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Smart Collaboration for Business Growth
Tuesday 18th October 2011, Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Welcome to the website for the annual Wales event based on the successful IBM Worldwide ‘Get Social Roadshow'.

The event is titled “Smart Collaboration for Business Growth”
and will demonstrate to you how social business and collaborative solutions play a vital role in driving innovation for business growth whatever industry you work in.

The event is brought to you by IBM Premier Business Partner Codel Software and supported by IBM.

The message is simple, you’ll not only CONNECT with future technologies and strategies, but understand how IBM and Codel Software are ready to help put the collaboration and social in your business.

This event is not to be missed for organisations looking to maximise the social business opportunity to gain competitive advantage.

Discover the power of Social Business by reserving your FREE place today!

Click HERE to register today and join us at the Smart Collaboration for Business Growth half day event on 18th October 2011.

Smart Collaboration for Business Growth is a half day roadshow hosted by Codel Software
in conjunction with IBM at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on Tuesday 18th October from 9am to 1pm
followed by a complimentary buffet lunch.

Register today and join us at the free Smart Collaboration for Business Growth event.

Agenda

Time	Topic	Presenter click above to view speaker information.
09.00	Arrival, registration & refreshments
09.30	Welcome and introductions	Adrian Lewis, Commercial Director, Codel Software
09.45	"Social Business Design in Business Today"	Daniel Siddle, Headshift \| Dachis Group
10.15	Get Social... Right Now - a guide to real-time collaboration	Stuart McRae, IBM UK
10.45	The next generation of knowledge workers	Dr. Chris Graves, Cardiff University
11.15	Tea & Coffee Break
11.30	An Introduction to 'Social Sentiment'	Matt Newton, IBM UK
12.00	The Power of Information: Collaborate for Success	Ofer Guetta, IBM UK
12.30	Collaboration for Business Growth	Steve Coombs, Frontier Medical Group
12.45	Forum and closing summary	Adrian Lewis, Commercial Director, Codel Software
13.00	Buffet lunch

Event Location:
Wales Millennium Centre
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff, CF10 5AL

For Directions Click Here

Milenium Centre

Presented by:
Codel Software Ltd
71 St Helens Road
Swansea, SA1 4BG
Tel: 0845 643 5066

Event Presenter \| Speaker information:
Daniel Siddle, Senior Consultant, Headshift\|Dachis Group Daniel is a Senior Consultant at Headshift \| Dachis Group, a leading global, integrated, end-to-end social business consultancy. He has eight years of experience in defining, developing, and driving enterprise-scale adoption of social tools. He has been involved in a wide variety of projects across both the public and private sectors. Core to his work, Daniel is passionate about streamlining the complexities associated with modern business and finding efficiencies through innovative use of technology and process change.
Stuart McRae, Executive Collaboration & Social Business Evangelist, IBM Collaboration Solutions Stuart is responsible for articulating IBM's vision for Social Business and delivering exceptional web and work experiences. He is particularly focused on the business impact of emerging technologies: Cloud Computing, Mobile Devices and Social Collaboration. In his role, he supports key customers, partners, marketing events and analyst briefings with a blend of business, market and technical knowledge. Prior to his current role, Stuart has worked in Technical Sales, Business Transformation, Product Management, IT Architecture and Development teams in IBM and Lotus. He has been with the company for 15 years and previously worked with e-mail specialist Soft-Switch and computer fax & telex start-up Systems & Telecoms. Stuart has been involved in many industry bodies, including Guide Share Europe, EEMA and the IETF. He is currently on the board of EEMA and is an EEMA Fellow.
Ofer Guetta, IBM Social Collaboration Leader, IBM Software Group, UK & Ireland Ofer is the UK and Ireland sales leader for the Social Collaboration software portfolio in IBM Collaboration Solutions. Prior to this role Ofer was responsible for business development on IBM Collaboration Solutions portfolio into Global Systems Integrators and Consulting firms. Ofer is responsible for articulating IBM's vision for Social Business and the use of Social Collaboration tools, working in conjunction with the all routes to market across all industries in helping to deliver these solutions to market. He has over 18 years of IT Industry channel, sales and product management experience and has been with IBM for 8 years having previously worked with an IBM Business Partner.


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