Innovation - Ontario Grand Valley Regional Conference
February 21/22, 2013
Cambridge Hotel & COnference Centre

Mark your Calendars!

 

Mark your calendars early so that you will be able to join us. Choose from 3 learning tracks:

• Supply Chain Management
• Professional Development
• Panels of Experts

Industry specialists will share their knowledge across the 3 tracks, offering many presentations and discussions for you.

 

Keynote Speaker

Carol A. Ptak CFPIM CIRM Jonah Partner Demand Driven Institute Seattle, WA

Carol Ptak is currently a partner with the Demand Driven Institute, and was most recently at Pacific Lutheran University as a Visiting Professor and Distinguished Executive in Residence.  Previously, she was vice president and global industry executive for manufacturing and distribution industries at PeopleSoft where she developed the concept of demand driven manufacturing (DDM).  Ms. Ptak spent four years at IBM culminating in the position of SMB segment executive. Carol is a past president of APICS. Carol is the author of several books: Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning 3rd Edition (with Chad Smith) ERP: Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain The Quantum Leap: Next Generation (with Dean Gillam & Steve Taylor-Jones) Theory H.O.W.: How Organizations Could Work (with Harole E. Cavallaro) Necessary but not Sufficient: A Theory of Constraints Business Novel (with Eliyahu M. Goldratt) MRP and Beyond: A Toolbox for Integrating People and Systems

Agenda

 

Thursday	5:30 PM - Kick-off Dinner
Friday	8:30AM - 4:30 PM - Conference Featuring keynote speaker Carol Ptak

 

 

Location

The dinner and conference will be held at the Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre.

For Innovation attendees, the hotel has offered a special rate of $99, including a hot breakfast, for overnight guests.

For those who wish to stay at the hotel overnight, when reserving, quote "APICS" to obtain a special group rate.

Click here to view the hotel's web site.

 

 

Sponsorship

 

We are currently seeking sponsors so that we can keep the cost of the conference as low as possible.

If you are interested in helping us make our conference a success, please contact us and we will forward you our sponsorship opportunities.

 

 

Vendor Exposition

 

We are pleased to announce that we will have a Vendor Exposition that will be open during the conference all day Friday.

This is a perfect opportunity for vendors and service providers to meet and mingle with a niche market.

Click here to join our Vendor Exposition

 

 

Speakers

 

Are you interested in being one of our speakers at the conference?

Is your area of specialization pertinent to any of our three learning tracks?

If so, we're interested in hearing from you!

 

Announcing our Call for Speakers!

 

 

Conference Fees

 

Register before December 31st, 2012 and receive an early-bird discount for the conference.

All prices are subject to HST.

 

 

 

 

Registration

 

Registration is now open. Click here to register.

Payment methods:

• Cash (to an APICS OGV board member)
• Company or personal check
• Electronic funds transfer (email)
• Pay Pal
• Credit card

Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment.

Stay Informed

 

As details are finalized, we will update this web site. Feel free to visit often and watch our progress.

If you prefer, join our conference mailing list, and we will let you know when updates occur.

Click here to join the conference mailing list.

 

How can we help?

 

Let us know how we can help. Contact us any time. Our email address is conference@apicsogv.org

 

See you at the conference!

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