Houston, Texas – May 11, 2005 — PROS, the world-leader in Pricing Analytics and Optimization solutions, today announced record setting attendance for their 11th annual Pricing and Revenue Optimization conference held May 1-4, 2005 in Houston, Texas. The conference comprised of two separate tracks: a Pricing Excellence Summit and a Revenue Management track. Both session tracks were filled to capacity. In total, over 460 people attended the combined event, making it PROS’ largest conference ever.
“The success of this year’s event further demonstrates the momentum we are seeing in the space,” said Jeff Robinson, Senior Group Vice President. “It was wonderful to see so many executives interested in improving their pricing processes and practices. There were over 25 different industries represented!”
At this year’s conference, leading industry analysts and executives highlighted the important role of Pricing and Revenue Management in business today as well as insights into the future of Pricing Analytics and Optimization technology.
Topics included:
- How to get your sales force to make better pricing decisions
- How to stop hidden profit leaks
- What pricing strategies and tools will help boost your company’s growth
- How to price against industry price erosion
- How better forecasting can improve pricing profitability
- Sales incentives to promote better revenue management
- Improving profitability with better forecasting
- Modeling demand in a competitive environment
Key presenters included:
- Robert Blumstein, IDC
- Bill Brunger, Continental Airlines
- Peter P. Belobaba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- David Dvorian, American Greetings
- Stanley Elbaum, Aberdeen Group
- John Evler, Seton Healthcare Network
- Kosin Huang, The Yankee Group
- Augustin Manchon, Accenture
- Warren Liberman, Veritec Solutions
- Robert Phillips, Nomis Solutions
- Laura Preslan, AMR Research
- Michael Simonetto, Deloitte
- Lisa Thompson, Strategic Pricing Group
- Noha Tohamy, Forrester Research
- Garrett van Ryzin, Columbia University
The presenters discussed how price management has enabled companies to increase profit margin in addition to moderating two hands-on workshops. Attendees learned what steps a company can take to increase visibility into pricing and its effect on the business.
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