Business-to-Small-Business Leaders to Talk “Growth in the New Normal” at 2022 Best2SMB Conference in Chicago, October 11-13

Sep 19, 2022 | Business

 The B2SMB Institute, the first professional organization focused on advancing excellence in the $500Bil+ business-to-small-business (B2SMB) ecosystem, today announced the agenda and featured speakers for the 2022 B2SMB Institute Best2SMB Conference & Awards. The fifth-annual gathering of B2SMB leadership executives takes place October 11-13 at VenueSix10 in Chicago.

“This year’s Best2SMB Conference tackles the big question of how we grow in a Small Business marketplace that continues to be quite challenging,” said Dave Walker, CEO and Cofounder, B2SMB Institute. “If 2020 was a year of crisis-response and 2021 a year of recovery, we have now moved past a return to normal. New market conditions require new strategies based in a new normal, and our B2SMB leaders have big ideas on facing the future now.”

A rich networking environment at the global Conference attracts executive-level attendees from some of the biggest names in B2SMB products and services, alongside new players, best resources, SMB influencers and segment investors.

Day 1

The conference program on Day 1 features Ted-Talk-like keynotes, engaging panel discussions, and networking workshops. Featured speakers to date include:

· Chris O’Neill, Chief Strategy Officer, Xero

· Craig Cohen, Chief Revenue Officer, WooCommerce/Automattic

· Mark Tina, VP Business Sales, Verizon Business

· Bob Marshall, Business Growth & Strategy Executive – SMB, Wells Fargo

· Sam Levy, SVP Sales, Oracle Netsuite

· Nikki Newsome, Chief Culture Officer, Facebook

· Kate Winkler, CEO, Ruby

· Tim Metzner, Co-Founder, Coterie

· Kelly O’Connel, SVP Product, ActiveCampaign

· Natalie Franke, Chief Evangelist, Honeybook

· John Busby, CMO, Centerfield

· Gib Olander, EVP – Product, Vendasta

Day 2

The second day of the Best2SMB Conference will focus on partnerships between B2SMB brands – for co-marketing and for co-development -in the highly fragmented B2SMB market. A Partnership Playbook session will be offered by leaders from Indeed, Business.com, Ruby, UpCity, Oracle Netsuite & Verizon Business. A workshop will then engage the audience in a “Pitch for Partnership” competition from ten B2SMB enterprises interested in working with others to more effectively win and grow customers.

Day 3

Our third day, hosted by ActiveCampaign at their Chicago headquarters, brings together 50+ B2SMB enterprise leaders with leaders from the Small Business advocacy, lobbying and influence sectors. Said Dave Walker, “As many new partnerships in service of SMBs were launched in the last 2 years, the sheer size of the SMB population and broad diversity of needs requires those who sell and those who serve to work more closely together to expand and enlarge our impact. We welcome the ongoing opportunity to greatly broaden more strategic partnerships. Here’s our first opportunity to do so across many key players, face-to-face, ever.”

2022 Best2SMB Award Winners to Be Announced Live

Winners of the third annual Best2SMB Awards will be announced during a special luncheon on Day 1 of the conference. These awards showcase the best in Best2SMB Products & Services and Best2SMB Innovation, as well as recognize the Best2SMB Brand of the Year, and the 3 new inductees to the Best2SMB Hall of Fame. All awards are determined by the B2SMB Institute’s extended network.

Tickets for the B2SMB Institute’s Best2SMB Conference and Awards are available now with prices set to increase on September 20. For the full agenda, speakers list and registration details, visit https://b2smbi.com/best2smb-global-conference-2022/.

About the B2SMB Institute

The B2SMB Institute is the first professional organization focused on advancing excellence in the business-to-small-business ecosystem. B2SMB leaders, practitioners, brands and enterprises rely on the Institute for critical market intelligence resources, peer-to-peer networking, best-practice guidance and specialized skills development. The B2SMB Institute champions small-business-centric thinking and practice, with a focus on how to reach, engage, win, keep and grow SMB customers. The member-driven organization serves as a dynamic, daily destination to find, meet and network with B2SMB decision-makers who share common needs, challenges and goals. Visit https://b2smbi.com/ for details on resources, benefits and membership opportunities.

