2013 RECONVERGE: G2 Archive (Minneapolis)

This is the agenda from the 2013 RECONVERGE:G2 symposium held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 9-11, 2013. Click here to return to the agenda archives page.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

5pm – Reception

Opening Reception, Foyer, Minnetonka Rooms A-C

6:00pm – Welcome

Terry Kerby

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Terry Kerby, Symposium Chair

6:30pm – Reception

Dinner at FireLake Grill House and Cocktail Bar

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

7:30 – BREAKFAST

Continental Breakfast

8:15am – Session

Introductory Remarks

8:30 – KEYNOTE

Bill Hoffman

Operation Customer: Deploying Special Forces Lessons in Your Intelligence Function to Drive Insight to Action

Bill Hoffman is Senior Vice President at Best Buy

9:15 – KEYNOTE

Terry Kerby

Competitive Intelligence – The #1 Tactic to Support Strategy to Grow Market Share – Everywhere!

Terry Kerby is Director of Competitive Intelligence at 3M Company

10:00 – BREAK

Networking & Topic Table Discussion

11:00 – SESSION

Timothy Stone

Elevating Actionability: Building Trust to Ensure Executives Turn Insights into Action

Timothy Stone is Senior Intelligence Advisor at PrairieCreek, LLC

11:45 – SESSION

Alysse Nockels

Talent Management: Recruiting and Retaining Great Intelligence Teams

Alysse Nockels is the Director of Competitive Intelligence at McAfee

12:30 – LUNCH

Networking Lunch

1:30 – SESSION

Nat Brooks

How to Create Early Warning Systems for Fast Cycle Markets

Nat Brooks is Senior Intelligence Advisor at Strategy Shapers, LLC

2:15 – SESSION

David Conley

Modeling and Applying Trends of System Evolution to Anticipate, Direct and Control Competitive Dynamics

David Conley is President at Innomation Corporation

3:00 – BREAK

Networking & Topic Table Discussion

4:00 – SESSION

Panelist Discussion

The Application of Intelligence to Growth & Innovation Strategies

Rike Harrison (Wipfli), Larry Fauconnet (AT&T/YP.com), David Dawe (TriZetto), Teresa Muckala (Medtronic)

4:45 – SESSION

Topic Table Key Highlights / Takeaways

6:30pm – EVENING

How Intelligence Supports the Day-to-Day Operations at the Mall of America

Happy Hour at CRAVE; Maureen Bausch is the Executive Vice President at Mall of America

7:30 – EVENING

Dinner & Networking at CRAVE

Thursday, April 11, 2013

7:30 – BREAKFAST

Continental Breakfast

8:15am – SESSION

Day 1 & 2 Highlights

8:30 – KEYNOTE

Jason Voiovich

Intelligence Branding and Positioning for Sustainable Success

Jason Voiovich is Marketing Intelligence Sensei at LogicPD

9:15 – KEYNOTE

Terry Thiele

Disruptive Innovation and Scenario Planning: How One Might Employ the Latter to Cope with the Former

Terry Thiele is Director of Sustainable Product Strategies at The Lubrizol Corporation

10:00 – BREAK

Networking & Topic Table Discussion

11:00 – SESSION

Jim Payne

Building & Sustaining an Internal HUMINT Network

Jim Payne is Director of Opportunity Intelligence at Deloitte, Federal Practice

11:45 – SESSION

Craig McHenry

Doing Less with Less: How to Successfully Organize and Prioritize Competitive Intelligence Anytime (bust especially in a downturn)

Craig McHenry is Director of Competitive Intelligence at Wyeth Nutrition

12:30 – LUNCH

LUNCH

1:30 – SESSION

Bob Fowler

Getting (and Keeping) Your Seat at the Table: How to Ensure You Stay Relevant as a Top Advisor to the Key Decisions Being Made

Bob Fowler is President at RL Fowler Consulting, LLC

2:15 – SESSION

Panelist Discussion

Detecting Signals of Integration: When Your Customer Becomes Your Competitor

Maureen Bausch (Mall of America), Phil Britton (Best Buy), Nat Brooks (Strategy Shapers LLC)

3:00 – SESSION

Topic Table Key Highlights / Takeaways

3:45 – SESSION

Terry Kerby

Wrap-Up & Concluding Remarks

Terry Kerby, Symposium Chair

4:00 – END

Symposium Concludes