Murray, Head of Implementation Strategy, Yammer, Inc.

Ekaterina Walter, Social Media Strategist, Intel

Melissa Risteff, Vice President, Marketing, NewsGator

Nathan Rawlins, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Jive Software


If the 20th century was the Information Age, the 21st is the Innovation Age: Having information is no longer enough--it's what you do with it that counts. Hence the emphasis on collaboration: Indeed, Frost & Sullivan research shows that companies that deploy Unified Communications & Collaboration technology now will see a two-to-five year advantage from using the tools ahead of the competition. But deploying the tools doesn't guarantee you'll use them well--or at all. In this session, industry experts and experienced end users will share their advice for making collaboration work in the enterprise.

Key Take-Aways:

• Ways to get organization-wide adoption of Unified Communications & Collaboration technology

• The key things to do, and do right, to help your company use these tools to gain a significant competitive advantage

• Best practices for ensuring the right people share their knowledge and experience for maximum ROI

3:30pm

4:00pm

Stan Jaworski, Vice President, North America Marketing, Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions’ Stan Jaworski set out to make his marketing organization business-relevant for the 21st century. In a sweeping business transformation, his team built a new organization designed to be a driver of growth. They defined new roles and responsibilities, developed a partner ecosystem, set new priorities, launched a new strategic framework and established a team mindset that marketing can have an equal seat at the business table.

In this session, he’ll describe the underlying philosophy of the marketing transformation and review some key challenges and results.

4:30pm

Meeting of the Minds: Rediscovering Your Business Through High-Impact Analytics

Moderator:

Jeff Cotrupe, Global Program Director, OSSCS: STRATECAST,
a Division of Frost & Sullivan

Panelists Include:

Indranil Chatterjee, Vice President of Mediation Platforms, Openwave Systems

Nanda Kishore, Chief Technology Officer, ShareThis

John Zell, Vice President Global CRM Solutions, Razorfish

Dan Grigorovici, former Software Manager, Analytics & Targeting,
Apple Inc.

Erick Brethenoux, Program Director, Predictive Analytics and Decision Management, IBM

Brett Error, Vice President, Chief Technologist, Omniture Business Unit, Adobe Systems Incorporated

Analytics is now an industry driver, rapidly gaining momentum. IBM has spent almost $13B acquiring analytics companies over the past four years, and its interest spans across the business and web analytics sectors. Adobe, best known for web Flash apps and graphic design, acquired one of the largest web analytics companies, Omniture. Analytics today is not only sexy - it's now "survival stakes." It's core to your business. This interactive panel will deliver key insights and equip you with the key success factors for business/predictive analytics and web analytics

Key Take-Aways:

• New capabilities to manage the outcomes of on-site (your own web real estate) and off-site (everything else said about you on the web that you don't control, i.e., social media) customer intelligence

• Call to Action: Make sense of the blizzard of “analytics” messaging out there today; and break it down into logical views of what it can mean to your business

• Steps to connect the dots between business analytics, web analytics...and customer relationship management (CRM)

1:45pm

• A new capability to grasp how future trends are impacting your business today
• Example of how to use trends to guide your technology and market road-map
• A jumpstart on generating new ideas, innovations and growth areas

2:15pm

Sensors and Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have revolutionized our interaction with computers, phones and electronic gadgets. MEMS are the sensor devices responsible for rotating your images when viewing pictures or a web site. MEMS sensors are also compasses and microphones. These sensors are becoming must have features in every phone, tablet and camera. But how did STMicroelectronics become the leader in this market? What are the new sensor technologies we can expect and their future prospects for further improving our productivity and quality of life?

