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| AutoRomania 2008 |
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September 23rd-25th 2008
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| Since Dacia began producing Renaults under licence in Mioveni during the 1960s, Romania has welcomed the biggest international automotive suppliers, joined the EU and become a crucial automotive production centre in Central and Eastern Europe exporting hundreds of thousands of vehicles annually. With the recent entry of FORD at the former Daewoo site in Craiova and increasing numbers of suppliers entering the country each year, Romania is fast becoming one of the most exciting automotive hot spots and a market that you can no longer afford to overlook. For the most valuable strategic overview of automotive activity in Romania there is only one forum to attend this year – AutoRomania 08.
With keynote presentations from top executives in Renault/Dacia, FORD, FIAT, PSA, ACAROM and suppliers including JCI, AutoRomania conference will give you need-to-know information about operating, sourcing and producing at top quality in a unique networking environment. With cooperation from ACAROM, the biggest automotive association in Romania, we are delighted to offer you access to the most comprehensive cross section of automotive business decision makers at AutoRomania this year. To keep up to date with the latest developments and hear from and meet the key figures who are shaping the future of the automotive industry in Romania make sure you are part of AutoRomania 08. |
| Nat Sec 08 |
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30th September – 2nd October 2008
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| NAT SEC 08 is the must attend event for all those striving to increase collaboration and information sharing within national and international agencies. In an uncertain and increasingly unpredictable security landscape, the importance of acting early to terrorist threats and attacks is paramount. NAT SEC 08 will bring together these agencies and organizations that work on the multiple aspects of National Security including counter-terrorism and will look at how they are transforming in order to cope with changing threat scenarios throughout Europe.
Over 200 senior government and military practioners from the fields of emergency planning, intelligence, border control, resilience and cyber terrorism will gather for 2 main conference days and two dedicated focus days. These experts will debate and discuss current threats and future strategies for mitigating the changing threats that Europe is facing. Together, they hope that by attending Counter Terrorism & Public Safety 2008, they will be able to drive forward their integrated and coordinated threat detection, protection and response strategies. |
| ProcureCon Europe 2008 |
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4th-7th November 2008
President Wilson Hotel
Geneva
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| ProcureCon is the leading pan-European procurement event and provides you with a unique opportunity to hear from procurement leaders how they have approached and resolved key challenges, benchmark with your peers and others from cutting edge sectors, get practical, hands on details on specific operational issues, and benefit from numerous networking opportunities. Our November 2007 event addressed how you can Take Your Procurement Strategy To The Next Level: Align With Corporate Objectives To Deliver Business Results and attracted over 300 participants, including over 200 senior procurement directors! |
| FIMA Europe 2008 |
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11-13 November 2008,
Olympia Conference Centre, London
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| FIMA is Europe’s premier reference data management conference. Taking place in London each year, FIMA brings together over 400 senior data management executives from across the buy side and sell side, all striving to improve data quality, move towards EDM (Enterprise-wide Data Management), reduce operational risk and remain compliant to new and existing regulations. If you’re heading up or working within reference data projects, FIMA will ensure you return to your organisation better equipped to manage your key data challenges. |
| TradeTech Liquidity 2008 |
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25 November 2008
The Tower Guoman , London
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| TradeTech Liquidity promises to be a full day of insightful debate, interactive panel discussions and networking opportunities. This is your chance to meet with your fellow traders and hear just how they’re attacking the same challenges facing your desk.
To secure premium exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact Henry Wallis via phone, + 44 (0) 20 7368 9559, or via email: henry.wallis@wbr.co.uk
For questions about the scope of TradeTech Liquidity, including topics to be covered, speakers, and future speaking opportunities for the event, contact Yasemin Karaman at yasemin.karaman@wbr.co.uk or + 44 (0) 20 7368 9896
To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Hannah Reading at Hannah.reading@wbr.co.uk or + 44 (0) 20 7368 9439 |
| AutoCEE 2008 |
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25th-27th November 2008
InterContinental Hotel, Prague
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| In November 2008 AutoCEE will celebrate its 10th year by offering the most comprehensive networking opportunities of any automotive event in Central and Eastern Europe. OEMs, key suppliers and innovative new enterprises in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia will send delegations to join over 300 senior decision makers. Key speakers from the industry will give timely updates and forecasts for production and operations in the region. Networking receptions will be held before and during the main conference to maximise business contacts for you and your company, positioning AutoCEE 2008 in the centre of your schedule for must-attend events in 2008.
