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Plastics Encounter’s Design Day Program
Charlotte Convention Center
(last updated 3.5.04)

Tuesday, March 23 Program
8:30-8:35 am
“Welcome & introduction”
Robert Grace, Editor/Associate Publisher, Plastics News     
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
8:35 - 8:45 a.m. “Global issues overview”
Bruce Claxton, Senior Design Director, Motorola Inc
  
8:45-9:15 am “Industrial design: Bringing ideas to life, not just to production”
Christoph Böninger, President, designafairs GmbH (Munich) 
  
9:15-9:45 am “Product design & development for the Chinese market”
Elaine Ann, Director/Founder, Kaizor Innovation (Hong Kong) 
  
9:45-10:00 am Break 
  
10:00-10:30 am “Integrating Western design with Chinese production”
Gary Nightingale, International Business Development Mgr., Ignition Inc. & Managing Partner, Global Diligence (HK) Ltd.
10:30-11:00 am “Korea's example: How mobile technology impacts products & culture”
EunSook Kwon, Associate Professor – Industrial Design Program, University of Houston
  
11:00 am- 12:00 pm Global issues roundtable – with all the above presenters,
moderated by Motorola’s Bruce Claxton
   
  
12:00-1:15 pm Lunch break/Visit show floor
  
  
PROCESS SPOTLIGHT
1:15-1:45 pm “Collaborative product development – when innovation matters”
Brian Roderman, VP – Design, PDS Development   
1:45-2:30 pm “Design for LeanSigma”
Bob Wenning, Sr. Management Consultant, TBM Consulting Group Inc.
  
INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT
2:30-3:00 pm “RackLift window regulator -- from concept to the road”
Gregory Jager, Sales Director, and Bob Cicala, Engineering Director – N.A.Body & Glass Division, Dura Automotive Systems Inc.
  
3:00-3:30 pm “Talking ‘bout a revolution: Reinventing the electric guitar”
Ravi Sawhney, President & CEO, RKS Design  
  
3:30-4:00 pm Product design & development roundtable – with afternoon
presenters, moderated by PDS' Brian Roderman  
  
 
        
          

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