‘Business as ‘Unusual’: the innovator’s agenda’
The development of a global marketplace with competition from non-traditional sources continues to increase the number and frequency of decisions that are required to be made on a regular basis. The risk of making a poor decision has never been higher, nor has the number of required applications for analytical tools (source: www.CGMA.com).
Businesses require the ability to streamline their activities in more innovative ways in order to deliver added value through strategic performance. In the wake of the influx of new, different and more complex sources of information, business models and performance management measures, business as usual will no longer be adequate to create and sustain competitive advantage. Business relevant and sufficiently comprehensive information will be a source of competitive advantage, where ‘intelligently informed’ innovation will be enabled by faster, more comprehensive analytical tools and approaches.
This year’s Management Accounting Conference on 8 October at Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo will encapsulate how doing business in new, agile approaches, going beyond the accepted norms drives the innovator’s contemporary agenda. Nurturing innovative cultures that challenge the status quo, transforming innovation to profitability through the ‘right’ decisions and actions, are ways in which the management accountant of today drives the innovation process.
Living up to its standing as an organisation that delivers cutting edge content which drives sustainable success for businesses, CIMA will host an array of thought leaders who will deliberate on timely topics using best practices, case studies and contemporary knowledge. Dr Sanjiva Weerawarana, Founder, Chairman and CEO, WSO2 addressing how ‘Intelligent information drives innovation’ will aim to detail the manner in which technology is used to derive, relevant, comprehensive information faster and more cost effectively. Robin Speculand, Founder and Chief Executive, Bridges Business Consultancy Int. hopes to cover what ‘right actions’ are required in implementing innovation.
Rajeeb Chowdhury Founder & Director, Grow Margin will assess how management accounting captures the extent to which innovation is translated to business value. Eranga Jayawardene, Director, Sourcing and Supply Chain for MAS Intimates, will share his views on practices that are required to foster innovation, gaining insights from best practices in the Silicon Valley. ‘How Google thrives in the Innovation game’ is the theme selected by Rohan Jayaweera, Country Consultant, Google Inc, who will bring much needed insights on how innovation is designed and implemented by a global leader in the information industry.
‘An imperative for Agile Enterprise of 2020: Actionable analytics and insights’ is the futuristic yet critically current theme selected by Ramesh Shanmuganathan, Executive Vice President/Group CIO, John Keells Holdings PLC.
SGIT, the I.T unit of John Keells Holdings PLC is the Platinum partner for the event whilst, Wijeya Newspapers (Pvt.) Ltd. is the exclusive print media partner. ETV is the electronic media partner and the exclusive digital media partner for the conference is LBO and LBR.
Book your place now for the CIMA Management Accounting conference 2013, and partake of your organisations transition to one that could thrive in the information age, engaging in ‘business as unusual’. For more information on this event and to find out how you can be a part of it, please contact Jennifer Gnaniah on 0112503880 or email tlevents@cimaglobal.com.
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