APS - Advanced Professional Solutions

2008 Conference Agenda (download the detailed agenda here)

			Keynote Speaker - David Smith, Chief Executive, Global Futures & Foresight David is the chief executive of Global Futures and Foresight (GFF). In his 30 year business career he has held senior management positions in large and small organisations. He has been involved in public sector, commercial and financial markets and has held sales, marketing and general management positions in companies such as the UK based DRG group and The US Unisys Corporation. David challenges, informs and entertains his audiences on many of the key issues of the near future, in order to stimulate 'out-of-the-box' thinking to help generate new visions, strategies, products and services. He is a regular international conference speaker and writer and a passionate believer that we are not victims of what the future might hold if we prepare ourselves in advance. He has spoken on UK BBC, Middle East TV, German and South African radio and appeared on the UK ITN News channel discussing topical futures issues. His experience has shown him the powerful impact that glimpses of the future afford business and government alike as they seek to achieve their strategic goals. We welcome David back to conference to learn more about his work on Small and Medium Enterprises the future of Financial Services, B2B Marketing, IT standards in Insurance and the future of communities

			Practice Management Taking on board feedback from clients after Conference last year, we decided to bring forward the release of version 9.1. We have been our own beta site since May 2008 and 9.1 will be available for limited release from July 2008. At conference this year, we will show you what's new in the released Version 9.1 including new Fees features, new Budgets, new Advance Document Management, new Straight Profit Fees, new Outlook Contact Integration and new Console layouts. We will also showcase the next release of Practice Management - Version 10. This release is significant in that it is the framework and underlying engine that has been built to facilitate the migration of PM to the new Microsoft .NET framework. PM provides the platform for the new integrated suite of products as well as further enhancements not seen last year.
			PM Workflow and Resource Planning A hot topic for the profession right now! If you are serious about Resource Planning, these sessions aim to show you how and why we have arrived at our design and the benefits of integrating this system with Practice Management. Come along and see how your firm can lower operational costs and maximise resource utilisation with this exciting new offering.

			Practice IQ Come and see Advance PIQ V.9.1 and how we have implemented some long awaited features as well as some new ideas. Report Save and Incremental Update will be highlighted along with some new reporting options available through Microsoft Reporting Services which caters for larger more granular reporting and printing. See how the structures put in place in PIQ V.9 for SQL2005 will stand the test of time through SQL2008 and beyond. See the outstanding new management and workflow reports now available because of new PM functionality. Gauge for yourselves just how valuable these will be to your firm. With developments happening all the time, come and see our vision for the future of your Business Intelligence investment.

			Interwoven Worksite and Advance We will be profiling Worksite 8.3 & 8.5 that demonstrate the significant advances made in relation to Email Management. We also unveil the new Universal Search module which through a single query brings unified results quickly across systems in an intuitive, easy-to-navigate Web interface. Professionals get the big picture quickly through advanced visualization and dynamic categorization for a faster, more thorough exploration of results. We also demonstrate WorkSite Web that forms the Extranet and Intranet platform for your firm.
			Advance Document Management (ADM) and AdvanceDocs Advance Document Management (ADM) was released as part of PM Version 9.1. We have re-modelled Notes and Links for the .NET world and introduced a separate documents area, which gives us far greater email and document storage and retrieval capability going forward. We will also show you enhancements to the latest release of Advance Docs that will further enrich your PDF, scanning and document management experience.

			Advance CRM 9.1 Developed specifically for professional services firms, Advance CRM 9.1 includes major enhancements to all aspects of the product we launched 3 years ago. Integrated to Advance PM and benefiting from the improved console navigation of Advance PM 9.1 clients will be suitably impressed with this new version. Not content with building a CRM solution within the Advance console framework our development team have been busy creating a web based interface and integration to Outlook. Extending access to the Web, Outlook and even your PDA has been a key focus of this next evolution of CRM and demonstrates our strong commitment to building the most integrated business platform for professional firms.

			Discussion Forums & Client Surgery In recent years we have added a CIO forum to enable IT Directors and Managing Partners share common issues and experiences. This year will be no exception, and with further consolidation of suppliers in the UK we are certain there will be a lot to talk about. The APS client surgery is an ideal opportunity to have one on one conversations with members of the APS team to plan the next year or resolve any queries you may have.

			Thursday Night Gala Dinner The Thursday Night Gala Dinner provides an opportunity for everyone to relax, socialise and enjoy some great food, wine and entertainment. Those who have attended a gala dinner in previous years know that it's one big party! The dress code is 'black tie - everyone who attends is encouraged to suit up and frock up, and get ready for a night out to remember!