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Conferences & Tutorials: Become A Speaker
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Join some of the worlds largest and most successful companies who have shared best practices, lessons learned and war stories on supply chain planning, forecasting and demand planning at the upcoming:
Upcoming Events:
(Exact dates and locations TBD)
February 2011
Orlando, Florida
March 2011
Shanghai, China
All speakers receive complimentary registration to the entire conference.
Send submissions to: speaking@ibf.org
SUGGESTED SPEAKING TOPICS INCLUDE (Partial List):
- How to leverage Demand Planning & Forecasting in a declining economy, as well as for an economic recovery
- Consumer/end user data based Forecasting & Planning
- Forecasting & Planning with POS and or Syndicated Data
- How to re-start or re-vitalize your Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process
Improving S&OP: key factors and considerations
- Keeping the commitment, managing and energizing the S&OP meeting: agenda & action items
- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) and lessons Learned
- How Forecasting & Planning can improve your Supply Chain Management (SCM) strategy
- How to Forecast & Plan with Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Home Depot, Tesco, Target, or another major Retailer
- Practices of Demand Shaping, Demand Sensing, and influencing Demand
- Calculating and explaining the cost of Forecast error to management to gain buy-in
- How to collaborate with customers on a Demand Plan
- How to incorporate market intelligence into statistical modeling
- New product Forecasting & Planning: issues, experience, and success factors
- Calculating safety-stock levels with Forecasts
- How to build a more effective Demand Planning & Forecasting team
- Calculating ROI on new Forecasting & Planning initiatives
- Forecasting & Planning techniques, processes and applications
- Strategies for improving inventory and customer service for your business
- Role of Forecasts & Plans in managing inventory
- Organizational design/ where should the Forecasting & Planning Function reside
- Politics/ biases in Forecasting & Planning
- How to tie Forecast Error to the bottom line.
- Synchronizing the Supply Chain with Consumer Demand
- Forecasting systems, architectures & processes
- Demand Planning & Forecasting metrics
- Creating and managing expectations of Forecasts & plans
- Goals & Plans vs Forecasts, why is this important?
- Centralized vs. decentralized Forecasting & Planning: pros and cons
- How to select a Demand Planning, Forecasting, and Supply Chain Planning System
- How to successfully prepare forecasts through internal Predictive Markets
- Qualitative vs. quantitative Forecasts: considerations, pros, and cons
- Cost of Forecasting vs. benefit of Forecasting: The Economic Trade-Off
- The cost of error: measurement and management
- Error experience by industry: trends, differentiating factors, and implications
- Improving the Forecasting & Planning development process
- Managing the Forecast consensus meeting: agenda & action items
- Demand Management: getting the best Demand outcomes for your company
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics to gauge demand planning effectiveness
- Proving your Forecasting Departments worth: is it adding value?
- Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Forecasting
- Event based Demand Planning & Forecasting
- Forecasting & Planning for Intermittent Demand
- One Number Forecasting
- Data cleansing and data Grooming turning data into useful Information
- Impact of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on Forecasting & Planning
- Forecasting Over different time horizons: short, intermediate, and long Term
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For more ideas and to view our recent Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting Conference agenda and abstracts, follow this link: www.ibf.org/1002.cfm
You don't have to be an "expert" or a thought leader in the field to be considered as a speaker at an IBF Event. We are looking for professionals to share stories of lessons learned that stimulate discussion & debate.
Send submissions to: speaking@ibf.org
BENEFITS OF SPEAKING AT IBF CONFERENCES:
- Enjoy all the benefits of a paid attendee! A savings of $1595 - 1895.00 USD
(Speakers are only responsible for their travel & accommodation costs)
- Earn points towards IBF Re-certification
- Gain visibility, recognition and credibility for you and your company
- Advance your career
- Help foster the growth of forecasting & planning with your contribution
AVAILABLE SPEAKING OPTIONS:
- Workshops (step-by-step & hands-on session), 2.5 hour
- General Sessions (case study-like sessions), 1 hour
- Forum Panelist (30 minute talk and stimulate discussion)
- Round-Robin Discussion Leader
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*****TO BE CONSIDERED, WE WILL NEED*****:
- Name(s), Job Title, Address, Phone, Fax, Email for all speakers per session
- Presentation title
- Short abstract of your presentation (approximately 100 words)
- Biography: including your current role, past experience, education, & certifications.
- 3 objective bullets stating "What an Attendee Will Learn" from your presentation
GENERAL CRITERIA:
- Software Vendors interested in speaking MUST co-present with a confirmed client
- Submissions can be sent in the body of an email or as an attachment as a Microsoft Word document
- Maximum 2 people per presentation
EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSION & QUESTIONS TO: speaking@ibf.org
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IF SELECTED TO SPEAK:
- All speakers are required to send us their PowerPoint slides as well as a short biography to print in our conference manual. Due Date: TBA
- You will also be required to send us a 300 dpi company logo to print in our marketing flyer. Due Date: ASAP
- Plus, we require a 300 dpi headshot. Due Date: ASAP
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The IBF will consider and review all proposals that follow the above guidelines. Acceptances will be based on the presentation of the session and its value to professionals. We will contact individuals about their session as soon as they're accepted.
Submit today or call us to discuss your ideas or if you have any questions 516.504.7576
Send submissions to: speaking@ibf.org
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