2009 Spring Management Conference

Preliminary Schedule

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Wednesday, May 6

     

      7:00 – 12:00        SMMA Golf Outing (AM Tee Times Reserved From 7:04 – 7:20)

                                    Advance sign-up required; related golf charges billed to hotel room or personal credit card

 

      12:00 – 5:00        SMMA Golf Outing (PM Tee Times Reserved From 12:00 – 12:40)

                                    Advance sign-up required; related golf charges billed to hotel room or personal credit card

 

      1:00 - 4:00           SMMA Conference Registration

     

      1:00 - 5:00           SMMA Motor & Motion College-Selected Topics for Electric Machine Design

                                    W. Klontz, PhD, PE, and Haodong (Howie) Li, PhD, Senior Engineer, Advanced MotorTech LLC*

                                    Separate Registration Required

     

      12:30 - 4:30         SMMA Board of Directors Meeting (Working Lunch)

       

      2:30 - 5:00           Permanent Magnet Division Meeting

                                    No additional registration fee required

 

      3:00 - 5:00           Table Top Exhibitor Setup

 

      6:00 - 9:00           Chairman’s Welcome Reception and Casual Dinner

                                    Sponsored by AMETEK Technical and Industrial Products

                                    Outdoors weather permitting

 

Thursday, May 7

     

      7:30 - 8:00           Continental Breakfast with Table Top Exhibits

 

      8:00 - 8:45           Welcome, Introduction of Conference Chair and Table Top Presentations

                                    Greg Johnston, SMMA President & Matt French, 2009 Conference Chair    

 

      8:45 - 10:15         LEAN Training – Trim Your Sails for Speedy Knowledge Transfer

                                    Todd Hudson, Maverick Institute www.maverickinstitute.com

 

      10:15 - 10:45       Break (Shore Leave) with Table Top Exhibits

 

     

      10:45 - 11:15       Pre-Competitive Motor Research

                                   

 

      11:15 – 11:45      Washington Update - Winds of Change and How They Might Affect Us?

                                    Ron Bullock, Chairman, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp.

     

      11:45 – 12:15      IMS Research Update – Tools Available for Charting Course

                                    James Dawson, Research Analyst, Power Transmission & Low Voltage Group, IMS Research

 

      12:15 - 1:15         Lunch

 

      1:15 - 2:45           Break-out Session A: Lean Learning Groups

                                    Todd Hudson, Maverick Institute

 

      1:15 - 2:45           Break-out Session B: Pre-Competitive Motor Research

                                   

 

      2:45 – 3:15          Break (Shore Leave) with Table Top Exhibits

 

      3:15 – 3:45          Industry Heading – Future Direction of Motion Control Industry

                                    Larry Berardinis, Business Development Manager, Machine Design & Motion System Design

 

      3:45 – 4:45          “Value-added” Components Panel – What’s to Port and Starboard?

                                    Phil Gordon, Director of Marketing – Magnet Wire, Superior Essex

                                    Jeff Hogan, Vice President & General Manager, AMR Performance Materials

                                    Karl Meier, Marketing Manager Applied Motion Control

                                    Griff Neal, President, Encapsulation Technology Corp.

 

      6:00 – 9:00          Reception and Dinner

 

 

Friday, May 8

     

      7:30 - 8:00           Continental Breakfast with Table Top Exhibits

 

      8:00 - 8:30           SMMA Annual Meeting

                                    Greg Johnston, SMMA President

 

      8:30 – 10:00        Economic Forecast – Navigating Through Treacherous Waters

                                    Alan Beaulieu, Economist, Institute for Trend Research

 

      10:00 -10:30        Break (Shore Leave) with Table Top Exhibits

     

      10:30 – 11:15      Utilizing Social Web Media – How to Cast A Broader Net

                                    Scott McCafferty, Managing Director, Design World & Digital Manufacturing Review

     

      11:15 - 12:00       USA Energy Independence Initiative – Is There Hidden Treasure?

                                    Keith W. Klontz, PhD, PE, President, Advanced Motortech LLC

 

      12:00                    Adjourn

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      12:00 - 2:00         Table Top Exhibitor Tear Down

     

      12:30 - 4:00         EMERF Board of Directors (Working lunch)

 

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