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Home Health Leaders Applaud House Introduction of Bipartisan Preserving Access to Home Health Act

Jul 29, 2022 | Business

 The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), today, commended Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) for introducing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent a newly proposed 7.69% permanent cut to Medicare’s home health benefit, and an additional $2 billion in “clawback” cuts, to home healthcare services included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) for CY2023.

The Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022 would delay Medicare’s proposed 7.69% cut for 2023, which would total $1.33 billion in 2023 alone. The bill would also block additional cuts of more than $2 billion as soon as 2024 due to an unjustified “clawback” of payments for critical home healthcare services delivered to seniors and people with disabilities in 2020 and 2021. Estimates show Medicare’s proposed cuts will total $18.15 billion to providers over the next decade, which could put an estimated 44% of home health agencies at risk of closure.

Specifically, the bill will make the following policy changes:

1. Prevent CMS from implementing any permanent or temporary adjustment to home health prospective payment rates prior to 2026. This would delay cuts currently proposed by CMS for 2023 and beyond, allowing more time for CMS to refine its proposed approach to determining budget neutrality in home health.

2. Ensure that any adjustments CMS determines to be necessary to offset increases or decreases in estimated aggre­gate expenditures are made by 2032, such that no cuts would be delayed beyond the end of the budget window.

3. The legislation is intended to be self-implementing. It would become effective as of the date of enactment and includes instructions allowing for implementation by program instruction or other means.

“We thank Representatives Sewell and Buchanan for their ongoing commitment to home health and their leadership in introducing the Preserving Access to Home Health Act, which is urgently needed to protect home health from Medicare’s unjust and reckless proposed cuts,” said Joanne Cunningham, CEO of the Partnership. “We strongly support this legislative solution and will work diligently with Representatives Sewell and Buchanan, as well as Senators Stabenow and Collins, to enlist broad support for this bill among lawmakers, provider stakeholders, and the Medicare community.”

“We are very grateful for the support from Congresswoman Sewell and Congressman Buchanan. Their legislation will provide essential protection from the improper payment rate cut that is proposed by Medicare. Hopefully, during the period of pause CMS will recognize that better options exist than to send 44% of home health agencies into a high risk of closure,” said William A. Dombi, President of NAHC. “The future of home health services is at risk. That means the future of health care is at risk as well. Great thanks goes out to Terri Sewell and Vern Buchanan for taking action.”

The Senate companion to this bill (S. 4605) was introduced on July 25 by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME).

About the Partnership

The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare represents community- and hospital-based home healthcare agencies across the U.S. and is dedicated to developing innovative reforms to improve the quality, efficiency and integrity of home healthcare. To learn more, visit www.pqhh.org.

About NAHC

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is a nonprofit organization that represents the nation’s 33,000 home care and hospice organizations. NAHC also advocates for the more than two million nurses, therapists, aides, and other caregivers employed by such organizations to provide in-home services to some 12 million Americans each year who are infirm, chronically ill, and disabled. To learn more, visit www.nahc.org.

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DX Leaders Strategy Forum Goes Hybrid in PH

Jun 21, 2022 | Business

EDX Pte. Ltd. will host DX Leaders Strategy Forum Philippines 2022, taking place at Diamond Hotel Philippines on August 24 and online on August 25, featuring 40+ international and local speakers and facilitators.
EDX Pte. Ltd. is proud to bring its DX Leaders Strategy Forum to the Philippines for the first time. DX Leaders Strategy Forum Philippines 2022 will open opportunities for collaborative discussions and effective learning and application of digital and operational strategies to uplift the digital landscape of the country. Initial list of speakers will be Francisco Castillo of Maynilad Water Services, Inc., LCol. Francel Margareth Padilla-Taborlupa of Philippine Army, Chito Jacinto of ISACA Manila, Marlon Sorongon of Maybank Philippines | Maybank NY, Dennis Crimen of Philippines Airasia, Paul John Pena of the Senate of the Philippines, and Lito Villanueva of RCBC.

