Speakers for IBF forecasting events

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Published on Monday, 08 May 2006 02:00

The Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) is considering speakers for their upcoming forecasting events.  To be considered, we would require a title and abstract of your intended talk by May 26.  This is for the following events: Demand Planning and Forecasting, October 25-27, 2006, Orlando, Florida U.S.A.; Supply Chain Forecasting Conference Europe November 16-17, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

SUGGESTED TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO (Partial List):
-- Forecasting and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
-- Improving S&OP: Key Factors and Considerations
-- Managing and Energizing the S&OP Meeting: Agenda & Action Items
-- How Forecasting can Improve Your Supply Chain Management (SCM) Strategy
-- How to Forecast with Wal-Mart or a Major Retailer
-- Calculating and Explaining the Cost of Forecast Error to Management
-- How to Collaborate with Customers on a Demand Plan
-- How to Incorporate Market Intelligence into Statistical Modeling
-- New Product Forecasting: Issues, Experience, and Success Factors
-- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) and lessons learned
-- How to Build a More Effective Forecasting Team
-- Calculating ROI on New Forecasting Initiatives
-- Forecasting Techniques, Processes and Applications
-- Role of Forecasts in Managing Inventory
-- The Forecasting Function, Where it Should Reside
-- Organizational Design and the Forecasting Function
-- Politics in Forecasting
-- How to Tie Forecast Error to the Bottom Line.
-- Synchronizing the Supply Chain with Consumer Demand
-- Forecasting Systems, Architectures & Processes
-- Forecasting and Demand Planning Metrics
-- Creating and Managing Expectations of Forecasts
-- Centralized vs. Decentralized Forecasting: Pros and Cons
-- Forecasting Different Business Types: Issues and Factors
-- Qualitative vs. Quantitative Forecasts: Considerations, Pros, and Cons
-- Cost of Forecasting vs. Benefit of Forecasting: The Economic Trade-Off
-- The Cost of Error: Measurement and Management
-- Error Experience by Industry: Trends, Differentiating Factors, and Implications
-- Improving the Forecast Development Process
-- Managing the Forecast Consensus Meeting: Agenda & Action Items
-- Demand Management: Getting the Best Demand Outcomes for Your Company
-- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics to gauge planning effectiveness
-- Proving your Forecasting Departments Worth: Is it adding value?
-- Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Forecasting
-- Event Based Demand Planning and Forecasting
-- Forecasting for Intermittent Demand
-- One Number Forecasting
-- Data Cleansing, Data Grooming, Turning Data into Useful Information
-- Biases in Forecasting
-- Impact of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on Forecasting
-- Forecasting Over Different Time Horizons: Short, Intermediate, and Long Term

BENEFITS OF SPEAKING AT IBF CONFERENCES:
-- Share your knowledge and contribute to your peers in the Forecasting, Demand Planning, and Supply Chain field!
-- Earn points towards IBF Re-certification
-- Gain visibility, recognition and credibility for you and your company
-- Complimentary pass to the conference and workshop/ enjoy all the benefits of a paid attendee! A savings of $1595 - 1895.00 USD (Speakers are only responsible for their travel & accommodation costs)

VIEW A LIST OF COMPANIES REPRESENTED AT PREVIOUS EVENTS:
http://www.ibf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=showObjects&objectTypeID=65

AVAILABLE SPEAKING OPTIONS:
-- Workshops (step-by-step & hands-on session), 2.5 hour
-- General Sessions (case study-like sessions), 1 hour
-- Round-Table Discussions for 3 industries; Consumer Products & Retail, Food and Beverage, and Technology

*****TO BE CONSIDERED, WE WILL NEED*****:
-- Name(s), Job Title, Address, Phone, Fax, Email for all speakers per session
-- Presentation title
-- Short abstract (approximately 100 words)
-- Biography including your current role, past experience, education, certifications
-- 3 objective bullets stating "What an Attendee Will Learn" from your session
 
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Friday May 26, 2006

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GENERAL CRITERIA:
-- Software Vendors interested in speaking MUST co-present with a confirmed client
-- All submissions must be in English
-- Submissions can be sent in the body of an email or as an attachment in Microsoft Word document
-- Maximum 2 people per presentation

IF SELECTED TO SPEAK FOR A GENERAL SESSION:
--You will be given 1 hour to present.
--All speakers are required to send us their PowerPoint slides as well as a short biography, to print in our bounded conference manual.
--You will also be required to send us a 300 dpi company logo to print in our marketing flyer.

IF SELECTED TO SPEAK FOR A WORKSHOP SESSION:
You will be given 2.5 hours to present (half-hour break at mid-point).
The workshop should be interactive, hands-on, step-by-step in nature.
All speakers are required to send us their PowerPoint slides as well as a short biography, to print in our bounded conference manual.
You will also be required to send us a 300 dpi company logo to print in our marketing flyer.

The IBF will consider and review all proposals that follow the above guidelines.
Acceptances will be based on the presentation of the session and its value to professionals. 
We will contact individuals about their session as soon as they're accepted.