CUSTOMER SELF-CARE AND EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS


July 15-16 2008, Washington DC

Call for Speakers

Submit proposals to:
www.telestrategies.com/tsiprop
Deadline for submissions is March 14, 2008
 

“The essential competition in many consumer sectors is between commodity providers and experience providers, the companies that just deliver product and the companies that deliver a sensation, too.”

                                                          David Brooks, The  New York Times (2/8/08)


About the Program
As the number of services being offered by service providers and their complexity continue to grow, so too does the potential for customer problems and frustrations. It doesn’t have to be the case. The Customer Self-Care and Experience Management conference will focus on what carriers can and are doing to ensure their customers a best-in-class experience at every touchpoint in the customer lifecycle -- from their web portal through to service delivery. The conference will focus on the operational and process requirements needed to provide today’s communications customer a better experience – a better buying experience, delivery experience, support experience and overall lifecycle management experience.  Dual tracks will focus on the roles of service assurance and the self-care portal in improving customer experience. In addition, the program will focus on innovative ways to drive customer loyalty and differentiate your brand through greater personalization opportunities and innovative experience-based services. Together, the conference will teach service providers the best methods for transforming themselves from commodity providers to experience providers.

Speaking Opportunities
Below is a list of some of the topics/themes we plan to address at the program. They are suggestions only. If you or someone in your company is interested in presenting at the program, please submit on-line at www.telestrategies.com/tsiprop your proposed session topic(s) and description (around 80 words please) along with the name, title and contact information of the speaker(s). Proposals will not be accepted after the March 14th cutoff date. Proposed panel discussions along with recommended participants are also appreciated. Please send any panel suggestions directly to Jeffrey Sklaver at jsklaver@telestrategies.com.

In evaluating potential speaking topics, we ask that you challenge both yourself and the audience with a compelling, focused topic.  High level, general presentations will not be accepted; the more technical and solution-oriented your talk the better. As always, service provider-led presentations/case studies are strongly encouraged and will receive top considerations.

 

Themes and Areas for Discussion:

 The list below is intended to give you a better idea of the type of topics and themes we hope to address at the conference. They are intended as a guideline only to help you in crafting you proposal.

  • Techniques and tools for analyzing your customers’ quality of experience (QoE)
  • Methods for Identifying problems or issues before your customer does
  • Relating customer experience to operational parameters
  • Using business intelligence and analytics for better  customer segmentation
  • Getting a holistic view of your customers’ experience in a multi-channel, multi-partner environment
  • Streamlining CSR navigation across services and applications
  • Allowing your customers to personalize their service fit their own needs and lifestyle
  • Building and effective loyalty program
  • Migrating your customers to the self-service model
  • Personalizing the self-service experience
  • Deploying real time, proactive monitoring of the self-service experience
  • Back office integration requirements for front-end customer web interfaces
  • Unifying portals across access devices, channels and applications
  • Implementing knowledge automation solutions

The Selection Process:
Those companies supporting the program through their sponsorship/exhibiting will receive top consideration. Please make your support intentions know to Jeanette Townsend by the proposal deadline so that we can take it into consideration during the selection process. For complete details on sponsoring/exhibiting, call or contact Jeanette Townsend at 703-622-3524 or by e-mail at jtownsend@telestrategies.com.

Final session selections will be made on or about April 8th.  All individuals who have submitted a proposal will be notified soon thereafter as to whether their talk was selected or not.

Questions regarding any part of the conference, including the proposal process, should be directed to Jeffrey Sklaver, Senior Vice President at 703.734.2615 or jsklaver@telestrategies.com.

Sponsorship Opportunities
For exhibit or sponsorship information, contact Jeanette Townsend, TeleStrategies’ director of sales at 703-622-3524, or by e-mail at jtownsend@telestrategies.com




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