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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Active Dialog, Intellectual Property,
Tim Powell, principal, The Knowledge Agency
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Active Dialog, The Art of the Strategic Conversation: How can you discuss different scenarios for maximum impact?,
Eric Garland, managing director, Competitive Futures
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Active Dialog, Leveraging Manufacturing Know-How For More Comprehensive CI,
Craig McHenry, senior director, Competitor Insights, Wyeth
Co-Presenter: Tom Colman, manager, Competitor Insights,, Wyeth
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Thursday, April 17, -4:00pm-5:00pm
Active Dialog, Evaluating CI Providers,
Herman Milligan, vice president, consumer insights, Wells Fargo
Co-Presenter: Melanie Wing, director, category insights, Whirlpool
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Active Dialog, How Can I Leverage Sales Skills to Advance CI and My Career?,
Todd Welda, senior manager/cleaning category, Whirlpool Corporation
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Active Dialog, The Art of Influence: Engaging Senior Leaders As Intelligence Contributors,
Bill Fiora, director of competitive intelligence, Nixon Peabody
Co-Presenter: Melissa Croteau, director of market intelligence, Nixon Peabody
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Active Dialog, Low-Cost Collection Options,
Fred Wergeles, principal, Fred Wergeles & Associates LLC
Co-Presenter: Marv Goldstein, director of research and analysis, ESI International
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Active Dialog, Using Business War Gaming for Competitive Advantage,
Jay Kurtz, president, KappaWest
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Thursday, April 17, 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Active Dialog, Career Management,
Marta Weber, Principal, Applied Behavioral Sciences
Co-Presenter: Kathrine Hayes, President, Eyeonit, Ltd.
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
CI Defense, Protecting Against Competitive CI,
John McGonagle, managing partner, The Helicon Group
Co-Presenter: Carolyn Vella, founding partner, The Helicon Group
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
CI Defense, Use Intelligence to Protect Your Company’s Intellectual Property,
Tim Powell, president and managing director, The Knowledge Agency
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
CI Defense, They Wouldn't Lie, Would They? How Not to Be a Victim of Disinformation,
Paul Dishman, associate professor, Brigham Young University
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
CI Defense, Top 10 Lessons Learned from Competitive Losses,
Marty Palka, chief intelligence analyst–investor relations, Cisco Systems
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
CI Defense, Resetting the Stage for Trends Forecasting,
Suzy Badaracco, president, Culinary Tides
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Thursday, April 17, 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
CI Defense, Situational Early Warning,
Adrian Alvarez, founding partner, Midas Consulting
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
CI Defense, The Seven Highly Effective Steps to Establishing a Successful CTI Program,
Judy Leavitt, market research manager, Rockwell Collins
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
CI Defense, Demystifying Counterintelligence: What It Is and How To Use It,
John Lauria, vice president, operations and co-founder, LCN Consulting, Inc.
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Thursday, April 17, 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
CI Defense, Counter CI officer's experience,
Bill DeGenaro, Private Investigator, DeGenaro and Associates
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Thursday, April 17, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
CI Defense, Competitive Manufacturing Cost and Profitability Analysis — A Global Perspective,
Dilip Chandwani, vice president, manufacturing and supply chain, Kline and Company, Inc.
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
CI Offense, Using CI to Originate Dealflow — How To Beat Your Competition to the Next Best Thing,
Charlie Welsh, editor-in-chief and co-founder, Mergermarket, Ltd.
Co-Presenter: Wilson Chu, partner, Haynes and Boone LLP
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
CI Offense, An Update on Applying Global Hedge Fund Research Techniques to CI,
Peter McKenney, CEO, Cipher Systems LLC
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
CI Offense, Technology Possibilities at the Bottom of the Pyramid,
Siddhartha Roy, economic advisor, Tata Group
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
CI Offense, Competitive Technical Intelligence Methods and Analysis — Using Patent Information,
Curtis Droege, IP coordinator, CTI team leader,
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Thursday, April 17, 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
CI Offense, Open Innovation Machine: Through Rapid Technology Intelligence Processes,
Paul Frey, president and CEO, Search Technology, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Nils Newman, director, new business development, Search Technology, Inc.
