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| Time | Activity |
| 07:45 – 18:30 | Conference Registration and Information |
| 07:45 – 09:15 | Networking Breakfast |
| 09:15 – 9:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Watch the Video |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Panel Discussion: Outlook on the Global Economy Panellists: Dr. Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute (China); Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission; Gerard Lyons, PhD, Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research, Standard Chartered; Mikael Hagström, Executive Vice President, SAS Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific (panel host) Balancing the short term with the long term has never been easy, and in a time of massive turmoil in global financial markets, it just got harder. Organisations worldwide are searching for signs of stability and anticipate a recovery. Our panellists will share what they have witnessed firsthand around the world, including what’s next for local and global economies, what to expect in the months ahead, and the likely outcome.
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| 10:15 – 10:35 | Keynote Address: Anticipate and Manage Change Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, SAS Organisations today are dealing with diverse issues, a wider range of regulations and heightened global competition. There has never been a greater urgency for proactive, evidence-based decisions and agile strategies. By delivering insights that are gleaned from data about customers, suppliers, operations, performance and more, Davis will explore how leading organisations are solving complex business problems, lifting performance and driving sustainable growth through business analytics.
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| 10:35 – 10:55 | Break
Take advantage of Talking Points by requesting a private one-on-one meeting with other attendees or a SAS expert. Contact your SAS account executive or send an e-mail to TalkingPoints@sas.com. |
| 10:55 – 11:40 | Executive Viewpoint: Planning for an Unclear Future Panellists: Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS; Alexa Lam, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Policy, China and Investment Products, Securities and Futures Commission; Andrew Sheng, Chief Advisor, China Banking Regulatory Commission; Rogelio Singson, Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways, Republic of the Philippines; Thornton May, Futurist, Executive Director and Dean of the IT Leadership Academy; Mark Jeffries (panel host) As Asia Pacific, and particularly China, repositions itself as a global leader, is your organisation prepared to innovate and transform? Our executive panellists represent organisations that are making confident decisions to reduce risk and achieve greater results. They will share their unique perspectives on the ever-changing realm of global business and where they have turned their focus now. In this session, discover the steps you can take to prepare your business for what’s next in the local and global economies, including:
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| 11:40 – 12:40 | Keynote Address: MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World Don Tapscott, Chairman of nGenera Insight, co-author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything and the upcoming MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World The 2009 global economic crisis and collapse of financial systems were a wake-up call to the world. We need to rethink and rebuild the organisations and institutions that have served us well for decades, even centuries. The pillars of economic and social life from the industrial economy have come to the end of their life cycle. How must our institutions change for a new century, new media, new generation and a new economy? The next decade is crucial. What is to be done? In order to transform the world for an age of intelligence, we need to change the architecture of the technology infrastructure for companies, government and just about every other institution in society. Download the Presentation | Watch the Video |
| 12:40 – 13:55 | Networking Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Keynote Address: Beyond Capitalism ... Innovism: A Phantom Profile of the Ultra Modern Firm Kjell Nordström, visionary on the "new world" of international business and co-author of the best-seller Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance From Beijing to Baltimore, we all speak capitalism now. However, capitalism has many different faces. Time, space, culture and recent history give capitalism its local character and fundamental differences. Does this mean that some of us are better prepared to meet the future than others?
In an increasingly transparent and interconnected world, there is nowhere to hide from change. We have deregulated the world in all aspects, and three key drivers are moving us: technology, institutions and values. Creative destruction and total innovation stand centre stage in the ultra modern firm. Nordström will provide a three-step analysis of:
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| 15:00 – 16:00 | Keynote Address: Using Innovation to Thrive and Strive Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director, TCG Advisors; Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures The challenges in the current economy are to invest in innovation projects that pay back in the short term and pay off in the long term – and to fund these projects by extracting resources from existing operations. Drawing on his experience as a venture capitalist as well as research for his recent book Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution, Geoffrey Moore will describe how organisations large and small can determine their own fates at a time when many of their competitors are bemoaning theirs. Download the Presentation | Watch the Video |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Break
Take advantage of Talking Points by requesting a private one-on-one meeting with other attendees or a SAS expert. Contact your SAS account executive or send an e-mail to TalkingPoints@sas.com. |
| 16:20 – 17:05 | Keynote Address: Analytics at Work: How to Make Better Decisions and Get Better Results Thomas H. Davenport, best-selling co-author of Competing on Analytics and Analytics at Work, and President's Distinguished Professor at Babson College Davenport will present straightforward, practical advice from his new book Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results, including laying out a plan of action for deploying and succeeding with business analytics inside your company. Learn how to:
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| 17:05 – 17:15 | Closing Comments |
| 17:15 – 18:00 | Cocktail Reception |