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Detailed Daily Agendas

 

Day 1 - Sunday 10/5/2008

Time
Activity
6:00-7:30PM
Welcome Reception and Cocktails
7:30-10:00PM
Dinner
Comedy Improv Performance by The Second City

 

Day 2 - Monday 10/6/2008

Time
Activity
8:00-9:00AM
Breakfast
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
9:00-10:30AM
General Session: Opening Keynote with BigMachines CEO Godard Abel and special guests
Company and customer highlights, sneak peak of Release 9.0, innovation trends, and future direction
10:30-11:30AM
Featured Keynote Speaker – Tom Kelley, General Manager, IDEO
Driving innovation in your company’s products and processes
11:30AM-1:00PM
Lunch
Tom Kelley Book Signing
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
1:00–2:30PM
Panel Discussion: BigMachines Customer Best Practices
Best practices for BigMachines implementation and adoption management
2:30-3:15PM
The Next Generation in BigMachines Customer Support and Services
An innovative, on-demand approach to seamless customer relationship management
3:15-3:30PM
Break
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
3:30-5:00PM
BigMachines Development and Innovation Roadmap
Release 9.0 beta launch and previews, My BigIdea collaborative innovation platform, future product roadmap plans, vote on future product & service enhancements
5:00-6:00PM
Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
6:00-11:00PM
Lake Michigan Dinner Cruise aboard The Odyssey
Includes transportation to and from the Sofitel, departing 6:00PM

 

Day 3 - Tuesday 10/7/2008

Time
8:00-9:00AM
Breakfast
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: BUSINESS TRACK
For General Management, Sales Management, Marketing, and IT Leadership
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: TECHNICAL TRACK
For BigMachines Systems Administrators and IT Team Members

9:00-10:00AM
Project Success Factors
How to go live in one month and drive rapid full adoption of BigMachines


User Interface Design & eCommerce
How to create an intuitive, sexy UI for both sales teams and e-commerce

10:00-11:00AM
CRM Integration
How to make BigMachines and CRM work together to empower sales
Workflow and Proposal Management
How to streamline proposal workflow and rapidly generate rich proposals

11:00-12:00PM
Analytics and Reporting
How to optimize sales and product management and increase order value using analytics

Product Roadmap Brainstorming for Existing Customers Only
What BigIdeas do you have? Share them here.

12:00-1:00PM
Lunch
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
1:00-2:00PM
Multi-Channel Sales Strategies
How to empower both partner and e-Commerce sales using BigMachines



ERP Integration
How to design your integration to support a seamless user experience and avoid data duplication (Presented by Cast Iron Systems)

2:00PM-3:00PM
Sales Compensation
How to manage compensation and incentives to maximize sales effectiveness (Presented by Xactly)
Globalization
How to effectively manage multi-region, multi-currency, and multi-language sales



3:00-4:00PM
Sales Forecasting
How to forecast accurately in real-time (Presented by Right90)
SAP-BigMachines Integrated Solutions
How BigMachines compliments and seamlessly works with a global ERP infrastructure (Presented by eLogic)
4:00-4:15PM
Break
Sponsor Expo & Hands-On Demo Labs
4:15-5:15PM
BigIdeas 2008 Wrap-up: Highlights & Key Learnings
BigMachines future roadmap summary based on attendee input from BigIdeas 2008

 

Day 4 - Wednesday 10/8/2008 [optional]

Time
Activity
8:00AM-12:00 noon
BigMachines Advanced Admin Training for Customers & Partners
  • Discover the latest administration best practices from BigMachines Professional Service Team
  • Learn how to leverage the latest BigMachines Release 8.2 and the upcoming Release 9.0
  • Seating is limited. Advanced registration is required

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