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Silicon Valley Manufacturing and Technology Summit

 

How Do You Compete Globally While Manufacturing in California?

Please save the date for our inaugural Silicon Valley Manufacturing and Technology Summit to learn how companies can compete globally while manufacturing in California. You can't afford to miss this Summit, where you will have a chance to connect with other manufacturers and leaders to discuss how we can create more manufacturing jobs in California. Join the growing movement among manufacturers to bring more operations back home!

 

 

Key Takeaways

  • Harry Moser, Founder of the Reshoring Initiative, will share his industry knowledge and tools, including the Total Cost of Ownership software
  • Latest resources on manufacturing best practices and data-based decision making from Manex's technical experts
  • Panel discussion on the challenges and issues that manufacturers face in California
  • Afternoon workshops on Innovation and Sustainable Manufacturing

 

When

Wednesday, March 21,2012
7:30am - 4:30 pm

 

 

Cost

Early Bired Registration - sign up before February 17, 2012 for a reduced fee.
                                Before  2/17                 After 2/17  

Morning Session - 7:30am - 1:00pm
(includes breakfast and lunch                              

 $60                      

  $75

Afternoon Session - 11:45am - 4:30pm
(includes lunch and networking reception)      

  $60  $75

Full Day
(includes breakfast, lunch and networking reception)                                                   

  $95 $120

 

Program Agenda

Morning             
   
7:30 - 8:00    Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:10   Welcome and Agenda Overview
   

Hank Holzapfel, President & CEO, Manex
8:10 - 9:15   Making the Case for “Made in America”
   

Harry Moser, Founder, Reshoring Initiative

Mr. Moser will share his industry knowledge and tools, including the Total Cost of Ownership software
9:15 - 10:15   Current Trends in Manufacturing - Best Practices for Operational Excellence
   

Bill Browne, Director of Client Services, Manex

Manex will reveal the latest resources for manufacturers and explain why Lean Six Sigma and data-based decision making are no longer an option, and best practices are now a requirement.
10:15 - 10:45   Break
10:45 - 11:45    Panel Discussion
    How Do We Address California’s Top Manufacturing Issues?
    The panel will address the challenges and issues that manufacturers currently face in California.  The panel will also discuss Federal and State regulations and permitting challenges for manufacturers, how companies can find a trained workforce, and why companies should stay and do business in California.

Moderator: Paul Witkay, Founder and CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives
    Panelists:
    Todd Rinella, General Manager, CORWIL Technology Corp.
   

Kris Stadelman, Director, NOVA Workforce Investment Board
   

Doug Hoffner, Undersecretary, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
11:45 - 1:00   Lunch
     
Afternoon    
1:00 - 2:00   Panel Discussion
    Transition to Innovative New Processes and Products
    The panel will explore the meaning of innovation and how companies can become innovative. The panelists will share their thoughts on the importance of linking strategy, marketing, product development and manufacturing.

Moderator: Hank Holzapfel, President and CEO, Manex
    Panelists:
    Dr. J. Laurel Jones, President, Mission College
    Don Sanders, Senior Partner, Lean Innovation Practice Lead, Nexus Partners LLC
    Marc Lowe, Lecturer at UC Davis and Managing Partner, Praxis Ventures LLC
2:00 - 3:00   Sustainability and the Future of Manufacturing
   

Dr. Barbara Linke, U.C. Berkeley, The Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability

Dr. Linke from UC Berkeley’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability will explain what is “sustainable” or “green” and the opportunities and challenges of greening manufacturing processes, systems and products.
3:00 - 3:30   Assessing Your Current Status
   

Dr. Kevin O’Brien, President & CEO, Energy Commercialization

Dr. O’Brien will discuss where companies should start to assess their status, what to look for and what to do with the findings.

3:30 - 4:30   Networking Reception

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 
            

   

                                                               		         
                                                		            
         

                                          

 

 

 

    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

             

Where
  Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054