Summit presentations will focus on:

Industry Focus

• Achieving Pricing Excellence in Downstream Energy 
• Distribution Panel: Best Practices in Distribution Pricing
• Manufacturing and High-Tech Industry Panel
• Pricing Strategies for Financial Services

Science Focus

• Price Optimization through Advanced Science
• Determining Better Prices Through Price Testing
• Driving Profitability through Segmented Price Guidance

IT Focus
A new technology track has just been announced which includes the following selected topics:

• SAP Integration
• CIO - Elements for IT Success
• Enterprise Application Integration - SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft SharePoint 2007

Pricing and Advanced Pricing Certification

PROS is offering two levels of pricing certification – Level 1(Pricing Certification) and Level 2 (Advanced Pricing Certification)

• Level 1 certification provides a broad understanding of basic pricing principals, including the power of pricing, common pricing strategies, and common pricing tools.  Level 1 certification can be attended by anyone. 
• Level 2 certification covers how specific pricing techniques are applied in practice, including the data requirements, segmentation approaches, analytics, execution, optimization and keys to successful pricing initiatives. Level 2 certification can be attended by anyone who already feels comfortable with the Level 1 content (basic pricing principals, common pricing strategies and tools).  

Preparation for both levels will consist of some light pre-reading.  The certification classes are expected to be 3 hours long followed by a 1 hour certification test.  The two certification classes will run concurrently on Sunday afternoon.