Hi Everyone,

The IBM Community Festival 2021 is almost here! It runs from Nov. 8th - 17th and I wanted to provide you with a quick update of the Cognos and Planning Analytics sessions that will be there.

Please find the details of the Planning Analytics and Cognos schedule. Subscribe to IBM Expert TV to participate in the sessions of interest.

• Opening Keynote, Welcome to IBM Community Festival 2021!, by Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President of IBM Global Markets
• Online location at ibm.biz/experttv
• Hosted by the IBM Community team (Your favorite price: Free!)

Day 1 Nov 8TH: User Group Day #1
Check below for session times and Link. 

Start times in EST: 

• 08:00 - 8:30 AM EST - Using IBM Analytics to improve the Danish National Football team's game - Rikke Jacobson - Cognitech. Join the live session here:

• 10:00 - 10:30 AM - KEYNOTE: Welcome to IBM Community Festival 2021 - Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President of IBM Global Markets, Join the live session here:

• 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Learn how PSP Investments uses Planning Analytics with Watson to Automate their Financial Processes! - Julie Decaux -PSP Investments, Jean-Pierre Lavoie - PSP Investments,   Join the live session here:

• 12:00 - 12:30 PM - Smarter supply chain planning for an unpredictable world -  Bill Primerano - IBM, Justin Croft – Quebit, Petri Sipola - Intito, Join the live session here:

• 13:00 - 13:30 - Keynote – Dinesh Nirmal, GM IBM Automation, Join the live session here:
• 13:30 - 14:00 - Eversource’s Journey to Efficient Planning and Reporting with Planning Analytics - Frances Berger, Eversource, Join the live session here:

Day 2 Nov 9TH: Experts Day 
Check below for session times and Link. 

Start times in EST:

• 10:00 -10:30 AM - KEYNOTE: Becoming an Expert - Rikita Gunnar, VP IBM Expert Labs. Join the live session here:

• 10:30 - 11:30 AM - What’s new in planning, forecasting & analysis - Mike McGeein, Director Product Management, Planning Analytics with Watson. Join the live session here:

• 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Solve complex decision-making problems and focus on the right plan vs a plan - Martin Phillips, PM, Planning Analytics with Watson. Join the live session here:

• 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - A New Modeling workbench to create and maintain your model in Planning Analytics with Watson -  Stuart King, PM, Planning Analytics with Watson, Svetlana Pestsova, PM, Planning Analytics with Watson. Join the live session here:

• 14:00 PM - 14:30 PM - What’s new and what’s next in Cognos Analytics -  Rachel Su, PM Leader, Cognos Analytics with Watson. Join the live session here:

• 14:30 PM - 15:00 PM - A review of the new capabilities in Dynamic Query in the 11.2.X releases of Cognos Analytics with Watson - Nigel Campbell, Senior SW. Developer Cognos Analytics with Watson. Join the live session here:

• 15:00 PM - 15:30 PM - Transforming Cognos Analytics towards AI In this session - Gandhi Sivakumar, Distinguished Engineer, Master Inventor. Join the live session here:

• 15:30 PM - 16:00 PM - The secrets to building great looking dashboards - Ryan Dolley, VP Of Technology at PMsquare. Join the live session here:

• 21:00 PM - 22:00 PM - Digital transformation of financial processes during disruption - Amendra Pratap, Managing Director @ Octane. Join the live session here:

Day 3 Nov 10TH: Experts Day 
Check below for session times and Link. 

• 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Lighting Talks 1: Planning for the unpredictable - Declan Rodger, Technical Director, Spitfire Analytics. Join the live session here:
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Innovation Day Keynote: Daniel Hernandez, General Manager, Data and AI. Join the live session here:
• 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Keynote: AI is Human Centred - Seth Dobrin, IBM Chief AI Officer. Join the live session here:

If you have any questions or comments please let me know.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Nick
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