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Agenda

TIME	ACTIVITY
8.45 - 9.45am	Registration and Refreshments served in Exhibition Area
9.45 - 10.00am	Opening address Matthew Barnes, Managing Director, FAST Ltd
10.00 - 10.45am	Opening Keynote Ross Wilson - Chairman IOD, Berkshire Nothing beats being part of a great team. It has been said that true teamwork is the rarest, most exhilarating and most productive human activity possible. Among other things, Ross will share with us his views on the importance and value of teamwork, of managing change in an ever challenging and changing business environment and of communication. In the process he will touch on some of the ‘nuggets’ that he has discovered over the years in his own pursuit of excellence in business.
10.45 - 11.15am	Morning break and opportunity to visit exhibition area
11.15 - 11.50am	Finance & Business Stream Information For Financial Markets Andy Cook - Group Editor of VRL Financial News VRL Financial News is the leading market intelligence provider for the financial services industry and as group editor overseeing 10 key financial titles from Retail Banker International to The Accountant, Andy will be talking about how the internet has fundamentally changed the way consumers and business use information. In financial services, decisions made seconds ahead of others can mean saving or gaining millions. Andy looks at the digital paradigm for banking sectors. Technology & Soft Skills Stream Cloud Computing Doug Clark - Head of Cloud Computing at IBM UK Doug will cover an overview of Cloud, it’s disruptive significance as a game-changer for business and IT leaders alike. What are the different types of cloud, their suitability and role in your business? What strategic opportunities and benefits can cloud bring? How secure is cloud and how to implement cloud?
11.50 - 12.25pm	Finance & Business Stream Challenges of a CIO Chris Rawson, former CIO and current Managing Director of Exvine Exvine is a social business software company focused on providing collaboration tools to the Insurance market, headed up by Chris Rawson. Prior to this role, Chris was CIO for a number of household insurance companies, and during his presentation he will be providing us with an insight of what it’s like to be a CIO for large FTSE global companies, including the struggles and challenges CIO’s face in today’s fast paced and demanding business world. Technology & Soft Skills Stream The Golden Rules To Social Media - Be Smart, Be Safe, Be Secure Frank Joshi, Managing Director of Mvine, Serial Entrepreneur & Internet Visionary Frank Joshi from Mvine will be speaking about putting people back into business - creating online environments that reflect and enhance real-world business relationships, taking the power back - the development of social media and the need to control your message while it is out in the cloud, and security - identity management, compliance, data protection and extending information sharing beyond the company firewall.
12.25 - 1.25pm	Lunch and opportunity to visit Exhibition Area
1.25 - 2.00pm	Finance & Business Stream Working With Women Kirstin Furber, HR Director for BBC Worldwide In the UK, Women are expected to own 60% of all personal wealth by 2025 and a recent McKinsey study found that feminine leadership behaviours’ enhance corporate performance. How, as managers of the future do you seize this commercial opportunity? How do you exploit the unique skills both Women and Men bring to the Boardroom ? This session will not only make you laugh but it will leave you with some practical tips of how these two genders can work together! Technology & Soft Skills Stream How identity is changing from being about them, to being about me (and them) Chris Hurst, Head of Security Services, Global Banking and Financial Markets, IdM and Federation for BT plc Chris will talk about Identity, Profile and Trust and how looking at these in a different way has the potential to change the way people think. A current theme troubling Financial Services is the restoration of trust and globalisation which transcends local thinking and regulation. Chris will discuss the three core drivers at work in any industry vertical, the impact of these and possibilities for the future. Chris will explore how Identity can become a unifying principle.
2.00-2.35pm	Finance & Business Stream Lessons from the dark side: what refereeing can teach you about business Mark Jackson, PR Professional and Rugby Referee What has running around after 30 well-above-average sized men got to do with business? Mark Jackson explores the lessons refereeing can provide business people, from handling disgruntled coaches to post-match drinking etiquette. Technology & Soft Skills Stream Software Asset Management - Tips from the trenches Peter Hubbard, Senior IT Service Management Consultant, Pink Elephant Previously Peter spoke about starting SAM projects and how to make sense of the often overwhelming tasks faced by a SAM Manager. This year Peter will call upon the experience gained in almost 10 years as a Software Asset Management Consultant to share some of the tips and tricks he has picked up working with organisations ranging from local city councils to multi national corporations.
2.35 - 3.05pm	Afternoon break and opportunity to visit Exhibition Area
3.05 - 3.30pm	Main Sponsor address Convincing the Board to invest in IT Asset Management (ITAM) John Lovelock, Managing Director Europe, IAITAM Europe Ltd IT is a Business Process and a Profit Centre, really? When your business believes the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the organisation is an overhead and burden to the company what hope is there of getting the interest of the board to invest in ITAM?
3.30 - 4.10pm	Closing Keynote Will it make the boat go faster? Ben Hunt-Davis, Olympic Gold Medal Winner Ben Hunt-Davis went from an Olympic Athlete who just could not get the results he wanted, to a gold medal winner at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Ben is now an experienced personal development coach and business entrepreneur and he will be talking about how his early experiences as an athlete have shaped his business career.
4.10 - 4.20pm	Closing address Matthew Barnes, Managing Director, FAST Ltd
4.20 - 4.50pm	Twickenham delegate tour (optional)

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