MONDAY, JUNE 29 || KEYNOTE SESSIONS

8:00
Registration

8:45-9:00
Introduction: What is the Resource Planning Summit?
Dick Rutledge, Master of Ceremonies and Program Director

9:00-9:30
Resource Planning: The Key to Excellence in Portfolio Operations
Peter Heinrich, Chief Executive Officer, PDWare Inc.

9:30-10:15
Novocain for Fiscal Year R&D Planning
Brad Hedstrom, Director of Programs and Portfolio Management, Life Technologies

10:15-10:45 BREAK

10:45-11:30
How Successful Companies Manage Information for Better Decision Making
Joe Barkai, IDC

11:30-12:30
Emotional Intelligence for Resource Managers
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger

12:30-1:30 LUNCH

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

USER TRACK

BUSINESS TRACK

 

1:30-2:15
3 PDWare Tips from a Seasoned Vet: Operating in a Citrix Environment, Developing a Support Guide and Report Writing with PDW
Dale Skiba, Technologist,
Medtronic CRDM

1:30-2:15
Cutting R&D Spending?
Do it Smartly by Pulling the Right Levers
Rodger Howell, Director PRTM

 

2:15-3:00
What's new in Release 4.5?
Baruch Gabo, Director of Development and Technology, PDWare Inc.

2:15-3:00
Less is More in Achieving Resource Management Success!
Susan Wadsworth, Director SAP Operations Management, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

 

3:00-3:15 BREAK

USER TRACK

BUSINESS TRACK

 

3:15-4:00
Learn How to Integrate PDW Into Cognos & SAP -- The Team That Won the Medtronic Star of Excellence Award!
Aaron Walcott, Medtronic Finance

3:15-4:00
Ten Projects Half Finished is Nothing! A Philosophy of Bringing Products to Market
Jeff Thomas, VP IDEXX

 

4:00-4:45 KEYNOTE
Don Creswell, Co-Founder of SmartOrg
Do You have a Strategic Way to Value and Rank Projects?
Or is it a Jump Ball!!

5:00-6:15 SPONSOR RECEPTION

6:15-7:00 DINNER

7:00-7:45
The Genius of Instinct
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger

7:45
Bowling for Prizes: Beat PDW's Best Score!

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 || KEYNOTE SESSIONS

8:00
Registration

8:30-9:30
A Leadership Role Model for Resource Managers
Art Mortell, Technology's #1 Motivational Coach

9:30-10:15
The Resource Management Boot Camp
Booted Into the 21st Century of Product Development
Bill Stewart, PMLG

10:15-10:45 BREAK

PLENARY SESSION

10:45-11:45
The Motorola Story
Panel: Mary Cohen - Motorola, Roger Howell - PRTM, Scott Howard - fmr Motorola
Leader: Tricia Sutton - Sutton Enterprises

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

USER TRACK

BUSINESS TRACK

11:45-12:30
Advanced PDWare Reporting
Paul Samarel, Chief Technology Officer, PDWare Inc.

11:45-12:30
You Want to Add a New Project! Which of the 29 do You Want to Stop?
Charles Howell, IT Director, Floyd Medical Center

 

12:30-1:45 LUNCH (WITH EXHIBITORS AND PRIZES)

PLENARY SESSIONS

1:45-2:30
Aligning Constrained Resources with New Product Development Strategies
Richard Sonnenblick, President, Enrich Consulting

2:30-3:15
Introducing Lean into New Product Development Environments!
Tricia Sutton, Sutton Enterprises & Martin Zummersch, Strategy2Market

3:15-3:30 BREAK

PLENARY SESSION

3:30-4:15
Emotional Intelligence in Action!
Handling the Toughest Situations that make Technical Managers Sweat and Scream!
Terry Schmidt, Founder, ManagementPro