Fast Forward: Strategies for Solving Manufacturers’ Most Challenging Problems
 
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
   
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Conference registration
   
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Optional wine reception
   
   
Thursday, June 21, 2012
   
9:00 am - 9:30 am Conference registration / Coffee & pastries
   
9:30 am - 9:45 am

Welcome:

Patricia Panchak, Editor-in-Chief,
IndustryWeek

Pasquale Bova, Trade Commissioner,
Italian Trade Commission,
Chicago-Toronto-Montreal

Hon. Marco Nobili
Consul of Italy
Consulate of Italy in Detroit 

   
9:45 am - 10:45 am

Alan Beaulieu
President
ITR Economics

Solving the Challenge of:
Forecasting—and Capitalizing on—Global 
Economic Developments


Mr. Beaulieu will present his forecast for the 
global economy, along with the strategies and 
tactics that should be undertaken now if 
businesses are to maximize their profit potential
in the years to come.

   
10:45 am - 11:10 am

Giancarlo Losma
President
FEDERMACCHINE

Solving the Challenge of:
Building an Eco-Sustainable
Business Strategy 


Mr. Losma will address the business imperative of transitioning your business to become more
environmentally sustainable. He’ll discuss new
technologies and new approaches to developing sustainable products, from the initial stage of design, choice of raw materials and appropriate production systems to product development, its disposal at the end of its life span and the recycling and re-use of the materials used.

   
11:10 am - 11:55 am

Peter Perez
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing
U.S. Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration

Solving the Challenge of:
Becoming More Globally Competitive

Mr. Perez will detail the programs and policies that the International Trade Administration has implemented to strengthen U.S. manufacturers’ global competitiveness and to enhance U.S. exports.

   
11:55 am - 12:40 pm Lunch
   
12:40 pm - 1:20 pm

Mauro Pino
Head of World Class Manufacturing
Chrysler Group, LLC

Solving the Challenge of:
Achieving Manufacturing Excellence 
Across the Globe 


Mr. Pino will discuss how Chrysler shares, leverages, and sustains world-class 
manufacturing processes—to reduce waste, increase productivity, and improve quality and safety in a systematic and organized way — across multiple, geographically dispersed facilities.

   
1:20 pm - 1:30 pm Closing remarks:

Patricia Panchak
Editor-in-Chief
IndustryWeek
   
1:45 pm - 8:00 pm Optional golf tournament followed by dinner and cocktails.  only a couple spots remain!
   
   
   
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