2017 Merger Integration Conference | The Conference Board (TCB) | 8 June 2017 | San Francisco, California

For over a decade, The Conference Board Merger Integration Conference in partnership with McKinsey & Company has developed the reputation as the best learning & development opportunity being offered on this topic. This program is in even more demand as more and more companies are sending entire teams to learn, share & network with other corporate M&A practitioners.

At this two day conference the most experienced and successful serial acquirers will share their best practices that deliver the promised value that shareholders expect. You will gain the strategic advice you need to justify the endeavor along with the day-to-day practical and tactical advice needed to do your job better.

As an attendee you will:

Hear how to extract the most value from a merger
Learn about protecting the top line and your customers: Effective sales, marketing and customer transition strategies
Learn how to leverage diagnostic tools and interventions to ease cultural alignment
Hear about opportunities and challenges of org design in mergers
Discover how to manage the regulatory process in complex merger situations
Learn about managing “forced” divestitures
Discuss leadership development in a transformational merger
Get practical about cultural change management
Tailor your M&A engine to fit your mission
Hear how to build your integration capability despite limited resources
Participate in dynamic sessions about building your integration capability, driving performance and accountability and much more.

Speakers for 2017

Ellen Shedlarz, Chair of Board of Directors, EcoHealth Allianceand former COO, Global Talent Management Org., Morgan Stanley and former SVP, Global HR, Ziff Brothers Investment

Justin Smith,Director, Corporate Development, Google

Mary Laschinger, CEO, Veritiv

Brett Knappe, Vice President, Medtronic Business Services, Strategy and Integration, Medtronic

Beverly Goulet, EVP and Chief Integration Officer, American Airlines

Michael McInerney, Director, Selective Integration, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jai Sundararaman, Vice President, Business Transformation, Office, Intertape Polymer Group

Toby Couzens, Global Sales Acquisition Integration Manager, Cisco (New York)

Janet DelVillaggio, Senior Manager and Functional Leader, Services Acquisition Integration, Cisco (San Francisco)

Steve Kaufman,Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, Former Chairman & CEO, Arrow Electronics

Bill Kozy,Former EVP & COO, Becton Dickinson

Chris Kreidler,Former CFO, Sysco Foods

Pam Price-Berquist,Marketing Strategy and M&A Executive, Cisco Systems (New York)

Lalitha Venkatesh,Senior Manager, Corporate Development, Integration, Cisco

Kathy Woods,Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Integration, Applied Materials

Moni Miyashita,Partner, Innosight and former VP, M&A Corporate Development, IBM

Oliver Engert, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Kameron Kordestani, Partner, McKinsey & Company