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SUMMARY:InvestNI Powering Productivity Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Powering Productivity Conference to hear from industry and business experts Blaire Palmer and David Meade on the transformative impact successful productivity and innovation improvements can have on your business.  \nAt the conference you will:  \nhear from leading industry experts and local businesses about their productivity and innovation journeys.\nwatch a live panel discussion with Economy Minister Conor Murphy\, Dr David Jordan\, QUB\, Stephen Kelly\, Manufacturing NI and Innovate UK.\nexplore how productivity and innovation can add value to your business.\nshare knowledge and network with likeminded professionals to develop productivity and innovation solutions.\nlearn about Invest NI’s productivity and innovation support.\nWho should attend?  \nBusiness leaders\, entrepreneurs\, public and private sector professionals with an interest in productivity and innovation.  \nAgenda   \n08:00 – 09:00: Registration and networking  \n09:00 – 09:10: Welcome and introductions  \n09:10 – 09:50: Panel discussion: Productivity challenges and opportunities for Northern Ireland  \n09:50- 10:50: Keynote speaker\, Blaire Palmer  \n10:50 – 11:15: Networking break \n11:15 – 11:45:  Presentation: Creating a vibrant lean culture \n11:45 – 12:00: Powering productivity – Overview of Invest NI support \n12:10 – 13:10: Morning breakout session \nAttendees can select one session only. In each session you will hear from subject matter experts and local companies that have successfully used innovation to achieve productivity. \nAM session 1: Leading Lean: Making the world of work a better place for people.  	 This session will explore the vital role of lean leadership in successful lean adoption. \nAM session 2: Lean and digital transformation 	Many local businesses are looking to digital transformation to address business and resource constraints. This session will address how understanding and adopting Lean and Industry 4.0 principles can deliver transformational change across  value chains.  \nAM session 3: Lean accounting 	Lean accounting is a different approach to accounting principles and practices that aligns with the principles of lean thinking. Learn how to achieve value in your business by eliminating waste through better workflow and material management.  \nAM session 4: The IDNI approach – Decarbonisation through productivity and efficiency improvement	 Industrial Decarbonisation for Northern Ireland (IDNI) helps clusters of manufacturing companies across NI to decarbonise by facilitating information\, collective resource\, and knowledge sharing. Join this session to hear how this approach could benefit your design and production processes and save you money.    \n13:10 – 14:10: Lunch  \n14:10 – 15:10: Afternoon breakout session \nAttendees can select one session only. In each session you will hear from subject matter experts and local companies that have successfully used innovation to achieve productivity. \nPM session 1: Building and sustaining a lean enterprise    \nMany businesses fail to sustain their lean efforts. This session will share insights into a leading company’s journey.  \nPM session 2: Learning to think like Toyota 	Successful lean transformations develop leaders as coaches.  Toyota use an approach called  Kata coaching\, this session will show why Kata is the best way to learn to think and behave in a more effective way. \nPM session 3: Creating a vibrant lean culture\nBusiness from all over the world want to learn how they can implement a vibrant lean culture. In this session you will learn how to create your own unique\, vibrant lean culture. \nPM session 4: Innovate UK – Scaling with lean\nInnovate UK is the UK’s national innovation agency with an annual budget over £1bn. Join this session to find out how you can benefit from their support to increase your productivity and enhance your business operations.  \n15:25 – 16:30: Closing speaker\, David Meade \nThis conference is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. \nFor more information and to register for the event\, visit https://myini.investni.com/events/event-details/?id=f12086d0-25b2-ef11-a2f4-00155d019359
URL:https://gemx.uk/event/investni-powering-productivity-conference/
LOCATION:La Mon Hotel & Country Club\, 41A Gransha Road\, Comber\, Newtownards\, Down\, BT23 5RF\, United Kingdom
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