Selectica Fusion '08 Customer Conference to Feature Sessions on Contract Lifecycle Management for Healthcare Providers and Corporate Counsel

2008-10-15 18:12:04 -

www.selectica.com - Selectica, Inc. Scott Wilson, 415-785-7945 (Investors) ir@selectica.com Tom Woolf, 415-259-5638 (Media) pr@selectica.com Selectica's (Nasdaq:SLTC) Fusion '08 conference promises to deliver invaluable insights into how Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is changing the way contracts create value and manage risk for today's business. This year's customer conference, scheduled to be held at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, California, October 26-28, will include special sessions for corporate counsel and healthcare contract managers, demonstrating how to deal with regulatory audits, coping with Stark compliance for HMOs and hospitals, and how effective risk management can drive more value from contracts. Hosted by Selectica, Fusion '08 also is being sponsored by Huron Consulting Group, Accenture, and Pangea3.

The theme for this year's Fusion conference is "Improving Revenue and Reducing Risk in a Compliance Driven World." Scheduled keynote speakers include Tim Cummins, CEO of the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), who will kick off the conference with a presentation on "Fusion of Confusion: The Journey to Contracting Excellence." Andrew Bartels, Vice President, Principal Analyst for Forrester Research, also will share some of the insights he gleaned from his most recent research in a session entitled "Contract Lifecycle Management - Getting Value from Your Investment." To complement the track for legal and health care professionals, W. Reece Hirsch, a partner in the San Francisco law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, will speak on "Compliance Best Practices: Finding the Common Thread," which will focus on contracts and creating a state-of-the-art compliance program for today's regulatory environment.

For legal professionals, there will be two sessions dedicated to contract best practices for corporate counsel. Kevin Colangelo, Vice President of U.S. Legal Services for Pangea3, will discuss "Creating Greater Efficiencies in the GC's Office: Legal Outsourcing," which will address the fundamentals of legal outsourcing as it relates to contract management. Nancy Jessen, Managing Director of Huron Consulting also will speak on "Challenges Facing Corporate Legal Organizations: Preparing for the 2010s," which will include a discussion of trends in corporate contracts and the changing regulatory climate.

For healthcare providers concerned with physician agreements and regulatory compliance, Dawn Tolotti, Director of Operations Support for Physician Services & Development at Providence Health & Services, will offer a "Best Practice Case Study: Transforming Contract Operations at Providence Health & Services." During her presentation, Ms. Tolotti will discuss how Providence transformed its physician contract operation to address issues such as Stark Law and Fair Market, and how centralizing contract management increased access, accuracy, and partner satisfaction. A meeting of the Selectica Healthcare Special Interest Group has also been scheduled during the conference.

The Fusion '08 Solution Track will feature Barbara Edler, Senior Vice President and U.S. Director, for Hill & Knowlton, who will talk about "Change Management: Driving Organizational Acceptance." During her presentation, Ms. Edler will address strategies to implement large-scale enterprise systems implementations, such as those required to deploy a CLM platform, and empowering users and senior management to embrace change. There also will be informational workshops devoted to Selectica Contract Performance Management 3.2, as well an interactive Selectica Customer Town Hall Meeting.

"The Fusion conference is an ideal opportunity for professionals to share their insights and discuss best practices surrounding contract management with their peers, and it allows us to work with our customers to make sure they are getting the most from their investment in Selectica CPM," said Jason Stern, Vice President of Products and Business Development for Selectica. "This year we are fortunate to have experts from the legal professional, healthcare, and other disciplines, so we can drill down into the unique contract issues our customers face every day."

For more information about Fusion '08, including registration information, please visit the Fusion '08 website at www.selectica-fusion.com. To learn more about Selectica and its contract management offerings, please visit www.selectica.com.

About Selectica, Inc.

Selectica (Nasdaq:SLTC) provides its customers with software solutions that automate the complexities of enterprise contract management and sales configuration lifecycles. The company's high-performance solutions underlie and unify critical business functions including sourcing, procurement, governance, sales and revenue recognition. Selectica has been providing innovative, enterprise-class solutions for the world's largest companies for over 10 years and has generated substantial savings for its customers. Selectica customers represent leaders in manufacturing, technology, retail, healthcare and telecommunications, including: ABB, Ace Hardware, Bell Canada, Cisco, Covad Communications, General Electric, Hitachi, International Paper, Juniper Networks, Levi Strauss & Co., Rockwell Automation, Tellabs, and 7-Eleven. Selectica is headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.selectica.com.

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