As automotive markets in CEE increasingly behave like established western markets, OEMs and suppliers must discover innovative ways to leverage economies to maintain growth. Key figures taking decisions and driving growth in Central and Eastern Europe continue to attend AutoCEE. This makes it the only automotive event in the region for businesses seeking to build on their presence in these markets and find new customers for continuous expansion. |
| AutoRussia 2008 Winter |
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December 2-3rd, 2008
St Petersburg, Russia
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| AutoRussia 2008 Winter, St Petersburg – will explore the latest developments in the automotive industry in Russia, with a special focus on St Petersburg and the region. With 5 OEMs building and growing production in St Petersburg, including: GM, Suzuki, Nissan, Toyota and Ford, hundreds of T1 and T2 suppliers are moving to the city to set up production facilities and supply this growing market.
Russia has become the fastest growing automotive market in Europe. Twice a year AutoRussia attracts well over 400 participants, senior executives responsible for their businesses’ success in Russia. These are top level T1 and T2 manufacturing, sales and production professionals who are working on growing their business with OEMs based in Russia. The conference agenda is focused on giving delegates an update directly from key OEMs in the region as well as discussing the latest strategies in purchasing, supplier localisation, quality, HR and supply chain management. Apart from giving delegates need-to-know information that will help them drive their businesses forward, AutoRussia offers a unique chance to personally meet and establish those all important contacts with key OEM executives in Russia. The AutoRussia Roundtable Discussions and Gala Dinner are considered some of the best networking opportunities in the automotive industry in Russia. Everyone who is serious about doing business with the OEMs in Russia will be at AutoRussia 2008 Winter!
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| Capital Creation London 2008 |
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11th-12th December 2008
The Dorchester, London
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| So far 2008 has been a year full of challenges for Private Equity, in the wake of the economic downturn of last year. However those involved in Private Equity are proving to be versatile as they adapt to the changing market conditions and find new methods and models for doing business.
Private Equity investors and practitioners cannot afford to fall behind the competition in overcoming these key market challenges and need to be on top of the latest and most innovative ways of making money in a volatile environment. To ensure that you stay ahead there is only one place that you need to be this December. Capital Creation London 2008.
Building on 8 years of Capital Creation, Europe’s leading Private Equity investment networking event that focuses on enhancing relationships between GPs and LPs, WBR now brings to you Capital Creation London. This one day conference will bring together senior executives from the leading LPs, GPs and institutional investors to meet and discuss the outlook for Private Equity in 2009. Discussion will centre around the opportunities in the coming year and how best to harness its potential to ensure high returns and profit margins across the private equity industry. |
| DGI 2009 |
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19th – 22nd January 2009,
QEII Conference Centre,
London
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| DGI EUROPE 2009 is Europe’s annual gathering of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. Bringing together Heads of Geospatial Intelligence, GIS, Remote Sensing, Operations, and Imagery and Analysis, the conference provides a unique forum to discuss and debate the development of geospatial intelligence capabilities across the globe. Addressing the use of geospatial information in scenarios such as international conflicts, humanitarian disasters, crime, security, border control, arms treaty monitoring and global climate change, a fundamental objective of the event is to help organisations understand how to build the necessary infrastructure and architecture to take advantage of geospatial intelligence capabilities, as well tackle the challenges of interoperability so that organisations can collaborate effectively with each other. |
| EPID 2009 |
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27th-29th January 2009
Beau-Rivage Palace,
Laussanne, Switzerland
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| With most pension schemes re-evaluating their portfolio structure to deal with extreme market volatility and an estimated 85% of pension managers looking to increase exposure to alternative investments the key to protecting pension funds against the considerable risks now inherent in the global economy is to establish a comprehensively diversified investment strategy.
