D. Wade Mack Distinguished Lecture
Matthew May
Author, In Pursuit of Elegance
"Creating Elegant Solutions"

Norman Bodek Distinguished Lecture
Norman Bodek
President, PCS Press
"The Effective Utilization of People"

Shigeo Shingo Distinguished Lecture
Bruce Hamilton
President, Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership/Vice Chair, Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
"Asking The Right Questions: Management’s Key to Lean Transformation"

1:00 p.m.

Workshops (Choose 1 of the 8 available)

Roger Strong
CEO, Strong Business Solutions, LLC
“Basic Lean, Simple Wins!"

Staci Gunnell & Todd Banner
Consolidating Controllers, Autoliv
"Go Lean or Go Home: Not Just a Concept for Production!”

Jacob Raymer
Asst. Director of Education, The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
“Mapping Your Continuous Improvement Journey: Making Sense of Guiding Principles & Systems (GPS)”

Bruce Hamilton
President, Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership/Vice Chair, Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
“Strategic Culture Change”

Steve Bell & Mike Orzen
Steady Improvement, Inc.
“Lean IT: Sustaining Enterprise Transformation”

Gwendolyn Galsworth
President, Quality Methods International, Inc.
“Visual Workplace/Visual Thinking: Creating Enterprise Excellence Through the Technologies of the Visual Workplace”

Marypat Cooper
Senior Consultant, Moffitt Associates
"Office Kaizen"

Bart Crockett & Paul Jones
US Synthetic
"Strategy Execution and Product Management using Vertical Value Stream Maps"

W. Edwards Deming Distinguished Lecture
Jacob Raymer
Asst. Director of Education, The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
"A Principle-Centered Approach to Business Improvement"

9:40 a.m.

Breakout Session I

Randy Russell
CEO & Managing Consultant, Hyperformance Enterprises, LLC/
Former Commanding Officer of Continuous Improvement, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
"A Leaner Approach to Policing"

Gary Peterson
Vice President, Manufacturing, OC Tanner Company
"From Batch to Flow in a High Mix/High Volume Environment"

Naida Grunden
Author of The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare
"Lean Healthcare: What is Possible?"

Philip Crosby Distinguished Lecture
Gwendolyn Galsworth
President, Quality Methods International, Inc.
"The Visual Workplace: Where What IS Suppose to Happen, Does Happen"

George S. Eccles Distinguished Lecture
David Meier
Author, Trainer, Speaker
"Developing a Kaizen Culture The Toyota Way"