PlantSuccess 2008 Northeast
The Hotel du Pont, Wilmington, Del.
6-Nov-08
Agenda Effective 10/03/08
 

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11/5/2008
6:008:00pmWelcome Reception
Green Room Bar
11/6/2008
6:308:00amRegistration -- Du Barry Room Landing
Continental Breakfast -- Du Barry Room
8:008:45amWelcome: Carl Howk, Chairman, PlantSuccess, LLC
Doug Foran, President, Red Branch Technologies, Inc
Introduction: Tom Archibald, VP and Director of Operations & Manufacturing, Rohm and Haas Company
Keynote Address:
Achieving Operational Excellence ... A Simple Formula
Hermann Ortega, VP, Integrated Supply Chain, Honeywell Specialty Materials
8:459:30amExecutive Leadership Forum: Strategies for Managing Operational Excellence in Turbulent Markets
Hermann Ortega, VP, Integrated Supply Chain, Honeywell Specialty Materials
Tom Archibald, Vice President, Director of Engineering and Operations, Rohm and Haas Company
Jim Porter, ChEng and VP Engineering & Operations, DuPont (Retired)
Thomas H Strang, VP of Manufacturing Excellence, Hercules, Inc.
Moderator: Doug Foran, President, Red Branch Technologies, Inc
9:3010:00amBeverage Break: Du Barry Room
10:0011:00A Unique View of Safety from the Experts
Safety for the 21st Century - How it relates to security and the economy
Deborah L Grubbe, PE, Vice President - Safety Change Management, BP Refining
Energy Independence and Security, the Environment and Economy
Ken Eickmann, Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret.), Senior Research Fellow, Energy Institute, University of Texas
11:00noonIndustry Solutions Forum
Actenum Corporation, Owen Plowman, Vice President - Business Development
AVEVA Inc, Clive Wilby, Principal Consultant Operations Solutions
innotec IT Plant Solutions Inc, Matt McKinley, President
Johnson Controls Inc , David Love, Director, Industrial & Manufacturing Solutions
Meridium Inc, Joe Petersen, Customer Account Manager
Siemens Engineering & Automation Inc, Jeff Tropsa, Senior Business Consultant
Wonderware Mobile Solutions, Chas Mohrmann, Vice President Sales
Moderator: Doug Foran, President, Red Branch Technologies, Inc
noon1:00pmBuffet Lunch - Christina Room
1:002:15pmDoing More With People: Improving Organizational Performance
It All Leads Back to People
Richard B Pettigrew, Principal, AURA, LLC
Issues and Insights Regarding Organizational Performance
Laurie Bassi, PhD, CEO, McBassi & Company
Insights and the Value Proposition
BJ Stephan, Site Leader, INEOS NOVA LLC
2:152:45pmBeverage Break: Du Barry Room
2:453:45pmKeys to Creating Value
Reliability Driven Value Creation
Paul Casto, Manager of Reliability Technology, Eastman Chemical Company
Home Grown Gemstones: Look for Passion and Talent
Harold Pitchford, Manager, Total Quality & Training, DSM Chemicals North America Inc
Six Sigma: A Non-Traditional Implementation
Paige Walden, Six Sigma Leader, DSM Chemicals North America Inc
3:455:00pmThe Elements of Leadership in Tomorrow's Global Businesses
John Voeller, ASME White House Fellow and CTO, CKO, SVP, Black & Veatch
Leading Ourselves and Others to Create Sustainable Competitive Advantage.
Jim Porter, ChEng and VP Engineering & Operations, Dupont (retired)
5:007:00pmCocktail Reception - Christina Room