Annual Conference
MGI UK & Ireland Annual Conference
Date: 26th - 28nd November
Venue: Lane End Conference Centre –
Buckinghamshire (near Heathrow Airport)
Costs: £325 + VAT
Please note: Price includes all food and accommodation during conference
Agenda: “The Future’s Bright -
The Future is Already Here”
Leading Edge Technology for the Practice of Tomorrow
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Thursday 26th November 2009: The Future’s Bright - The Future’s Already Here
| 3.30 pm | Conference Registration |
| 4.00 pm | Conference Introduction Followed by Member Presentations Speaker: Paul Winder |
| 5.00 pm | Keynote Speech: Tomorrow’s World Speaker: Professor Heinz Wolff. Professor Wolff is a highly respected scientist and public figure, probably best known in the science world as the inventor of Bioengineering and for his recent TV work, including the BBC’s Great Egg Race. Professor Wolff will be providing his insight into the future of technology and how this will affect the working practices of professional firms and their clients. |
| 7.00 pm | Pre-dinner Drinks Reception Sponsored by CCH |
| 7.30 pm | Conference Dinner |
Friday 27th November 2009: Technology Must Haves - No Excuses
| 9.00 am | Mobile Technology and Remote Working Speaker: BlackBerry and 3g Comms, the UK’s largest independent provider of BlackBerry applications and telecoms solutions for business. |
| 10.00 am | Online Filing Speaker: Arthur West, Customer Insight Manager at Companies House. Arthur will provide an update on the issues of online filing at Companies House and their plans for the future. |
| 10.45 am | Coffee Break |
| 11.15 am | XBRL and Financial Reporting - what you need to know Olivier Servais, Director of XBRL Activities. The International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation. |
| 12.00 pm | Disaster Recovery – Fire and Flood or S*** Happens! Speaker: Jeremy Hyman. Jeremy helped London Accountancy firm BKL to continue business after a major fire ripped through their building. In this presentation he will provide an insight into how BKL’s disaster recovery plan worked and how new technology can aid your own disaster recovery plans. |
| 12.45 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 pm | The Virtual Client Speaker: Richard Anning of the ICAEW IT Faculty. |
| 2.15 pm | The Paperless Office – A Reality? Speaker: CCH |
| 3.00 pm | TRACKS TRACK 1 – Greater Efficiency Through Technology Speaker: Digita TRACK 2 – On Line or Off Line? Practical Data Security Solutions and Techniques - Daniel Mitchell of Lifeline IT TRACK 3 – Using Technology to Win New Clients Speaker: Jo Edwards from JE Consulting looks at the benefits of Social Networking sites for professional firms, webinar technology and secure data transfer using your firm’s website, including new technologies emerging for online payroll data exchange. |
| 3.45 pm | Tea |
| 4.15 pm | TRACK 4 – Customer Relationship Management Systems - nice or a need to have? Speaker: David Watson, from MGI Member Firm, Milsted Langdon looks at how to choose and implement a practice CRM solution. TRACK 5 – “Pay As You Go” Applications and Hosted Applications - the future of buying your practice software? E-know.net providers of innovative pay as you go applications discusses how this works and why it’s so cost effective for so many firms. TRACK 6 – Google - Using the Internet to Win New Business - what makes a surfer a client? Speaker: Liam Lally, Google, the world’s leading search engine provider demonstrate the latest search engine tricks and explains how to get more “client potential” visitors to your website. |
| 5.00 pm | MGI Member Firm Presentations |
| 6.00 pm | Closing Presentation for Day 1 Speaker: Paul Winder |
| 7.00 pm | Sponsored Pre-dinner Drinks Reception |
| 7.30 pm | Conference Dinner |
Saturday 28th November 2009: The Future Is Already Here
| 9.30 am | Online Accounting Speaker: Gary Turner of Xero, the leading light in the supply of online accounting systems in the UK. |
| 10.15 am | The Future is Apple Speaker: Mark Herman from Albion computers. Mark will look at the impact of the Apple computer and technology within business, and why Apple should be part of your business IT infrastructure. |
| 11.15 am | Coffee |
| 11.30 am | Closing Presentation Speaker: Paul Winder |
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