No matter at what stage our respective intelligence programmes are, there is always that nagging doubt that for the vast majority information networks are all about "googling and sending, googling and sending".  Participate in this debate to address how all parts of the intelligence discipline have overcome this mental mind block, be that on agency side, practitioner side, use of primary and secondary sources, with and without IT platforms.  Something for everybody with experiences from Orange, Ericsson, DSM, ABB and Rio Tinto.

Facilitator: Andrew Beurschgens

Market Insight - Strategy & Business Performance
Orange FT Group (UK)

Andrew Beurschgens is a Competitive Analysis Managers at Orange in the UK having had his passion further enlightened at a leading 3rd party CI service provider and having set up programmes at Dolphin Telecommunications and Global One, both business 2 business telecommunications providers.  He is also the Taskforce Committee Chairman for the SCIP Networking Event Series in the UK with a host of other volunteers from all angles of CI as well as a recent SCIP Catalyst Award Winner for his services to the profession.

Panelists:

Amanda Summerfield Director, Competitive Intelligence Rio Tinto Minerals (UK)
Daniel Niederer Assistant Vice President, Head of Strategy Controlling & Operations for ABB Group Function Corporate Strategy (CH)
Gabriel Anderbjörk Chairman of the Board Comintell (SWE)
Ubald Kragten, Manager Market and Business Intelligence, DSM (NL)  

Expert talks are interactive panel discussions, where the facilitator engages the audience with his experts (panellists). Experts are either invitees from the speakers, conference participants or exhibitors. After a short introduction from the facilitator the experts are asked to set the stage with a candid initial statement.

Expert sessions are designed to provide you with an opportunity to exchange experiences with colleagues and to address CI issues not covered in depth during the session presentations! Be prepared to contribute actively and passionately - or simply enjoy the high calibre exchange of CI best practices.