Seminar
Business Forecasting: Techniques, Applications and Best Practices

This comprehensive three-day seminar covers all aspects of business forecasting and includes computer workshops that allow you to immediately apply what you've learned to your own data. By the end of the course, you will not only have gained considerable insight into business forecasting, but will also have had the opportunity to solve your own forecasting problems using state-of-the-art software under the guidance of expert instructors. Click here for a detailed seminar description.

Who should attend?
The seminar is valuable for product managers, marketing managers, business managers, corporate planners, market researchers, utility forecasters or any professionals who prepare or analyze forecasts as part of their job responsibilities. You do not need to be a Forecast Pro user to attend the seminar. Some prior knowledge of statistics is helpful but not essential.

On-site education
We offer private on-site seminars if you would like us to present the course to multiple employees at your own location; for more information click here.

Instructor
Eric Stellwagen is the co-founder of Business Forecast Systems, Inc and the co-author of the Forecast Pro software product line. He has consulted widely in the area of practical business forecasting and spends 20-30 days a year presenting workshops on the subject. He has worked with many leading firms including Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Nabisco, Owens-Corning and Verizon. He has presented seminars and workshops under the aegis's of many groups including the Institute for Professional Education, the American Production and Inventory Control Society, the University of Wisconsin, the Institute for Business Forecasting, the World Research Group, the International Institute of Research, the Electric Power Research Institute, the International Communications Forecasting Association and the International Institute of Forecasters. He is currently serving on the board of directors of the International Institute of Forecasters and on the practitioner advisory board of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting.

Fees
US Registration Fee: $1,395 USD per person, prepaid. Multi-registrant fee: $1,295 USD per person, prepaid, with two or more registrants. Lunch is provided to all attendees.

Seminar attendees who bring their own laptop will leave the seminar with a fully functional trial version of Forecast Pro XE loaded onto their PCs. All attendees are eligible to receive a $100 USD discount on any Forecast Pro software product.