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Day One, Wednesday, June 18th

Morning

7:30 - 9:00AM
ROOM ONE

Breakfast, Registration

9:00 - 9:50AM
ROOM ONE

Morning Keynote Address

Platform, Platform, Who's Got the Platform: A Look at the Perils and Profits Associated With Your Platform Decision

Colleen Smith, Progress Software

10:00-10:45AM
ROOM ONE

Stack Yourself: Building Platform-Independent SaaS Systems

Jan Aleman, Servoy

10:00-10:45AM
ROOM TWO

TRANSITION TO SaaS TRACK:

Developing SaaS Terms of Service Agreements

 

Gene Landy, Ruberto, Israel, & Weiner

10:45 -11:05AM
ROOM ONE

Break

11:05 -11:55AM
ROOM ONE

SaaS Sales Compensation Models: The Most Effective Compensation Models to Incent Your Sales Personnel

Bob Conlin, Centive

11:05 -11:55AM
ROOM TWO

TRANSITION TO SaaS TRACK:
Crossing the Financial Chasm: Managing Cash and Revenue During the Transition Period

Todd Gardner, SaaS Capital

12:00AM-1:00PM
ROOM ONE

Lunch

Afternoon

1:00 - 1:55PM
ROOM ONE

Afternoon Keynote Address

Aligning IT With Business Via Adaptive Product Management: How SaaS Impacts Requirements Development and the Voice of the Customer During the Product Development Cycle

Rene Bellei, Ryma (FeaturePlan)

1:00 - 1:55PM
ROOM TWO

TRANSITION TO SaaS TRACK:

Extreme Makeover! What to Expect When You Move from the Licensed to SaaS Model

Brian Zanghi, Kadient

2:00 - 2:45PM
ROOM ONE

The Strange Case of Dr. SaaS and Mr. License: Managing Both SaaS and Licensed Product Lines

Steven K. Richmond, Projetech

2:00 - 2:45PM
ROOM TWO
SaaS AND THE MARKET TRACK: Enterprise, SMBs, and the Government

SaaS and IT (Shhh!): Understanding How SaaS Replaces IT in the Enterprise and How to Guide the Discussion

Andrew Greenawalt, Gnostic Ventures

2:45 - 3:05PM
ROOM ONE

Break

3:05 - 3:40PM
ROOM ONE

Payment and Payment Management in a SaaS Environment

Ed Sullivan, Aria SystemssSulli

3:05 - 3:40PM
ROOM TWO

SaaS AND THE MARKET TRACK: Enterprise, SMBs, and the Government

SaaS and SMBs: Understanding How Best to Sell SaaS in SMB Markets

Samuel Sunderaraj, Entellium

3:45 - 4:30PM
ROOM ONE

Data Data Everywhere But None in Your Application: A Realistic Look at the Issues Surrounding SaaS Data Integration

Gary Skiba, Midamak

3:45 - 4:30PM
ROOM TWO

SaaS AND THE MARKET TRACK: Enterprise, SMBs, and the Government

Making the Big Sale: Quantifying the Case for and Selling SaaS in the Enterprise

Jeff Saling, Callidus On-Demand

4:40 - 5:30PM
ROOM ONE

SaaS Pricing Models: Developing a SaaS Pricing Model That Doesn't Leave Money on the Table

Jim Geisman and Erik Seifert, Software Pricing and Atlantic Crossing

4:40 - 5:30PM
ROOM TWO

SaaS AND THE MARKET TRACK: Enterprise, SMBs, and the Government

Selling SaaS in Federal, State, and Local Governments

James McGriff, Peniel Solutions

5:30 - 6:10PM
ROOM ONE

Panel Session:

The M, O, S and I Words: How Will Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and IBM Impact the Acceptance of SaaS?

Moderated by Jeff Kaplan

6:10 - 7:30PM
ROOM ONE

Networking Hour: Kick Back and Enjoy Some Drinks
and Hors D'oeuvres With Your Peers

Sponsored by Cast Iron Systems

 

Day Two, Thursday, June 19th

Morning

7:30 - 9:00AM
ROOM ONE

Breakfast, Registration

9:00 - 9:55AM
ROOM ONE

Second Day Keynote Address

SaaS in the Enterprise Over the Next Three Years

Jeff Kaplan, THINKstrategies

10:00 - 10:45AM
ROOM ONE

Open Source and SaaS: How Open Source Can Get You to Market More Quickly (but Not Always Keep You There More Cheaply)

Wayne Hom, Augmentum

10:00 - 10:45AM
ROOM TWO

SaaS INFRASTRUCTURE TRACK:
What Happens When it All Goes Wrong?: Learn How to Protect Your Bottom Line With Properly Developed SaaS Escrow and Service Agreements

John Boruvka, Iron Mountain

10:45 -11:00AM
ROOM ONE

Break

11:10 - 11:55AM
ROOM ONE

Building Your SaaS Business Via White-Glove Customer Service

Tom Appleton, DreamFactory

11:10 - 11:55AM
ROOM TWO

SaaS INFRASTRUCTURE TRACK:
SaaS Infrastructure Costs: Real World Benchmarks, Costs, Percentage of Revenue

Brian Wolff, Bluelock

12:00 - 1:00PM
ROOM ONE

Working Lunch: The Business Value of Integrating SaaS Applications, Sean O'Connell, Cast Iron Systems

Afternoon

1:00 - 1:55PM
ROOM ONE

SaaS: How Does Your Garden Grow?: Strategies for Growing Your SaaS Sales After the Original Sale

Patrick Fetterman, Plexus

1:00 - 1:55PM
ROOM TWO

SaaS INFRASTRUCTURE TRACK:
The Top 5 mistakes ISVs Make When Transitioning to SaaS

Fred Engel, Iron Mountain

2:00 - 2:45PM
ROOM ONE

SaaS Selling Models: Building Compelling Value Models that Maximize Sales Success

Chuck DeVita, Growth Process Group

2:00 - 2:45PM
ROOM TWO

SaaS MARKETING TACTICS & TECHNIQUES TRACK:

SaaS Marketing Models and Strategies: What Tactics and Approaches are Most Effective?

Ray Solnik, OpSource

2:45 - 3:05PM
ROOM ONE

Break

3:05 - 3:50PM
ROOM ONE

SaaS and Professional Services: How to Maximize Your Professional Services Revenues in a SaaS World

Suman Sharma, Astadia

3:05 - 3:50PM
ROOM TWO

SaaS MARKETING TACTICS & TECHNIQUES TRACK:
Showing Off SaaS: Conducting Effective Remote Demos

Greg Flynn, Brainshark

3:50 - 4:30PM
ROOM ONE

Making SaaS Safe: Discover How to Overcome SaaS Security and Privacy Objections in the Financial, Government, and Medical Markets

Roshen Chandran, Paladion

3:50 - 4:30PM

SaaS MARKETING TACTICS & TECHNIQUES TRACK:
Marketing SaaS Using SaaS: Taking Advantage of Search and Social Media to Sell SaaS

Rajiv Parikh, Position2

4:30PM - 5:10PM

SaaS Reseller Channels: What They Should Look Like and How They Should be Compensated

 

Merrill R (Rick) Chapman, Softletter

 

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