Track 1

Track 2

7:30–8:30

Registration and breakfast

8:30–9:30

What Works What Doesn't: Executive Views on Compliance 2013 Moderated by Bob Kruger, Industrial Relations Advisor to IBSMA and introduced by Steven Russman, Executive Director, IBSMA

Expect frank assessments, diverse views and lively debate at this panel discussion among software company compliance executives as they address the biggest challenges and opportunities in running compliance programs today. Panelists include seasoned pros with more than 50 years experience: Gina Diaz from Oracle, David Welch from Netapp Inc., Russell Baker from MicroFocus and Theresa Rocker from Genesys.

9:35–10:35

Rapid Delivery & Right Price: Key Trends in Licensing and Valuing Software Amy Konary, IDC

Have a grip on licensing for SaaS and cloud computing? Positioned to profit from virtualization and the enterprise app store? It's challenging to keep up with the pace of software delivery innovation. Learn how you can adapt to meet the changing marketplace demands in this session with sought-after industry analyst and forecaster Amy Konary, research director with IDC, as she explains the major trends. Konary has followed software pricing and licensing for more than a decade.

10:35–11:00

Break

11:00–11:50

What's Hot: Trends and Tech Tools for Compliance and Enforcement Mathieu Baissac, Flexera Software

Learn the latest trends in software license enforcement and compliance management strategies that application producers are using to elevate their software licensing, entitlement and compliance management practices.

SAM for Boosting Publisher Revenue Ron Brill, Anglepoint

Publisher-focused software asset management is the newest strategy to battle revenue leakage. Leading software publishers are taking this approach to enable sales and promote customers truing-up on their own. Learn how you can incorporate asset management into your compliance agenda. This session closed to end users.

11:55–12:45

Oracle's Approach to License Compliance Bharathy Srinivasan, Global LMS Director, Advisory Office and Gina Diaz, Director, North America, Oracle

Oracle License Management Services (LMS) offers a unique program allowing its customers to provide third-party tool data for compliance reviews. Several tools are currently "verified," but what's in store for the future and what are the benefits for Oracle and its customers? Find out, plus we'll include an overview of Oracle's approach to license compliance.

Elevate Your Compliance Program to the Clouds (and Virtualization) Paul Baguley, KPMG

Your licensing and compliance issues won't disappear in the cloud, or with the adoption of software-as-a-service. In fact, they may get even more complex as you mix cloud and traditional IT models. How to combine legacy ("outdated") and up-to-date licensing models is a top challenge today. In this session, you'll learn about new license models, cloud offerings and the compliance risks associated with each. Plus we'll cover the key compliance issues software providers and their customers face transitioning to a more contemporary computing infrastructure.

12:45–2:00

Networking lunch and group discussions

2:00–2:50

Open Forum: Defining and Measuring the Success of Compliance Programs

This session for end users only.

Settlement Negotiations Where Everyone Walks Away Happy Mike Koss, Anglepoint

An audit settlement doesn't have to be the end of the happy marriage between you and your customer. Learn tried and tested techniques for ensuring that settlement negotiations don't sour your client relationships forever. We'll cover sales team alignment and buy-in, importance of a sound project plan, delicate executive communication, and different packaging approaches to settlements that leave your clients' confidence intact. This session closed to end users.

3:00–3:50

The Ins and Outs and Secrets of IBM's License Metric Tool Antonio Gallotti, IBM

The latest version of IBM's License Metric Tool (ILMT) provides software asset management functionality at essentially no cost! Learn how IBM uses ILMT as a compliance management tool, balancing customers' needs for tools and publishers' need to oversee compliance. Plus, hear how ILMT helps IBM customers prepare for a license review. We'll also cover the latest enhancements to this product.

Keys to Low-Risk, High-Return Compliance Management in Developing Markets Hiroshi Imaizumi, Progress Software

Emerging markets present enormous opportunities for the software industry given the rapid growth in mobile devices and personal computers. But the key to success for software license compliance efforts in this frontier is to understand the unique governmental, legal, marketing and audit environment of these emerging markets. Join veteran license management, compliance and antipiracy executive Hiroshi Imaizumi as he presents the nature of license compliance in emerging market and best practices from software vendors in Asia.

3:50–4:10

Break

4:10–5:30

What License Management Looks Like at 5,000 Feet, Plus Views from the Trenches Moderated by Steven Russman

Walk a while in the shoes of veteran enterprise software license managers and you'll gain a new perspective on compliance. This session will enlighten and inform on the real challenges and opportunities license managers face in organizations today. Expect frank assessments and lively discussion. Panelists include these industry leaders: Barbara Spagnola from Computer Sciences Corp., Kate Besso from Kaiser Permanente, Tiffany Hui from Visa and Anne Feider from Wells Fargo.

5:30

Concluding remarks and conference closing