NEECOM Agenda for Day 1 - Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Morning Program:
8:00 8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast

Annual Meeting and Opening Remarks

NEECOM President, Ira Keltz, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

8:45

The Other Side of the B2B Coin: Simplifying and Securing User-Driven File Exchanges
Brent Dickey, Business Development Engineer, Attachmate

It's 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon. Suddenly your Marketing department tells you they need to get a large, sensitive file out to a business partner by the close of business! The file is too big to send by email. How do you do it? Learn how today's modern managed file transfer technologies drive simplicity and security into user-driven file transfers; benefiting both the end user and IT staff.
9:30

Your IT career: Get Noticed, Get Promoted, and Build Your Professional Brand
Eric Bloom, CEO, Manager Mechanics LLC

This talk is based on my weekly Your IT Career column/blog in ITworld.com Whether you are looking for a job, pushing for a promotion, trying to start your own company, or looking for a date to your sisters wedding, building your personal/professional brand can be of great help. This presentation can help you with the three professional goals previously listed. Regarding your sisters wedding, youre on your own. The first aspect of your professional brand is your reputation in the workplace. The second aspect of your professional brand are your credentials, skills, experiences, etc. This talk discusses both types of professional branding and how to use them to your advantage.
10:15 Networking and Refreshment Break 10:30

Challenges and Victories for the B2B/EDI Professional- Results from Professional Research
Ann Grackin, CEO, ChainLink Research

With significant changes in industries from healthcare to retail, the B2B/EDI professional is more important than ever. In this talk Ann Grackin will share ChainLinks recent research on the state of the profession. We will discuss how they are confronting these changeswhat challenges as well what contributions to their organization the EDI professional makes.

11:15

Wayfair.com The Road to Processing One Million Documents a Day!

Adam Reczkowski, Manager of Operations Process Improvement. Wayfair LLC Eric Gauthier, Manager of Systems Engineering. Wayfair LLC

Wayfair is one of the largest online retails for home goods carrying over 5 million products and 10,000 brands backed by an EDI infrastructure that integrates with over 5,000 trading partners and processes more than a half million documents per day. This talk will cover some of the technology, business processes, and culture that have allowed us to grow our EDI capabilities and what we are doing now to prepare for 1 million documents per day. 12:00 Lunch Afternoon Program: 1:00

Enterprise Data Security- Securing Corporate Data at Rest

Jerome Mendell, VP Global Distribution, bTrade

Protecting corporate data is increasingly important and increasingly difficult. To protect your companys database assets, there are security measures you should take today. These include encrypting data as it moves across your enterprise networks and as it sits at rest, in storage on database systems. Extra steps and precautions should be taken to carefully control access to this data. This presentation will discuss how you can help your company protect its data at rest. 1:45

The Essence of Self Leadership: Power of 3

Jennifer Touma, Principal, Mindscape

What if each time you facilitate a business meeting, talk with a potential client, or negotiate a deal, you bring your very best self? What does it feel like? This feeling is your moment-of-impact, the experience that transforms you into performing at your best, most often. Learn how the Power of 3 that transforms you into performing your best, which results in you being your best. Power of 3: Managing Yourself I Optimal Thinking I Mental Strength 2:30 2:45 Networking and Refreshment Break

The hottest industry for EDI today Healthcare!

Kenneth Green, Corporate Team Lead - Revenue e-Commerce Team Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

EDI in healthcare has been growing steadily as Government mandates (like HIPAA and ObamaCare) have pushed payers and providers alike to use electronic data interchange for claims, remittance, and eligibility, just to name a few. This presentation from the EDI lead at the largest hospital network in Massachusetts - Partners HealthCare System, will provide a glimpse into how the big providers and payers work together through a regional network (NEHEN) to make this system work efficiently. You'll also get tips on common issues encountered and how to improve processes through collaboration. You'll also learn about the specific EDI documents that are used in the Healthcare Transactions like the 270, 271, 276, 277, 278 and more! 3:30 Raffle/Refreshments/Networking/Adjourn