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Full line-up of speakers for AME conference alongside NMW

15/05/2008
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Australia has secured a full line up of speakers for its two-day annual conference, to be held in conjunction with National Manufacturing Week 2008 at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour on May 28-29.

According to conference chair Ray Edwards, the conference will present more than a dozen speakers on key topics relating to excellence, with presentations and case studies on manufacturing, banking, health, Six Sigma, behavioural change, business turnaround and the  Heijunka production system.

In addition, it will incorporate a full-day visual thinking seminar presented by Dr Gwendolyn Galsworth from the USA, whose presentation proved very popular at the AME’s 2007 Conference in Melbourne.

The conference will be held adjacent to NMW, giving delegates the opportunity to visit the exhibition, which runs from May 28-31. Speakers at the conference include:
Ian Macdonald - NSW Minister for State Development, who will open the conference, followed by keynote addresses from Mark Goodsell - NSW Director AIGroup; Paul Bastian - NSW Secretary AMWU and Bob Paton - CEO Manufacturing Skills Australia.

Topics include:

• Visual Thinking Seminar, by Gwendolyn Galsworth, CEO of the Visual Lean Institute, which runs all of the first day, with two additional related sessions on day 2.
• The Toyota Challenge, by Gary Stewart, MD – AISIN (A Toyota Company)
• Your Businesses Carbon Footprint, by Jonathan Jutsen, Executive Director, Energetics Pty Ltd
• Applying 6 Sigma in a Service Business, by Nathan Fosnaugh, State Leader Mortgage Services, St Georges Bank
• Engagement of Employees, by John Costly, Site GM with Alcoa Rolled Products
• Applying Lean to the Health & Hospital Industry, by Dr David Dean, GM of the Health Round Table
• Managing Behavioural Change When Implementing a Business Improvement Initiative, by Michael Collins, MD of Talent Solutions
• Business Turnaround Case Study, by Adrian Loader MS, Quay Capital
• Heijunka, Lot Sizing and Pull Systems, by Peter Campbell, Improvement Manager with Volgren Australia
• The Lean Journey, Engaging the People, by Clark Cameron, MD with The Camerons Group.

Registration needs to be by May 22, with registration online at http://www.ame.org.au/, or by calling AME on phone 1300 AME AUS (1300 263 287).


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