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State of the consulting nation
Fiona Czerniawska
Director of Arkimeda and author of
"The UK Consulting Industry report 2007"

Fiona is the founder and managing director of Arkimeda, a firm that specialises in researching and consulting on strategic issues in the consulting and professional services sector. She is one of the world 's leading commentators on the consulting industry and lectures on management consulting at several business schools in Europe.

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The 'professional'/'commercial' dilemma
- why it's eating your profits and what you can do about it
Neil A Backwith
Author, trainer and mentor

Neil became CEO (EMEA) of 'Porter Novelli' in 2000 and completed his 22 year career with the same firm in 2004; by that time this professional services company had grown from 15 people in Banbury, UK to more than 100 offices across 50 countries and was one of the top three global PR brands. His latest book, "managing professional communications agencies - how to double your profitability" was published in May 2007. He hold a number of non-executive directorships and consults with a wide range of professional service firms.

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Compliance - the future of legal risk management
William Roebuck
Consultant, Bird & Bird

International terrorism, sustainability, and corporate accountability are just some of the issues driving up compliance across business activities that are using IT. Managing your organisation's legal risk demands strategic thinking, careful planning, and operational buy-in that should aim to give a competitive edge over less perceptive organisations.

Will Roebuck is author of ‘Privacy in E-business’ published by the British Standards Institute and has advised government on e-business policy, including data access, interception, sharing and retention. He was instrumental in delaying recent discussions in the European Parliament concerning the law applicable to consumer contracts made online due to some very serious industry concerns about liability.

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Business Transformation - a contextual analysis
Arun Shenoy
Director of Business, Intel Corporation

The business world has been transformed through advances in technology. Arun will put into context some of these advances and explore future developments and their impact. The presentation will provide an insight into the impact of the technological developments for your firm as well as your client's business.

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Data Integration: It’s Time
Greg Larsen
Finance Business Unit Manager, ETL Solutions

Clients today are demanding more for less in shorter timescales than ever. Adding more systems means more data and more requirements. How can you help your clients to rapidly develop flexible and powerful solutions for them at a reasonable cost? Greg explores why "data integration" technology has become mission critical in today's fast-paced business world.

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Enterprise services automation?
- ERP for the Services sector
Sponsored by
Epicor

What is ESA and how can it help you and your clients? Named one of FORTUNE magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006, Epicor, is a global leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise service automation (ESA) software solutions to midmarket companies and divisions of the Global 1000.

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Achieving award winning results
Janet Butler
Highways Agency

This year the MCA's “change management” award went to The Highways agency and PA Consulting Group for enabling productivity improvements of up to £100 million a year, and in turn allowing traffic police to focus more on crime and making many more arrests on the road network. Janet Butler of the Highways Agency will draw on this award winning experience to share how the client consultant relationship worked to transform the efficiency of this high profile public sector organisation.

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The Consultancy value gap
Justin Speake
Managing Director, Bloor Research

Justin believes there is a "gap" emerging between clients and consultants. He explains why and what needs to happen to close the gap. Bloor isn't just a research company. Bloor analysts combine their deep knowledge of technology with current trends and drivers in business to assess appropriate technologies and their suitability for businesses now and in the future.

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M&A activity in the Consulting sector
- maximizing the value of your firm
Paul Collins
Managing Director, Equiteq LLP

In 2006 over 100 consulting firms changed hands in the UK, 4 times the number that were sold in 2003. Prices are at an all-time high and Private Equity is competing strongly with traditional trade buyers. This session outlines the current state of the M&A market and describes those areas that consulting firm owners need to focus on to make them ‘investor ready’. Equiteq LLP provides merger and acquisition services exclusively to the consulting industry. On the buy side, they help investors find and acquire their ideal company in the UK and Europe. On the sell side they help SME consulting firm owners to gain investment or successfully sell their company.