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Program Schedule
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| Wednesday, July 27th 2005 |
| 3:30pm - 8:30pm Registration Open |
| 4:30pm - 8:30pm Welcome reception |
6:30pm - 8:30pm Engineering Ethics
Steven P. Nichols, Ph.D. and J.D.
Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Mechanical Engineering Design Projects
The University of Texas at Austin |
| Thursday, July 28th 2005 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am Registration and light breakfast |
| 9:00am – 9:15am Opening Comments |
9:15am – 10:15am
Keynote: "Building Effective Engineering Teams"
Gary Epple, Vice President of Engineering
Paymetric |
10:30am – 12:00pm
"Working Together: Leading an Effective Engineering Team"
Leslie Martinich, President
Competitive Focus |
10:30am – 12:00pm
Product Development Paper Sessions:
"Managing Innovation: A Longitudinal Look at Texas Instruments"
Dr. Larry Chasteen
Stephen F. Austin University
"Dealing with Uncertainty – the Potential of a Roadmap"
Dr. Walt Trybula
International SEMATECH
"Action Planning for Project Management Conceptual Structure: The Bio-Venture Model"
Darius Mahdjoubi, Ph. D.
C2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin and St. Edward’s University |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm Freescale Luncheon |
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Using Scenarios to Plan for an Uncertain Future: The Value of Asking "What If?"
Kathleen Wilburn President
Performance Design Group, Inc.
Faculty at St. Edward’s University
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1:30pm – 3:00pm
Team Building Paper Sessions:
"Who moved my team? Managing Virtual and Distributed Development Groups in an Outsourced World"
Lawrence Waugh
Calavista
"Onward Through the Fog: Leading an Effective Engineering Team During Periods of Industry Upheaval"
Leslie Martinich, President
Competitive Focus
"Suggestions for an Alternate Introduction Method to the SEI PSP™"
Steven Teleki
Webify Solutions, Inc. |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm Break sponsored by AustinTest |
3:30pm – 5:00pm
"Communication Management and the Law"
K. C. Williams
Attorney, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
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3:30pm – 5:00pm
Paper Session: Enterprise Management
"Remodeling A Company For Uncertain Times"
Claude H. Feistel
IntegraSphere, Inc.
"Data Center Disaster Recovery: Can you afford to ignore it?"
John Purvis III
IBM Global Systems
"A Critical Step in Meeting Objectives during Employee Reduction"
James Mercier
TXDOT |
| Friday, July 29th 2005 |
| 8:00am – 9:00am Registration and light breakfast |
| 9:00am – 9:15am Opening Comments |
9:15am – 10:15am
Keynote: "Dealing with Project Uncertainty through Leadership"
Dr. James A. Broaddus, P.E., President
Broaddus & Associates |
10:30am – 12:00pm
"Globalization – it's not just a buzzword"
Brenda Hall, CEO
Austin Test, Inc. |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm Luncheon |
1:30pm – 3:00pm
"Sink, Swim or Walk on Water: the new breed of engineering managers"
Ram K. Matta, PhD, Faculty member, School of Management & Business,
St. Edward's University |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm Break |
3:30pm – 5:00pm
"Doing more with less" Panel Discussion:
Panel Moderator:
Paul Compton, Account Executive - Business Development and Account Management, Perot Systems
Panelists:
Mike Haney, CEO, Athens Group
Suzanne White, Founder and Partner, The Brown Bag Training Company: Lunchtime Learning
Amy Bryant, Co-Founder and Vice President of Product Development, Thinkwell
Ken Reimer, Director, ARM, Inc.
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