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8:30 am |
Registration
& Welcome Coffee and Tea |
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9:00 am |
Opening Remarks
and Welcome Address |
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Mr.
Steven Phillips
Vice President,
Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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9:15 am |
The Impact
of Mobile Computing on Businesses Today |
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Mr.
Yoshi Yuasa
General Manager,
International Marketing and Sales, IT Products
Division, Panasonic |
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Mobile computing has become a way of life.
Today, having regular access to the Internet
and constantly staying in touch through
emails are just some basic fundamental needs
of any busy executive. Furthermore, for
the field worker, getting real-time information
on job dispatches or client data is critical
to their job.
Mr Yoshi Yuasa, General Manager of International
Marketing and Sales, IT Products Division
of Panasonic will provide insight and elaborate
on strategies in mobile computing and uncover
how the mobile PC is your critical business
tool. The presentation will cover:
- Direct benefits of mobile computing
and how it impacts businesses
- Key factors for effective mobile computing
- Latest technological achievements and
trends in the mobile PC market
- Total Cost of Ownership and other key
considerations when choosing the ideal
mobile PC
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9:45 am |
Business Race
to Mobility: Managing the 3Cs |
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Ms.
Sandra Ng
Vice President,
Asia/Pacific Communications, Peripherals and
Services Research, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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With the increasing
need to effectively communicate
among organizations and individuals, complexity
kicks in, leading to the emergence of converging
technologies and solutions. The expanding
mobile workforce is creating a complex but
yet important and necessary ecosystem. With
the ecosystem still being developed, stakeholders
are taking a trial-and-error approach to partner
and serve their customers. Not all players
want to own the final customer relationships,
many however do and there are just so many
customers in the market place. Who is winning
the hearts of the users today? How does the
CIO and IT manager navigate within this sea
of providers and solutions? How does one optimize
adoption by balancing technology limitations
and benefits? What is the strategy to effectively
mobilize an organization's IT infrastructure
to best serve its business goals? |
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10:15 am |
Enterprise Mobility and the
Future of Smartphones |
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Mr.
Paul Blinkhorn
Vice President,
Asia Pacific, Palm Inc. |
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Wireless technology
permeates nearly every facet of our lives.
From cell phones to computers, mobility is
rapidly becoming ubiquitous, and the convergence
of voice and data is accelerating the process.
Mobile business will likely evolve in stages
that will follow similar trends from the growth
of Internet use, albeit at a much fast pace
- from mobile voice & data to mobile everything.
Hear why businesses are compelled to go mobile. |
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10:45 am |
Coffee
Break |
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11:05 am |
Chairperson's
Remarks |
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Mr.
Steven Phillips
Vice President,
Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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11:15 am |
How do enterprises
can leverage Intelligent Communications |
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Ms.
June Chan
Chief Information
Officer, Avaya
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Converged
networks pose significant challenges for enterprises
due to multiple standards, software applications
and devices. Companies could resolve these
challenges using Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA), a software architecture that makes
it easy to disaggregate and rearrange pieces
of software, and Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP), an industry standard that streamlines
integration of new applications and enables
enterprises, to tap the full potential of
presence-based applications. By turning complex
communications software into flexible, re-usable
components or applets, Avaya, a leading global
provider of communications networks and services
for businesses, is enabling companies to integrate
their applications and others in an SOA framework
to reshape their business operations. This
next step in Intelligent Communications capitalizes
on open interoperability, productivity, business
continuity, security and compliance, and facilitates
a smooth migration to new SIP capabilities
and Web Services. Companies that integrate
communications into their business processes
can reduce the complexity of separate platforms,
achieve significant cost savings, and improve
collaboration and productivity. They also
can design workers' individual communicationstools
using voice, text and video based on business
needs for easier access and use. |
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11:45 am |
Workshop Session
1 |
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Attendees will
have the opportunity to attend 2 workshops:
one pre lunch, one post lunch. |
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Workshop 1A
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Workshop 1B
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Mr.
Kelvin Yeo
Assistant
Manager, IT Products, Panasonic Systems
Asia Pacific |
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Mr.
Augustine Goh
Business
Solutions / Alliances, Asia Pacific,
Palm Inc. |
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Exploiting the Benefits of Mobile
Computing
How can businesses achieve a competitive
edge through mobile computing? Is
the mobile PC a vital tool for your
business?
