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Sixty-Fifth Meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Forum

Details on Forum 65, including presenters, location, schedule, and post-event presentation highlights.

Sixty-Fifth Meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Forum

Lean Manufacturing and the Environment

March 19-20, 2009
The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel

The Advanced Manufacturing Forum is now in its twenty-sixth year, and this forum promises an exceptional program in a unique setting that allows for intensive discussion and idea exchange among managers who are introducing technological and organizational change.

Presentations will be announced soon.

The forum begins on Thursday evening with a networking reception, brief orientation, and dinner at The Nittany Lion Inn. Friday is a full day of presentations and breakout sessions.

 

Presentations

Presenters will be announced soon.

 

Forum Format and Session Descriptions

 Thursday, March 19, 2009
Time Event
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Orientation
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner
 Friday, March 20, 2009
Time Event
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. TBD
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. TBD
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. TBD
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. TBD
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wrap-up

 

Attire

Thursday reception and dinner require formal business attire.

Friday is business casual attire (company shirts are encouraged).

 

Registration Information

The registration fee is $TBD.

The REGISTRATION FORM (.pdf 25Kb) *Acrobat provides several methods for submission (credit card, regular mail, or fax - see the form for details). The new form will be available soon.

Participants will receive their choice of one book as part of their registration fee. See the selection of titles on the registration form.

To assure your reservation, register by February 16, 2009.

Cancellations with a full refund will be accepted up to and including March 11, 2009. Cancellations less a $100 administrative fee will be accepted on and after March 12, 2009.

The Advanced Manufacturing Forum (AMF) is a not-for-profit event supported by a combination of registration fees, contributions from the Quality and Manufacturing Management (QMM) program and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC).

 

Hotel Reservations

A block of rooms has been reserved for AMF attendees at The Nittany Lion Inn.

Call 1-814-234-8000 ($110.00, single occupancy). Please refer to the Advanced Manufacturing Forum's reservation code [ADVC09A] when making your reservation. Our block of rooms will be held until one month prior to the forum.

Other nearby hotels (all within 1-2 miles of our conference location):

 

Questions

Please contact Carmen Strand, 814-865-6727 or cms57@psu.edu

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