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1A 11:30 am –
12:30 pm — Sunday, September 30, 2007
Higher Educational Needs for
Future Material Handlers
Sponsored by: College and Industry Council on Material Handling
Education
This interactive discussion will focus on the educational requirements
and training of the material handling and logistics professional of
the future.
2A 1:00 pm –
2:00 pm — Sunday, September 30, 2007
Recalibrating Health and Welfare
Speaker: Dr. Ronald S. Leopold, National Medical Director and Vice
President of MetLife Employer-Sponsored Benefits Group
Author of A Year in the Life of a Million American Workers, Dr. Leopold
will address how finite resources are forcing unprecedented decisions
in employer-sponsored health and welfare. Utilizing eight unique dimensions
of the strategic benefits dialogue, Dr. Leopold will detail why employers
are, or need to be, disassembling their legacy benefits structures and
rebuilding new configurations.
2B 1:00 pm –
4:00 pm — Sunday, September 30, 2007
Making Your Mark Through Branding
Speaker: Jane Allred, President of Allred Marketing
Back by popular demand, this half-day workshop is presented by marketing
industry expert Jane Allred, who will focus on how to make your products
and brand stand out from the crowd.
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3A 3:00 pm –
4:00 pm — Sunday, September 30, 2007
Outsourcing: It’s a Core Competency
Speaker: Dr. James A. Tompkins, President and CEO of Tompkins Associates
Outsourcing is one of the top business challenges today for supply chain
leaders. It can be viewed as a major obstacle or an outstanding opportunity.
Join us as Dr. Tompkins leads his audience to gain a core competency
in outsourcing and identify the necessary tools for a successful initiative.
Key objectives of this program will be to define core and non-core functions
of outsourcing, discover the steps for launching and managing a robust
outsourcing relationship, and identify direct and indirect benefits
of outsourcing.
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4A 8:00 am –
11:00 am — Monday, October 1, 2007
Making Your Mark Through Branding
Repeat Session; see abstract 2B.
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4B 8:00 am –
9:00 am — Monday, October 1, 2007
The Impact of Work Force Diversity on Achieving Business Objectives
Speaker: Ronald Adler, President and CEO of Laurdan Associates,
Inc.
Learn how to align your diversity efforts with your overall business
objectives in this interactive session. This educational session will
detail the trends and undercurrents of work force diversity including
diversity metrics, human capital measurements, and the use of HR audits
in assessing diversity. In addition, this session will report on the
findings of the MHIA Diversity Survey.
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5B 9:30 am –
10:30 am — Monday, October 1, 2007
Recalibrating Health and Welfare
Repeat Session; see abstract 2A.
6A 1:30 pm –
2:30 pm — Monday October 1, 2007
Control of Complex Integrated Automated Systems: Emerging Technologies
and Industrial Case Experiences
Speaker: Dr. Robert J. Graves, Thayer School of Engineering –
Dartmouth College Sponsored by: ISC Council
This educational session will address trends in control system development,
especially agent-based approaches, which offer benefits over classical
rule-based approaches. What are they, how do they work in practice and
what performance benefits might result from their use are topics to
be developed. Illustrations of their potential develop from a collaborative
research relationship with Vanderlande Industries (The Netherlands)
and are grounded in a full scale Order Delivery System application of
a goods-to-operator system.
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6B 1:30 pm –
2:30 pm — Monday, October 1, 2007
The Impact of Work Force Diversity on Achieving Business Objectives
Repeat Session; see abstract 4B.
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7A 3:00 pm –
4:00 pm — Monday, October 1, 2007
Inside View of the Global Economic Outlook
Speaker: Leslie Schweitzer, US Chamber of Commerce Senior Trade
Advisor
Ms. Schweitzer will bring an insider’s view of the global economic
outlook from the Washington office of the United States Chamber of Commerce
for our industry over the coming decade. Learn, in this detailed session,
where the markets are, where they will be, and how to reach them.
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7B 3:00 pm –
4:00 pm — Monday, October 1, 2007
Do You Hear What I Am Saying?
Speaker: Dan Boos – President of Gorillas and Gazelles
This educational session will feature an interactive exercise that will
illuminate you on how others hear what you are saying and the impact
it has on your co-workers. This exercise on teamwork and effective communication
is an excellent way to learn how your communication style can impact
your organization.
7C 4:30 pm –
5:30 pm — Monday, October 1, 2007
A Glimpse Into the Year 2020 – A Material Handling Practitioner’s
Perspective
Speaker: Arthur St. Onge, Founder of St. Onge Company
This session presents a look ahead at what the world of material handling
and logistics will be in the year 2020. Learn what realities will face
us in the future
at this exciting presentation.
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8A 9:00 am –
10:00 am — Tuesday, October 2, 2007
A Glimpse Into the Year 2020 – A Material Handling Practitioner’s
Perspective
Repeat Session; see abstract 7C.
8B 9:00 am –
10:00 am — Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Outsourcing: It’s a Core Competency
Repeat Session; see abstract 3A.
9A 9:00 am –
10:00 am — Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Inside View of the Global Economic Outlook
Repeat Session; see abstract 7A.
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