Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Choose from Three 1-Day or Two 2-Day Workshops... 2-Day, May 8th-9th Workshop: Consumer Products: How You Can Make Pricing a Key Competitive Advantage with Frank Luby >> 2-Day, May 8th-9th Workshop: Core Pricing Skills with Dr. Kent Monroe >> 1-Day, May 8th Workshop: Foundations of Value Pricing and Value Selling with Rich Eagles and Oliver Griebl >> 1-Day, May 8th Workshop: Sales & Profit Growth through a Pricing Improvement Initiative with Bob Sherlock >> 1-Day, May 8th Workshop: The Story Of Pricing: A Baker’s Dozen of Case Studies in Pricing Decisions and Outcomes with Dr. Tim Smith >> Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Choose from Five 1-Day Workshops 1-Day, May 9th Workshop: Extracting Full Value from New Product Launches: New Framework for New Product Pricing with Madhavan Ramanujam >> 1-Day, May 9th Workshop: The First and Second Law of Pricing with Ronald Baker and Ed Kless >> 1-Day, May 9th Workshop: How to Successfully Implement Value Based Pricing in Your Organization with Harry Macdivitt and Mike Wilkinson >> 1-Day, May 9th Workshop: Building a High Impact Pricing Strategy with Paul Hunt >> 1-Day, May 9th Workshop: A Holistic Approach to Effective Price Management with Shruti Kahlon and Julian Ryu >> Thursday, May 10, 2012 Fall Pricing Conference Keynotes and Tracks... (At-A-Glance Agenda) KEYNOTE — How to Motivate Your Pricing Department to Drive Excellent Results with Laura Preslan, GM of Strategic Practices, Microsoft Corporation >> KEYNOTE — Profit: How to Balance Shareholder and Stakeholder Interests with Dr. Klaus Hilleke, CEO of Simon-Kucher & Partners >> KEYNOTE — Organizational Confidence in Pricing: An Academic and Practical Exploration with Stephan Liozu, CPP, President & CEO, ARDEX Americas >> CHOOSE FROM ANY BREAKOUT TRACK >> Pricing Practitioners Pricing Experts Tools and Techniques Friday, May 11, 2012 Fall Pricing Conference Keynotes and Tracks... (At-A-Glance Agenda) CHOOSE FROM ANY BREAKOUT TRACK >> Pricing Practitioners Pricing Experts Tools and Techniques KEYNOTE — Demand: Creating What People Love Before They Know They Want It with Adrian Slywotzky, Partner, Oliver Wyman >> KEYNOTE — VOC and Pricing Strategies for Superior Value Capture with Ralf Drews, President & CEO, Dräger >> The InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Airport Hotel, Chicago, Illinois IMPORTANT NOTICE: The hotel rooms at the InterContinental O'Hare are sold out on some dates, you may contact other hotels in the Rosemont area within walking distance to the InterContinental O'Hare Hotel.   If reservations are not available at the InterContinental O'Hare Hotel, please check back after April 16th.   Below are hotels that may have availability. Room rates are not guaranteed.   Crown Plaza Hotel Phone: 847-671-6350 www.crowneplazaohare.com   ALOFT CHICAGO Phone: -847- 671-4444 www.alofthotels.com/Aloft-Chicago-Ohare   DoubleTree Hotel 1-847-292-9100 www.doubletreeohare.com   ============================================================== The wonderful InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel is the host for the 23rd Annual PPS Spring Pricing Conference. You must mention that you are attending the PPS Spring Pricing Conference to receive our discount. You should make your reservations directly with the hotel at +1.800.327.0200 or use this link: http://www.icohare.com/Meetings/Professional-Pricing-Society The InterContinental O’Hare will only hold the PPS block of rooms until April 16th, 2012, that is three weeks before the conference begins. We advise that you reserve your hotel room when you register for the conference or even before, if you are fairly certain that you will be attending. This is an event you don’t want to miss! Go to PPS home page... • REGISTRATION • Calendar of PPS Conferences and Workshops • Spring Conference Home • Reserve Now, Pay LATER • At-A-Glance Agenda • Registration and Housing • Your Attendance Affects the Pricing Community • Sponsors Pricing Technology Pricing Expert For More information on the program please contact: Professional Pricing Society at +1- 770-509-9933 Request speaking with: Cherica Spann Cherica@pricingsociety.com Live Chat by LivePerson Download a complete conference brochure... Excellent platform to hear pricing experiences from other industries and gain insight into new pricing techniques.” -- John Burdass, Head of Pricing Colt Telecom. London UK It is very interesting to see the growing importance of price in a profitable organisation.” -- Theo Geurts, Revenue Management Supervisor Caterpillar, Switzerland I really enjoyed the opportunity to meet and network with like-minded individuals who understand the challenges that a pricing executive faces.” -- Daniel Lee Director of Pricing, Acklands-Grainger