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