As the European Pension Industry’s first annual gathering EPID will provide the executive heads of pension fund management and their partners a crucial opportunity to quantify the events of the previous year and to lay out the expectations and approaches to overcoming the challenges posed for the foreseeable future. In association with Investments and Pensions Europe IPE, the Summit welcomes the industry’s regulators, policy makers and most accomplished practitioners and specialists to quantify the now immense investment, policy and regulatory challenges being faced and the measures and strategies required to overcome them.
Combining leading specialist insight, IPE award winning case-study presentations with practitioner-led insight and guidance, attendees are also invited to join exclusive specialist-lead round table discussions to ensure that the theory is brought to life in the most informative, engaging and interactive way |
| TradeTech Architecture 2009 |
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February 2009
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| Now in its second year, TradeTech Architecture is the world’s largest meeting of CTOs and CIOs in the capital markets. Over 200 senior technologists convened in London this March to debate the very latest approaches to latency reduction, capacity planning, grid and cloud computing, virtualisation and SOA. Join us in 2009 for an even bigger show with MORE C-level technology executives, MORE panel discussions, MORE guest speakers, MORE networking opportunities, and a NEW exciting venue to be announced. Click here for more details. |
| LogiCon Europe 2009 |
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2-4 February 2009
Hotel Bloom, Brussels
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| As competition intensifies and margins dwindle all eyes are on the supply chain to deliver the competitive advantage to your wider organisation. Your job has never been more challenging – or potentially so critical to profitability. To achieve your objectives you need to work out how to make collaborative more than just a phrase. LogiCon 2009 shows you how to ensure that collaboration is established as a value chain mindset and is effectively underpinned with the necessary infrastructure and processes to deliver competitive advantage. Attend LogiCon 2009 and benchmark your collaboration strategy against that of world-class Retail and FMCG/CPG supply chains. These are the organisations at the forefront of supply chain innovation, with real life experiences, solutions and results to share with you. You’ve heard the theories; now discover proven, practical and results-oriented solutions that can be immediately applied to your own organisation. |
| Emerging Europe Investors Summit |
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10th - 11th February 2009
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| Emerging Europe Investors Summit promises to be a full day of insightful debate, interactive panel discussions and networking opportunities. This is your chance to meet with the most experienced and well regarded experts from the regional and international buy and sell sides, brought together to give you first hand strategic information about CEE and Southeast Europe capital markets and trading landscape.
To secure premium exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact Henry Wallis via phone, + 44 (0) 20 7368 9559, or via email: henry.wallis@wbr.co.uk
For questions about the scope of Emerging Europe Investors Summit, including topics to be covered, speakers, and future speaking opportunities for the event, contact Yasemin Karaman at yasemin.karaman@wbr.co.uk or + 44 (0) 20 7368 9896
To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Nicholas Dowdeswell at nicholas.dowdeswell@wbr.co.uk or + 44 (0) 20 7368 9413 |
| BioBusiness 2009 |
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16th-18th February 2009
Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
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| As the global Bio partnering calendar becomes more and more complicated and good deals become harder to find, BioBusiness stands out as the only event which has maintained credibility and quality throughout its 6-year history. Senior BioBusiness delegates attended the conference for 3 days of intensive networking, learning and deal-making. They gained unique insight into some of the hottest deals, including Genzyme/AnorMED and AstraZeneca/BMS as well as making invaluable contacts through one-to-ones and designated informal networking. |
| FinPlan 2009 |
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March 10th - 12th 2009
Le Meridien, Piccadilly, London
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| Increasing consumer expectations, volatile investment markets and mounting pressure from FSA’s Retail Distribution Review are making change inevitable for the financial services distribution market in the UK. With consumers demanding a more service-oriented financial advice, a growing number of advisers and wealth managers have abandoned commission-driven selling and embraced the principles of holistic financial planning to put their clients' interests first.
