CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Be a part of the inaugural Optimization for Innovation conference, where executives, senior-level practitioners, experts and thought leaders will share real-world experiences and pragmatic 90-day action items to harvest savings and trapped value from existing processes, resources and capabilities. The conference will consist of a combination of invited guest speakers, keynotes, case studies, presentations and tutorials.

The Program Committee is seeking proposals for presentations including (but not limited to) the following topics:
 

Program Topics

	Optimization for Innovation Success Stories
	Business-Technology Reset: Optimization for Innovation
	Governance Models for the New Normal
	Business Analytics as Optimization Foundation
	New Normal Linchpins: Business-Tech Savvy Professionals
	Business-IT Alignment is a Dead-End
	Business Optimization Techniques

Tutorial Topics

	Instituting a Business Performance Measurement Framework
	Cyber Risk Analysis: Assessment, Policy, & Economics
	Business Process Modeling and Business Instrumentation
	Lean / Six Sigma in the New Normal

SUBMISSIONS

Submissions should be prepared in English, containing the following information:

Presentations and tutorials proposed should be geared toward an audience comprising direct reports and senior staff of the COO, CFO and CIO. All presentations and tutorials must include a 90-day action plan for attendees to pursue post-conference.

Please Note: Submissions that are direct pitches for product or services will not be considered.

Submit abstracts as described above to Program Chair, Brenda M. Michelson via e-mail at brenda@elementallinks.com

Deadline for submissions is August 13, 2010


Conference Information

Exhibit space is available; for more information contact Mike Narducci at marketing@omg.org or +1-781-444 0404. Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact Ken Berk at ken.berk@omg.org or +1-781-444 0404. General conference information is available at http://www.business-ecology.org/pr.

Exhibit and Sponsorship

Exhibit space is available; for more information contact Mike Narducci at marketing@omg.org or +1-781-444 0404.  Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact Ken Berk at ken.berk@omg.org or +1-781-444 0404.