Becca Bicer

Executive, Enterprise Sales
Cvent

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Day 2: Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Thursday, April 9th, 2015

13:30 Building a Business Case for Strategic Meetings Management

Obtaining internal buy-in for a Strategic Meeting Management program can be a daunting mission. Additionally, identifying the need for such a program can lead to factoring in different variables. This includes the justification and impacts for an SMM program such as assumptions, costs, benefits, ROI and addressing possible risks if a program is not implemented at all. Join this interactive discussion with our subject matter expert, who will explore some of the common best practices on getting a program started from the ground up. We’ll also provide valuable case studies from notable organizations that have gone through this initiative first hand.

In this session attendees will learn how to:

Determine the drivers behind your meetings program
Analyze and outline their organizations’ current situation
Identify resources that will be needed to implement a SMM program
Draft an effective business case and obtain an executive-level sponsor

15:45 Interactive Roundtables (2 rotations)

Table 1: Drive Continuous Value to Your Procurement Organization

Hosted by: Sundar Kamakshisundaram, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing, Ariba

Table 2: In-Depth: Procurement Success: Where Do You Rank?

Hosted by: Amit Duvedi, Vice President - Business Strategy, Coupa

Table 3: Building a Business Case for Strategic Meetings Management

Hosted by: Lisa Palmeri, Senior Director, SMM Professional Services, cVent

Table 4: The Future Of Contract Management… Are You Prepared?

Hosted by: Constantine Limberakis, Director – Sales and Marketing Enablement, Iasta

Table 5: Statement of Work Program Best Practices

Hosted by: Buffy White, SVP, Global Account Management, Pontoon

Scott Brewer, VP Service Practice, Pontoon

Table 6: The Power Of Collaboration With Stakeholders and End Users To Achieve Double Digit Savings

Hosted by: Laura Lee, VP Procurement USA, CEMEX

Table 7: In-Depth: Achieving Success Through Consistent Application Of Core Procurement Competencies

Hosted by: Sheraz Kashif, Sr. Procurement Manager Indirect, Logistics & Telecom North America, Mondelez International

Table 8: Fieldglass

Hosted by: Michael Barney, VP Business Development, Fieldglass

Table 9: In-Depth: Are You Paving The Cow Path – Revisiting P2P

Hosted by: Kenneth G. Sebastian, Director - Commercial Business, Visa Inc.

Table 10: The Challenges Companies Face With MRO Spend

Hosted by: John Kronenwetter, VP of Strategic Accounts, SDI

Table 11: In-Depth: Connecting Silos Across The Enterprise

Hosted by: Nancy Jorgensen, Director, Indirect Sourcing and Corporate Alliances, Brunswick Corporation

Table 12: Consortium Buying And GPOs: Benefits And Drawbacks

Hosted by: Quave Burton, VP Global Expense Management, Abercrombie & Fitch