Time

Room

Title

9:00

Breakout Area

Arrival at IBM Innovation Studio

Breakfast and Networking.

9:30

The Cube

Opening & Welcome by Ben Heinl

A quick overview of what to expect at the Conference.

9:45

The Cube

Keynote by Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus is author of the best-selling popular mathematics book "The Music of the Primes". It has won two major prizes in Italy & Germany for the best popular science book of the year. His new book “Finding Moonshine: a mathematician's journey through symmetry” is also published by Fourth Estate & appeared in February 2008.

10:15

The Cube

IBM Current State of Play & Product Roadmap by Christian Wagner

Join Christian as he provides an overview of the current state of IBM Planning Analytics, as well as an update on what’s on the roadmap for the product, including IBM Planning Analytics Workspace & the TM1 Server.

11:00

The Cube

TM1 World Championship (Round 1)

1st quiz on TM1 to find the top three contestants to compete at the TM1 World Championship, to be held at 17:15.

11:15

Breakout Area

Morning Break & IBM Showcase Tour

11:45

The Cube

Session 1: What's New at Cubewise?

Updates on the product offerings from Apliqo, Cubewise Code & Supply Focus.

12:45

The Cube

TM1 World Championship (Round 2)

2nd quiz on TM1 to find the top three contestants to compete at the TM1 World Championship, to be held at 17:15.

13:00

Breakout Area

Lunch & IBM Showcase Tour

13:45

Session 2: Presentations & Round Table discussions

The Cube

Presentation #1: Integrated Business Planning by Mike Herring (GKN Aerospace)

Join GKN Aerospace for an overview of how IBM Planning Analytics plays a key role in their integrated business planning processes. With a variety of upstream and downstream systems, see how GKN use both IBM and Cubewise products to harness their complexity.

Acacia / Alder

Presentation #2: Modernising User Experience with PAW

You are planning in Excel right? And you are having fun with the VLOOKUPS – or if you are already using TM1, DBRWs? But then you have also heard from friends in other companies that they are using online planning dashboards. And now you are wondering how you can modernise your conversations with executives, by modernising your planning cycles.

Let us help you discover the journey of moving from Excel to Planning Analytics Workspace.

Beech / Cedar

Round Table Discussion #1: Stepping Outside the Box - when to use TM1py

These dynamic and interactive sessions are a fantastic opportunity to engage in an open conversation with fellow peers and industry specialists on specific business and technical topics.

Beech / Cedar

Round Table Discussion #2: TM1 in Financial Services

These dynamic and interactive sessions are a fantastic opportunity to engage in an open conversation with fellow peers and industry specialists on specific business and technical topics.

14:30

Breakout Area

Networking & IBM Showcase Tour

14:45

Session 3: Presentations & Round Table discussions

The Cube

Presentation #1: TM1 through the Years by Dan Peeroo (News UK)

Over the last 20 years, News UK has innovatively applied TM1 to solve a variety of business problems. Dan Peeroo, TM1 Analyst at News UK, will look back through News UK's TM1 journey, as well as discuss plans for the future, in an inspiring customer case study that might just spark your next lightbulb moment.

Acacia / Alder

Presentation #2: Optimising User Experience in PAW

You have transformed your planning cycles into online PAW workbooks. And the feeling inside is one of pure joy as you are now having modernised conversations in the boardroom. However, someone has mentioned the word APPlication. And looking at your PAW reports you are wondering how you will ever have the APPetite and APPtitude for this?

We APPreciate your predicament and are here to give you insights on how you can optimise your PAW workbooks.

Beech / Cedar

Round Table Discussion #1: Best Practices in Financial Modelling

These dynamic and interactive sessions are a fantastic opportunity to engage in an open conversation with fellow peers and industry specialists on specific business and technical topics.

15:30

Breakout Area

Networking & IBM Showcase Tour

15:45

Session 4: Presentations & Round Tables discussions

The Cube

Presentation #1: Managing your Business with Apliqo by Malte Deyda (DB Netz)

An Apliqo UX / TM1 journey: Motivation, personal experience and how to solve real business problems.

