Chief Executive Group

Manufacturing Leadership Summit

AGENDA

Tuesday

5:00

Welcome Reception

MAGNET Headquarters

Wednesday

8:00

Registration & Breakfast

Orchid Foyer

9:00

Welcome

Orchid East

9:10

Tackling Tariffs 2025: A Practical, Real-World Supply Chain Approach

Orchid East

10:00

AI Gets Real in Manufacturing

Orchid East

10:50

Networking Break

Orchid East

11:10

From Risk to Reward: Protecting the Path to Growth

Orchid East

12:00

Factory Automation: Navigating New Frontiers of Intelligent Production

Orchid East

12:45

Working Lunch with Roundtables

Please check back of name badge for group and room assignment

2:30

Break before Factory Tour

Meet in Lobby for 2:45 departure

3:00

Tour of Cleveland-Cliffs

Offsite

5:50

Networking Reception & Dinner

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Thursday

7:30

Networking Breakfast

Orchid West

8:30

Welcome

Orchid East

8:40

The Future of Manufacturing: “Teamship” for a Rapidly Changing Industry

Orchid East

9:30

CEO Town Hall: Tariffs, Trade and the Future of Making Things In America

Orchid East 

10:20

Networking Break

Orchid Foyer

10:40

The Innovation Blueprint: From Concept to Commercialization

Orchid East

11:30

Grab-and-Go Lunch for Facility Tour

Orchid Foyer / Hotel Lobby

2:00

Nottingham Spirk Tour Concludes

There will be 2 buses – one returning to the hotel after the tour and one going straight to the airport following the tour.

Roundtable

Strategic Planning Workshop

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process

Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:

  1. Lack of systematic approach (70%)
  2. Laundry lists without prioritization (68%)
  3. Decisions based on personalities rather than facts and information (65%)

 

Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns.  They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning.  Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process.  This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented.  If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form.  The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

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Women in Leadership Seminar and Peer Discussion

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations. 

Limited space available.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $495 will be added to your total.

Golf Outing

10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS

General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.

The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $295 will be added to your total.