Canon Communications Chicago 2008 Trade Events September 23-25, 2008

Conference

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MONDAY, September 22
Track	Time	Session
Medical Design & Manufacturing	9:00am – 4:00 p.m.	100 Designing a Better Medical Device 101 Risk-Based Qualification Approach to Streamlining Validation
Green Manufacturing	9:00am – 4:00pm	102 Green Manufacturing: Business Strategies for Sustainability
Lean for Manufacturing	9:00am – 12:00pm	103 Lean Manufacturing 104 Application of Lean Six Sigma Principles to Machinery Control System Design
Lean for Manufacturing	2:00pm – 4:00pm	123 Lean System for Managing...The Glue That Enables Change Such as Lean and Six Sigma to be Sustainable. 124 Jump Starting Your Lean Efforts
Design	9:00am – 4:00pm	105 Design of Experiments
Outsourcing	9:00am – 12:00pm	106 Establishing Wholly-Owned Foreign Enterprises in China for Small to Mid-Sized Manufacturers
Outsourcing	2:00pm – 4:00pm	126 Global Manufacturing: Myth, Reality & Strategic Options
Surface Mount Inspection and Troubleshooting	9:00am – 12:00pm	107 Surface Mount Technology (SMT) - Process Troubleshooting
Surface Mount Inspection and Troubleshooting	2:00pm – 4:00pm	127 Inspection Criteria and Process Defects
Supply Chain Management	9:00am – 4:00pm	108 Innovation in Supply Chain Management
Plant Maintenance and Operations	9:00am – 4:00pm	109 Let's Make Maintenance Lean!
Statistical Process Control	9:00am – 12:00pm	110 Driving Quality with Effective SPC Implementation
Statistical Process Control	9:00am – 4:00pm	120 SPC: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid

TUESDAY, September 23
Track	Time	Session
Keynote Panel Discussion	9:00am - 10:00am	So the Grass IS Greener on the Other Side: How industry leaders are practicing sustainability and improving tomorrow's profitability Panelists: Greg Sebasky, Senior Vice President and CEO of Global Customer Services, Philips Healthcare; Leslie Collins, Hewlett Packard; Rick Rommel, Vice President of Transformational Technology, Best Buy; Helen Howes, Vice President, Corporate Environment, Health & Safety, Exelon Corporation
Medical Design & Manufacturing	9:00am – 4:00pm	200 Root Cause Investigation for CAPA — A Proven Technique to Investigate & Solve Technical CAPA Problems 201 Practical Process Validation Solutions to Industry Processes
Green Manufacturing	9:00am – 4:00pm	202 Green Manufacturing: Business Strategies for Sustainability, continued
Keynote Presentation	1:00pm – 2:00pm	Free Trade: Strengthening America and Its Partners - J. Frank Mermoud, Special Representative, Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Lean for Manufacturing	9:00am – 12:00pm	203 The State of Lean Manufacturing in 2008: Separating Myths from Reality 204 Manufacturing Quality Improvement by Real Time Performance Management and Continuous Improvement
Lean for Manufacturing	2:00pm – 4:00pm	223 Lean Kaizen - A Simplified Approach to Process Improvement 224 Lean Production - Less is More
Quality Management	9:00am – 4:00pm	205 Making Your Quality Management System Lean
Outsourcing	9:00am – 12:00pm	206 Outsourcing
Outsourcing	2:00pm – 4:00pm	226 Managing Quality
Surface Mount Design and Assembly	9:00am – 12:00pm	207 DFM in a Lead Free World
	9:00am – 4:00pm	208 Innovating Your SMT Assembly Process Through RoHS Conversion
	2:00pm – 4:00pm	227 Design for High Yield PCB Assembly
Mobility Technologies	9:00am – 4:00pm	209 Mobility Technologies
Statistical Process Control	9:00am – 12:00pm	210 Achieving Seamless, Error - Free Execution with Statistical Process Control (SPC) on the Manufacturing Floor

WEDNESDAY, September 24
Track	Time	Session
Medical Design & Manufacturing	9:00am – 4:00pm	300 Advanced Good Manufacturing Practices — 21 CFR, Part 820 301 Medical Device Design Transfer as a Process
Green Manufacturing	9:00am – 4:00pm	302 Green Manufacturing: Business Strategies for Sustainability, continued
Sustainable Materials	9:00am – 4:00pm	311 Sustainability in the Plastics Industry
Lean for Manufacturing	9:00am – 12:00pm	303 Understanding Lean and Executing a Lean Transformation 304 The Box Game: A Hands-On Lean Manufacturing Simulation Workshop
Lean for Manufacturing	2:00pm – 4:00pm	323 Successful Lean Implementations & Why Lean Implementations Fail 324 Lean Product Design
Innovative Strategies for Market Development	9:00am – 12:00pm	305 Using Market Intelligence to Drive Manufacturing Improvements
Innovative Strategies for Market Development	2:00pm – 4:00pm	325 Web Marketing 3.0 - What You Need to Know
Outsourcing	9:00am – 12:00pm	306 Strategic Decision Frameworks for Outsourcing: What to Outsource and How to Manage for Maximum Value
Outsourcing	2:00pm – 4:00pm	326 Successful Offshoring in Mexico – Case Study of Aerospace Industry
Innovation Strategies	9:00am – 4:00pm	307 Innovative Components and Materials in SMT And Their Impact on Equipment and Processes
	9:00am – 12:00pm	308 Innovation Strategies
	2:00pm – 4:00pm	328 Developing a Strategic Innovation Competence for Competitive Advantage: Lessons, Challenges and Examples
Plant Maintenance and Operations	9:00am – 12:00pm	309 Seven Proven Tools to Supercharge OEE
Plant Maintenance and Operations	2:00pm – 4:00pm	329 Energy
Enterprise Resource Planning	9:00am – 4:00pm	310 Enterprise Resource Planning

THURSDAY, September 25
Track	Time	Session
Green Manufacturing	9:00am – 12:00pm	402 Green Manufacturing: Business Strategies for Sustainability, continued
Lean for Manufacturing	9:00am – 12:00pm	403 Think Differently About Lean Leadership and Cultural Change
Innovation Strategies	9:00am – 12:00pm	404 10 Ways to Grow Your Manufacturing Business in a Tightening Economy 405 Ideas to Ignite Success in Your Front Office: An executive overview of mini-Kaizen events, sustainability, and best practices
Rapid Prototyping	9:00am – 12:00pm	406 Rapid Prototyping
Surface Mount Technologies	9:00am – 12:00pm	407 Lead Free Implementation Problems and Promises 408 Review of Changes to Industry Standards for Tape & Reel Packaging
Mobility	9:00am – 12:00pm	409 Tracking Technologies

MONDAY, September 22

TUESDAY, September 23

WEDNESDAY, September 24

THURSDAY, September 25