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BrainStorm San Francisco

June 24th thru 27th, 2013 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel

Only the agile survive

In today's constantly-changing business environment, only the most agile enterprises stand a chance. At BrainStorm San Francisco, you’ll receive intensive training and workshops covering the real-world skills needed to successfully implement continuous process improvement in any organization.

If you are looking for more than just incremental improvements in your business, join us in San Francisco for an unbiased source of education and insight from the leading experts in the field - and begin building your agile enterprise today.

More than "Just Another" Conference

What started as a series of conferences has evolved into something more. Educational events designed to give attendees the skills they need to improve their organization’s operational efficiency and advance their own careers, regardless of their current position – from business analyst to CEO.

At BrainStorm San Francisco, we offer a blend of both product-agnostic training and product-specific workshops.

  • Full-Day Immersion Training - Disciplines and Methodologies
    Immerse yourself in the foundations of real-world process improvement. Learn to apply the underlying concepts and principles of proven disciplines and methodologies from the leading experts in the field.

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  • Half-Day Innovation Workshops - Tools and Techniques
    Learn how to evaluate and incorporate the latest state-of-the-art tools and techniques into your specific environment.

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Full-Day Immersion Training - Disciplines and Methodologies

Our best-in-class instructors are internationally recognized subject-matter authorities. Spend a day with the experts and immerse yourself in the foundations of real-world process improvement.

Our training courses are specifically designed for forward thinking Business and Technology Professionals interested in learning and applying the most current ideologies, strategies, disciplines and methodologies to their specific business environment.

Full-Day Immersion Training courses feature:

  • Methodologies (vs technologies)
  • Best practices
  • Case Study Analysis
  • An extremely interactive, hands-on experience

Monday, June 24, 2013
  • Your Rate
  • Full Rate
  • Savings

$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

BPM 101

An Introduction to Business Process Management BPMInstitute.org defines Business Process Management (BPM) as the deliberative, collaborative, and increasingly technology-aided definition, improvement and management of a firm’s end-to-end enterprise...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

BA 101

Introduction to Business Architecture Business Architecture is a holistic approach, representation and mindset which serves as a bridge between strategy and its successful execution within an organization and facilitates resolution of complex,...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

SOA 101

The Foundation for Cloud Computing Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a hosted service over the Internet - the cloud.  To take advantage of these services,...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Methodologies and Approaches for BPM

Embracing a set of methods and standard approaches are critical for accelerating BPM adoption across an organization. This advanced course is designed to expose the student to a broad array of methods used during different phases of a BPM program. The...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
  • Your Rate
  • Full Rate
  • Savings

$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Process Modeling, Analysis and Design: As Is, To Be

Modeling, analysis and design skills are essential to BPM success. In this course you will acquire a solid understanding of practical techniques for modeling, analysis and design. The section of this lesson on modeling provides insight on how to depict...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Building a Business Architecture

Business architecture provides the basis for turning business strategy into actionable results. Organizations use business architecture to address a wide variety of business scenarios. These include shifting to a customer-driven business model, merger /...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

SOA for Architects

Defining a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the current challenge of many enterprise IT organizations. The emergent popularity of Web services, and the ease of implementation, has enabled most organizations to adopt an incremental approach to SOA...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Advanced Facilitation Skills

Whether you are developing a business architecture, creating a process model, leading an improvement team, or running a meeting, great facilitation skills are crucial.  You need to be able to keep people engaged, elicit the necessary information,...
$149.00
$149.00
$0.00

Luncheon: Peer To Peer Networking

The Peer to Peer Networking luncheon enables you to choose a theme-based table to participate in a discussion with your peers on a topic or industry of interest. Share similar concerns and issues and learn what others are doing in an informal and unstructured setting.
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The Peer to Peer Networking luncheon enables you to choose a theme-based table to participate in a discussion with your peers on a topic or industry of interest. Share similar concerns and issues and learn what others are doing in an informal and unstructured setting.

This luncheon is included with your full day Training or Workshop registration. It is not included with a 1/2 day Workshop registration, but may be added to your agenda for just $149 and it includes Premium Membership. Non-attendees may also register for a luncheon for $149 and it includes Premium Membership. Non-attendee Professional Members may attend at no cost.

$349.00
$349.00
$0.00

Professional & Premium Member Exchange Dinner

Professional & Premium Members are invited to be a VIP guest at our exclusive, practitioner dinner party and networking event.
expand for more info
Good food. Great wine. Better networking.
Professional and Premium Members are invited to be a VIP guest at our exclusive, practitioner dinner party and networking event.
BrainStorm San FranciscoPractitioner Dinner Party

Cost: Free
(Pro or Premium Membership req'd)

Non-Pro Cost: $349
(Pro Membership included in fee)

Rub elbows with other BPM/BA/SOA professionals attending BrainStorm New York in a relaxed networking atmosphere.

Hosted by:

Advanced
Registration Required

Space is limited!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
  • Your Rate
  • Full Rate
  • Savings

$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Process Measurement and Metrics

Process measurement skills are essential to BPM success. In this course you will acquire a solid understanding of practical measurement techniques as applied to the analysis and design of business processes. Determining what to measure and defining clear...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Service Oriented Integration

Standards, Technologies, and Best Practices IT managers have been under increasing pressure to migrate a portfolio of independent "stovepipe" applications to an integrated set of business services that can be aligned with changing business requirements...
$1,990.00
$1,990.00
$0.00

Process Modeling With BPMN

The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standard for business process modeling, and provides a graphical notation for specifying business processes in a Business Process Diagram (BPD), It is based on flowcharting techniques similar to...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Practice-Based Business Architecture: Extending & Deploying a Complete Business Architecture

It takes one set of skills to establish your business architecture but it takes another set of skills to leverage that business architecture for strategic planning, business design efforts, project deployment and governance. This course provides...
$149.00
$149.00
$0.00

Luncheon: Reflections From 2012, Outlook for 2013

Join Gregg V. Rock, Editor & Founder, BPMInstitute.org, SOAInstitute.org and BAInstitute.org for a review of the activities and progress achieved by the Institutes in 2012 and a forecast of the activities to be pursued in 2013.
expand for more info

Join Gregg V. Rock, Editor & Founder, BPMInstitute.org, SOAInstitute.org and BAInstitute.org for a review of the activities and progress achieved by the Institutes in 2012 and a forecast of the activities to be pursued in 2013.

This luncheon is included with your full day Training or Workshop registration. It is not included with a 1/2 day Workshop registration, but may be added to your agenda for just $149 and it includes Premium Membership.

Non-attendees may also register for a luncheon for $149 and it includes Premium Membership.

Non-attendee Professional Members may attend at no cost.

$500.00
$500.00
$0.00

CBPMP(SM) Certification Exam

CBPMP(SM) Certification is provided by the industry's leading authority in BPM education.
expand for more info

Certify your knowledge
- and stand out from the crowd

CBPMP Certification

$500

CBPMPSM Certification is provided by the industry's leading authority in BPM education.

About our Certification Exam
By taking this exam you will have the opportunity to be amongst the first to earn our BPM Certification. Consisting of 150 multiple choice questions, participants will be allotted 4 hours to complete the exam.

Created by a team of leading BPM practitioners and in cooperation with an independent firm, including a team of psychometricians, will have completed the selection of questions that will appear in the exam. All participants whose score exceeds the "cut score" will be awarded BPMInstitute.org's certification.

The results of the exam will remain completely confidential.

Register now
Confirm your participation now for the opportunity to be in the first group to earn BPM certification from BPMInstitute.org.

 

Thursday, June 27, 2013
  • Your Rate
  • Full Rate
  • Savings

$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Establishing Business Process Governance & Centers of Excellence

As process management begins to blur the traditional boundaries of the organization, a more transparent and accurate decision making process is necessary. This course builds a comprehensive understanding of how to best address this challenge with a focus...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Business Architecture / IT Architecture Alignment

Most organizations lack a well-articulated blueprint of their business. While everyone can see their small piece of the puzzle, no one has visibility into the business as a whole. To address this lack of visibility, organizations must be able to...
$995.00
$995.00
$0.00

Designing Service Oriented Solutions

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has emerged as the dominant architectural style, especially for enterprise solutions. The potential benefits of SOA in terms of flexibility, agility, cost, and time to market have secured its position, and most...
$1,990.00
$1,990.00
$0.00

Process Modeling With BPMN

The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standard for business process modeling, and provides a graphical notation for specifying business processes in a Business Process Diagram (BPD), It is based on flowcharting techniques similar to...

About our Innovation Workshop series

Half-Day Innovation Workshops allow practitioners the opportunity to experience leading-edge advancements in process improvement technologies and techniques in an educational setting.

Our curriculum is designed to be a highly interactive, hands-on learning experience covering a range of topics to help you best evaluate and incorporate state-of-the-art tools and techniques into your specific business environment.

Half-Day Innovation Workshops feature:

  • Hands-on exercises
  • Software Tool demos
  • Best practices
  • Panels
  • Audience participation
  • Customer case studies

Tuesday, June 25, 2013
  • Your Rate
  • Full Rate
  • Savings

$125.00
$125.00
$0.00

Bringing Cloud Benefits to BPM to Achieve Quick ROI

Finally, cloud computing has become mainstream and is delivering value at the world's largest organizations. Now the challenge is how to most effectively leverage these newfound benefits. One barrier to implementing BPM solutions is the capital...
From 9AM to 12PM
Hosted By:
$125.00
$125.00
$0.00

Case Management is Emerging

Will Case Management be complimentary or an alternative to BPM? Will existing BPM vendors rise to the challenge of emerging OMG standards or will new vendors stake a claim and give BPM a run for its money with Case Management as an alternate or...
From 1PM to 4PM
Hosted By:
$149.00
$149.00
$0.00

Luncheon: Peer To Peer Networking

The Peer to Peer Networking luncheon enables you to choose a theme-based table to participate in a discussion with your peers on a topic or industry of interest. Share similar concerns and issues and learn what others are doing in an informal and unstructured setting.
expand for more info

The Peer to Peer Networking luncheon enables you to choose a theme-based table to participate in a discussion with your peers on a topic or industry of interest. Share similar concerns and issues and learn what others are doing in an informal and unstructured setting.

