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2011 Annual Conference: Schedule

View the complete 2012 Symposium schedule below, or quickly jump to a day:

Sunday, April 22

11:45am - 1:00pm Inner Harbor Boat Cruise and Networking Excursion
(Optional excursion, includes box lunch)
1:00 - 6:00pm Conference Registration
2:30 - 4:00pm Chapter Leadership Forum
4:30 - 5:30pm First-Timer/New Member Welcome
5:30 - 6:30pm Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Stericycle ExpertRECALL
Monday, April 23
7:30am - 5:00pm Conference Registration
7:30 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by SPi Global
8:30 - 9:45am

Opening General Session

Keynote: Douglas Stephens
Retail and Consumer Futurist and Founder, Retail Prophet

9:45 - 10:30am Business Partner Showcase
9:45 - 10:30am

Exhibit Hall Open
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

10:45am - 12:00pm

Trend Sessions

  • Leading the Consumer Experience: Path to the Consumer Affairs Department of 2015
    John Goodman, TARP Worldwide
  • Bringing Back the Personalization of Service
    Richard Shapiro, The Center For Client Retention
12:15pm - 1:15pm

Networking Luncheon
Sponsored by HGS

1:00 - 2:00pm Business Partner Showcase
2:00 - 3:30pm

Industry Sessions

  • Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
    How to Handle a Regulatory Audit
  • Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
    How to Set a High Bar for Agent Utilization While Avoiding the Pitfalls of Burnout and Attirition
  • Retail & Direct Sales
    How Trends in Technology and Consumer Demographics are Changing the Nature of Retail, with Douglas Stephens
  • Healthcare
3:30 - 4:15pm Business Partner Showcase
3:30 - 4:15pm

Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by Telerx

4:15 - 5:30pm

Afternoon General Session

Keynote: James Kane
Renowned Loyalty Expert and Author

5:30 - 6:15pm Business Partner Showcase
5:30 - 6:30pm

Exhibitor Reception
Sponsored by Unilever

Tuesday, April 24
7:30am - 5:00pm Conference Registration
7:30 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Genesys
8:15 - 9:15am Business Partner Showcase
9:15 - 10:15am

Morning General Session

Keynote: Marc Speichert
Chief Marketing Officer, L'Oréal USA

10:15 - 10:45am

Exhibit Hall Opens

Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

10:45am - 12:45pm

Skills-Based Workshops (repeats in the afternoon)

  • Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Industry Session: Managing Customer Expectations
  • CPG Industry Session:  Mitigating Risk Using Social Media
  • How to Measure the Quality of Customer Service E-Mail
    Leslie O'Flahavan, Principal, EWRITE
  • Social Media As A Contact Center Channel: Are You Really Ready?
  • The ROI of Mobile Customer Care
  • Executive Session
    The Evolution and Future of the Customer Care Function
1:00pm - 2:00pm Networking Lunch
Sponsored by Salesforce.com
1:15 - 2:00pm Dessert and Networking in Exhibit Hall
(Exhibit Hall Closes at 2:00pm)
2:15 - 4:15pm

Skills-Based Workshops (repeated from the morning)

  • How to Measure the Quality of Customer Service E-Mail 
    Leslie O'Flahavan, Principle, EWRITE
  • Social Media As A Contact Center Channel: Are You Really Ready?
  • The ROI of Mobile Customer Care
  • Executive Session
    Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear: How to Manage the Legislative and Regulatory Issues that Impact the Customer Relationship Profession
4:30 - 5:30pm

Closing General Session

Keynote: Reggie Love
Former Special Assistant and Personal Aide to The President of the United States

6:00 - 9:00pm Social Finale
Entertainment Sponsored by 24-7 Intouch
Wednesday, April 25
TBD

Post-Conference Workshops

 

2012 Symposium: Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Policy:

Refunds for cancellations must be made in writing (via email or fax) to the SOCAP National Office. A processing fee of $250 will be charged on refunds received on or before March 23, 2012. No refunds after March 23, 2012. Substitutions will be gladly accepted at no charge until April 6, 2012. A $150 fee will be charged on any substitutions made between April 6 and April 13, 2012. No substitutions after April 13, 2012. Registration transfers to future meetings will not be accepted.

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