Agenda

(This is a summary outline of the agenda, subject to change without notice.)

Monday, June 4
7:30-8:30am	Attendee pickup, Conference Registration, Exhibit Hall open
8:30-8:45am	Conference Kickoff, Welcome from Chairs
8:45-9:45am	Hans Levenbach, Delphus, Inc. Trends in Business Forecasting - A Twenty-Five Year Perspective
9:45-10am	Break, Exhibit Hall open
10-11am	Len Tashman, Foresight Magazine Forecasting Methods and Practices: What Key Lessons Have We Learned
11am-11:15pm	Break, Exhibit Hall open
11:15am-12:15pm	Charlie Chase, SAS The State of Forecasting After 26 Years: A Practitioner's Experience
12:15-1:30pm	Lunch (provided as part of the registration fee)
	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
1:30-2:30pm	"Coco" Crum, Oliver Wright Americas, Inc. The Role of Statistical Forecasting in Demand Planning	Tom Wallace, T.F. Wallace & Co. Executive S&OP: Top Management's Handle on the Business	Timothy Rey, The Dow Chemical Company Statistical Forecasting, A Conversion Experience
2:30-2:45pm	Break, Exhibit Hall open
2:45-3:45pm	Carl Lambert, TD Meloche Monnex Forecasting - How to Make This Process a Success Within the Organization	Ken Kahn, University of Tennessee New Product Forecasting as Assumption Management	David Dearmont, Nebraska Department of Revenue State Revenue Forecasting: Baseline Forecasts, Fiscal Note Estimates, and Forecasting Strategies
3:45-4:15pm	Break, Exhibit Hall open
4:15-5:15pm	Grant Pittman, Tyler Montague, Bank of America Call Center Forecasting	Ian Watson-Jones, IBM Taking the Big Step Forward: Lessons from the Field	Bruce McCullough, Drexel University How Accurate Are Results Published in Journals?
5:15pm	Transportation to Prestonwood Country Club
6pm	Conference Reception and Dinner (provided as part of registration fee)
8pm	Transportation from Prestonwood to Conference Hotel
Tuesday, June 5
7:30-8:30am	Attendee pickup, Conference Registration, Exhibit Hall open
8:30-8:45am	Welcome to Day 2
8:45-9:45am	Tom Mentzer, University of Tennessee Sales Forecasting Management: 25 Years of Benchmarking
9:45-10am	Break, Exhibit Hall open
10-11am	Albert Segars, University of North Carolina The Trends and Paradoxes of Business Strategy
11am-11:15pm	Break, Exhibit Hall open
11:15am-12:15pm	Eric Stellwagen, Business Forecast Systems Beyond Time Series Forecasting: Using Dynamic Regression and Event Models to Forecast the Impact of Promotions, Business Interruptions and other Aperiodic Events
12:15-1:30pm	Lunch (provided as part of the registration fee)
	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
1:30-2:30pm	Anne Robinson, Cisco New Product Forecasting	Elaine Deschamps, Sate of Washington Organizational Politics of Forecasting: Strategies for Overcoming Bias in the Forecast Process	Raymond Kirby, Wachovia Bank What to Say When the Data are Not Telling the Truth
2:30-2:45pm	Break, Exhibit Hall open
2:45-3:45pm	Martin Joseph, AstraZeneca Forecasts and Plans are Nothing; Forecasting and Planning are Everything	Mark Czerwinski, Chad Storlie, Susan Pederson, Union Pacific Railroad Forecasting Demand at Union Pacific Railroad	Robin Way, Quantec Segment-Driven Sales Forecasting for Consumer-Oriented Financial Services
3:45-4:15pm	Break, Exhibit Hall open
4:15-5:15pm	Roy Pearson, College of William & Mary How to Make Better Use of the Internet For Forecasting	Randy Collica, HP Using SAS Forecasting to Assist Sales Business Planning at HP	Emmanuel Fiho, Natura
5:15pm	Transportation Back to Conference Hotel
Wednesday-Friday, June 6-8
8am	Attendee pickup
9am-5pm	Conference Training (optional)