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
CI Offense, Accept the China Challenge,
David Dechant, president, Vision Quest Intelligence, LLC
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
CI Offense, Intellectual Property: Leveraging the Knowledge Within,
Lakshmikant Goenka, director, Dolcera
Co-Presenter: Samir Raiyani, CEO, Dolcera
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Critical Skills, Beyond SWOT: Developing True Competitive Strategies,
Kenneth Sawka, managing partner, Outward Insights LLC
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Critical Skills, Mining Lawsuit Filings for Competitive Advantage,
Mary Dennis, research analyst, Hogan and Hartson LLP
Co-Presenter: David Smith, research analyst, Hogan and Hartson LLP
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Critical Skills, Transforming Your Information Services to Make Time for Intelligence,
Michelle Drabik, Technical Information Center manager, Energizer Holdings, Inc.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Critical Skills, (More) Confessions of a Call Girl — How to Give Good Phone,
Debbie Bardon, principal and sole proprietor, Bardon On Call
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Critical Skills, Competitive Technical Intelligence: A Sample Exploration of Internet Resources,
Bonnie Hohhof, director of competitive information and research, SCIP
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Critical Skills, Cooperative Communication: How to Get Your CI Message Heard,
Ellen Naylor, CEO, Business Intelligence Source
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Thursday, April 17, 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
Critical Skills, Improve CI Effectiveness Through Internal Networks and CI Communities,
Dale Fehringer, owner, Inkwell Productions
Co-Presenter: Melanie Wing, Director of Category Insights, Whirlpool Corporation
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Thursday, April 17, 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
Critical Skills, Theranostics: Use of Diagnostics to Facilitate Drug Development Enabling Personalized Medicine,
Barbara Gilmore-Halliwell, market research analyst, KAI Pharmaceuticals
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Critical Skills, Competitive Financial Intelligence: Essential Skill, Often Omitted,
David Rogers, principal, David C. D. Rogers Associates LLC
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Critical Skills, Understanding the Value of Public Records Information for CI Research,
Toni Wilson, principal consultant, MarketSmart Research Services
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Thursday, April 17, 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Critical Skills, Quantifying Patent Value,
Barry Brager, managing partner, Perception Partners
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Thursday, April 17, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Critical Skills, Using Geographic Information Systems for CI,
Neal Ochsner, president, Ochsner Consulting Group
Co-Presenter: Roberta Brody, professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Studies, Queens College of the City University of New York
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, CI Lessons from the Silver Screen, Part Deux,
Paul Slayton, market intelligence manager, IBM
Co-Presenter: Michael Sperger, director of market intelligence, SAP
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Professional Effectiveness, Give Your Intelligence Program Straight A’s,
Larry Fauconnet, manager of competitive strategy, AT&T Adversiting and Publishing
Co-Presenter: Dede Fauconnet, consultant, The Falcon Group Consulting
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, New and Emerging Issues Confronting CI Managers,
Jan Herring, president, Herring and Associates LLC
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, World-Class Intelligence Secrets from Six CEOs,
Leonard Fuld, president, Fuld and Company
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Linking CI Strategy and Overall Company Strategy for Competitive Advantage,
Tim Kindler, director, corporate competitive intelligence, Eastman Kodak Company
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Developing a CI Consulting Business,
Claudia Clayton, managing director, ViewPoint
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Focusing on Your Internal Customer to Maximize CI Success,
Kirk Tyson, founder and consultant, Perpetual Strategist
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Thursday, April 17, 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
Professional Effectiveness, Engaging Non-CI Staff for CI Support,
Fred Wergeles, principal, Fred Wergeles and Associates LLC
Co-Presenter: Colleen Meeker, manager, Market and Competitive Intelligence Services, Ernst and Young
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Collaboration and Coordination of CI through Development of Technology Tools,
Kelsey Hare, market intelligence manager, Principal Financial Group
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Selecting, Engaging, and Enhancing In-House Analysts,
Craig Fleisher, Windsor Research Leadership chair and professor of management, University of Windsor
Co-Presenter: Sheila Wright, principal lecturer, De Montfort University
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Fine-Tune Your Radar: Discover Growth Opportunities Hidden in CI,
Seena Sharp, principal, Sharp Market Intelligence
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Intel Corporation: Effective MI Team Dynamics,
KaSandra Husar, materials market intelligence manager, Intel Corporation
Co-Presenter: Jason Gad, materials market intelligence senior strategist, Intel Corporation
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Thursday, April 17, 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Project Management: Using CI Consultants for Maximum Effectiveness,
Kim Burkhardt, managing director, Burkhardt Research Services
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Thursday, April 17, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Professional Effectiveness, Establishing a Global CI Function That Delivers Impact and Relevant Content,
Noam Sahbti, director of business intelligence and strategic planning, MAG Industrial Automation Systems
Co-Presenter: Jouko Virtanen, president, Novintel Inc.
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Wednesday, April 16, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, Teaching CI Skills to North American and Overseas Audiences: A World of Difference in Pedagogical Effectiveness,
David Blenkhorn, professor, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Co-Presenter: Craig Fleisher, professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor
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Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, Applied Memetics: Getting into the Heads of Competitors,
David O’Gorman, president, Memetic Profiles LLC
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Wednesday, April 16, 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, Providing CI to Small Businesses: The CT-EGG Approach,
Fred Wergeles, president, Fred Wergeles and Associates LLC
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Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, A Process-Oriented View of CI,
James Hesford, assistant professor, Cornell University
Co-Presenter: Kersi Antia, , University of Wisconsin
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Thursday, April 17, 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, Beyond Information: A Study on Work Activities of CI Professionals,
Tao Jin, instructor, Louisiana State University
Co-Presenter: France Bouthillier, director and associate professor, School of Information Studies, McGill University
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Thursday, April 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, Anticipate Your Competitive Intelligence Landscape Using an Early Warning Process: Three Case Studies,
Alessandro Comai, associate professor, University of Pompeu Fabra
Co-Presenter: Joaquin Tena, associate professor, University of Pompeu Fabra
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Thursday, April 17, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, In Need of Appropriate Theory: What Is the Discipline of CI?,
France Bouthillier, director, School of Information Studies, McGill University
Co-Presenter: Andrew Dillon, dean, School of Information, University of Texas in Austin
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Thursday, April 17, 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Scholarly Research and Innovation, Use of Knowledge Mapping to Track Patterns of CI Research,
Richard Klavans, academic consultant, SciTech Strategies, Inc.
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