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SCOTT ALCOTT, Executive VP Operations, Belgacom
On “Managing ICT in turbulent times, a top management perspective”
In spite of being a tool for raising long term efficiency, driving revenue and cutting costs, short term IT investment suffered during the financial crisis as part of general cost cutting initiatives. Many firms followed a "contingency approach" phasing opex/capex cuts based on the downward evolution of business. This approach is especially difficult on technical and infrastructure projects due to the nature of these projects.
- Crisis Governance: how to (and how NOT to) prioritise, set appetite levels, and oversee project delivery during budget tightening.
- A Perfect Belgian compromise: no one is happy.
- Opportunities and Traps: the good news and bad news about establishing a new IT spend baseline
PATRICK DEWILDE, Director ERP, NMBS
On “Large scale SAP transformation in a multi-national : the Nestlé GLOBE case”
Managing projects has always been a challenge in ICT environments but perhaps ERP implementation projects are the ‘nec plus ultra’of daunting projects. Especially in large organisations the installation of new or updated ERP systems requires carefully managed change trajectories, expectation management and great planning efforts from the programme manager charged with the implementation. Patrick will share his broad experience based on real-life stories from Nestlé and NMBS, where he has been leading large ERP transformations.
PHILIP BUSKENS, Director Site Process Optimisation and Information Management, BASF
On "Operational Excellence through process optimisation @ BASF Antwerp"
One of the main topics for a production site is operational excellence. The continuous drive towards a higher efficiency and effectiveness can be tackled by continuous improvement of all processes including production, labor, etc. In this session we take you on a journey towards operational excellence of a large chemical production site. Both classic and new - integrated - approaches of improvement will be discussed, besides the importance of implementation controlling and the proof of the concept, benchmark results. Furthermore, the importance of integrated IT-systems and tools will be briefly touched.
Prof Dr PIETER DE LEENHEER, Assistant Professor VU University Amsterdam & Co-founder Collibra
On “Web 3.0 = Semantics + Web 2.0 Unlocking legacy data for more
meaningful information governance”
The third generation Web (a.k.a Web 3.0) is not only about shopping, social
networking and powerful search. It will deliver a new generation of
service-oriented enterprise applications where business computing will merge
with the same underlying on-demand architecture as consumer applications. This
paradigm shift will not merely be experienced by IT developers; it will
radically change the daily work practices of all end users in the organisation.
In this talk we discuss the challenges and opportunities of Web 3.0 and how it
can leverage the competitive advantage of your enterprise information
architecture and governance. We highlight and illustrate two requirements in
particular: metadata management and semantically unlocking legacy systems
through discoverable information services.
GLORIA MILLER, Chief Executive Officer, MaxMetrics
On “Business Intelligence”
Business Intelligence (BI) is one of the most powerful technologies in the market today. Many organizations have used BI to increase their organization’s financial performance, reduce operational costs or improve organization productivity. However, Business Intelligence infrastructures have been evolving while organizational maturities have been lagging. This presentation aims to cover the high-level planning consideration for future BI needs, including the technology and organizational considerations for maximizing BI infrastructures, the key organizational considerations for executing an efficient BI and Analytical strategy, methods for assessing the organizations BI maturity, and a few essential responsibilities for a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC).