Keynotes:

• Wilbert W. (Wil) James Jr., President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
  Managing Through the Economic Downturn
   

• James P. Womack, Founder and Senior Advisor, Lean Enterprise Institute
  Take the Value-Stream Walk
   

• Gregory S. Babe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bayer Corp. and Bayer MaterialScience LLC
  The Importance of Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing
   

• Major General John Batiste, U.S. Army (Retired), President, Klein Steel Service Inc
  Leadership in Tough Times
   

• Josh Linkner, CEO and Managing Partner, Detroit Venture Partners, Chairman and Founder, ePrize, Chairman and Founder, The Institute for Applied Creativity, The Institute for Applied Creativity
  Igniting Creativity -- Your Most Important Competitive Advantage
   

• James W. Griffith, President and CEO, The Timken Company
  Reshaping The Timken Company
   

• John Ferriola, Chief Operating Officer, Nucor Corporation
  It's Time to Saddle Up
   

• Kathy Miller, Vice President, Lean Enterprise & Quality, Parker Hannifin Corporation
  Parker Hannifin's Lean Journey
   

• John Shook, Lean guru and Senior Advisor of the Lean Enterprise Institute
  Managing To Learn -- The Roles of Lean Management and Lean Leadership
   

• James McCaslin, President and COO of Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
  The Continuous Improvement Journey at Harley-Davidson
   

Breakout Sessions:

• Hoshin Planning: Vision-driven Leadership for Breakthrough Improvement
  Wes Waldo, Vice President for the Manufacturing Practice, Breakthrough Management Group
   

• The Awesome Power of Employee Engagement
  Eric Kulikowski, Director of North American Operations, Philips Respironics
   

• Developing People with A3 Thinking
  Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning Center
   

• Union and Management Partnerships Driving Manufacturing Excellence
  Mike Fisher, Production Plant Manager, Harley-Davidson Motor Company;
  Al Hahn, USW Union President -- Local 760, Harley-Davidson Motor Company;
  Tony Wilson, IAM Union President -- Local Lodge #176, Harley-Davidson Motor Company
   

• Lean Quality: A Holistic Approach
  Eddie Wilkinson, vice president of quality and product safety, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
   

• Performance Metrics that Matter
  Peter G. Martin, Ph.D., VP and GM of Performance Management, Invensys Process Systems
   

• 5S
  Alan Mauer, Sr. Project Engineer, Stryker Instruments
   

• Considerations for Lean Material Flow Success at Ford
  Larry Tyler, Co-Founder & principal, Kinetic Technologies, Inc. (d.b.a. K-Tec);
  Larry McAdam, Lean Material Flow Manager, Ford Motor Company
   

• The Role of Leadership in a LEAN Environment
  Ronald W. Draper, Vice President, ISC, E-Z-GO