Message from
the Conference Chair:
Joe Fisher
At no other time in recent history has it been as important as it is today to implement continuous improvement in our businesses. There are wild commodity fluctuations, low cost and hungry competitors and new emerging technologies, to name just a few concerns that threaten our growth and, perhaps, even our survival. We are entering a recovery phase, which gives all of us renewed hope and requires a new strategic thrust, but this recovery will be unlike any other. We are all entering a global economy that has been reset. It is critical to reduce waste and make our businesses more competitive as we enter a reset global recovery. We need to focus on future opportunities, not to lament the current economic situation.
2010 will be the first AME Conference ever to take place in Baltimore - the city of Babe Ruth, the famous inner Harbor and Goetze's Candy. Our headquarters hotel, the Baltimore Hilton, is brand new, The Baltimore Convention Center is outstanding and everything is located next door to Oriole Park, at Camden Yards. A spectacular venue!
Excellence Inside is the theme for this conference. Never before has there been such a focus on delivering world class best practices. You will see Excellence Inside in every aspect of this conference.
I am proud to report that the AME Baltimore 2010 Conference Team is putting together one of the finest programs ever offered by AME. Learn from 60 practitioners (28 of whom have won prestigious continuous improvement awards); take part in any of 50 plant tours; join an actual kaizen; participate in a workshop run by noted consultant partners; listen to 7 inspiring keynote speakers and network with thousands of other like-minded practitioners. Each presentation has been carefully chosen and each tour audited for Excellence Inside.
AME feels so strongly that this learning opportunity is unprecedented that I offer to you, for the first time, a 100 percent money back guarantee. If you don't learn at least one new idea that you can bring back to your business, let me know, and I will see to it that you get your registration refunded.
I encourage you to join us November 15th - 19th in 2010. Experience first hand, why thousands of people from hundreds of leading edge companies are members of AME, and why they will be coming to Baltimore in November.
Joe R. Fisher
AME Conference Chair
Baltimore 2010
