SCIA Events
Please review upcoming events and make your participation arrangements accordingly.
August 26, 2008 John McDonald-Dick, Senior CI Manager at Roche, Expert Session
John McDonald-Dick is Senior CI Manager at Roche (with past leadership roles in business intelligence and analysis at GE. Register here.
John McDonald-Dick – Senior Global Strategic Competitive Intelligence Manager for F.Hoffmann-La Roche – Pharmaceutical Division. John has nearly 15 years experience in the field of Competitive Intelligence, which ranges from agency and consultancy to his present post with Roche. John has undertaken most of his CI roles with the LifeSciences arena – Pharmaceuticals (Human and Animal health), Diagnostics and Biologicals.
His special areas of interest within CI range from Human intelligence networks and counter-intelligence through to Strategic Insight Development and the use of Scenarios within the business planning process. Along with Hege Skjellerudsveen, John produced the Human Intelligence Network Wheel (HUMIT Wheel) (ViB – July 2003) which gives a structured approach to the use of human derived competitive intelligence. Prior to a career in CI, John was a clinical nurse specialist for Ophthalmology in the UK. John is an active member of SCIP, where he currently sits on the professional awards committee and contributes to the International Development Committee. He currently lives with his family in France.
Where
Restaurant Au Premier (within Zurich Main Railway Station). See SCIA events flyer 2008.
What
Welcome drink from 6:30 PM, followed by a brief update on SCIA (7:00 PM) and John's presentation
How
The event is free of charge for SCIA members. Non-members are welcome to join at a fee of CHF 50 (to be paid at event).
Registration
Please use the secure registration form if you want to participate in the August 26 event.
It would be a great pleasure for us to welcome you at the event!
November 11, 2008 Martha Matteo in an interactive online webinar from the US.
Martha Matteo is the immediate past president of SCIP. SCIA and SCIP will collaborate with this interactive online session to be presented to the SCIA event participants in Zurich and a global online audience.
Dr. Martha Matteo is the Immediate Past President (2007) of the Board of Directors of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP). She has been a member of the SCIP Board since 2005, was Vice President of the 2006 Board of Directors and Chairman of the newly chartered CI Foundation Since 1995, Dr. Matteo has been speaking at SCIP and other venues on the subject of competitive technical intelligence (CTI) and has co-chaired two national CTI conference for SCIP. In 2006, Dr. Matteo was a recipient of SCIP’s “Catalyst” award. She has been an active member of SCIP since 1989, with particular interests in CTI and member networking.
Where
Restaurant Au Premier (within Zurich Main Railway Station). See SCIA events flyer 2008.
What
Welcome drink from 6:30 PM, followed by a brief update on SCIA (7:00 PM) and the interactive webinar session. Dial-in and other technical information will be released via swisscia.org and in other suitable communications closer to the event.
How
The event is free of charge for SCIA members. Non-members are welcome to join at a fee of CHF (tbd). SCIP members will receive the usual discount for this webinar as well.
Registration
Please use the secure contact form and indicate with your name that you want to participate in the November 11 event.
It would be a great pleasure for us to welcome you at the event!
May 20, 2008: Round tabel discussion "The integration of CI into key business processes"
Moderated by Hans Hedin, Vice President Business Development at the Global Intelligence Alliance.
Mr Hans Hedin is an expert in the field of competitive/market intelligence. He has conducted numerous projects regarding implementation and further development of the intelligence capabilities in international organisations. Prior to working at GIA, Mr Hedin has been senior partner at Docere Intelligence in Sweden between 1993-2003. Among other things, he then developed a CI training/education program that included CI Diploma courses as well as courses for industry & competitor analysis and information research.
Where
Restaurant Au Premier (within Zurich Main Railway Station). See the May 20, 2008 event flyer.
What
Welcome drink from 6:30 PM, followed by brief update on SCIA (7:00 PM) and the round table discussion.
How
The event is free of charge for SCIA members. Non-members are welcome to join at a fee of CHF 50.
Session slides
Here SCIA members can download the original presentation:
Stay tuned for files to be offered here ASAP... (X.XMB).
Expert round table discussion
An expert discussion concluded this excellent presentation by Hans Hedin. Members of the panel:
Moderator: Kurt Kobel
Hans Hedin (VP Global Intelligence Alliance), Marc Limacher (President Integrated Strategic Information Services), Maarit Seppä (President Intag AG), Jens Thieme (Owner Markintell.com, Head of Market & Competitive Intelligence Ciba Inc.)
You can find an excerpt of this discussion and a post event online discussion forum on the topic of CI process integration in SCIA's member area.
March 25, 2008: Kurt Kobel "Setting up a CI Department"
Kurt Kobel, SCIA President and Competitive Intelligence manager at Phonak.
Kurt has successfully established and runs the competitive intelligence operation at Phonak. In this session he will reflect on his rich experience in setting up the function for a global player.
Where
Restaurant Au Premier (within Zurich Main Railway Station). See SCIA events flyer 2008.
What
Welcome drink from 6:30 PM, followed by update on SCIA (7:00 PM) and Kurt’s presentation
How
The event is free of charge for SCIA members. Non-members are welcome to join at a fee of CHF 50.
Session slides
Here SCIA members can download the original presentation:
Setting up a CI Department (.pps Powerpoint 3.9MB).
September 18, 2007 Jens Thieme "Centralization of Market & Competitive Intelligence"
Jens Thieme, Global Head of Market & Competitive Intelligence at Ciba presents "Centralization of Market & Competitive Intelligence - Challenges, Obstacles, Path to success".
Jens Thieme is the Global Head of Market & Competitive Intelligence with Ciba in Basel, Switzerland. His blend of experience in leading roles in Advertising & Marketing Communications, Market Development, E-Business and Electronic Communications over the 18 years with this company both in Europe and the U.S. have lead the company into excellence in intelligence strategy, systems, processes and infrastructure. As the founder of Markintell.com and an active member of SCIP and the Swiss Competitive Intelligence Association, Jens maintains a strong international collaboration with competitive intelligence professionals from a wide range of industries around the globe.
Where
Restaurant Au Premier (within Zurich Main Railway Station).
What
Welcome drink from 6:30 PM, followed by update on SCIA (7:00 PM) and Jens’ presentation
How
The event is free of charge.
Session slides
Here you can download the original presentation:
Centralization of Market & Competitive Intelligence by Jens Thieme (.pps Powerpoint - 485kB).
