This year’s event, at the spectacular El Conquistador resort, will consist of four tracks that will give you the full picture from leading industry experts, NICE users, and NICE executives on optimizing your NICE solution and preparing for the next phase of high performance.
Once the agenda is finalized, everyone who has registered for the Summit will have the opportunity to create his or her own personalized agenda, so you can be sure not to miss the sessions that will be most valuable for you. Stay tuned for more details!
The Interactions2008 tracks are:
Solutions for the Top AND Bottom Line
Reduce costs? Drive profit? How about both? When Contact Centers are fully aligned with business objectives, they unleash benefits to every part of the enterprise. See how NICE SmartCenter has helped leading companies create this alignment, enabling them to manage risk and compliance, achieve a higher level of operational efficiency, and increase customer retention and insight.
Innovations in High Performance Technology
The changing definition of the “Contact Center” brings new challenges and opportunities for those who design, implement and manage the underlying technology.  Learn how NICE technology supports Virtual Contact Centers and the latest capabilities for Contact Centers.
Hands On
Grab a seat and play!  The Hands On track gives you tips and tricks for solutions you may already have, and the chance to experience some of NICE’s most advanced capabilities such as Interaction Analytics, Coaching and Customer Feedback.
Business Strategy Roundtables
Join your peers and Subject Matter Experts to learn about the latest Contact Center business challenges and strategies.  This track features a highly interactive format with plenty of debate, discussions and new insights.
Here is an outline of the times/activities for you to plan your arrival and departure:
Monday, July 28
12:00pm - 4:00pm Networking  
6:00pm - 6:30pm Welcome to Interactions 2008! Eran Gorev, President and CEO, NICE Systems - Americas
Brad Totten, President, NICE User Group
6:30pm - 7:10pm High Performance – 2008 and Beyond Haim Shani, CEO, NICE Systems Ltd.
7:10pm - 7:30pm Driving Cultural Change with NICE SmartCenter Jim Lemere, Conseco
David Morgan, Phd., Fidelity Investments
7:30pm - 9:30pm Welcome Reception/Showcase
Tuesday, July 29
8:30am - 9:10am A “Miracle” Keynote - Mike Eruzione was captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game. Mike's inspiring story shows how the drive, preparation, and determination of an underdog led to the ultimate in high performance. Mike Eruzione 
9:10am - 9:30am Impacting Business Results with NICE Smart Center Maureen Williams, DirecTV
9:30am - 9:45am Break
Breakout Sessions
Track 1:
Solutions for the Top AND Bottom Line
Track 2:
Innovations in High Performance Technology
Track 3:
Hands On”
Track 4:
Business Strategy Roundtables
Discussions
9:45am - 10:30am

NICE SmartCenter: Details of a Cultural Transformation
Conseco, NICE

Tapping into the Branch Office: Trends and Innovations
Cisco, NICE

Evaluation Form
Design - Introduction / Refresher
NICE

Giving Customers What They Want: Aligning Quality and Coaching with Customer Expectations
National City Mortgage, Liberty Mutual, AXA -Equitable, WPS, NICE
10:45am - 11:30am Solving Business Challenges with
Interaction Analytic
JPMC, NICE
CallSource
Centralized Control for Decentralized Operations
Avaya, NICE
11:45am - 12:30pm Customer Feedback: A 360-Degree View of The Customer Experience
GAP, NICE

Ensuring Business Continuity in a Decentralized Environment
EMC, NICE

Customizing the NICE Portal
- Introduction / Refresher

NICE
 
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
12:30pm - 5:30pm Showcase
1:30pm - 2:15pm Proactive Anti-Fraud Solutions: Led by Actimize, A NICE Company
Actimize
 
2:30pm - 3:15pm World Class Resource Planning and Workforce Management
IEX
Securing Your Interactions with NICE Perform
Microsoft, NICE
Leveraging
Interaction Analytics - Introduction / Refresher
NICE
At the Frontier of Contact Center Technology
Hewlett Packard, Convergys, CIT, NICE
3:15pm - 3:30pm Break
3:30pm - 4:15pm Timely Coaching Delivers Quick Results
Kaiser Permanente, NICE
Analytics In Action: A Success Story
Callsource, Fidelity Investments, NICE
Leveraging
Interaction Analytics - Introduction / Refresher
NICE
4:15pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm I-Support: A Preview of Upcoming Online Support Services   Customer Feedback-
Learning How to Build a Survey - Introduction / Refresher
NICE
 
7:30pm - 10:30pm Customer Appreciation Party
Wednesday, July 30
8:30am - 9:30am Contact Center 2.0
What does the 2.0 world in which we now live mean for the Contact Center?  Michael Maoz, Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Research, will share the extensive experience he has gained as a premier analyst in the Customer Relationship Management space.
Michael Maoz
9:30am - 9:45am Break
9:30am - 12:00pm Showcase
Breakout Sessions
  Track 1:
Solutions for the Top AND Bottom Line
Track 2:
Innovations in High Performance Technology
Track 3:
“Hands On”
Track 4:
Business Strategy Roundtables
Discussions
9:45am - 10:30am

Safely Navigating the Compliance Jungle
NACR, NICE

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Upgrading Your NICE Solution
GE-Money, NICE
Tips and Tricks
for Reports - Introduction / Refresher
NICE
Interaction Analytics: Driving Data-Based Decisions
Callsource, DirecTV, Gartner, Fidelity Investments, JPMC, NICE
10:45am - 11:30am Creating Excellence with Performance Manager
IEX
Tapping into the Branch Office: Trends and Innovations
Cisco, NICE
11:30am - 11:45am Break
11:45am - 12:30pm NICE Services: A Faster Return on Your Technology Investments
CIT, NICE
Seeing Over the Horizon: The NICE Product Road Map
NICE
Developing a Business
Case and Building an ROI - Advanced
NICE
 
12:30pm - 1:00pm Closing Session Eran Gorev and Brad Totten
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm Track 3: “Hands On”:
User Administration - Introduction / Refresher NICE
3:30pm - 3:45pm Break
3:45pm - 5:15pm Track 3: “Hands On”:
Coaching - Introduction / Refresher NICE