General Session Presentations

Keynote: The Extreme Future: Top Trends that will Re-shape Business and Society

Speaker: Dr. James Canton, The Institute for Global Futures

The future will be reshaped by fast, complex changes. Based on his forthcoming new book due to be released September 21, Dr. Canton provides a sweeping overview of the top trends that will shape the future of business and society including; the future of climate, energy, technology, the workforce, security, the economy, life sciences, demographics, entertainment and lifestyles. Find out what's next and how to prepare your organization today to meet the challenges of the Extreme Future.
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The War for Talent and Performance Management

Speaker: Cushing Anderson, IDC

Cushing Anderson will discuss the relationship between performance and talent management and how organizations can use tools, like SumTotal, to facilitate high performance organizations. He will also discuss the future of learning including the concept of "hyper-relevance" in the age of search-learning and reference-based education systems.
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SumTotal Product Roadmap: Introducing Google Search

Speakers: Jon Zucker, SumTotal Systems
Kevin Smith, Google


Google This! SumTotal Systems has recently partnered with Google to extend the search capabilities of the SumTotal Enterprise Suite. Join us for a demonstration of the new search capabilities, including the ability to search for relevant learning activities, performance data and learning documents within the familiar Google search interfaces.
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Futures & Insights

Speaker: Jon Ciampi, SumTotal Systems

Find out what's on the horizon for SumTotal talent and performance management solutions and how you'll be able to use them to meet your most ambitious 2007 goals, including driving performance, improving channel effectiveness, accelerating sales force readiness, educating a distributed workforce, and more. Learn how future SumTotal products will help you incorporate new solutions into your plans to drive growth and success.
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