Schedule

Monday, September 13, 2004
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Board and Committee Meetings (exact times TBD)
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Exhibitor Setup
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Registration & Welcome Exhibit Reception in Exhibition Room
	Drawing for iPod Mini - must be present to win
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Registration & Breakfast in the Exhibition Room
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome from the Chairman Kevin Roach, MESA Chairman; Vice President, GE Fanuc Global Solutions Business
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: "Why Manufacturing Matters" Bruce Richardson, Senior Vice President, Research, AMR Research
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break in the Exhibition Room
MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE AWARDS - FINALIST PRESENTATIONS
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Opening Comments Carter Johnson, MESA Board Member at Large; VP Strategy & Business Development, Visiprise
Manufacturing Excellence - Product Quality
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	MES and Quality: A Product and Profit Recipe for Supply Chain Success Walt Staehle, Kraft Foods, Inc.
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	When Quality Meets Technology Everyone Benefits Kreg Kukor, Cequent Electrical Products
Manufacturing Excellence - Customer Service & Support
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Granular Graphite MES: A Competitive Advantage David Bode, Showa Denko Carbon, Inc. and Kevin Fenters, Pyramid Software, Inc.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Lenox China Improves Customer Service with a MES Richard Santoriello, Lenox, Inc.
Manufacturing Excellence - Manufacturing Efficiency
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Hybrid Stack Architecture Randy Randall, Fuji Photo Film
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Roll Roundness Verification System Julio Pascual, The Washington Post
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Break in Exhibition Room
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Removing the Complexities in Systems and Process for Global Manufacturing Efficiency Chris Towns, Pemstar, Inc.
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Hitachi Traceability Implementation Shaun McGinnis, Hitachi Computer Products, Inc.
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Closing Comments Kevin Roach, MESA Chairman; Vice President, GE Fanuc Global Solutions Business
4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Exhibition Reception Manufacturing Excellence Awards Winner Presentation Carter Johnson, MESA Board Member at Large; VP Strategy & Business Development, Visiprise and Kevin Parker, Editorial Director, MSI Magazine
	Drawing for iPod Mini - must be present to win
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Registration & Breakfast in Exhibition Room
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.	Opening Comments Vivek Bapat, MESA Treasurer; Director of Marketing, Rockwell Automation
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	FEATURED PRESENTATION: "MESA, Manufacturing, the Future and You" Richard Morley, R. Morley, Inc.
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Refreshment Break in Exhibition Room
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Session Introduction Karsten Newbury; MESA Vice Chairman; General Manager Process Automation and Manufacturing Execution Business, Siemens
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	MES as a Competitive Weapon Julie Fraser, Industry Directions
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Discussion Panel: Collaborative Manufacturing-Theory vs. Practice Moderator: Charlie Gifford, GE; Participants: Mike Grasley, Aseco; John Moore, KLA-Tencor; Alison Smith, AMR Research
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	How to Leverage MES with RTM Roberto Werneck do Carmo, Senior Project Manager, Chemtech
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	ISA 95 Implementations and the New Models for Collaborative Production Management Dennis Brandl, BR&L Consulting
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Room
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Lean and MES: Alignment, Coordination and Integration for High Performance Dan Englehard, Hampton Tilley and August Tetzlaff, BKD
4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	2004 MES Product Survey Report Jan Snoeij, Logica CMG
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Closing Session: Board Election Results & Introductions, 2005 MESA Annual Conference Announcement Kevin Roach, MESA Chairman; Vice President, GE Fanuc Global Solutions Business
	Drawing for iPod Mini - must be present to win
Thursday, September 16, 2004
8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	The Future Direction of MESA International - All Welcome Kevin Roach, MESA Chairman; Vice President, GE Fanuc Global Solutions Business
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Discussions: Website, Marketing, Conference, Membership, Technical, Sponsors, International Expansion
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Board Lunch Meeting (outgoing and incoming board members)



Schedule is under development and is subject to change.