FinPlan 2009 has been designed for all new model advisers and those who are transitioning or are planning to transition to new model financial planning. Designed by advisers for advisers, this event is where you will meet and learn from some of leading figureheads in the UK financial advisory space today. If you are looking into how you can add more value to your clients, deliver better service and successfully transition to the new model, you definitely shouldn’t miss out on this event.
For inquiries regarding speaking opportunities or how you can get involved with FinPlan 2009, contact Lisa Giusto on 020 7368 9345 or lisa.giusto@wbr.co.uk. |
| Luxury Interactive 2009 London |
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March 16-18, 2009
Le Meridien, Piccadilly, London, UK
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| Luxury Interactive allows all luxury brands to discover how to leverage their online space. Captialize on the luxury consumer and increase profit margins by learning e-commerce strategies that have been implemented and have succeeded. Over 30 luxury brands with be offering case studies throughout the 3 day program, discussing the benefits of online in the luxury market.
Luxury Interactive will provide insight into:
- Effectively managing your brand on the internet to ensure the luxury experience is extended
- Driving the right kind of traffic to your site through digital marketing
- Integrating your online and offline marketing strategies into an effective overall marketing mix
For more information on speaking opportunities contact Carina Kuhl at Tel. +1 212.885.2663 Email: carina.kuhl@wbresearch.com For inquiries regarding sponsorship opportunities please contact Jim Cohen on 646-200-7483 or email Jcohen@wbresearch.com |
| LogiChem Europe 2009 |
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31st March to 3rd April 2009
Hilton Dusseldorf, Germany
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| LogiChem is now in its 8th year and is the chemical industry's annual supply chain management conference, each year attracting over 200 senior logistics and supply chain executives from bulk and specialty chemical manufacturers. The conference addresses every critical concern to chemical supply chain professionals, from the current shortage of transport and storage capacity to topics including demand planning, collaboration and growing markets such as Russia, through case studies by the industry's leading and most innovative shippers. LogiChem is the only event that brings together all the key suppliers and logistics practioners in Europe, so if your business is supply chain management in the chemicals industry, then this is the one event in your calendar that is an absolute must. |
| Commodity Investment Summit 2009 |
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April 2009
London
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| Commodity Investment Summit is Europe’s leading commodity investment and trading conference bringing together pension funds, private banks, family offices, investment consultants, asset managers, investment banks, commodity exchanges, hedge funds, traders and physical producers. Unlike our competitors we make sure we address all your key commodity investment and trading issues making sure this is the only event to attend if you want to return to your business better equipped to deal with the key aspects of commodity investing and trading. |
| Procurecon Indirect 2009 |
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April 2009
Amsterdam
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| ProcureCon Indirect is the only European event designed specifically for Indirect Procurement Professionals. As this area of procurement becomes increasingly strategic within today's organisations, learn how you can be a leader in this field, and discuss key issues such as procuring complex services, outsourcing, compliance management, contract management, e-procurement programmes, and transformation case studies. ProcureCon Indirect is the only event designed specifically for indirect procurement professionals and suppliers in Europe, so if you want to be a leader in Indirect Procurement, then this is the one event in your calendar that is an absolute must. |
| Battlespace Information 2009 |
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April 2009
Brussels
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Battlespace Information is the leading international event for the Military C4ISR/NCW community, bringing together over 250 government, industry, and military leaders, together with leading suppliers and industry experts, across information packed 4 days of accurate, timely and cutting-edge military case studies. Battlespace Information will bring together those dealing with the key technical challenges that the modern military are facing and look at ways in which they can be overcome.
Key areas include:
- Information management
- Information Assurance
- Information Sharing
- IT Architecture and IT governance
- Cyber Security
- Information Security and network security
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| TradeTech Europe 2009 |
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21st - 24th April 2009
CNIT la Défense
Paris
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| TradeTech is the leading industry forum dedicated to high-level discussion on the major challenges facing the equity trading market, with a particular focus on the rapid development of trading technology and constantly evolving market structure.