2:45pm

• New thinking on non-traditional industry drivers transforming the industry
• Illustration of the changing technological, business, marketing and product scenarios
• Action items and new ideas to ensure success in the industry landscape

3:30pm

4:00pm

• Guide to the risks and challenging presenting by introducing enabling technologies to traditional businesses
• Ways to minimize risks by selection of programmable/reconfigurable technologies that are not 100% hard wired

4:30pm

Meeting of the Minds: Cross Industry Perspectives

During this session, participants have the opportunity to join any other industry track of their choice. A great way to get close to your industry customers and better understand their challenges and needs.

 9:45am

Innovation: So You Think You’re Innovative, But Are You Really?

Co-Facilitators:

Sean MacLeod, President, Stratos Product Development
Alex Doumani, Vice President of Technology, Coinstar

Innovation. How many times a day do you hear this word? Over the past couple of years, the word innovation has been bantered about as if the more times it is said, the more innovative a company is. The reality is that during the recent financial crisis, the key attributes required to maintain and grow a culture of innovation have been challenged, degraded or simply lost.

The world economy has finally exited crisis and entered a completely new business environment – one that requires companies to create the next generation of innovations to grow and prosper. Innovation is the key strategic competitive advantage a company has. So what does it mean to be a truly innovative company? How does one assess this crucial competitive skill-set? What is the future vision of your company as an innovative organism? What should executives do to move their organization to an optimum level of innovation and create a sustainable strategic competitive advantage?

Key Take-Aways:

• Tips for identifying your organization’s innovation maturity level

• Framework for visualizing your company’s future innovative state

• Guidance to set a compelling strategy to best reach this future vision

10:45am

Using Metrics in the Service of the Greater Corporate Good: Painlessly Aligning Strategy, Goals, and Objectives

Co-Facilitators:

Sheila Mello, Managing Partner and Principal, Product Development Consulting Inc.

Wayne Mackey, Principal, Product Development Consulting Inc.

What if you could translate strategy into action and then measure how well you were meeting objectives--all automatically and painlessly? If this sounds like utter fantasy on the order of losing weight by eating as much chocolate cake as you want, then plan to attend this provocative and participatory session examining the relationship among metrics, strategy, goals, and action. The group will work together to create a “metrics tree” detailing the flow-down of goals from the top of the company. You'll learn how this approach propagates strategy throughout the organization and keeps strategy tightly coupled with goals and outcomes.

Key Take-Aways:

• Examples of how clearly tying metrics to specific goals increases buy-in and participation in corporate strategy at every organizational level

• Insight about why successful companies don't measure the achievement of the goal, but rather measure the actions that cause the goal to happen

• Steps to create a "metrics tree" that automatically disseminates strategy throughout the organization

11:45am

Runs Concurrently With:

Revenue Performance Management

Joe Payne, President and Chief Executive Officer, Eloqua Limited

Get a behind the scenes look at the disciplines today’s fastest growing companies use to manage consistent, quarter over quarter, revenue growth.

Key Take-Aways:

• Understanding the fundamental change in buyer behavior over the last decade

• Learn how to red buyers’ digital body language

• Discover the five revenue performance indicators that can help accelerate your growth

Networking Roundtables Hosted by Frost & Sullivan and Industry Leaders. Dine and dish with industry experts. The list of discussion topics will be available on site.

Facilitator:

Neil Wang, Ph. D, Managing Director, China, Frost & Sullivan

Over the last three decades, China grew its GDP by more than four times, rising from a poverty-stricken to a prosperous country. China's economic miracles are a game changer given the sheer size of its economy, which overtook Japan is ranked second after the US. China's 1.3 billion and growing population, and its vast size of roughly 9.6 million square kilometers, further lends fuel to its power to change our global landscape. How will China evolve its economy and where is the country heading? Will China be a ruthless competitor? Or a great bonanza yet to fully explored and leveraged? How will people from the business circle play their China deck of cards? This session will deliver insight on these puzzling questions and share insider view and reflection.

