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Agenda at a Glance

Monday, February 23: In-Depth Pre-Conference Workshops
Choose up to 2 Half Day Workshops or 1 Full Day Workshop

Full day Workshop (A) 9:00 - 4:30
Strategic Roadmapping
Gary DeGregorio
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
Motorola, Inc.
John A. Fitch
President
Systems Process, Inc.

Morning Workshop (B) 9:00 - 12:30
Portfolio Management Boot Camp
Tavor White
Director
PRTM
 

Afternoon Workshop (C) 1:30 - 4:30
Optimizing Portfolio Value
David Matheson, PhD
President and CEO
SmartOrg Inc.

Tuesday, February 24: Main Conference Day One
8:30 - 9:00 Opening Remarks by Conference Chair, David J. K. Goulait
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Session: What comes next? Leadership Insight For The High-Velocity Economy
Jim Carroll
Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert,
Author “Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast”
10:00 - 11:00

Collaborative Panel Session— Does Enterprise-Wide Portfolio Management Exist?
Tools, Techniques and Trends from Industry Thought Leaders

Panelists: Paul Heller, CTO, Sopheon, David Matheson, CEO, SmartOrg, Dan Smith, Vice President, Enrich Consulting, Dennis Piccininni, COO, PDWare 

11:00 - 11:30 Networking Break
11:30 - 12:30 Keynote: Blending the Quantitative and Qualitative for Superior Portfolio Management
Dr. Niall Fraser
Founder & Principal Scientist
Open Options Corporation
12:30 - 1:45 Exclusive Networking Lunch Sponsored by Enrich Consulting

Track Sessions Begin

Track One: Strategies for Profitable Growth Track Two: Operational Excellence
1:45 - 2:30
Using Design Thinking and a Rigorous
Process to Innovate: Real World Examples

Michael Kitz
Vice President
OfficeMax Brands & Product Development
OfficeMax
Establishing a Comprehensive Portfolio
Governance System at Fidelity Investment
s
Tom McCarthy,
National Financial Senior Vice President
Fidelity
2:30 - 3:15
How to Create Growth using
the RIGHT Portfolio Metrics

David J.K. Goulait
2009 Event Chairman, President
Goulait & Associates
From Brain to Plans –
Ideation Techniques for Filling the Portfolio Pipeline

Brad Barbera
Director of New Product Development
Fellowes, Inc.
3:15 - 3:45: Networking Break
3:45 - 4:30
Inspire a Corporate Culture and Drive
Growth Through New Product Innovation

Chris Colson
Senior Director
Equifax
Green Portfolio Management and Enterprise
Architecture; Recycle, Reduce, Reuse

Janice Lewis
Director of Architecture Portfolio and Governance
Pfizer, Inc.
4:30 - 5:15
Model-Based Portfolio Management - Capacity-Based Pipeline Management and Data-Driven Decision-Making
Armando Reyes
Senior Manager
IS Strategy & Planning,
US Cellular

John Savoia
Strategy Planning Specialist
US Cellular
 

Wednesday, February 25: Main Conference Day Two
8:30 - 9:30 Keynote Session: Dow Oil & Gas-A New Business to Harness Collaboration & Innovation
Janet Giesselman
General Manager, Dow Oil & Gas
Dow Chemical Company
9:30 - 10:30 Interactive Session: Improving on Phase Gate and Objective Target Appraisal
Moderators:
Ron Lasser
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Tufts University
Marc Halpern
Research Director
Gartner
10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 - 12:00 Challenging Paradigms for Sustainable Innovation
Wayne Delker, Vice President Global
Research and Development
The Clorox Company
12:00 - 1:00 Luncheon
1:00 - 1:45 Creative Destruction: Portfolio Renewal Rate and Returns Optimization
George Gibson, Manager,
R&D Portfolio Management
Xerox Corporation
1:45 - 2:15 Do You Want a Resource Management Strategy that Works?
Lisa Shoop
Director of Product Development
Sabre-Holdings
2:15-3:00 Ideas to Innovation: Idea Portfolio Management
Scott Mathews
Technical Engineer
The Boeing Company
Dr. John M. Lacontora
Sr. Manager Innovation Advanced Systems,
AMSE The Boeing Company
3:00-3:45 A Roadmapping Technique that is Driven by and Aligned with the Critical Decisions Facing Your Organization
Gary DeGregorio
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff
Motorola, Inc.