Main Conference agenda

Conference Day 1 • WEDNESDAY • 5 November 2008

08:50 Chair’s Opening Address

 
DRIVING WORLD CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE
09:00

GLOBAL KEYNOTE
Improve service performance, asset higher system availability and customer satisfaction through innovative and proactive services based on a remote service infrastructure

Wolfgang Heimsch, Chief Executive Officer of Customer Services, Siemens Healthcare, Germany


09:30

REGIONAL KEYNOTE
Aligning your organisation to achieve world class customer service
Tim Griffin, Vice President, Services, Asia Pacific, Dell, Singapore


10:00

Differentiate through service excellence: Understand how a customer centric strategy will enable your organization to deliver the exceptional customer service essential to differentiating your business and gaining a competitive advantage
Rob Delnoij, Regional CRM Solution Principal, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan


10:30 Networking Coffee Break

11:00

Overcoming the global challenges in service chain management to deliver excellent customer service
Jim Glueck, Vice President Technical Support, Customer Advocacy, CISCO Systems, USA


 
GENERATE REVENUE AND LOYALTY BY MANAGING CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS IN ASIA
11:30

PANEL
Understanding what the Asian customers want and managing the nuances in service expectations in India, China and South East Asia

Panelists:
Pierre Steffen, Vice President, Customer Service, Airbus, China
Mike Rucinski, Director Technical Services, Service Supply Chain, Cisco Systems, Japan
Stephen Cherian,  General Manager, Customer Support/ Logistics, Asia Volvo Construction Equipment, Singapore
Andy Chan, General Manager, Services, Greater China, Carestream Health, China


12:10

PANEL
Changing the customer mindset to recognise the intrinsic value of service

Panelists:
Chi Yu, Vice President, Customer Support, Asia, ASML, Hong Kong
Tony Kolish, Senior Vice President, Global Services, EMC Corporation, USA
William Feng, Air Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies, China
Rajan Rajgopal, Vice President, Customer Engineering, Chartered Semiconductor, Singapore


12:50 Networking Lunch

 
TALENT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
14:10

Attract, entertain and retain! Developing an integrated talent management strategy to delight your internal and external customers
Cally Chan, General Manager, HP Services, Hewlett Packard HK SAR Limited


14:40

PANEL
Ensuring training effectiveness worldwide to drive service excellence and sustainable profits

Panelists:
Tim Griffin, VP, Services, Asia Pacific, Dell, Singapore
Canyuan Wang, VP Field Engineering, Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Limited, China
Raymond Waller, Director, Customer Support, Bell Helicopter, Singapore


15:20 Networking Break & Card Exchange

 
REGIONAL BEST PRACTICES ON COST EFFECTIVE SERVICE STRATEGIES
  Stream A: China & India Stream B: Asia Pacific
16:00

Achieving service operation efficiency in China: Ensuring maximum coverage with full utilization of resources
Canyuan Wang, VP Field Engineering, Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Limited, China

Leveraging on strategic warranty management techniques to reduce costs while developing service for revenue gains
Sanjay Prasad, General Manager Service, Oceania and PMR Asia Pacific, Whirlpool Australia

16:25

Providing a competitive service delivery for China’s market by leveraging on lean six sigma and other service innovations
William Feng, Air Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies, China

Localising the centralized management system to better manage people, parts, and data in Asia
Chi Yu, VP, Customer Support, Asia, ASML, Hong Kong

16:50

Innovative measures to provide effective low cost solutions and services for medical equipment in India
Ratish Nair, Director, Medical Electronics Division, Sanrad International, India

A successful transformation of the call centre from cost to virtual profit centre
May Kwan, Manager, Customer Interaction Centre, CLP, Hong Kong

17:15

Achieve on time delivery and increased availability in India by the effective configuration of parts movement
Devdutta Chandavarkar, Director of After-Sales, Mercedes-Benz India

Increase reliability and customer satisfaction via an integrated surveillance system for proactive monitoring
Leong Peng Ham, VP, Fixed & IP Services, Starhub, Singapore

17:40 Chair’s Summary And Close of Day 1

17:45 Cocktail Reception & Dinner

Conference Day 2 • THURSDAY • 6 November 2008

08:50 Chair’s Opening Address

 
FUTURE OF SERVICE
09:00

Enjoy revenue gains through Total Customer Experience
Tony Kolish, Senior Vice President, Global Services, EMC Corporation, USA


09:30

Growing services profitably
Laurie Young, International specialist in marketing and independent advisor and Author of From Products to Services: Insights and experience from companies which have embraced the service economy, UK


10:00

Driving down service costs while delighting customers through knowledge-based capabilities
Steve Culhane, Vice President, Asia Pacific / Japan, Lenovo Service, Singapore


10:30 Networking Coffee Break

 
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT FOR INCREASED AVAILABILITY
11:00

Best of breed case study on how Avaya achieve cost savings of USD$90 million by optimising their inventory
Steven Weeks, VP APAC, Field Services, Avaya, Singapore


11:30

Increasing quality and on-time delivery of parts while driving down end-to-end costs
Mike Rucinski, Director Technical Services, Service Supply Chain, Cisco Systems Japan


12:00 Networking Lunch

 
OUTSOURCING, PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES
13:30

Achieving after sales customer satisfaction the "Toyota Way"
Allen Rufo, AVP, Customer Service Operations, Toyota, Philippines


14:00

PANEL:
Outsourcing strategies to serve your customers better and lower your costs

Panelists:
Allen Rufo, AVP, Customer Service Operations, Toyota, Philippines
Ratish Nair, Director, Medical Electronics Division, Sanrad International, India
Pierre Steffen, Vice President, Customer Service, Airbus, China
Andy Chan, General Manager, Services, Greater China, Carestream Health, China


14:45

Networking Coffee Break


 
CONTINUOUS SERVICE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES
15:30

Performance measurement metrics for service and financial performance
Rajan Rajgopal, VP, Customer Engineering, Chartered Semiconductor, Singapore


16:00

Customer integration in outstanding service development
Professor Bo Edvardsson, Editor of the International Journal of Service Industry and Management & Director, Service Research Center, Sweden


16:30

CLOSING PANEL:
Innovative service models for tomorrow’s market

Panelists:
Wolfgang Heimsch, CEO of Customer Services, Siemens Healthcare, Germany
Jagdish Belwal, Deputy General Manager, CRM, Tata Motors India
Steve Culhane, VP, Asia Pacific / Japan, Lenovo Service, Singapore


17:10 Chair’s Summary Remarks and Close of Conference

 

 



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