AccountMate Summit 2003 – Agenda

By J. Carlton Collins, CPA

Softline AccountMate held the 2003 Business Partner Summit on February 9-12 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Marin County. The 2003 Summit included workshops, panels, an Exhibitor Fair, main stage speakers, Business Partner awards, entertainment and other various events.

The events for the Summit began on Monday, February 10, with a welcome speech from the President of Softline North America, Murray Aston. Murray was the founder of Business Vision in 1987 and designed Business Vision II, the company’s first business management and accounting system. Business Vision was acquired by Softline SA Ltd in 2000. Murray was promoted to head of North American operation in 2002.

Monday, February 10, 2003

8:30 – 9:00	Welcome speech Murray Aston
9:00 – 9:25	Softline Strategy Update Ivan Epstien, Co-founder &CEO, Coftlin Steven Cohen, Co-founder & COO, Softline
9:25 – 9:50	Softline AccountMate Sales & Marketing Direction David Dierke, EVP Sales & Marketing, Softline AccountMate Andrew Christensen, Marketing Director, Softline AccountMate
9:50 – 10:15	The Wealth Within – Vertical Partner Products David Render, General Manager, Softline AccountMate
10:30 – 11:15	Profitable New Features in AccountMate 6.0 Tommy Tan, Vice President, Research & Development, Softline AccountMate
11:15 – 12:00	Technology Trends Randy Johnson K2 Enterprises
1:00 – 1:50	Overview of New Softline AccountMate Team David Dierke, EVP, Sales & Marketing, Softline AccountMate Implementing AccountMate 6.0 James Leung, JTL Business Solutions
2:00 – 2:50	Team (repeat session) David Dierke, EVP Sales & Marketing, Softline AccountMate AccountMate Clients to 6.0 Loraine Nichols, Sr. Product Support Specialist, Softline AccountMate Marketing Omar Sary, Dir. International Business Development, Softline AccountMate Profit Potential Micheal DeBarros, VP Sales and Marketing, Softline BusinessVision
3:05 – 3:55	EDI Link Patrick Rice, Consulting Group, Inc. AccountMate BI Elliot Pereira, VP Sales & Marketing, DataHabitat Boost AccountMate Sales with an Integrated e-Commerce Solution Dan Hansel, The PCA Group F9 Financial Reporter Duane Laird, Synex System Corp.
3:00 – 6:00	Exhibitor Fair in Exhibit Hall (Novato, Larkspur, Corte Madera)

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

8:30 – 9:15	The State of the Mid-Market, 2003 Bob Scott, Executive Editor, Accounting Technology
9:15 – 10:00	Panel Discussion: Accounting Software Industry Trends Moderated by Tawn Rose, Founder, CPA Software News; Editor-in-Chief, CPA Magazine. With John Covaleski, Bob Scott, and J. Carlton Collins
10:15 – 12:00	Translating Marketing Strategy in to Profitable Results Jeff Thull, CEO and President, Prime Resources Group
1:00 – 1:50	Marketing in the Age of Interactivity Andrew Christensen & Lee Burbank, The Burbank Company Making Your Modifications Upgradeable James Leung, JTL Business Solutions Guy Hodgdon, MKT Software Design
2:00 – 2:50	Industry Trends – A Competitive Assessment J. Carlton Collins, President, Accounting Software Advisor Implementing Builds & Service Packs Jim Yuelapwan, Technical Support Manager, Softline AccountMate BusinessVision Profit Potential Michael DeBarros, VP Sales & Marketing, Softline BusinessVision
3:05 – 3:55	Advance-com & NetPath: A New Approach to EDI Patricia Meisner & Andy Levin, Advance-Com Market Opportunities in Local Government Tom Tobin, Compudata Services Planning Your .NET Profit David Harris, EC Internet Real Time Data Integration and Web Information Portal Frank Klenner, ClickBase

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