Agenda for all Venues: *


Below is the agenda for all three venues/locations. Please note this agenda is subject to change.

TimeSession Title, Description and Speaker
1.00 pm Welcome Speech
1.05 pm Keynote Speech - "New Zealand Unleashed"
Steven Carden
1.30 pm Customer Speech
Doug Wilson, AA New Zealand
1.50 pm Innovation Presentation
Brett Roberts
2.00 pm A Day In The Life Demo
Anne Taylor & Carlos Martinez
2.30 pm Afternoon Tea
3.00 pm Breakout Sessions One
Choose from 1 of 5 sessions
Unified, Simplified - Office Communication Server
Steve Sweetman - Microsoft, Christina Rogstad & Ramon Scurrah - Wintec

The average worker gets 51 messages a day in up to seven different places (Harris 2006). Foster efficient communications and collaborations within the workforce. Streamline both one to one and one to many communications, give employees access to the information they need, whenever and wherever they need it. Come and find out how Microsoft's Unified Communications can help your business transform and unify.
Keeping your business connected securely
Carlos Martinez


Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is designed to deliver increased protection for your business and give 'anywhere access' to your employees, while being operationally efficient to deploy, manage and maintain. Put your mind to rest by finding out how your customers can be more compliant with specially designed features around corporate, regulatory and legal requirements.
Seamlessly work with others
Doug McCutcheon, Jonathon Stuckey - Microsoft & Chandima Kulathilake - Provoke



Learn how to derive more value from information assets and simplify compliance by providing comprehensive control over the entire cycle of electronic content, including web pages, PDF files and email messages. Find out how to share knowledge and simplify working with others within and across organisational boundaries.
Does intelligence drive your business, or are you simply placing bets?
Scott Allen - Microsoft & Myles Matheson - HP

Is it possible to ensure predictability of your business? How do you manage all these moving parts and how do you ensure you get a peaceful night's sleep? Why not start by taking a look at the intelligence that you already possess and start to manage that data in a manner that helps you mitigate your risks, reduce your costs, increase your profits and help your business become more predictable.

This session covers how Microsoft is expanding on its business intelligence offerings, with the goal of delivering high performance, low cost BI solutions for all business users via the intuitive Microsoft Office experience.

This session showcases the release of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, a complete Performance Management (PM) application including business scorecarding, analytics, and planning that enables companies to more effectively plan and manage their businesses.
Marketing & communicating with customers
Phillip Paton


Learn how Dynamics CRM will provide a single version of customer information, increase the quality of this information and allow you to target the right customers with marketing messages across multiple communication channels. Hear how NZ companies are improving their communications and marketing whilst also managing the new requirements of the Anti Spam Legislation.
4.00 pm Breakout Sessions Two
Choose from 1 of 5 sessions
Unified, Simplified - Office Communication Server
Steve Sweetman - Microsoft, Christina Rogstad & Ramon Scurrah - Wintec

Repeated session as per above.
Keeping your business connected securely
Carlos Martinez


Repeated session as per above.
Seamlessly work with others
Doug McCutcheon, Jonathon Stuckey - Microsoft & Chandima Kulathilake - Provoke



Repeated session as per above.
Does intelligence drive your business, or are you simply placing bets?
Scott Allen - Microsoft & Myles Matheson - HP

Repeated session as per above.
Improving Customer Service
Phillip Paton


Dynamics CRM. Powerful, yet familiar. Learn how Dynamics CRM can help your people manage requests from customers, access the right information to provide appropriate and consistent service. See how the Microsoft solution will enable you to increase customer retention, minimise attrition and empower your people to achieve the right outcomes with your customers.
5.00 pm Drinks and nibbles
6.00 pm Close

* Agenda is subject to change.