May 20, 2008: Round table 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.
Material
As a SCIA memberyou can download presented slides and accompanying material to our events including this events materials.
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.


Reader Comments (1)
This was the first SCIA event in a brand new format: an expert discussion concluded by a round table expert discussion which involved the audience rather actively (thanks to Kurt's excellent moderation as well).
As a panelist I am very enthusiastic about the extremely active contributions during the panel discussion. This is certainly worth to extend towards other future events.
In my time with SCIA this has been the most rewarding session in which ideas generation, experience sharing and networking found their peak.
Many thanks for all participants to have made this a night to remember!