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9:00 am |
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks |
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9:10 am |
Running IT as a Business: Learning to invest with priorities and deploy IT more strategically for optimal results – IDC speaker |
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9:40 am |
Building strong brands in the SMB and market positioning for sustainable business growth in competitive markets |
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10.10 am |
End User Presentation |
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10.40 am |
Coffee Break |
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11.10 am |
Chairperson's Remarks |
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11.15 am |
| Workshop 1 – Technology for Business |
Workshop 2 – Business Strategies for Success |
| Investing in solutions that help improve your Market Responsiveness |
Seeking capital for growth – Evaluating the roles and relevance of venture capital, private equity capital and other sources of finance for the SMB |
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11.45 am |
| Understanding your customers better and keeping them satisfied (CRM) |
Exploiting business partnerships, alliances, franchising and licensing pathways to growth – When, How and Where |
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12.15 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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1.25 pm |
| Chairperson's Remarks |
Chairperson's Remarks |
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1.30 pm |
| Scaleable End-to-end solutions that help SMBs succeed by controlling costs, improving productivity and helps small companies become Big! |
Exploring the acquisitions route to growth – Targeting possible opportunities and avoiding pitfalls |
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2.00 pm |
| Unified Communications: Improving collaboration and customer responsiveness |
Essential management, organizational, financial pre-requisites for going public/ IPO with an SMB |
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2.30 pm |
| Managing information more strategically: Building innovative storage solutions |
Listing opportunities and stock markets targeting the SMB in Asia, Europe and North America – What are the key decision factors, comparative advantages and drawbacks? |
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3.00 pm |
| Building a secure and collaborative IT environment |
Emerging new business models and virtual enterprise strategies for faster growth and more flexible business development |
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4.00 pm |
Chairperson's Remarks |
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4.05 pm |
Major technology trends and impacts: What business and operational benefits will these bring to SMBs? |
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4.35 pm |
Exploring emerging business and investment opportunities in the region’s second tier cities and markets |
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5.05 pm |
Panel Discussion: Business opportunities and market challenges ahead – What can SMBs look forward to? |
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5.05 pm |
Closing Remarks |
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5:40 pm |
End of Conference |
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The organizer reserves the right to amend the agenda,
as deemed necessary, without prior notice. The agenda
may differ across the cities where the event will
be held. |
