Conference programme
Full list of speakers and sessions from Directors Conference 2009.
| Zone | Workshop Subject | Speaker |
| 9:10 - 9:40 | ||
| Keynote | The Economist's Insight |  Stephen Radley, EEF |
| 9:40 - 10:15 | ||
| Keynote | Navigating the emerging industrial landscape |  Mike Gregory, Institute for Manufacturing |
| 10:45 - 11:20 | ||
| Keynote | The value of Operational Excellence today: how to get ready for what comes next in the crisis? |  Pierfrancesco Manenti, IDC Manufacturing Insights |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | ||
| Your Supply Chain | Lessons in responsiveness from a maintenance supply chain |  Keivan Zokaei, Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff University  Mark Hopkinson, e.on |
| Your Customer | Be Indispensible- Product Service Systems the latest in service and support |  Mark Crawford, Rockwell Automation |
| Your Sustainability | Comply and Compete |  David Peake, IMServ  Matt Davis, IMServ |
| Your Workforce | Add Value |  Mark Cichuta, Cogent - Orb Works  John Homewood, Cogent |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
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| Your Supply Chain | Home or Away? |  Paul Christodoulou, Institute for Manufacturing |
| Your Customer | Rapid Response |  Steve Nevey, Red Bull Racing |
| Your Sustainability | Competitive Sustainable Manufacturing |  Robin Wilson, Technology Strategy Board |
| Your Workforce | Inside Distribution: Argos and Continuous Improvement |  Kevin Eyre, S A Partners  Catherine McDermott, Argos |
| 13:45 - 14:20 |
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| Your Supply Chain | Supply Chain Opportunities in Nuclear- Is it for you? |  Keith Parker, Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) Colin Knox, MAS London |
| Your Customer | Aligning your manufacturing to meet with customer cost demand |  Richard Lloyd, Constellation Europe |
| Your Sustainability | Lean is Green |  Peter Hines, Lean Enterprise Research Centre. Cardiff University |
| Your Workforce | Feedstock for the future |  Gordon Macrae, Gripple  Linda Rawson, Gripple |
| 14:20 - 15:00 |
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| Your Customer | Getting your people on board |  Ian Rice, Draka UK  Richard Holland, TBM Consulting Group |
| Your Sustainability |  Delivering Sustainable Competitive Advantage |
 Andy Wood, Adnams |
| Your Workforce | Valuing Training |  David Fox, Power Panels Electrical Systems |
| 15:30 - 16:15 |
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| Panel | Your Panel |
 Allan Cook, Cobham PLC  Charles Morgan, Morgan Motors Mike Gregory, Institute for Manufacturing  Julian Hunt, Food and Drink Federation Marie-Anne Mackenzie, Department for Business Innovation and Skills |
| 16:15 - 16:50 |
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| Keynote | Look around, look ahead | Allan Cook, Cobham PLC |
Detailed sessions may change without notice.