This luncheon is included with your full day Training or Workshop registration. It is not included with a 1/2 day Workshop registration, but may be added to your agenda for just $149 and it includes Premium Membership. Non-attendees may also register for a luncheon for $149 and it includes Premium Membership. Non-attendee Professional Members may attend at no cost.

From 12PM to 1PM
Hosted By:
$349.00
$349.00
$0.00

Professional & Premium Member Exchange Dinner

Professional & Premium Members are invited to be a VIP guest at our exclusive, practitioner dinner party and networking event.
expand for more info
Good food. Great wine. Better networking.
Professional and Premium Members are invited to be a VIP guest at our exclusive, practitioner dinner party and networking event.
BrainStorm San FranciscoPractitioner Dinner Party

Cost: Free
(Pro or Premium Membership req'd)

Non-Pro Cost: $349
(Pro Membership included in fee)

Rub elbows with other BPM/BA/SOA professionals attending BrainStorm New York in a relaxed networking atmosphere.

Hosted by:

Advanced
Registration Required

Space is limited!
From 7PM to 9PM
Hosted By:

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
  • Your Rate
  • Full Rate
  • Savings

$149.00
$149.00
$0.00

Luncheon: Reflections From 2012, Outlook for 2013

Join Gregg V. Rock, Editor & Founder, BPMInstitute.org, SOAInstitute.org and BAInstitute.org for a review of the activities and progress achieved by the Institutes in 2012 and a forecast of the activities to be pursued in 2013.
expand for more info

Join Gregg V. Rock, Editor & Founder, BPMInstitute.org, SOAInstitute.org and BAInstitute.org for a review of the activities and progress achieved by the Institutes in 2012 and a forecast of the activities to be pursued in 2013.

This luncheon is included with your full day Training or Workshop registration. It is not included with a 1/2 day Workshop registration, but may be added to your agenda for just $149 and it includes Premium Membership.

Non-attendees may also register for a luncheon for $149 and it includes Premium Membership.

Non-attendee Professional Members may attend at no cost.

From 12PM to 1PM
Hosted By:
$500.00
$500.00
$0.00

CBPMP(SM) Certification Exam

CBPMP(SM) Certification is provided by the industry's leading authority in BPM education.
expand for more info

Certify your knowledge
- and stand out from the crowd

CBPMP Certification

$500

CBPMPSM Certification is provided by the industry's leading authority in BPM education.

About our Certification Exam
By taking this exam you will have the opportunity to be amongst the first to earn our BPM Certification. Consisting of 150 multiple choice questions, participants will be allotted 4 hours to complete the exam.

Created by a team of leading BPM practitioners and in cooperation with an independent firm, including a team of psychometricians, will have completed the selection of questions that will appear in the exam. All participants whose score exceeds the "cut score" will be awarded BPMInstitute.org's certification.

The results of the exam will remain completely confidential.

Register now
Confirm your participation now for the opportunity to be in the first group to earn BPM certification from BPMInstitute.org.

 

From 1PM to 4PM
Hosted By:

BrainStorm San Francisco Venue

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Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell St
San Francisco, CA 94102

 

Our room block and/or the hotel are close to being sold out. 

To make a hotel reservation, you may do so online.

Should the host hotel be sold out, the following map shows the location of other Kimpton properties within walking distance: http://www.kimptonhotels.com/hotels/hotels-sanfrancisco.aspx.

If you prefer, call The Sir Francis Drake reservation department at 1-800-227-5480, press option #1 (for reservations) and they can assist you directly. Please be sure to mention the BrainStorm Group.

BrainStorm San Francisco Rates & Expiration Dates
Public Rates Super Early BirdEarly BirdOnsite
1-Day Training Course$795.00$895.00$995.00
2-Day Training Course$1,590.00$1,790.00$1,990.00
1/2 Day Innovation Workshop$125.00$125.00$125.00
Professional Member Rates (save 15%)
1-Day Training Course$675.75$760.75$845.75
2-Day Training Course$1,351.50$1,521.50$1,691.50
1/2 Day Innovation Workshop$106.25$106.25$106.25
Corporate Member Rates (save 25%)
1-Day Training Course$596.25$671.25$746.25
2-Day Training Course$1,192.50$1,342.50$1,492.50
1/2 Day Innovation Workshop$93.75$93.75$93.75
Rates Expiration DatesSuper Early BirdEarly BirdOnsite
BrainStorm ChicagoFebruary 23, 2013April 6, 2013Onsite
BrainStorm San FranciscoApril 13, 2013May 25, 2013Onsite
BrainStorm DCJuly 9, 2013August 17, 2013Onsite
BrainStorm New YorkAugust 24, 2013October 5, 2013Onsite

Benefits and rates may change at any time without notice. Expired Corporate Sponsors save 15%.

Refund Policy: You can substitute another course or transfer your purchase to another person but no refunds are given.

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