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Plastics Encounter’s Design Day Program
Cleveland I-X Center
(last updated 6.2.04)

Tuesday, June 22 Agenda
Co-presented by Plastics News & the Industrial Designers Society of America
Profiting from Innovation -- the Business of Design
   
9:00-9:05 am
“Welcome & introduction”
Robert Grace, Editor/Associate Publisher, Plastics News
  
9:05-9:45 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
"Optimizing Success in a Cutthroat Global Marketplace"
Walter Herbst, Chairman & Founding Partner,
Herbst LaZar Bell Inc.
  
9:45-10:30 am “Leveraging Corporate Design for Competitive Advantage”
Greg Zimmer, Industrial Design Studio Leader – Healthcare Products, Procter & Gamble Co.
  
10:30-10:45 am Break
  
10:45-11:30 am "Building a Business Case for Design"
Jim Couch, Principal, Substance Design Group Ltd.
11:30-11:45 am

Group Q&A discussion with morning speakers Walter Herbst, Greg Zimmer & Jim Couch
  

11:45 am-1:15 pm Break for lunch/Visit show floor
  
1:15-2:00 pm "Eight Ways to Kill Innovation"
Stephen B. Wilcox, Founder, Design Science Consulting Inc.
  
2:00-3:15 pm

PANEL:
“Trends in Automotive Design, Materials & Processes”
Moderator: Rhoda Miel, Reporter, Plastics News
Panelists:

Terence Duncan, Design Manager – Product Strategies for Color, Trim & Product Design, Ford Motor Co.
Tim Hoefer, President, Mayco Plastics Inc.

Jeffrey Rose, Senior VP - Engineering Design & Technology,
Collins & Aikman Corp.

Jim Wolever, Associate Chief Engineer & Senior Manager - Technical Planning, Honda of America Mfg. Inc.
    
3:15-4:00 pm Case Study:
“Fruits of Collaboration: An Award-Winning Outboard Engine"
John Zebley, Design Director, Mercury Marine
Gary Vande Berg, VP - Engineering for Injection Molding,
Bemis Manufacturing Co.
    
 

 

 
        
          

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