Mr Kelvin Yeo, Assistant Manager,
IT Products, Panasonic Systems Asia
Pacific, will share about the latest
trends and also address key concerns
in your specific industries. Key highlights
of the workshop include:
- Growth trends in mobile computing.
- Practical analysis of Total Cost
of Ownership and improving Total
Value of Ownership.
- Video presentation showing the
successful deployment of mobile
PCs around the world.
- Hands-on sessions on the benefits
of mobile PCs.
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Planning your Mobility Roadmap
- Solutions and ROI
- Understanding users and business
requirements.
- Highlights of different mobility
solutions and customer successes
- email and other verticals, such
as sales force and field force automation
etc.
- Deploying current solutions with
a roadmap in mind.
- Guide to calculating ROI for enterprise
mobility solutions.
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12:30 pm |
Networking
Lunch & Afternoon session registration
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1:35 pm |
Chairperson's Remarks |
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Mr.
Steven Phillips
Vice President,
Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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1:45 pm |
Convergence
Survivor - Strategies for Building Value in
a Next Generation World |
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Mr.
Simon MacCormac
Managing Prinicipal,
Network Business Consulting, Lucent Worldwide
Services, Lucent Technologies |
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As Darwin said,
"In the struggle for survival, the fittest
win out at the expense of their rivals because
they succeed in adapting themselves best to
their environment." From the depths of
the last half decade, and in the quest for
success, the telecoms industry is architecting
a "brave new converged world". And
this highly disruptive world will require
survivors to be more than brave! Mr. MacCormac
will describe the converged world's adapting
ecosystem, develop some evolving business
models and present some key success factors
for survival. |
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2:15 pm |
Workshop Session
2 |
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Attendees will
have the opportunity to attend 2 workshops:
one pre lunch, one post lunch. |
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Workshop 2A
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Workshop 2B
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Mr.
Kelvin Yeo
Assistant
Manager, IT Products, Panasonic Systems
Asia Pacific |
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Mr.
Gavin Maxwell
Technical
Account Manager, Palm Inc. |
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Exploiting the Benefits of Mobile
Computing
How can businesses achieve a competitive
edge through mobile computing? Is
the mobile PC a vital tool for your
business? Mr Kelvin Yeo, Assistant
Manager, IT Products, Panasonic Systems
Asia Pacific, will share about the
latest trends and also address key
concerns in your specific industries.
Key highlights of the workshop include:
- Growth trends in mobile computing.
- Practical analysis of Total Cost
of Ownership and improving Total
Value of Ownership.
- Video presentation showing the
successful deployment of mobile
PCs around the world.
- Hands-on sessions on the benefits
of mobile PCs.
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Planning your Mobility Roadmap
- Solutions and ROI
- Understanding users and business
requirements.
- Highlights of different mobility
solutions and customer successes
- email and other verticals, such
as sales force and field force automation
etc.
- Deploying current solutions with
a roadmap in mind.
- Guide to calculating ROI for enterprise
mobility solutions.
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3:00 pm |
Coffee
Break |
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3:10 pm |
Chairperson's Remarks |
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Mr.
Steven Phillips
Vice President,
Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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3:15 pm |
Tilting the Playing Field
– The Competitive Impact of Wireless |
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Mr.
Gregory Wade
Director of Asia
Pacific, Research In Motion |
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3:45 pm |
Solutions for
Mobile Professionals |
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Mr.
Manish Sablok
Director - Marketing,
Voice and Applications, Enterprise Solutions
Division, SEA, Alcatel |
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4:15 pm |
Join the Debate:
"Voice - DIY or Hosted" |
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Panel discussion
moderated by an independent consultant on
the future of voice and the different approaches
that companies could take as they move to
IP voice. Question the panel as they answer
questions on the best approaches that companies
should take, what are some of the considerations
they should be looking at in what will likely
be an informative and, at times, heated debate. |
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4:45 pm |
Closing Remarks |
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Mr.
Steven Phillips
Vice President,
Sales, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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4:50 pm |
Lucky Draw
Lucky Draw sponsored by Panasonic & Palm.
Stand to win a Panasonic Toughbook Ultra Light
CF-W4 worth S$3999 * and a Palm Treo 650 Smartphone
worth S$968*
*To participate in the
lucky draw, delegates will have to complete
a survey form at both Panasonic's and Palm's
tabletops. The winner must be present during
the draws to qualify. |
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End
of Conference |
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The
organizer reserves the right to amend the
agenda, as deemed necessary, without prior
notice. |