Key Take-Aways:

• Analysis of the latest developments of the Chinese economy

• Insight on its strengths and weaknesses, as compared to leading countries and its peer BRIC countries

• A future economic development forecast, possible changes of economic structure and their impact and implications

• Key success factors in leveraging the Chinese economy

• Lessons learned

 2:45pm

Nurturing Breakthrough Thinking and Disciplined, Yet Entrepreneurial Corporate Character

Facilitator:

Jeff Killeen, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Global Spec

In today’s business world, smart CEOs are continually looking for ways to grow their businesses. But are you truly harnessing the power of innovation to evolve? This session will focus on “intelligent innovation” – real-world best practices for creating and nurturing a culture of innovation and growth that also benefits the bottom line.

Key Take-Aways:

• Best practices for leading and managing innovation from the top down

• How to successfully create an entrepreneurial environment that aligns with your business objectives

• Insight into encouraging innovation while maintaining a disciplined corporate structure

Transforming Innovation through Customer Focus

This career track uses case-based practices to demonstrate how R&D/Innovation executives structure an innovation process to improve success rates, and engage clients to map unmet needs to emerging technology-based solutions.

 9:45am

Innovation Management Process

Dan Goldenberg, Senior Vice President and Global Quality Leader, Growth Partnership Strategy, Frost & Sullivan

A best practice case study presentation on how ConvaTec Inc. structured its innovation process around formalized governing teams, phases, and phase reviews.

Key Take-Aways:

• Develop a formalized governing body to coordinate the innovation process

• Improve the transparency of the innovation process through established project checkpoints

• Create standardized guidelines for project managers

10:45am

• Establish, staff and launch an Industry Solution Lab
• Use internal networks to pinpoint emerging technologies with the greatest client appeal
• Engage C-level clients through tailored sessions that focus on sharing market, product and emerging-technology insights
• Break down barriers between R&D, Sales, clients and prospects

11:45am

12:45pm

Networking Roundtables Hosted by Frost & Sullivan and Industry Leaders. Dine and dish with industry experts. The list of discussion topics will be available on site.

• Benchmarks to compare your organization’s practices with HP best practices
• Framework to apply HP best practices to your organization
• A step-by-step guide to dealing effectively with challenges to implementing the practices

  2:45pm

Walking the Line Between Your Organization’s Strategic Vision and Innovation Strategy

Co-Facilitators:

Jeff Benson, Regional Director, Sopheon

Adrian Joseph, Director of Market Development and Strategic Marketing, Parker Hannifin

Many companies perceive a widening gap between their product development activities on a day-to-day basis and their stated strategic goals; however, leading global innovators – companies such as Parker Hannifin – are implementing new processes and supporting technologies to help them integrate their roadmapping, ideation, and product development processes all while encouraging a culture of open innovation. And with dramatic results: Parker’s enterprise-wide Winnovation strategy has netted them a 500% increase in their product portfolio over the last four years.

Key Take-Aways:

• Insight into market trends, supplier capabilities, and new technologies to position your organization to move quickly and strategically in advance of the competition
• A framework for integrating market, technology and product roadmaps with the development process
• Parker Hannifin's lessons learned: bottom line benefit from improving cross-functional communication and collaboration; better visualization of the “true” product pipeline; and discovering “new product commercialization” does NOT end at launch

Leveraging Internal and External Collaboration to Maximize Marketing’s Impact

This career track uses case-based practices to demonstrate how marketing executives can collaborate with Sales to revitalize the value prop, and engage with brand enthusiasts via social media to boost new product introductions.

 9:45am

Sales & Marketing: Revitalizing the Value Proposition

Keith O’Brien, Vice President, Global Research, Growth Team Membership, Frost & Sullivan
Charles DeWitt, Vice President - Enterprise Marketing, Kronos Incorporated

A best practice case study presentation on how Kronos created and delivered a differentiated value proposition.

