Event: American Strategic Management Institute

June 17-19, 2008 | Chicago, IL

Agenda

Day One

8:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30
Keynote Address: Linking Budgeting and Planning to Strategy

9:45
Break & Refreshments

10:00
Driver-Based Performance Management: The Building Block for Performance Improvement

11:00
The Strategic Budget Process: Reducing the “Cycle-Time”

12:00
Networking Luncheon

1:00
Establishing a Solid Foundation

2:00
Driving Strategy through Disciplined Resource Allocation

3:00
Break & Refreshments

3:15
Overcoming Organizational Politics in the Forecast Process

4:15
Day One Adjourns

Day Two

8:00
Continental Breakfast

8:30
Keynote Address: Creating Value through Finance Best Practices: A Case Study of Financial Team Planning

9:45
Break & Refreshments

10:00
Transitioning from Traditional to Rolling Forecasts

11:00
Introducing Rolling Forecasts into the Culture of a Company

12:00
Networking Luncheon

1:00
Streamlining the Forecasting Process

2:00
Tying Measures to Compensation to Drive Performance

3:00
Break & Refreshments

3:15
Integrating Costing with Budgeting and Forecasting

4:15
Conference Adjourns

Day Three

8:00
Workshop Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30
Workshop: Modeling and Forecasting Key Business Drivers

11:30
Workshop Adjourns

Venue and Hotel

Budgeting and Forecasting Masters 2008 will be held at the Hilton Suites Chicago. A limited number of rooms have been reserved at a rate of $219 until May 26th, 2008. Please call the hotel directly and reference code “Budgeting and Forecasting Masters 2008” when making reservations to get the discounted rate.

Hilton Suites Chicago
198 East Delaware Place
Chicago, IL 60611

Click here to reserve your room.

Tuition

The tuition rate for attending Budgeting and Forecasting Masters 2008 is as follows:

Early Bird Rate (Regular Rate)
Conference Only: $ 1995 ($1995)
One Workshop: Free ($395)

*For the Early Bird Rate, Register by March 31st, 2008. For more information on group discounts for Budgeting and Forecasting Masters 2008 please contact Paul Rogers at 858-874-6876 or email him at PRogers@ManagementWeb.org.

Group Discounts

The American Strategic Management Institute offers reduced tuition to groups of three or more. For more information, please contact Paul Rogers at 858.874.6876 or e-mail him at PRogers@ManagementWeb.org.

Cancellations and Quality Assurance
The American Strategic Management Institute strives to provide you with the most productive and effective educational experience possible. If after completing the course you feel there is some way we can improve, please write your comments on the evaluation form provided upon your arrival. Should you feel dissatisfied with your learning experience and wish to request a credit or refund, please submit it in writing no later than 10 business days after the end of the training to: Amy Shioji, VP of Education Services, ASMI, 1515 N. Courthouse Road, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201. We will evaluate individual complaints in a context of collective comments from the event.

Note: A $150 service fee will be charged on cancellations received less than four weeks from the date of the event. A credit memo will also be sent reflective of that amount, which can be used for a future conference. If you do not cancel your registration before the day of the event, you will be charged for the full conference amount. As speakers are confirmed six months before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The American Strategic Management Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.

If for any reason ASMI decides to cancel this conference, ASMI accepts no responsibility for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants, including delegates, sponsors and guests.