Nov 12 - Program Excellence Best Practices Seminar
Paradise Resort & Spa, San Diego CA
Note: Speakers/Panelists for the Program Excellence Seminar are selected during the annual Program Excellence Award evalution process; names of those whose efforts qualify them for participation in the conference will be announced the week of September 3, 2008.
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Carole Rickard Hedden, Project Leader - AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence
8:35 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
David Barakat, VP Corporate Programs, Engineering & Technology, Northrop Grumman and Chairman, 2008 AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence Initiative
9:00 a.m.
Innovation
Extraordinary behaviors that stimulate or promote innovation create value to the program team, the business and the customer. In this session, program leaders will share innovative design and application processes that improved business performance. All have been tested and developed to the level where the customer has committed to production or use of the solution or technology.
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Transferring Lessons Learned: Opportunity Management
Risk management is the practice of planning for areas of uncertainty. Just as critical is the management of opportunities -- using what surfaces during a program's operation to increase its value to the program, the business and the customer.
11:45 a.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Transferring Lessons Learned: Supply Chain Management
When looking at the complex programs of today, alignment and full transparency across the supply chain is critical to performance. From tools to procurement and relationship-building throughout the chain, supply chain management and integration has emerged as the number one issue for the A&D industry. These program leaders discuss the key areas of pain in the supply chain and the tactics that allowed them to solve some of the problems.
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Transferring Lessons Learned: Enhancing Customer Performance
It's no longer enough to satisfy customers. Creating customer confidence is the goal as program leaders and teams work to deliver value in terms of performance, cost, quality and schedule. These programs have worked to deliver, and where it makes sense to exceed the requirements.
Review/Analysis: Top A&D Programs
Here' s where the dollars are. AVIATION WEEK will review the most current dollar figures across commercial, defense and space sectors. And a leading national financial analyst will analyze the numbers.
Moderator: Anthony L. Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Steve Grundman, CRA International
9:15
The Turmoil of Acquisition and Emerging Programs
Acquiring high dollar, complex systems shared by global partners is no easy matter - for commercial or government customers. The result is contract protests, misguided requirements, extended development and inefficiency. This session will examine how to proceed, and improve, the acquisition process.
Moderator: Mike Adami-Sampson
10 a.m.
Emerging Programs: DoD's Ranking Priorities
New programs are the life blood of the industry, but as requirements evolve and schedules change, it's difficult to stay on top of what's next. Hear details on emerging programs - the technological challenges, supply chain issues, opportunities to join the teams, and new milestones.
Moderator: Tom Captain, Vice Chairman and Leader-Global and US A&D, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Speakers: Carl O. Johnson, VP-Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Northrop Grumman
11:00 a.m.
Break
12:00 p.m.
sponsored by
Program Excellence Awards Luncheon
Annual Awards Luncheon honors program leaders excelling in leading system-of-system and sub-system programs with unique, innovative solutions to challenges. Finalists to be honored during luncheon, and winners announced.
Emcees: Anthony L. Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Carole Rickard Hedden, Project Leader -AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence
2:00 p.m.
Leading Complex Programs: Lessons Learned
Program complexity is a reality that affects customers, major companies and the entire supply chain. In this session we'll look at the most significant pain points in program performance and the implications for the entire global industry. Two well-known leaders of complex programs will analyze the technological, transition of design to production, visibility through a multi-tiered supply chain and financial perspectives when program complexity reaches boundaries previously unknown and unplanned.
Moderator: Tom Kilkenny, GM Global A&D, IBM
Charles T. "Tom" Burbage, EVP and GM-F35 Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Fellow, College of Complex Program Management
Howard Chambers, former GM Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems and on special assignment to Boeing 787 Program
Breakfast - Sponsored by CSC
CSC will host this breakfast event for all conference attendees
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
9:15 a.m.
Reading the Tea Leaves: Election Impact for A&D Industry
A week after the 2008 Presidential Election, AVIATION WEEK hosts a cross fire discussion among leaders about what the change of administration could mean to commercial, space and defense sectors of the industry.
Jerry W. Cox, Managing Director, Forerunner Foundation
10:00 a.m.
Complex Programs: The Supply Chain's Response
While OEMs and large-scale integrators take on the challenges of leading complex programs, members of the supply chain are responsible for helping define new products and technologies and then responding with the velocity, skill and capacity required to meet challenging program performance goals. In this session, four supply chain leaders will discuss shifting their programs into production, assuring supply chain visibility, constraints in terms of materials and skills, and the impact of schedule slippage on suppliers.
Moderator: Ralph W. Carpenter, IBM A&D Supply Chain Management - Global Subject Matter Expert
Don Morrow, VP Advanced Programs, GE Aviation/Systems