Key Take-Aways:

• Evaluate the existing value proposition

• Create a revised value proposition and promote it companywide through a Foundational Messaging Guide

• Translate the value proposition into compelling sales messages

• Drive adoption of new messages and delivery techniques by the sales force

10:45am

Capitalizing on Social Media to Drive an Effective Product Launch

Keith O’Brien, Vice President, Global Research, Growth Team Membership, Frost & Sullivan

A best practice case study presentation on how Microsoft leveraged social media to engage brand enthusiasts in support of the Windows 7 launch.
 

Key Take-Aways:

• Identify and organize brand enthusiasts for a new product launch

• Reward brand enthusiasts’ active participation in the launch

• Monitor online conversations for opportunities to amplify peer-to-peer recommendations

• Provide brand enthusiasts with tools to drive word-of-mouth for the launch

11:45am

12:45pm

Networking Roundtables Hosted by Frost & Sullivan and Industry Leaders. Dine and dish with industry experts. The list of discussion topics will be available on site.

• New ideas, approaches and considerations for how to use customer insights to drive customer growth
• Examples of best-in-class marketers using marketing analytics and insights to drive growth
• Top ten most important measurements to determine if you are missing the mark
• Techniques to overcoming the roadblocks within the process, and for achieving short and long term goals

 2:45pm

Operationalizing Customer Experience Across the Enterprise

Co-Facilitators:

Ken Simpson, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Strong-Bridge LLC
Dan Taylor, Consultant, Strong-Bridge LLC

In this service economy, everyone wants to have satisfied and loyal customers. Why is it that some companies are able to truly leverage their customer service delivery to enhance and build their brand while others simply go through the motions with little to no results to show for their investment? How can you be sure you are maximizing your return on your investment in your people and service capabilities?

Key Take-Aways:

Strategic Planning: From Insight to Action

This career track uses case-based practices to demonstrate how corporate strategists ensure that annual strategic planning harnesses the opportunities and minimizes the risks created by Mega Trends, and create an integrated strategic planning model to drive implementation.

 9:45am

From Macro to Micro: Translating Mega Trends into Strategy

Austin Pullmann, North American Program Manager, Growth Team Membership, Frost & Sullivan

A best practice case study presentation on how Knorr-Bremse AG identified and prioritized long-term Mega Trends.

Key Take-Aways:

• Secure buy-in from the Board for a Mega Trends initiative
• Establish a multidivisional Mega Trends team
• Cluster and filter Mega Trends to determine the most meaningful for the business
• Incorporate Mega Trends into the annual strategic planning process

 10:45am

Austin Pullmann, North American Program Manager, Growth Team Membership, Frost & Sullivan

A best practice case study presentation on how a construction services company developed a systemic process to break down silos, create a shared corporate vision, and integrate strategic and tactical planning for effective implementation.

Networking Roundtables Hosted by Frost & Sullivan and Industry Leaders. Dine and dish with industry experts. The list of discussion topics will be available on site.

• Novel methodologies and approaches for embedding competitive realities in early stage innovation
• Real-life case studies illustrating how to consider market trends, competition, and other external forces early in the innovation process
• Scenario analysis and competitor response modeling techniques as ways to influence technology investment and product design to withstand competitor response and market conditions

 2:45pm

Vetting Your Business Opportunity Portfolio

Facilitator:

Patrick Tickle, Executive Vice President, Products, Planview

How can you be sure that you're optimizing your investment portfolio to bring your strategy to life - identifying the initiatives that will drive the most revenue, maximize your competitive position, and deliver the greatest long-term value? Portfolio management can help you identify leading ideas from laggards, standardize evaluation and strategic planning, and get complete transparency into investment decisions now and into the future.

Key Take-Aways:

9:45am

10:45am

12:45pm

Networking Roundtables Hosted by Frost & Sullivan and Industry Leaders. Dine and dish with industry experts. The list of discussion topics will be available on site.

1:45pm

Using Strategic Intelligence to Compete on a Global Scale: From Dog Fighting to Market Leadership