EDXchange sessions on relevant subjects such as modern data technologies, hybrid IT, cloud migration, future-proofing IT infrastructures, cybersecurity in a hybrid environment, zero-trust security, and AI-driven automation in a hybrid workplace can be expected.

The two-day hybrid event is solely open to business decision makers and influencers who have been invited. EDX Pte. Ltd. is seeking CxOs, SVPs and VPs of Technology and Digital Transformation, as well as Heads of IT Operations from the top 100 firms in the Philippines. Invitations can be requested at https://philippines2022.edxevents.com/request-invitation/.






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Leaders from across the world congratulate India on crossing the 100 crore vaccination milestone

Oct 22, 2021 | Business

Leaders from across the world congratulated India on crossing the milestone of 100 crore vaccinations today, terming it a huge and extraordinary accomplishment.

In what is a huge accomplishment not just for your country but the world, India hit the one billion mark of COVID-19 vaccination doses. On behalf of the people of Bhutan, I congratulate India! @narendramodi @PMOIndia https://t.co/1Af27xKOOF pic.twitter.com/zVcRRECc6S

— PM Bhutan (@PMBhutan) October 21, 2021

Congratulations to PM @narendramodi, the medical community & frontliners of #India for achieving this mammoth task. The way forward & adjusting to the new normal while staying safe is highly dependent on a successful vaccination drive. Congratulations on reaching this milestone. https://t.co/ISMGYQqbmN

— Mahinda Rajapaksa (@PresRajapaksa) October 21, 2021

Congratulations to India, which has now administered 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines. Vaccine accessibility is key to building back better and stronger.

— Dr. Lazarus Chakwera (@LAZARUSCHAKWERA) October 21, 2021

Congratulations to @narendramodi on leading India’s successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign that has now administered more than 1 billion vaccines to the Indian people.

These life-saving vaccines are helping us all defeat the global pandemic.

🇮🇱💉🇮🇳

— Naftali Bennett בנט (@naftalibennett) October 21, 2021

Congratulations to PM @narendramodi and government of India for administering 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, displaying the innovation and solidarity of the Indian people. Thank you also, India, for supporting Maldives’ Covid-19 recovery and vaccination efforts.

— Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (@ibusolih) October 21, 2021

We congratulate India for the extraordinary accomplishment of administering one billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. I applaud India’s successes in fighting COVID-19 at home and for its efforts to help end the pandemic in the Indo-Pacific region and well beyond. https://t.co/SJZKVlhCjU

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) October 21, 2021

Congratulations to India on administering their 1 billionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine! We applaud India’s commitment to ramp up vaccine production for export and use worldwide. With the #Quad, the U.S. and India are working together to vaccinate the world and end the pandemic.

— Wendy R. Sherman (@DeputySecState) October 21, 2021

Congratulations India 🇮🇳 for administering 1 billion COVID-19 vaccinations – a historic milestone!

— ForeignMinisterBhutan (@FMBhutan) October 21, 2021

Congratulations India on crossing 1 billion of administered doses of the Covid vaccine. It is an important milestone in the global fight against Covid-19 that will inspire other countries🇮🇳💉🌏 @IndiainSpain https://t.co/bTEJHh3CbM

— Maria Ubach Font (@mubachfont) October 21, 2021

India has achieved a remarkable feat as it hit the 1 bn mark in administering #COVID19 vaccines.