Acacia / Alder

Presentation #2: Solar Profitability by Tom Bouton (Goodman)

Goodman owns, develops and manages real estate. These properties are mainly warehouses, large scale logistics facilities and data centers with large rooftops that are ideal for installing solar panels. But how do you collect and consolidate all the associated data? How do you keep track of income generated and how do you forecast the income and expenses for all the solar panels?

Beech / Cedar

Round Table Discussion #1: Common Challenges in Organisations working in TM1

These dynamic and interactive sessions are a fantastic opportunity to engage in an open conversation with fellow peers and industry specialists on specific business and technical topics.

Beech / Cedar

Round Table Discussion #2: What Skillsets are required for FP&A today

These dynamic and interactive sessions are a fantastic opportunity to engage in an open conversation with fellow peers and industry specialists on specific business and technical topics.

16:30

The Cube

Closing Keynote by Marcus du Sautoy

17:00

The Cube

TM1 World Champion Finals, with Drinks & Canapes

A three-person finale that will test their TM1 skills, & the European champion will be crowned!

18:30

Networking at BrewDog Waterloo

Enjoy dinner & drinks with us at BrewDog Waterloo (within walking distance of the IBM Innovation Studio).

Time

Room

Title

9:00

Breakout Area

Arrival at IBM Innovation Studio

9:30

The Cube

Welcome Back by Ben Heinl

09:45

Session 1: Presentations & Hands-On sessions

The Cube

Presentation #1: Apliqo UX Demo by Tomer Ganz & Ada Trajer

Cherry

Presentation #2: Predictive Demand Planning by Supply Focus

Hazel

Round Table Discussion #1: Testing in TM1 by Ian Boltz

Testing can mean a lot of different things to different stakeholders. This discussion is aimed at how and what testing means in a PA environment and how that can be achieved with different tools.

Damson

Hands-On Session #1: Arc

10:45

Breakout Area

Morning Break & IBM Showcase Tour

11:15

Session 2: Presentations, Round Table & Hands-On sessions

Cherry

Presentation #1: Raw Material Management by Supply Focus

This is a demonstration of how Supply Focus handles Ram Material Management by leveraging IBM Planning Analytics, TM1py, Apliqo UX and IBM Cplex. During the live demo Ulas will highlight industry best practices, key performance indicators, guided-workflow and a few other features. Ulas will also talk about common business problems, requirements as well as potential solutions.

The Cube

Presentation #2: Level Up TM1 with TM1py - A Practical Guide by Marius Wirtz

This is a presentation that demonstrates how to enhance IBM Planning Analytics with the use of TM1py, an open-source Python library. Marius will showcase real-life examples of leveraging TM1py to improve forecasting, automate manual tasks, and express business logic, while providing insights on the latest TM1py release and other relevant aspects of the open-source project.

Hazel

Hands-On Session #1: Apliqo UX

Damson

Hands-On Session #2: Slice

12:15

Breakout Area

Lunch & IBM Showcase Tour

13:15

Session 3: Presentations & Hands-On sessions

Hazel

Presentation #1: An Introduction to Decision Optimization by Luc Cusiel

In this session we will cover the business value of Decision Optimization, the basic mathematical theory behind Decision Optimization (field of Decision Science) and how Decision Optimization can be integrated in Planning Analytics using two practical examples: strategic decision making for a Zoo to re-introduce endangered animal species and tactical/operational decision making for a manufacturer of fish cakes (using a classic TM1 sample model).

The Cube

Hands-On Session #1: PAW

Damson

Hands-On Session #2: Slice

14:15

Breakout Area

Networking & IBM Showcase Tour

14:30

Session 4: Presentations & Hands-On sessions

The Cube

Hands-On Session #1: PAW

Hazel

Hands-On Session #2: Apliqo UX

Damson

Hands-On Session #3: Arc

15:30

The Cube

Closing Note by Ben Heinl