events/conferences

Diamond and Duke University: Behavioral Economics Webcast with Dan Ariely

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John Sviokla and Dan Ariely

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IT Financial Management Association (ITFMA): Financial World of Information Technology
Francis Marion Hotel
Charleston, SC

Jim Quick

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HCCA: The Third National Consumer Driven Healthcare Summit
Marriott Wardman Park
Washington, DC

John Sviokla, Vice Chairman, Diamond, will introduce ground-breaking research on how Baby Boomers think about saving and paying for their healthcare, and how Boomers challenge leaders to apply the principles of behavioral economics popularized by Diamond Fellow and MIT Professor Dan Ariely.

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1105 Redmond Media Group Events: Enterprise Architecture: Making it Real: Applying Change Management Discipline to Maximize EA Value
Arizona Grand Resort
Phoenix, AZ

Diamond Principal Robert Audet is a featured speaker on the topic: “Enterprise Architecture: Making it Real: Applying Change Management Discipline to Maximize EA Value.”

For many organizations, establishing and embedding EA capabilities in an organization’s lifeblood represent radical change. Time and time again, organizations take ad hoc approaches to roll out their EA capabilities, and fail to achieve the desired level of adoption and value of their EA capabilities. Organizations looking to reap the value of EA need to adopt a solid change management approach, and properly equip their change agents with the necessary resources for success.

This session intends on exploring the following areas:

• Understand the symptoms and root causes when Change Management is not applied to rolling out EA capabilities
• Learn an action-oriented approaches to manage change generated from embedding EA capabilities in an organization
• Explore sample case studies to reinforce the call for action to establish an effective way of managing EA change within your organization

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Institute for International Research: Health-Wealth Summit
Workshop: Retirement Readiness: Helping Baby Boomers Reduce the Risks
The Palms South Beach
Miami, FL

Tom Weakland, Managing Partner of Diamond’s Healthcare practice, and Aamer Baig, Managing Partner of Diamond’s Financial Services practice, will hold a pre-conference workshop that will highlight Diamond’s recent retirement research findings, which are detailed in the firm’s “Retirement Study 2008.”

These findings indicate that companies across the health/wealth value chain need to look at health and wealth together as they design new products and services to help Baby Boomers prepare adequately for their retirement.

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HCCA: The National Predictive Modeling Summit
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
Washington, DC

The National Predictive Modeling Summit provides the leading forum on the techniques, technologies, strategies, innovations, and case experiences involved with predictive modeling clinical and actuarial applications for health plans and related settings.

The Summit provides nationally renowned keynote speakers, plus concurrent sessions organized into conference tracks including innovations, actuarial applications, health plan populations, clinical applications, and basics.

Anand S. Rao, Partner, Diamond will speak

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CIO Magazine: CIO 100 Symposium
The Broadmoor
Colorado Springs, CO

Drawing together the nation's most accomplished, forward-thinking IT business leaders, the CIO 100 Symposium delivers three days of highly focused problem-solving, peer exchange and expertise—all targeted at the most effective strategies for engaging the enterprise and delivering value.

John Sviokla, Vice Chairman, Diamond, will speak

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The Asian Banker: Excellence in Retail Financial Services
ITC Maratha
Mumbai, India

Diamond Principal Rajesh Balaraman will speak about Diamond's research during a presentation entitled "Banking for the Rural & the Underprivileged".

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Institute for International Research: Enterprise Architectures Conference
Caesar's Palace
Las Vegas, NV

David Baker and Michael Janiszewski present on "Getting Some Respect: How to Measure and Communicate Your EA Success" and Baker on "Getting There and Enjoying the Trip: Using Roadmaps to Turn EA into Results"

Download "Getting Some Respect" presentation (PDF) and "Roadmapping" presentation from event

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Diamond: Helping Consumers Become Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Marriott Hartford Downtown
Hartford, CT

At this breakfast event, we will discuss the results of our recent consumer survey where we surveyed 570 consumers on their attitudes about health and wealth, their lifestyles, their investment behaviors, which suppliers they trust, and the current status of their health and savings.

John Sviokla, Vice Chairman, Diamond, presents

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