London|5-7 May 2009

Keynote Presentations | Interactive Breakout Sessions | Executive Workshops

Our executive workshops give business leaders an unparallelled opportunity to share real-world experiences and trade best practices. Explore strategies for success with like-minded peers — and find out what you can do to keep your business on the cutting edge.

The Series – London offers a total of five executive workshops during the conference.

To facilitate conversation and maximize interaction, each workshop will accept a limited number of participants. Registration for executive workshops will open on 20 April. All registered delegates will receive an e-mail from The Series with details on how to register.

Workshops will last approximately 90 minutes.

Wednesday, 6 May

  • IT Executive Workshop
    CIO 2.0: Surviving in a World of Hyper-Disruption
    With IT spending down or flat across the board, the need to tie technology initiatives in a quantifiable way to business value is stronger than ever. What’s a CIO to do? In this executive workshop, you’ll join your peers for a frank discussion about the keys to cultivating successful technology leadership.

    Workshop topics include:
    • Budget/economic impact on the CIO.
    • State of the CIO: role, focus, influence.
    • Macro and micro priorities for the CIO.
    Facilitator: Martin Veitch, Editor in Chief, CIO UK

  • Business Executive Workshop
    Business Performance Management: Strategic Tools for an Era of Uncertainty
    Join Gary Cokins, an internationally recognized expert, speaker and author on advanced cost management and performance improvement systems, as he outlines the imperatives of performance management as a means for leaders to understand where the focus of their organisations should be while maximising the probability of success in an uncertain economy. This workshop will focus on growth strategies, accountability, cultural impacts and more.

    Facilitator: Gary Cokins, Product Marketing Manager, Strategic Performance Management, SAS
Thursday, 7 May

  • Innovate Executive Workshop: Bringing a New Perspective to Meet New Challenges
    In this workshop, we’ll explore the influences on and approaches to new ways of working, driving new propositions and markets. These may include the roles that employees and consumers are playing in innovation and how they are changing markets. We’ll also examine the possible future dynamics of businesses.

    Facilitator: Dr. Kjell A. Nordström, author and visionary on the "new world" of international business

  • Optimise Executive Workshop: Driving an Efficient and Effective Organisation
    In an economic downturn, most organisations seek to maximise efficiencies as a priority. But where are these efficiencies to be gained? Contribute to this lively discussion about the key aspects of optimising organizations, including principles and methods for identifying focus areas and enabling informed decisions about where to make changes.

    Facilitator: Gary Cokins, Product Marketing Manager, Strategic Performance Management, SAS

  • Transform Executive Workshop: Taking a Business into the Digital Age
    From the global trade and sourcing revolution to technology disruption, climate change and now the financial crisis, accelerated change has become the defining constant of our age. How can enterprises survive and even flourish in this era of incessant flux? What’s the key to unlocking innovation within companies as they struggle to adapt to fluid markets and customer needs? What tools and techniques can executives use to accelerate change within their own environments?

    Ben Edwards from The Economist also will give a firsthand account of how one of the world's most iconic magazines – covering global politics, business, science, technology and the arts – has had to adapt its business proposition to embrace the opportunities of the digital age. This includes taking the acclaimed print version of The Economist online and the associated benefits, challenges and lessons learned in the process.

    Facilitator: Ben Edwards, Publisher and Executive Vice President, Economist.com

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