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Conference Program
| Wednesday,
April 6, 2005 |
| 8:00AM |
Registration Opens and Exhibits Set-up |
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| 9:00AM |
Welcome Keynote Speech
Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky ,
Ernie Fletcher
Mark Hogan, President, Magna International |
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| 10:00AM |
Networking Break |
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| 10:30AM |
Featured Speaker
Matt DeMars, VP Vehicle Operations,
Ford Motor Company |
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| 11:30AM |
Box Lunch & Networking |
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| 12:30PM |
Featured Speaker
Paul Wilbur, President and CEO, American
Specialty Cars |
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| 1:30PM |
Workshops (Concurrent)
• Business
is War - Roger
Lewandowski,
World Competition Consultants
• Principles
of a Successful Plant Move - Larry
Swanson, World Competition Consultants
• Academic
Paper Presentations
• Shattering
the 80/20 Principle: Strategic Reprioritization – David
Wilkinson, MasterTeach Institute
• Kaizen - Brenda
Smith, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems
• Academic Paper Presentations - Moderated
By Dr. Afzal Rahim, WKU, and Dr. Bart Victor,
Vanderbilt University
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| 3:15PM |
Networking Break |
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| 3:30PM |
Moderated Panel Discussion
“Leadership and the
Global Auto Industry”
Barbara Deeb, WKUTV - Moderator
Rocco
Delvecchio, Consul General, Canada
Jim Wiseman, Toyota Motor Manufacturing NA
Bruce Rector,
Woodward, Hobson, & Fulton LLP |
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| 5:30PM |
Oracle Five Continents Dinner & Entertainment
- Diddle Arena, WKU
Warren County Circuit Court Judge, Steve
Wilson - MC
Elaine Walker, Mayor, Bowling Green ,
Kentucky
"Keynote Address"
Brad Perkins, Senior
Director - Auto & Industrial - APAC,
Oracle Asia Pacific
Classical Music Performance by Sylvia Kersenbaum
and Stanislav Antonevich
(Exhibits will
close at 5:00PM ) |
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| Thursday, April 7, 2005
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| 7:30AM |
Networking
Breakfast
and Exhibits Open |
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| 8:30AM |
Morning Keynote Address
Gary
Ransdell, President, Western Kentucky University
Mark Emkes,
CEO and Chairman, Bridgestone Firestone North American
Tire, LLC |
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| 9:30AM |
Networking Break |
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| 9:45AM |
Featured Speaker
Paul E.
Radkoski, VP North America, Materials
Management, Visteon Corporation |
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| 10:45AM |
Networking Break |
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| 11:00AM |
Featured Speaker
Glenn
Mercer, Automotive Specialist Partner, McKinsey & Company |
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| 12:00Noon |
GAC Bridgestone Firestone
Luncheon and Keynote Address
Jody Richards, Speaker of the House, Kentucky
Robert
Stempel - Chairman and CEO - ECD
Ovonics, Former Chairman and CEO, General Motors
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| 2:15PM |
Moderated Panel Discussion
"Opportunities for the North
American Auto Industry"
Kevin W. Mixer, Director, AMR Research
Tim Connearney, GM Saturn Plant
Jeremy Burne, British Consulate |
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| 5:00 - 9:00PM |
Dine-A-Round Downtown
Followed by a performance of "The
Nerd"
(Reservation necessary)
(Exhibits will close for the conference at 5:00PM)
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| Friday, April 8, 2005
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| 9:30AM |
Plant Tours
Paul
D. Ballew, Executive Director - Global
Market and Industry Analysis, General Motors
(Presentation will take place at the GM Corvette
Plant. A plant tour will follow that.) |
Supplier plant tours after the Corvette Plant tour.
Reservations are required by registering at the registration
desk at sign in.
Other Plant Tours:
S-R Kentucky (window assembly)
Bowling Green Metalforming
(division of Magna International) (vehicle frames)
Trace
Die Cast (aluminum die cast)
(Conference Close)
For information about last year's program,
please click here.
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