As vaccination drive continues in #India & #SriLanka, under the leadership of PM @narendramodi & Pres @GotabayaR, looking fwd to the early revival of tourism between our two nations

— Namal Rajapaksa (@RajapaksaNamal) October 21, 2021

Congratulations to External Affairs Minister of India 🇮🇳 @DrSJaishankar and our Indian friends for reaching the target of 1 billion COVID-19 #vaccination! Truly admirable achievement! 👍

— Battsetseg Batmunkh (@BattsetsegBatm2) October 21, 2021

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Tech Leaders from The Philippines to Draw Insights From Use-Cases and Informative Keynotes at Trescon’s World AI & RPA Show

Sep 12, 2021 | Business

With the competition among enterprises being at an all-time high, even under the current circumstances, the potential of AI and RPA is not fully realized, which makes the Philippines one of the best places to sprint to the front of the competition.
The 28th edition of World AI & RPA Show – Manila is set to take place virtually on 16 September 2021 to understand the possibilities of tomorrow and usher in a new age of economic growth driven by AI-based emerging technologies.

Notable speakers include the likes of Lito Villanueva, Executive VP and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation; Peter Leong, AI Specialist, Singapore Polytechnic; Yu Ka Chan, Senior Regional Manager, Cloud Engineering, Oracle ASEAN & more.
The event will feature keynotes presentations, product showcases, panel discussions, tech talks and fireside chats to find solutions to problems and trends in the AI space.

The event will focus on eye-opening topics such as:
– Preparing for the next evolution of AI as a driver for business success
– Building the business strategy for AI across the enterprise
– Aligning organizational structure to deploy at scale
– RPA and AI implementation: Challenges and Opportunities
– Leveraging Intelligent Automation to tackle issues of compliance and big data
– Improving CX with AI and RPA, and much more.

The show will feature a groundbreaking collaboration of experts such as:
– Simon Johnson, Asia Head of Claims Advisory and Operations, Marsh Asia
– Peter Lee, Head of Customer Loyalty, Payment and Big Data, PLUS Malaysia
– Kathleen Mackay, Chief Digital Officer, Revenue NSW – Department of Customer Service
– Andy Chun, AI Pioneer, Regional Director – Technology Innovation, Prudential Corporation Asia
– Lcol Francel Margareth Taborlupa, IS Officer, National Task Force Against Covid 19
– Reynaldo (Rey) Lugtu, Founder & CEO, Hungry Workhorse
– Edmund Situmorang, CTO, Sinarmas Group; to name a few.

“Optimization of digital technologies further promotes stakeholders’ collective pursuit towards creating sustainable and inclusive prosperity. At the end of the day, no one should be left behind,” states Lito Villanueva, Executive VP and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, RCBC

“AI amplifies the human potential and transforms every industry,” states Peter Leong, AI specialist, Singapore Polytechnic

“The event also includes AI and RPA-specialized technology providers to help companies identify major areas of interest and solutions to them. The event will also include AI and RPA technology providers who will help organizations to identify significant areas of concern and adequate solutions to these issues,” says Mithun Shetty, CEO of Trescon

The show will be hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets to help participants network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants will also be able to engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms and private networking rooms.

World AI & RPA Show is officially sponsored by Gold Sponsors – Oracle and Denodo; Bronze Sponsor – BCS Technology.

To get your complimentary passes, visit: World AI & RPA Show – Manila

About World AI & RPA Show

World AI Show is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused, global series of events that takes place in strategic locations across the world. It connects top AI experts, enterprises, government representatives, data scientists, technology leaders, startups, investors, researchers, academicians, and global AI innovators – to discuss the impact of AI on commercial applications and the revolutionary ways it can transform businesses and government functions.

About Trescon

Trescon is a global business events and consulting firm that provide a wide range of business services to a diversified client base that includes corporations, governments and individuals. Trescon is specialized in producing highly focused B2B events that connect businesses with opportunities through conferences, roadshows, expos, demand generation, investor connect and consulting services.

For further details about the announcement, please contact:
Media, PR & Corporate Communications
+91 81059 75937
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