Carlson on Metrics:Conference Schedule

Measuring Results in a Competitive Marketplace

The Carlson School's 3rd Annual Institute for Research in Marketing Conference

Below is the current schedule and program for the Carlson on Metrics Conference.  All speakers and talks are subject to change.  For more information on a speaker or talk, click on any underlined word or phrase.  All conference sessions will be held in the 3M Auditorium at the Carlson School of Management.


Wednesday, May 21, 2008

6:00-7:30pm Welcome Reception, Carlson School Atrium


Thursday, May 22, 2008

7:00-8:30am Breakfast and Registration, Carlson School Atrium
8:30am

Welcome and Opening Remarks, 3M Auditorium
(All conference sessions to be held in the 3M Aud.)


Part I:Effective Measures

Determining the True Impact of Marketing

Session Chair:  Patricia Hughes, GfK Custom Research North America

8:45-9:30am "Long Term Impact of Marketing Spending."
Dominique M. Hanssens, PhD, Bud Knapp Professor of Marketing
Anderson School of Management, UCLA
9:30-10:15am "Evaluating the Business Impact of Brand Perceptions."
James S. Henney, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Marketing
Wells Fargo
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30-11:15am "Stronger Relationships, Better Results: New Metrics of Loyalty and Engagement."
Linda Vytlacil, Vice President, Global Decision Sciences
Carlson Marketing
11:15am-12:00pm "Marketing Effectiveness: Beyond ROI."
Gordon Wyner, PhD, Executive Vice President
Millward Brown, Inc.
12:00-12:15pm Session Summary
12:15-1:30pm Lunch


Part II:Leveraging Data

Making the Most of Metrics

Session Chair:  Deborah Roedder John, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

1:30-2:15pm "Leveraging Loyalty Card Data to Measure ROI."
Adrian Sosa, Director of Marketing Intelligence
CVS Caremark
2:15-3:00pm "Customer Value in a Networked Society."
Sunil Gupta, PhD, Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:00pm "Linking Consumer Data to Business Metrics that Matter."
David Krajicek, PhD, Executive Vice President
GfK Brand & Communications
4:00-4:45pm "Metrics of Pricing: Insights from a 20-Year Research Journey."
Mark E. Bergen, PhD, Carolyn I. Anderson Professor of Business Education Excellence, Marketing Department Chair
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
4:45-5:00pm Session Overview and Closing
5:00-6:30pm Reception, Carlson School Atrium


Friday,May 23, 2008

8:00-8:30am Registration, Carlson School Atrium


Part III:Optimizing Outcomes

What the Metrics Mean and What to do about Them

Session Chair:  Om Narasimhan, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

8:30-9:15am "Budgeting and Allocation Across Corporate and Brand Advertising."
Prasad Naik, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Chancellor's Fellow
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis
9:15-10:00am

"Multi-Channel Marketing Optimization."
Cesar Brea, Global Practice Leader
Monitor Group

10:00-10:45am "Measuring Tasks and Compensating Channel Partners: Guidelines and Consequences."
George John, Ph.D., General Mills-Gerot Chair in Marketing
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
10:45-11:00am Session Overview
11:00-11:15am Break


Part IV:Metrics of Growth

Measuring Progress

Session Chair:  Rajesh K. Chandy, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

11:15am-12:15pm Panel: Metrics of Growth
  Rajesh K. Chandy, PhD, James D. Watkins Chair in Marketing
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
  Jeff Hunter, Consumer Insights Director, Innovation Toolkit and Cereal Partners Worldwide
General Mills
  Gregory Michaels, PhD, Global Director of Analytics
Kraft Foods, Inc.
  Tom Sullivan, Vice President
UnitedHealth Group
12:15-1:15pm Lunch


Part V:Moving Forward

Metrics in a New World

Session Chair:  Jane E.J. Ebert, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

1:15-2:00pm "Metrics in a Business Under Siege: The Turnaround Plan at American Airlines."
Rob Britton, PhD, Adviser to the Chairman
American Airlines
2:00-3:00pm Panel: Metrics in a New World
 

Jane E.J. Ebert, PhD, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

  Lisa L. Love, PhD, New Business Development Manager, Industrial and Transportation
3M
  Bryan Maach, Vice President, Market Research & Analysis
Cisco Systems, Inc.
3:00-3:30pm Closing Remarks


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