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2007 Conference Agenda

    Yellow       = Morning Session   
     Green     
 = Afternoon Session
    Orange     = Dual Session         
Attend the full day to maximize your Drive Sessions!

(Click on session topic for description & speaker name for bio)

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7:30AM - 8:00AM Continental Breakfast/Registration  
8:00AM - 8:10AM Welcome & Opening Remarks Christopher Stevens
8:15AM - 9:15AM Concurrent "Drive" Sessions  
    Track 1 Developing an Organizational Strategy
"Strategic Planning Using Design For Six Sigma"
Jean Hammelev, Sonora Quest Laboratories
    Track 2 Identifying/Managing Your Key Processes
"Elevating Your Key Processes Using Six Sigma"
Leon Spackman, PMC Solutions

    Track 3
 

Using Customer and Market Knowledge
"Helping Customers Help Themselves"

Cindy Kolaczynski & Bob Mungovan, Maricopa County Library District

    Track 4
 

Managing Organizational Knowledge
"How to effectively use technology to drive reliable, safe and excellent patient care in Labor and Delivery - A Success Story"

Diane Rogers & Barbara LaBranche, Banner Health
9:20AM - 10:20AM Concurrent "Drive" Sessions  
    Track 1 Deploying an Organizational Strategy
"The Process Measurement Journey at Boeing Mesa"
Carole Haney & Garry Lewicki, The Boeing Company
    Track 2 Identifying/Managing Your Support Processes
"Your Office, The Factory - Lean Visioneering in an Office Setting"
Adam Cohen, CH2M Hill

    Track 3
 

Building Customer Relationships
"Growing Your Own: Partnership Strategies"

Jim Mohan, USAA
Karen Stigers, Rio Salado College

    Track 4
 

Managing Succession Planning Efforts
"
Legacy Project: Accelerating Knowledge Succession"

Neil Thibodaux, Utilities Engineer
10:20AM - 10:35AM Morning Break/Exhibitors in Foyer  
10:35AM - 11:35AM Concurrent "Drive" Sessions  
    Track 1 Developing Effective Work Systems
"Value Stream Analysis: The Ultimate Tool for Process Improvement"
Chuck Monroe, DHL
Chuck Cox, George Group
    Track 2 Reducing Process Variability
"Sustaining High Reliability for CMS Process Indicators"
Dr. Richard Zimmerman & Nancy Cisar, Mayo Clinic
    Track 3
 

How Senior Leaders Lead
"How the SQAProgram Criteria Can Help Implement Your Corporate Strategy"

David Smith, Maricopa County
    Track 4
 

Enabling Employees to be High Performers
"High Performance -It's Doing What Comes Naturally!"

Richard Deems & Sandra Brownfield Deems, WorkLife Design
11:35PM -12:50PM

Luncheon/Keynote Presentation
Tom Sneva:
 -Indianapolis 500 Winner
 -USAC Triple Crown Winner
 -2 Time National Driving Champion
 -Lecturer - Winning, How to Succeed in Life

 
Tom Sneva
12:50PM - 1:35PM Panel of Excellence
2006 AZ State Quality Award Program Recipients

-Harry Courtright, Director
Maricopa County Library District
-Kathy Northrop, Director of Pediatrics
John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital
-Bruce Eilerts, Manager, Natural Resources Group
AZ Dept. of Transportation

 
1:40PM - 2:40PM Concurrent "Drive" Sessions  
    Track 1 Developing an Organizational Strategy
"Strategic Planning Using Design For Six Sigma"
Jean Hammelev, Sonora Quest Laboratories
    Track 2 Identifying/Managing Your Key Processes
"Elevating Your Key Processes Using Six Sigma"
Leon Spackman, PMC Solutions
    Track 3
 

Using Customer and Market Knowledge
"Helping Customers Help Themselves"

Cindy Kolaczynski & Bob Mungovan, Maricopa County Library District
    Track 4
 

Managing Organizational Knowledge
"How to effectively use technology to drive reliable, safe and excellent patient care in Labor and Delivery - A Success Story"

Diane Rogers & Barbara LaBranche, Banner Health
2:45PM - 3:45PM Concurrent "Drive" Sessions  
    Track 1 Deploying an Organizational Strategy
"The Process Measurement Journey at Boeing Mesa"
Carole Haney & Garry Lewicki, The Boeing Company
    Track 2 Identifying/Managing Your Support Processes
"Your Office, The Factory - Lean Visioneering in an Office Setting"
Adam Cohen, CH2M Hill
    Track 3
 

Building Customer Relationships
"Growing Your Own: Partnership Strategies"

Jim Mohan, USAA
Karen Stigers, Rio Salado College
    Track 4
 

Managing Succession Planning Efforts
"
Legacy Project: Accelerating Knowledge Succession"

Neil Thibodaux, Utilities Engineer
3:45PM - 4:00PM Afternoon Break/Exhibitors in Foyer  
4:00PM-5:00PM Concurrent "Drive" Sessions  
    Track 1 Developing Effective Work Systems
"Value Stream Analysis: The Ultimate Tool for Process Improvement"
Chuck Monroe, DHL
Chuck Cox, George Group
    Track 2 Reducing Process Variability
"Sustaining High Reliability for CMS Process Indicators"
Dr. Richard Zimmerman & Nancy Cisar, Mayo Clinic
    Track 3
 

How Senior Leaders Lead
"How the SQAProgram Criteria Can Help Implement Your Corporate Strategy"

David Smith, Maricopa County
    Track 4
 

Enabling Employees to be High Performers
"High Performance -It's Doing What Comes Naturally!"

Richard Deems & Sandra Brownfield Deems, WorkLife Design


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