Business Transformation Conference

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Business Transformation Conference Through business processes, information and enterprise architecture - 7th edition 18 & 19 October 2011

Business transformation programmes and projects are hot in today’s business world. It is considered to be a deliberate change strategy that helps in realising business value from investments in end-to-end business processes, enterprise (business and IT) architectures and information management systems.

The 7^th edition of the Vlerick Business Transformation Conference offers you a unique opportunity to discover the latest approaches and thinking regarding:

• Business processes (including people aspects),
• Enterprise architecture (including IT and business process innovation)
• Information management (including best practices for better decision making)

The conference provides an excellent mix of practical implementations, presented by practitioners, academic thinking delivered by Professors and networking opportunities with peers. Invited practitioners come from Sara Lee, Waters Corporation, ABB Robotics, ING Belgium, Mobistar, TomTom, KODAK, Telenet and Deloitte.

Participate in Benelux’s leading independent conference. It is neither vendor led nor consulting led but has been designed by Vlerick for practitioners. This Business Transformation Conference will link theory and practice, stimulate critical thinking and the synthesis of experience from other organisations.The conference is a two day event with state-of-the-art practitioners examples. Enrolment is flexible: you can enrol for both days, only for the first day or only for the second day.

Keynotes

Prof Dr Omar A. El Sawy is professor in Information Systems at the USC Marshall School of Business, USA. He obtained his PhD from Stanford University and is the author of the book Redesigning Enterprise Processes for e-Business. He specialises in digital business strategy in turbulent environments, and digital business models. He was the very first to research and report on the concept of Business-IT Fusion, a concept that later found ground in many other articles and books. Omar also serves on several journal editorial boards, is a Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly Executive, and is a six-time winner of the Society for Information Management’s Paper Awards Competition.

David A. Smith is a futurologist, and chief executive of Global Futures and Foresight (GFF), UK. David’s diverse business career enables him to identify how trends and emerging issues will likely impact organisations in the near future and how we should respond today. His IT career spans 30 years ending as head of strategy for Unisys. David has worked with many of the world’s largest organisations including NATO, Lloyds, HSBC, Microsoft, INTEL Reckitt Benckiser, Bausch & Lomb, KRAFT and Heinz. Video: GFFTV Follow David A. Smith on Twitter @Davidsmithgff

Added value for you and your company

• Two days with attention directed towards critical reflection and synthesis.
• Two international keynotes.
• Interaction with our professors, guest speakers and other participants to identify new ideas and opportunities within the own company.
• During day 2 the conference offers you two workshops

Who should attend

This conference is a must for:

• Everyone who is involved with transformation projects connected to BPM, EA and/or IM.
• Project, interim- and change managers who are responsible for the success of transformation projects.
• SMEs, multinationals, social profit, federal and local governments.

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