With over 500 senior buy side professionals attending in April 2008 and over 1800 attendees, this was the world’s largest ever gathering across the entire equity trading landscape. TradeTech 2008 examined key issues such as the real impact of MiFID on the marketplace post implementation, the changing dynamics of the relationship between buy side and sell side and the new skill sets needed for today’s marketplace and the future of execution. With guest speakers including Sir Clive Woodward, Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg, as well as Omid Djalili, Britain’s top stand-up, hosting the TradeTech Awards, it was truly an event not to be missed! TradeTech 2009 will build on the success of the 2008 conference, and will bring together over 2000 participants from across the trading landscape. |
| LogiPharma Europe 2009 |
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21st-23rd April 2009
Interconti Geneva
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| LogiPharma Europe 2008 was a great success. Over 150 senior supply chain professionals came together to discuss the issues affecting them in 2008, including optimization, track & trace, IT, cool chain, distribution, risk and resilience and DTP. With leading keynotes from top speakers from PFIZER, SANOFI-AVENTIS, MERCK, NOVARTIS, BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM and AMGEN, every presentation provided valuable business information and crucial insight into the market.
LogiPharma Europe 2009 will bring together even more senior-level speakers and unique case studies than ever before as well as tackling the top issues for the forthcoming year. Make sure you book early to secure your place at this essential event. |
| TradeTech Russia 2009 |
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May 2009
Russia
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| TradeTech Russia 2009 is dedicated to strategic analysis of Russia’s growing equities and derivatives markets. The conference will examine the current and future investment opportunities for both local Russian and western investors. Key experts from the Russian stock exchanges, Russian buy and sell side community focus on the infrastructure and technology needs of the market, debating the future of custody, electronic trading, the return of many expatriate Russian equities back on to the Russian stock exchanges as well as look into the future market growth and developments.
TradeTech Russia 2009 is part of world renowned TradeTech Events. These are the world’s largest industry forums dedicated to high-level discussion on the major challenges facing the trading community across a number of asset classes, with a particular focus on the rapid development of trading technology and constantly evolving market structure. In short TradeTech events are the place not only to debate but actually shape the future of the markets. www.tradetechequity.eu |
| SRM 2009 |
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4th - 5th May 2009
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Geneva
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| Over 100 senior procurement directors from all over Europe attended the inaugural January 2008 event!
What does Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) mean to your company? How do SRM leaders define the relationships, tools and processes that make up a successful SRM initiative? SRM 2009 will outline the most innovative examples of SRM today and how companies are pushing the boundaries and redefining procurement’s role in supplier relationships. |
| Power 2009 |
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May 2008
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| As a consequence of global market trends for fuel and EU emissions reduction directives, power generators are increasingly concerned with how to adapt their portfolio to deal with not only increasing of fuel supply constraints, but the production of affordable clean energy. The ever changing, but non-definitive prospects for new clean power generation technologies however present the Power Industry with extreme difficulties in effectively mapping out future plans for determining which technologies will be the most cost effective solutions in meeting the future challenges of fossil fuel depletion and carbon emission reduction.
The 13th Annual Power Generation Summit will invite you to hear what the industry leaders have to say about current and future market and regulatory conditions and how to survive them. Hear first hand from national and European regulators as well as the Chairmen, CEOs and Divisional Heads of Europe’s largest Power Utility companies regarding the are transformation of their organisations through the implementation of short and long term strategies to maintain profitability by engaging in a comprehensive process of portfolio diversification, renewal and R&D.
Hear about the technologies that are most likely to play a key role in maintaining reliable and affordable electricity production and the future fuel mix most likely to provide the best hedge regarding associated risks. Power 2009 will enable the industry to collectively engage these issues while providing unparalleled networking with the specialists that can translate the challenges you face into opportunities to expand your business, manage your risk exposure, and maximise operational efficiency. |
| eTail Europe |
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June 2009
www.etaileurope.com
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| eTail Europe brings together the thought leaders of Europe’s e-Retailing industry. Attendees are seasoned (multi-channel) e-retailers, who consider eTail the platform to voice their concerns, successes, issues and challenges to an audience of their peers in order to share and find solutions.
eTail ensures retailer-to-retailer interaction through an action oriented, tracked conference program with over 50 retail speakers from across Europe. Join us for the Search and Analytics pre-day, multiple networking events including, invitation-only C-level & Directors workshops, themed champagne roundtable discussions, an extensive solution zone and retailer-only think tanks and card swaps.
