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28th April -
BT Tower, London
The effects of the current economic recession have been profound across many traditionally safe market sectors, with many well known names no longer trading as a result. Now is the time to re-evaluate existing operating models and strategies to ensure businesses are equipped to respond to and counter the threats facing them, and position themselves for the upturn. BT Engage IT believes that this is an opportunity for IT to take a leadership role in helping to shape and support innovative business strategies to beat the recession.
“In the current climate, IT has to step forward as a real strategic asset of the corporation. It has to enable companies to do more with less.”
Nick Gorringe, MD, BT Engage IT
Join us at this event and hear from guest speaker, Douglas McWilliams, CEO of the Centre for Economic & Business Research giving us his expert view on the economic downturn and how businesses can remain competitive. In addition, our solution experts will demystify the latest IT trends and technologies and explain how you can leverage them to sustain and build your competitive advantage... and importantly add real ROI to your business – these will include Virtualisation, IT Supply & Software Asset Management, Unified Communications & Collaboration, and Managed Services/Outsourcing.
I look forward to meeting you at the event after which I hope you will join us for lunch at the top of the BT Tower, which enjoys a tremendous 360° panoramic view of the city of London.
Nick Gorringe
Managing Director, BT Engage IT
| 9:15 |
Arrival |
9.45 |
Welcome & Intro
- Nick Gorringe, Managing Director |
10.00 |
Sustaining competitive advantage in an economic downturn
- Douglas McWilliams, CEO of CEBR (Centre for Economic & Business Research) |
10.45 |
IT as a Source of Competitive Advantage
- David Cotgreave, Head of Strategic Consulting |
| 11.15 |
Break |
11.30 |
Building IT Excellence: how to deliver best-in-class service in a high pressure environment and develop an IT partnership that enables businesses to meet and exceed their goals
- Andrew Buxton, Business Development Director |
12.00 |
Achieving Speed to Value (‘more for less’ & ROI): how to achieve maximum payback on projects and full leverage of your existing IT investments
- Adam Collins, Strategy Consultant |
12.30 |
Building a Business Optimisation Strategy: how to build a strategy for managing and optimising the business for success and reducing your business risk
- David Coster, Strategy Consultant |
| 13.00 |
Conclusions & Taking the Next Steps
- Steve Alton, Professional Services Director |
| 13.15 |
Formal lunch & drinks on the top floor of BT Tower |
- Douglas McWilliams, CEO of CEBR (Centre for Economic & Business Research)
Douglas is CEO of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, and one of Europe's foremost forecasters of UK and international economies. Apart from his technical skills, he is widely respected for his understanding of the implications of economic trends for business decisions.
Some of Douglas's insights have been highly influential. He was amongst the first to draw attention to the importance of the rising economies in East Asia. More recent work looks at the impact on the international economy of developments in China.
At a domestic level, Douglas is the acknowledged expert on the economy of London and the prospects for the City. He has advised numerous organisations, including Siemens,Vodafone, Oracle, Transport for London, Canary Wharf Group, and The Crown Estate. He has also given formal evidence to Select Committees of both Houses of Parliament, and advises senior politicians on both front benches.
Douglas served as IBM UK Chief Economist before being appointed Chief Economic Adviser to the CBI. Prior to this he was Chairman of the Economics Forecasting Group of UNICE, the European federation of employer organisations.
Places are limited - book yours by calling 0870 990 7027, register online or email marketing.campaign@btengageit.com
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Guest speaker - Douglas McWilliams, CEO of CEBR (Centre for Economic & Business Research)