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Agenda At A Glance

The Workshops: MONDAY DECEMBER 8, 2008
DAY ONE KEY THEME:
COMPETITIVE INTELIGENCE
9:00 - 12:00 Morning Workshop: PART I • Business, Market & Competitive Reconnaissance: Exploiting Growth Opportunities by Anticipating Industry Change
1:00 - 4:00 Afternoon Workshop: PART II • Creating a Collaborative Intelligence Apparatus: Engaging Everyone in the Organization to Detect Changing Market Signals

The Main Conference: TUESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2008
DAY TWO KEY THEMES:
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH METHODS > BRANDING > MARKETING
7:30Registration & Morning Coffee
8:00Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Conference Chairwoman

The Financial Services Wake Up Call. Don’t Wait – Advocate & Innovate


Karen Morris, Chief Innovation Officer, AIG
8:30

Keynote – TWO PART SERIES

Part I
: The Evolving Role of Marketing Research to the C-Suite: Delivering What the Financial CEO Needs vs. What They Want

Part II: How Neuroscience Helped Scottrade Match Customer Emotions to Their Brand

Chris X. Moloney, Chief Marketing Officer, Scottrade, Inc.

Part II additional speaker: Dr. A. K. Pradeep, Neurofocus 

9:45Business Card Swap & Reflections in the Exhibit Hall
10:15Tales From a Turn-Around: How Truly Listening to Clients and Acting on What They Say Fundamentally Changed Schwab

Troy Stevenson, Vice President, Client Loyalty, Charles Schwab
11:00

Getting Real About Brand Choice in Investment Services
Assessing Brand Selection, Positioning, Image and quity of Brokerage Firms


Richard Brose, Senior Director, Strategic Consulting, Maritz Research

Juraj Kavecansky, Ph.D., Director, Marketing Science, Maritz Research

11:45Banking Goes Hollywood: Leveraging Research to Uncover Winning Value Propositions

Lisa Ritchie, Head, Customer Knowledge & Insights, ScotiaBank
12:30Lunch
1:30

Creating the “Harvard” of Investment Education

Ainslie Simmonds, SVP, Chief Marketing/Product Development Officer, Investools

Javier Flaim, Executive Vice President, Maddock Douglas

2:15Live Ideation Session! Facilitated by Karen Morris, Chief Innovation Officer, AIG
2:45Networking Break & Energy Boost in the Exhibit Hall
3:15

Research Along the Product Development Pipeline


Rich Schreuer, Chief Methodologist, Chadwick Martin Bailey

4:00Free Press? New Ways to Maximize Your Research Investment: JPMorgan Asset Management’s Approach

Annette Whittemore, Vice President, Market Research & Development, JPMorgan Asset Management
4:45PayPal at 10: Evolving from Technology-Centric to Marketing-Driven

Cliff Hopkins, Senior Director of Marketing, PayPal
5:30

Best Practices in Putting the Voice of the Customer to Work in Financial Services

D. Randall Brandt, Ph.D., Vice President, Customer Experience & Loyalty, Maritz Research


The Main Conference: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10, 2008
DAY THREE KEY THEMES:
INNOVATION > CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
9:00Recap & Morning Perspectives
9:15 Keynote
Fish, Rats, & Superheroes: Principles from Pixar and Their Relevance to Financial Services Innovation

Chris Conley, Research Professor of Innovation, Institute of Design, IIT Chicago
10:15Morning Coffee & Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45Beyond the Browser: Why User-Centered Design is Crucial to Innovation and Transforming Customer Experiences

Robin Beers, PhD, Customer Insights Manager, Wells Fargo
Pamela Walshe, Manager of User Research, Wells Fargo
11:30Is Customer Experience Research Really Working at Winning Customers?

Paul Lubin, Senior Vice President, Professional Researcher Certification, Informa Research Services
12:15Lunch
12:45Dessert & Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
1:15Using Customer/Member Feedback to Create a Service Culture

Bob Hoppenstedt, Senior Vice President, Member Services, Bethpage Federal Credit Union
2:00Customer Research Shapes an Extraordinary Customer Experience at Farm Credit Canada

Heather Duczek-Reynolds, PMP, Manager, Customer Experience, Farm Credit Canada
2:45Open Sesion Reflecting on the Future of Research & Customer Relationships – What’s Now & What’s Next?
*If you’re interested in speaking in this session, please contact Jon Saxe at jsaxe@iirusa.com.
3:30End of Conference