Main Session: October 1-2, 2008

Hilton Minneapolis
1001 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Deadline for submissions: Friday, April 18, 2008

NOTE: All sections must be completed for your submission to be considered. 

Your presentation/abstract should reflect the conference theme, "The Pursuit of Operational Excellence". It should fit one or more of the following tracks and should focus on applications related to these tracks.

Accepted speakers are not registered automatically. Once a presentation has been accepted it is the responsibility of the presenter to register for the conference. A discounted register fee is extended to the principal speaker.

Section 1: Speaker Information

Primary Presenter
 

First Name:

Last Name:

Title:

Company/
Affiliation:

Address:

City:

  State/Prov.:

Postal/Zip:

      Country:

Phone:

          Fax:

Email:

Speaker Status:

Only Speaker Multiple Presenters

Co-Presenters

Section 2: Audience Level

 Basic: requires little or no experience in the topic

 Intermediate: requires moderate experience

 Advanced: calls for solid knowledge of the topic

 All Levels

Section 3: Learning Objectives

Describe what others can take back to their facility from your experience such as content, methods, tools and techniques, results noted to date, lessons learned, etc.
Include 3 to 4 bullet points.

Section 4: Track Selection

My presentation would be appropriate in the following track: Continuous Improvement Corporate Culture Customer Value Going Green - Environmental Aspects Industry Specific Lean & Quality Methodologies & Case Studies Potpourri Quality & Systems Management Senior Leadership
Click here to view the Track descriptions

Section 5: Presentation Proposal

Presentation Title
Your title should communicate the program content and capture the reader's interest. Keep in mind two to three key points the participant will learn from your presentation.
Do not exceed 10 words.

Presentation Description
Please provide a presentation description to be used in promotional literature. Do not exceed 150 words.

 
I am the author of this material and give IIE permission to include the above-referenced presentation electronically on IIE's Operational Excellence Conference proceedings CD.

Section 6: Presenter Biography(ies)

Biography – Speaker One
This brief description should include your name, title, company, location, education, current activities, relevant former positions, honors, and other professional society or association affiliations.

Biography – Speaker Two
This brief description should include your name, title, company, location, education, current activities, relevant former positions, honors, and other professional society or association affiliations.

Presentation Evaluation Process

A limited number of additional papers will be accepted for presentation within each track. Some will be accepted as alternates.  In the event of a cancellation by an accepted presenter, an alternate will be contacted to fill the space.  Alternate selection will be at the discretion of the Program Committee.

Selections for presentations will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Applicability: relevance of the ideas and/or techniques to other conference attendees
• Originality: new or advanced application of an existing practice or presentation of a new idea
• Soundness: thoroughness of explanation, assumptions are reasonable, techniques used appropriately
• Organization: organization of logic, clarity of definition for problem and/or objective, clear explanations
• Comparative Quality: overall quality and value relative to other papers submitted

All selection decisions by the IIE/ASQ Conference Planning Committee are final.  Abstracts accepted for presentation and/or publication are subject to editing for clarity and space considerations by the Conference Planning Committee.

Please note that conference speakers are not paid or reimbursed for travel expenses. However, the primary presenter will receive a discounted conference registration fee of $395.00. All speakers are required to submit a PowerPoint presentation by SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 for inclusion on the conference CD proceedings and must pre-register for the conference or they will not be allowed to participate on the program.

Thank you for your interest in the IIE'S Operational Excellence Conference.