Join us at our Powering Productivity Conference to hear from industry and business experts Blaire Palmer and David Meade on the transformative impact successful productivity and innovation improvements can have on your business.
At the conference you will:
- hear from leading industry experts and local businesses about their productivity and innovation journeys.
- watch a live panel discussion with Economy Minister Conor Murphy, Dr David Jordan, QUB, Stephen Kelly, Manufacturing NI and Innovate UK.
- explore how productivity and innovation can add value to your business.
- share knowledge and network with likeminded professionals to develop productivity and innovation solutions.
- learn about Invest NI's productivity and innovation support.
Who should attend?
Business leaders, entrepreneurs, public and private sector professionals with an interest in productivity and innovation.
Agenda
08:00 - 09:00: Registration and networking
09:00 - 09:10: Welcome and introductions
09:10 - 09:50: Panel discussion: Productivity challenges and opportunities for Northern Ireland
09:50- 10:50: Keynote speaker, Blaire Palmer
10:50 - 11:15: Networking break
11:15 – 11:45: Presentation: Creating a vibrant lean culture
11:45 – 12:00: Powering productivity - Overview of Invest NI support
12:10 – 13:10: Morning breakout session
Attendees can select one session only. In each session you will hear from subject matter experts and local companies that have successfully used innovation to achieve productivity.
| AM session 1: Leading Lean: Making the world of work a better place for people. | This session will explore the vital role of lean leadership in successful lean adoption. |
| AM session 2: Lean and digital transformation | Many local businesses are looking to digital transformation to address business and resource constraints. This session will address how understanding and adopting Lean and Industry 4.0 principles can deliver transformational change across value chains. |
| AM session 3: Lean accounting | Lean accounting is a different approach to accounting principles and practices that aligns with the principles of lean thinking. Learn how to achieve value in your business by eliminating waste through better workflow and material management. |
| AM session 4: The IDNI approach – Decarbonisation through productivity and efficiency improvement | Industrial Decarbonisation for Northern Ireland (IDNI) helps clusters of manufacturing companies across NI to decarbonise by facilitating information, collective resource, and knowledge sharing. Join this session to hear how this approach could benefit your design and production processes and save you money. |
13:10 – 14:10: Lunch
14:10 – 15:10: Afternoon breakout session
Attendees can select one session only. In each session you will hear from subject matter experts and local companies that have successfully used innovation to achieve productivity.
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PM session 1: Building and sustaining a lean enterprise |
Many businesses fail to sustain their lean efforts. This session will share insights into a leading company's journey. |
| PM session 2: Learning to think like Toyota | Successful lean transformations develop leaders as coaches. Toyota use an approach called Kata coaching, this session will show why Kata is the best way to learn to think and behave in a more effective way. |
| PM session 3: Creating a vibrant lean culture |
Business from all over the world want to learn how they can implement a vibrant lean culture. In this session you will learn how to create your own unique, vibrant lean culture. |
| PM session 4: Innovate UK - Scaling with lean |
Innovate UK is the UK’s national innovation agency with an annual budget over £1bn. Join this session to find out how you can benefit from their support to increase your productivity and enhance your business operations. |
15:25 – 16:30: Closing speaker, David Meade