For inquiries regarding speaking opportunities, contact Carina Kuhl at 646-200-7461 or email carina.kuhl@wbresearch.com
For inquiries regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact Michelle Millard at 646-200-7488
, michelle.millard@wbresearch.com
For inquiries regarding marketing partnerships, contact Josephine Andrews at 646-200-7448 or jandrews@wbresearch.com |
| International Defence Logistics |
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June 2009
Brussels
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“Brings military and civilian expertise together in a great, international setting”
Col. Robert Van Der Meulen, MoD Netherlands
International Defence Logistics 2009 is the world’s largest international conference for government, military and defence industry logistics and procurement professionals. The conference agenda blends on-the-ground case studies from the theatre of operations with enterprise level explorations of organisational efficiency and transformation to give a complete and in depth insight into the logistics challenges facing the defence organisations of allied nations in the 21st century.
International Defence Logistics 2009 will host over 50 speakers including senior officers from NATO, NAMSA, The European Defence Agency, the UN and OCCAR. The conference is tailored to serve you in the defence logistics community.
Please contact Herve Bavazzano at Herve.Bavazzano@wbr.co.uk for information on exhibition,sponsorship and speaking opportunities. |
| Soldier Technology 2009 |
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30th June - 3rd July 2009
London
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| In its second year, Soldier Technology US is the biggest gathering of infantry modernization experts in North America, bringing together over 400 program and product managers from PEO Soldier, Marine Corps Systems Command, the Canadian Army as well as heads of soldier and land systems in prime contractors, system integrators and top equipment manufacturers worldwide.
Through over 35 in-depth presentations from top military, research and industry infantry modernization experts you will learn about the progress of SMPs including Soldier Warrior, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad (MERS) and Canada’s International Soldier System Project (ISSP). In response to greater integration of advanced soldier systems in the digital battlespace, Soldier Technology US 2009 will also focus on interoperability of mounted and dismounted warfighter systems and enhancing situational awareness to improve survivability. As the only event to bring you warfighter feedback directly from Iraq and Afghanistan on the performance of advanced infantry systems, you will also get all the data and information you need about capability gaps and future R&D.
In addition to face time with so many of North America’s top infantry modernization experts you will have the opportunity to join a tour of the Marine Corps Gruntworks facility, giving you insight into how one of the world’s most effective warfighters prepares for operations pre-deployment. |
| BioBusiness Network 2009 |
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16th-18th September 2009,
Geneva
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| In September 2008, leading biotech CEOs and top pharma representatives met to network, discuss industry change and do the deals which will ensure success in 2009. With presentations from Wyeth, Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, Lilly, Boehringer, AstraZeneca, Merck, GSK and many others, delegates got true insight into the deals which have shaped 2008.
Once again, BioBusiness Network proved essential to delegates as a forum for personal and informal networking. No other conference offers the same high level of seniority and intimacy as BioBusiness Network, resulting in delegates having the time and the opportunity to meet with their partners of choice in a relaxed and unhurried setting. For your chance to meet with the industry’s most powerful decision makers, make sure you sign up for BioBusiness 2009! |
| DerivaTechTrader 2009 |
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September 2009
London
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DerivaTechTrader is Europe’s leading derivatives trading and technology summit. Every year, the event brings together leading buy-side derivative traders from all asset classes.
For questions about the scope of DerivaTechTrader, including topics to be covered, speakers, and speaking opportunities, contact Yasemin Karaman at Yasemin.karaman@wbr.co.uk or +44 (0) 207 368 9896
For information about sponsorship sales and exhibition opportunities, please contact Henry Wallis at +44 (0) 207 368 9559 or henry.wallis@wbr.co.uk.
To ensure that you receive all the latest news on this event and to find out about marketing opportunities, contact Audrey Dagiste at audrey.dagiste@wbr.co.uk or +44 (0) 207 368 9423
For general inquiries, please contact us at derivatechtrader@wbr.co.uk. |
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