Keynote: Ronald D. Snee, PhD is the Principal and Lean Six Sigma Program Leader with Tunnell Consulting. He provides innovative guidance to senior executives in their pursuit of improved business performance using Lean Six Sigma process improvements leading to bottom line results...
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NOTE: The majority of information presented in the website was for the 2008 AICE Conference. It is strictly for informational purposes only. The conference committee is in the process of finalizing the 2009 AICE Conference Information and will post this information in this website once it becomes available. Feel free to contact us for more information.

New Information for 2009 AICE Conference
Date of Conference:     March 2 - 4, 2009
Keynote Speaker:     Ellen Domb, Phd.
Conference Topics:     1. TRIZ
  2. Six Sigma Lean
  3. Error Proofing
  4. Root Cause Analysis
  5. Soft Skills for Office/Service
  6. Innovation/QFD
Next Update:     Jan. 5, 2009
Thank you for your understanding. Please come and check back with us soon...


  Sunday: March 2, 2008  
6:00 - 7:30 pm Early-Bird Registration and Evening Mixer


  Monday: March 3, 2008  
7:00 - 8:00 am Registration
8:00 - 8:10 am Opening Announcements & Welcome:
Carol Ann Blanchard and Maurice Truster, 2008 AICE Conference Co-Chairs
8:10 - 9:25 am Integrating Lean & 6 Sigma - Holistic Improvement: Ron Snee, Tunnell Consulting
9:25 - 9:45 am Break
9:45 - 11:00 am 2006 Quality Leadership Award Winners: Ed Haines, Rick Copenhaver and Babu Patel
11:00 - 11:50 am Creating Operational Excellence: Kevin Duggan
11:50 - 1:20 pm Lunch
1:20 - 2:20 pm "Impossible is Relative" Optimize Initiatives to Achieve Sustainable Strategic: Carl Saunders
2:20 - 3:05 pm What’s Up with ISO 9004? Upcoming Revisions and What They Mean: Denise Robitaille
3:05 - 3:25 pm Break
3:25 - 4:00 pm Innovation and the Future of Quality: Ron Atkinson
4:00 - 4:45 pm Triz: Creative Problem Solving for Quality Improvement: Ellen Domb
5:00 pm Social Hour


  Tuesday: March 4, 2008  
7:00 - 8:00 am Registration
8:00am - 5:00 am Full Day Sessions
  »  Statistics and Metrology/Measurement: Steve Vardeman
»  Document Control: The Fuel of Effective Corrective Actions: Denise Robitaille
»  Measuring Process Capability: Davis Bothe
»  Hands on - Triz: Ellen Domb
  Half Day Sessions
8:00 - 12:00 pm Sustainable Growth Through 6 Sigma, A Panel Discussion:
Ron Snee, Carl Saunders, Ron Atkinson, Greg Van Grinsven
8:00 - 12:00 pm Creating Flow Through Supply Chain: Kevin Duggan
1:00 - 5:00 pm Moving from Mayhem to Magnificence: Lori Glander, Judy Hendren
1:00 - 5:00 pm Business Process Mapping: Kevin Duggan
5:00 pm Social Hour


  Wednesday: March 5, 2008  
7:00 - 8:00 am Registration
8:00am - 5:00 am Full Day Sessions
  »  Bayes Workshop: Steve Vardeman
»  "The 3 Fs of TOC" Focus, Follow-through, and Feedback: Tim Sullivan
»  Implement → the Future State: Jim Black
»  Assessing Management and Leadership Potential, Skills and Behaviors:
     St. Ambrose Dr. Randy Richards, Dr. Ron Wastyn, Dr. Regina Stephens, Dr. William Parsons and
     Dr. Daniel Ebener

»  Tool Time for Business, Education & Healthcare: Gary Nesteby
  Half Day Sessions
8:00 - 12:00 pm Systematic Innovation, not an oxymoron anymore!: David Verduyn
1:00 - 5:00 pm VOC - To Explore or Ignore, that is the question!: David Verduyn
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