Microsoft WinDays 9 Business Conference

Monday, April 20 – Tuesday, April 21 2009, Opatija
Friday, April 24 2009, virtual conference day

The Microsoft WinDays 9 Business conference was designed for a more specific target group of former WinDays conference attendees – businesspersons who, due to the functions they occupy, can significantly profit from using technological solutions . It is intended for those who directly or indirectly make IT investments related decisions, as well as those who are responsible for the implementation of technologies in their organization.

Subsequently, the topics of the presentations will address questions such as: how to achieve more accuracy  in measuring the return on investment of a marketing campaign, how to identify customers to whom we can sell more, how to make informed, strategic decisions, how to formalize the innovation management process and so on.
Of course, the presented answers will be focused on how technology can contribute to achieving these business objectives. Although the requirements placed on information technology in the public sector are significantly different than those in the private sector, we believe that topics related to the application of technology in government administration bodies belong at the business conference.

Special care will be placed on the selection of speakers. Given the emphasis on the application of technologies, our primary objective is to bring individuals who can provide first hand accounts on how they enhanced their business operations. We are convinced that the majority of the audience will consist of individuals who can themselves contribute to the contents and whose opinions are worth listening to. For this reason, we will adjust the ratio of ex cathedra presentations and panel discussions.

The Microsoft WinDays 9 Business conference begins in the late morning hours on Monday, April 20.
It ends, overlapping with the start of the technology conference, with the official closing of the Microsoft WinDays 9 Business conference on Tuesday, April 21 in the afternoon.

In that way, participants interested in business matters will have enough opportunity to achieve the goals of their attendance, while investing a minimum amount of time. On the other hand, participants whose roles require technical skills and information can extend their stay in Opatija until Thursday.