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What was your highlight of the Conference:

• 6 – Magna: shows user experience and complexity
• 4 – The ROI Survey results by IDC
• 3 – e-Invoicing by HP: highlights complexity, all e-Invoicing topics discussed in this conference: I was sent out by my Finance Group in Europe to understand what exists, challenges,…
• 2 – Meilenwerk: Socializing & Networking is essential to the success of the conference
• 2 – All of the “open discussions” because they often reveal info that you don’t see in presentations
• ODETTE: good to see what’s going on there and how it may affect us (e.g. labeling)Lots of current topics that are raised within our own enterprise
• HP Demo Centre Tour and seeing a real Aston Martin at Meilenwerk
• Understanding the B2B trends and what is going on within the EDIFICE member community
• Hosting the conference!

Interested to participate in the EDIFICE Activities:

• Automatic Data Capture (IBM, Siltronic, Itella
• Forecasting & Inventory Management (Gemalto, Freescale, Siltronic
• e-Invoicing: Gemalto, Freescale, NXP, TrustWeaver, Siltronic, HP
• Intensify collaboration with other orgs: ODETTE, VDA (Magna
• Portals & Market Places: IBM
• SME enablement and enliteB2B: Freescale, Easylink

New Activities EDIFICE should engage in:

• Public Policy: GXS, HP
• Business Applications in the Cloud: Xilinx
• Industry 4.0: Bosch
• Communication in all flavours
• B2B Developments as continuous topic: HP
• Cloud services/mass customized processes:
• B2B Yellow Pages: HP
• Integration of EDIFICE with other Industry initiatives

What Theme for a future conference is of interest to you and would you have a case to present:

• Linked Data as new concept of Master Data Management
• e-Invoicing (HP)
• B2B Trends continued (HP)
• Customs (ATLAS,MCTS, …) in various countries, geographies
• Migrations (easylink)
• Data Quality (Bosch)
• European Commission / Future Standards
• Order & Forecast Management: business models, service programs offering

What actions can EDIFICE undertake to promote the organisation and attract new members?

• Public Policy: speak with European Commission, influence legislation (custom e-Invocing)
• Bundle forces wit other orgs to “push” EC and local govenments into the right direction (technology, standards, processes)
• Members should use s ‘hint/link’in their email signature
• Provide concrete output/deliverables
• Selectively invite companies with interest in the subject of the conferences
• Advertizing in IT magazines
• Send EDIFICE representatives to other Industry conferences e.g. EXPP
• More collaboration with other industries