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The Intelligent Use of Business Analysis: SCIPÂ’s Eighth Annual European Conference and Exhibit

The Intelligent Use of Business Analysis: SCIPÂ’s Eighth Annual European Conference and Exhibit

The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) presents its Eighth Annual European Conference, entitled, The Intelligent Use of Business Analysis, which will be centered on Competitive Intelligence (CI) and decision support. This is an educational program including both quality instructor led education as well as peer-to-peer learning.

(PRWEB) June 18, 2003

The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) is proud to present its Eighth Annual European Conference. The Intelligent Use of Business Analysis, centered on Competitive Intelligence (CI) and decision support, is a special time when a unique community of individuals gathers to discuss how CI is collected, analyzed, and utilized, to frame organizational structures and improve business decisions. This is an educational program including both quality instructor led education as well as peer-to-peer learning.

By joining some of the brightest European business minds, you will increase your ability to analyze various elements of the business environment and deliver recommendations for tactical and strategic advantage. This is your opportunity to participate in a program that will have you looking at your business opportunities in new and creative ways. The focus of the program will be on analysis: as the amount of data available to business leaders is rising everyday, one must learn methods and techniques to filter those data and create meaning from the chaos!

Each session will be dedicated to learning and practicing a new technique, so that you will be ready to use it immediately. Speakers will be a combination of senior corporate practitioners and experienced consultants who understand the challenges that you face in such a competitive environment. Through discussions with these experts and peers, you will learn how to select appropriate methods, the proper way to apply the technique, and the pitfalls to avoid when articulating the results of your work.

Whether you are an experienced CI Professional or new to the discipline, the program is designed for all level of the CI practice. Choose from a variety of subjects that best suit your needs:

§ Competitor Analysis

§ Human Intelligence Collection

§ CI for New CI Professionals I and II

§ Secondary Collections

§ Intelligence Dissemination

This yearÂ’s Keynote Speaker, Dr. Ben Gilad, is a renowned Author, Consultant, and SCIP Meritorious Award winner. He is also a former Rutgers University Professor of Strategy, and founder of the Academy of Competitive Intelligence. As a highly sought after consultant to global businesses, Dr. Gilad will focus his remarks on understanding executive behavior with regard to business intelligence.

For more information, please contact us or visit www. scip. org/london (http://www. scip. org/london).

About SCIP

The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) is a global not-for-profit membership organization for everyone involved in creating and managing business knowledge. Our mission is to enhance the skills of knowledge professionals in order to help their companies achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. Specifically, SCIP provides education and networking opportunities for business professionals working in the rapidly growing field of CI (the legal and ethical collection and analysis of information regarding the capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intentions of business competitors). Established in 1986, today SCIP has over 50 chapters around the world, with individual members in more than 50 nations. In addition, SCIP has alliance partnerships with independent affiliate organizations in many countries.

For further information, contact:

Carolina Olivieri

Director of Marketing & Membership Development

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 600

Alexandria, VA 22314 USA

Tel. +1.703.739.0696 Fax. +1.703.739.2524

Www. scip. org

Email: colivieri@scip. org