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Tuesday, May 15 |
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Registration - West Concourse |
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Wednesday, May 16 |
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7:00 |
Registration Opens
(Welcome bags sponsored by Acrisure, Lanyards sponsored by Progressive Components ) |
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9:00-9:30 |
Convention Kick-Off, Troy Nix, AMBA |
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9:30- 11:00 |
Keynote Presentation: Made in America , Made for the World
Scott Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing |
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11:00-11:30 |
Exhibitor Networking Break |
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11:30-12:45 |
Tooling Trends
Laurie Harbour , Harbour Results |
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12:45-1:45 |
Lunch (Riverwalk Veranda) (Sponsored by Acrisure) |
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2:00-3:00 |
Terms and Conditions: Contracting for Economic Certainty
Alan Rothenbuecher, Ice Miller LLP |
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3:00-4:30 |
Open Engagement Sessions |
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6:00-8:30 |
Welcome Reception (Riverwalk Veranda) (Sponsored by PCS Company) |
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Thursday, May 17 |
(Breakfast Sponsored by A. Finkl) |
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8:00-8:30 |
Kickoff – Benefits Exchange |
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8:30-9:30 |
Benchmarking Metrics – Opportunities for Stronger, More Profitable
Mold Building Operations
Steve LeFever, Business Resource Service |
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9:30-10:00 |
Exhibitor Networking Break |
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10:00-11:30 |
Profit Mastery: Break-Even 360° - the Absolute Best Tool to
Drive Unit Profitability
Steve LeFever, Business Resource Service |
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11:30-11:45 |
Annual Meeting |
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11:45-12:00 |
Plant Tour Overview – Troy Nix, AMBA |
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12:00-1:15 |
Lunch and Plant Tour Breakouts (Sponsored by Ultra Polishing)
(Choice of one; each tour has a limited number of participants, so register early to ensure choice.) |
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Tour Sold Out! - Attention: Moldmaker Addresses Skilled Workforce Issues In-House!
Hosted by Commercial Tool & Die Inc. (Sponsored by Expert Technical Training) |
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- Tool Complexity Defines Niche - Advantages of Doing the Impossible
Hosted by CS Tool Engineering, Inc. (Sponsored by Single Source Technologies.) |
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Tour Sold Out!- The Journey beyond Survival: Lean Manufacturing as the New Standard for Injection Tool Manufacturing (Sponsored by DMS)
Hosted by Byrne Tool & Die, Inc |
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- Automation - The Key to Future Sustainability in the Moldmaking Industry (Sponsored by EROWA Technology)
Hosted by Die-Tech & Engineering, Inc. |
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1:15-1:45 |
Depart for Plant Tours |
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1:45-3:15 |
Plant Tours |
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3:15-4:30 |
Return to Amway Grand for Tour Cross-Exchange |
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6:30-7:30 |
Awards Reception (Sponsored By Incoe) |
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7:30-9:30 |
Awards Banquet (Sponsored by Makino) |
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Mold Builder and Chapter of the Year award presentation (Sponsored by Progressive Components) |
Friday, May 18 |
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8:00-9:15 |
The 30-Minute Marketing Plan – How to Market Your
Company in the New Economy
Eric Keiles, Square2Marketing Sales & Marketing |
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9:15-9:45 |
Exhibitor Networking Break |
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9:45-11:15 |
Driving to Be the Best - Eradicating Waste and Focusing on Improvement
Moderated by Troy Nix, AMBA |
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11:15-12:00 |
Making the Next Move to Become More Profitable
Laurie Harbour , Harbour Results |
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12:00 |
Convention Adjourns |
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