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2010 Call For Speakers
Share your continuous improvement expertise at the 2010 IW Best Plants Conference, April 19-21, 2010 in Cleveland.
We are currently reviewing the
initial round of submissions, but are still accepting applications. For maximal consideration, please apply now.
Final deadline for submissions is November 1, 2009.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to have an article (based on your presentation) featured in the conference digital magazine, "Conference Connection."
- Receive recognition on printed conference brochure(s).
- Name, bio and picture will be listed on conference website.
- Receive a complimentary pass to attend the conference.
- Network with other industry leaders
Audience Demographics:
Last year the IW Best Plants conference attracted more than 400 manufacturing decision makers.
Selection Criteria:
- Presentation should be 45 minutes in length to allow for attendee questions within the allotted 60 minute session.
- The topic should be relevant to the conference theme of continuous improvement/best practices and proposed tracks (see below for these tracks) and pertinent to the manufacturing industry.
- Generic overviews of topics are strongly discouraged. Selected presentations should include the following qualities:
- The What, Why and How
- Real life examples
- Provide clear "take-aways" for the attendees to use in their operations.
- Product pushes or sales pitches will not be considered. Consultants or vendors submitting proposals
must present along with a client.
- The co-presenter's contact information and bio must be included at the time of submission.
- Our preference is to have a practitioner as the primary presenter.
Possible 2010 IW Best Plants Session Topics:
The following are presentation topics we are interested in. You may submit a proposal based on these topics or another continuous improvement topic.
- Creating Continuous Improvement Culture
- Lean Skills Development for Supervisors, Team Leaders and/or Associates
- Value Stream Mapping
- 5S
- Identifying Kaizen Events
- Hoshin Kanri
- Sustaining Continuous Improvement Initiatives/Resultes
- Customer-Supplier Relationship/Partnership
- Behavior-based Safety
- Lean Six Sigma
- Energy Efficiency
- Managing in a Union Environment
- Lean Accounting
- Topics Specific to Process Manufacturing
- Contingency Planning
- Advanced Continuous Improvement Topics
- Recovering From the Economic Downturn
- Balancing Demand and Capacity
- New Product Introduction
- Role of Plant and Executive Leadership in a Lean Environment
- How to Measure/Translate Improvement
- Potential Effects of the Employee Free Choice Act on Manufacturing
- Are You ready For Lean?
- Engaging a Different Type/Generation of Workforce
- Obtaining Government Funding/Grants
- Seven Wastes
- Lean in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Facility
- Listening to the Voice of the Customer
We are currently reviewing the
initial round of submissions. For maximal consideration, please apply now.
Final deadline for submissions is November 1, 2009.
Submissions will be reviewed by IndustryWeek and the IW Best Plants Advisory Committee.
You will be notified of a decision by November 1, 2009. If you have not received notification by this date, or
if you have any questions please contact Erika Bailey at
ebailey@industryweek.com.
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