April 6, 2010

New England Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Summit



Please join us to hear both Nationally renowned and Regional experts speak on current and future business improvement opportunities.

May 18, 2010

SME’s Monadnock No. 124 chapter and Keene State College are reaching out to manufacturers, innovators, entrepreneurs and businesses to collaborate with KSC, Sustainable Product Design Innovation SPDI and Regional Center for Advance Manufacturing RCAM to better support sustainable manufacturing in New England.


Price: $85.00 per person, including food
Time: 7:30 a.m. registration; 8:00 a.m. program starts
Location: Keene State College, 229 Main St, Keene, NH 03435-0001
Lodging: Reduced rates set up at E.F. Lane Hotel (a reduced SME rate of $99 is available)
Limited: Due to facility limitations, registration is limited to the first 200 applicants

.6 to CEUs are available, forms available at event.

Register Online:


















Featured Speaker:

Doug Hall


















o Assisting companies improve their Innovation Success Rates and Speed to Market.




Distinguished Speakers:






*Helen F. Giles-Gee


President, Keene State College




















*Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME
President, Society of Manufacturing Engineers














*Congressman Paul Hodes
New Hampshire’s Second District














*Senator Molly Kelly
Senate District 10















*Jack Healy
Director of Operations, Massachusetts MEP














*Dawn Wivell
Executive Director, International Trade Resource Center
NH Division of Economic Development















*Local expert speakers, explaining new educational systems to promote advanced manufacturing and technology.


Who should attend?
-Business owners and managers wanting to grow your business
- Entrepreneurs
-Inventors
-Start-up businesses
-R&D leaders

What’s in it for you? This is an interactive event; participants will have opportunity for education and questions.
+Gain insight to improve innovation success rates and speed to market
+Excite your customers
+Accelerate profitable growth
+Learn about Reliable continuous growth
+Learn about Lean or green process improvements
+Learn about Marketing improvements
+What about Customer pull sales
+Learn about More profitable products or services
+Learn about Cycle time reduction
+Learn how to implement LEAN and what the lean journey will be like
+Gain Lean strategic partnerships
+Learn from the top leaders in industry and education about how we must work together
+New England is growing still, how? What markets?


Sponsors:
SME Monadnock Chapter No. 124
Keene State College ~ Sustainable Product Design and Innovation.
The Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing and its partners – River Valley Community College, the Keene School District & KSC and the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce.








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If you have any questions on this program, please contact:
Victor Kissell
Chair, Monadnock No. 124
Ph: 603.557.8288
E-mail: vickissell@myfairpoint.net



















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