TECH2005 Draws Record Crowds!

Bob Trachtenberg, TDO President, welcomes everyone to TECH2005!

Jeff Liker, morning keynote speaker, provides the audience insights into Toyota’s success and the keys to Lean Manufacturing implementation

Dr. Shiu-Kai Chin, CASE Center Director, presents Luncheon Keynote Speaker, Erik Keller, with a “Taste of Syracuse” Basket

Two nationally noted business experts delivered keynote addresses for local executives at TECH2005 on Wednesday, May 4. Jeff Liker, Director of the Japan Institute at the University of Michigan and author of “The Toyota Way” provided the morning keynote regarding Toyota’s management strategies and the basis for their success. Erik Keller, AMR Research Fellow and author of “Technology Paradise Lost” delivered the luncheon keynote address, directed at the on-going shift in the information technology industry and how it will benefit users.

In addition, 14 regional executives spoke at break out sessions on topics such as mobile workforce productivity, best IT practices for small companies, marketing for technology businesses, licensing strategies, standard work, revitalizing your business, visual factories and lean office. PowerPoint presentations are available for review by contacting TDO at 315-425-5144 or skuhns@tdo.org.

TDO and the CASE Center present this annual Manufacturing and Technology conference in partnership with WCNY. If you are interested in sponsoring or participating in TECH2006 in some manner, please contact Sue Kuhns.

Thank you to
Our Sponsors

Prime
National Grid
Oneida Nation
NYS Science & Technology Law ?Center at SU College of Law

Supporting
Bentley & Hoke
CMS Consulting Group
CNY Business Journal
Empire State Development – Small Business Technology Investment Fund
ISSI Technology Professionals
NYSERDA
SATOP
Syracuse University – CBIT
Staff Leasing
TAG Group
Time Warner
Visual Technologies
Wall, Marjama & Bilinski

Associate
AM&T
CITEC
Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
MVATC
SBA