Agenda

October 16 - Networking Opportunity
Time	Location	Event
6 p.m.	The Crowne Plaza Hotel	Registration Table Opens
6:15 p.m.		Reception
7 p.m.		Dinner w/ Guest Speaker Dr. Jody Gittell, Brandeis University, author of The Southwest Airlines Way
October 17
Time	Location	Event
7:15 a.m.	Salisbury Labs (SL) Lounge	Continental Breakfast & Registration
8 a.m.	SL105	Welcome & Opening Remarks
9 a.m.	SL105	Keynote Speaker Dr. James P. Womack, founder and president of the Lean Enterprise Institute Author of Lean Thinking and The Machine that Changed the World
10:15 a.m.		Break
10:30 a.m.		Industry Speaks - Chet Marchwinski, Panel Chair
11:30 a.m.		Q&A, Morning Wrap Up, and 'Table Talk' Introduction
12:15 p.m.	Higgins House	Lunch & Table Talks
1:45 p.m.		Break
2 p.m.	SL105	Keynote Address General Taco Gilbert, Director of Strategic Planning and Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, for the Air Force, "Air Force Smart Operations (AFSO 21)"
3 p.m.		Break
3:15 p.m.	SL104	Lean Case Studies 3:15 - 3:45 Rockwell Collins Accounts Payable Case Study Dr. Phil Jones, University of Iowa 3:45 - 4:15 Ariens Company: A Case Study on Lean Enterprise Change Jennifer Hartwell & Dr. George Roth, MIT 4:15-4:45 Leading Enteprise Change Richard B. Lewis, III, Retired Executive Rolls Royce
	SL105	Teaching Lean Through Simulation 3:15 - 3:45 A Board Level Value Stream Mapping Simulation Tool for Training in Lean Manufacturing Dr. Alok Verma & Jyotsna Devulapalli, Old Dominion University 3:45-4:15 Lean Thinking in Software Development Dr. Jayakanth Srinivasan, "JK", MIT 4:15 - 4:45 Lean Implementation: An Interactive, Hands-On Learning Exercise Dr. Patrick Shannon, Boise State University
	SL123	Lean Education and Training 3:15 - 3:45 Lean, Six-Sigma and the Education of Industrial Engineers: Building on the Past and Charting a Course for the Future Dr. Phil Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville 3:45 - 4:15 Lean in the Service Sector: Extending Education to the Forgotten 80% Leanne O'Grady, Professor Peter Hiines & Simon Elias, Cardiff University 4:15 - 4:45 The Role of DAU in Teaching Defense Department Employees about Lean Thinking Tom R. Edison, CPL Defense Acquisition University
4:45 p.m.		Break
5 p.m.	SL104	Getting Involved in AFSO21: Training & Certification Opportunities Dr. Alex Miller, UTK
	SL123	Shingo Certification Randall Cook,Utah State University
	WPI Campus	WPI Tour and Lean Lab Dr. Sharon Johnson, WPI
5:30 p.m.		Adjourn
6:30 p.m.	TBD	Dinner Hosted by Microsoft
October 18
Time	Location	Event
7:15 a.m.	SL Lounge	Continental Breakfast Available at WPI
8 a.m.	SL105	Opening Remarks
8:15 a.m.	SL105	Keynote SpeakerDr. Bob Emiliani, Central Connecticut State College, "Using Lean to Improve Graduate Courses and Programs"
9:15 a.m.		Break
9:30 a.m.	SL104	Lean Across the University 9:30 - 10 Cardiff: A Lean University... (I wish!) Prof. Peter Hines & Sarah Lethbridge, Cardiff University, UK 10-10:30 Continuous Process Improvement in Higher Education: A Systems Perspective to Achieve Excellence Through Lean Thinking & Beyond Dr. Bahadir Inozu & Dr. Clifford Whitcomb, NOVACSES LLC
	SL105	Lean Applied in the Classroom 9:30 - 10 Learning Through Lean Luke Van Dongen & John Shevlin, Lawrence Tech. University 10 - 10:30 Effects of Curricular Load Leveling in the Classroom on Student Learning - A Case Study Betty A. Ziskovsky & Joseph P. Ziskovsky, Johnson Screens
	SL123	Lean Finance and Accounting 9:30 - 10 Case Studies to Bring the Principles, Practices and Tools of Lean Accounting to the Classroom Dr. Lawrence Grasso, CCSU 10 - 10:30 Management Accounting in a Lean Organization Orest Fiume, CPA, Retired Executive - The Wiremold Company
10:30 a.m.	SL105	Break
10:45 a.m.	SL104	LAI EdNet Business Meeting Dr. Earll Murman, LAI
10:45 a.m.	SL105	LEI LEAN Business Meeting Dr. Peter Ward, OSU
11:30 a.m.		Closing Remarks Dr Earll Murman & Dr. Peter Ward
11:45 a.m.		Lunch "To Go" and Travel
1 p.m.	Andover, Mass.	Welcome and Tour at Raytheon
3:30 p.m.		Tour Ends

Maintained by webmaster@wpi.edu
Last modified: Sep 23, 2006, 13:08 EDT