Deadline: 11/30/2020 – Networking, Marketing, Technology Speakers Needed on 05/04/2021 for Durham, North Carolina for 2021 MFGCON – Free Speaker Bureau Expert Wanted

Do you have best practices, real-world examples and expertise to share with your manufacturing peers? This is your opportunity to share your insights, knowledge and experience with an exclusive audience. The annual conference provides attendees with the opportunity to learn and share best practices and to network with their peers. Although we welcome submissions from consultants or vendors, such proposals will be considered only if co-presenting with a manufacturer client. Co-presenters must be identified at the time of submission in order to be considered.

We are accepting proposals for the following tracks:

Workforce Excellence: This track will provide best practices and strategies for recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce. Suggested topics include recruiting and retention, training within industry, project management and time studies, teamwork, knowledge management/onboarding/offboarding, using robotics and automation to address the skills gap performance management, managing multigenerational workforce, employee engagement, developing a pipeline or youth apprenticeship models.

Operational Excellence: This track will focus on improving plant floor operations to increase productivity and profit. Topics can include how to begin a lean manufacturing/ continuous improvement initiative, lean training, six sigma, process improvement, Robotics, automation, Kaizen events, safety, value-stream mapping or quality management systems

Leadership and Culture: This track will offer insight as it relates to personal leadership development and career growth. Also, this track will cover the importance of organizational culture. Suggested topics could include leading through change and disruption, leadership development, building the agile organization, leading the lean facility, building a winning culture, creating a culture of empowerment, , risk assessment and business continuity, crisis management and lessons learned, developing a value-based company, time management, teamwork or personal advocacy.

Technology, Innovation and Strategic Growth: This track is designed to share best practices related to new technologies and innovations, market expansion, distribution and new product development. Suggested topics include business expansion support, how the Internet of things (IoT) can help your business, factory automation, the impact of new manufacturing technology/innovations on business growth, using data analytics to grow your business, new product development or diversification, supply chain strategy, how to become a government contractor, global market expansion, using social media to market your company and grow your business.