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The New Era of Food Safety Needs a Great Team with Strong Leadership
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The New Era of Food Safety Needs a Great Team with Strong Leadership

Demonstrating that even before the global pandemic, people have always been the catalysts of change and the difference-makers in every aspect of our business, and especially when it comes to Food Safety, Quality, and Compliance How do you identify, support, and develop the future leaders of your organization to carry on the FSQ values your company is built upon? Mobilizing the unique culture of our team to embracing transformation and fresh perspectives while holding onto the best of what has always driven positive outcomes in turbulent times Creating a framework that encourages all employees to unlock their potential personally and…

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Fireside Chat: FSQ Leadership is About Connecting Expertise with Experience, Theory with Reality
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Fireside Chat: FSQ Leadership is About Connecting Expertise with Experience, Theory with Reality

Making the point that Food Safety and Quality only works when employees understand how it fits into their day-to-day working lives in a way that is meaningful for them Translating the science and theory of Food Safety and Food Quality into Food Culture that is everyone’s responsibility and everyone’s shared success Putting yourself in the place of a shopfloor employee: How much of your time do you spend thinking about FSQ, and how do you want FSQ’s requirements, expectations, and necessities communicated to you so that you will think and work with Food Safety in mind at all times? Exploring…

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Leadership Strategies to Survive Excel in a COVID and Post-COVID World
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Leadership Strategies to Survive Excel in a COVID and Post-COVID World

What are some of the unexpected lessons —good and bad— we have taken away from 2020 and 2021? Discussing examples of innovations created by necessity during the global pandemic that will continue on long into the future Taking this chapter in our working lives as an opportunity to re-evaluate, reconsider, and rethink some of the manufacturing processes and strategies we had in place before COVID-19 — Maciej Stawicki VP Global Manufacturing Procter & Gamble Maciej Stawicki is the P&G Global Manufacturing Vice President. He owns the Integrated Work System capability building program for 113 manufacturing sites across the globe. Stawicki…

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Driving Change Through Leadership and Workforce Engagement to Build a Strong Culture of Execution
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Driving Change Through Leadership and Workforce Engagement to Build a Strong Culture of Execution

What is motivational intelligence, and how does Baker Hughes use it to make our people great? Illustrating how Baker Hughes approaches building teams in an organized, systemic, replicable way Creating organizational capabilities with scalable, measurable methods Aligning what we do with the overall mission of our organization What does leading a team built and organized in this fashion look like? Offering ideas and insights that other companies can apply to their own team development programs — Stephen Graham Manufacturing & Product Quality Excellence Executive Baker Hughes Stephen Graham is considered by many to be a Renaissance Man – he’s travelled…

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The Importance of Leadership in Manufacturing
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The Importance of Leadership in Manufacturing

Illustrating the importance of leaders during crises and rapidly evolving circumstances. What have we learned in the last two years? Offering new ideas and best practices to do reviews remotely and win buy-in from a distributed workforce How has workforce culture evolved, and what initiatives are we moving forward with to shape and influence the culture we need for the future? What should other organizations leadership take away from our experience? — Brian Krinock SVP, Vehicle Manufacturing & Production Engineering Toyota Brian Krinock is a senior vice-president at Toyota Motor North America. He oversees the manufacturing operations of eight vehicle…

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Establishing Manufacturing Leadership in the Digital Era
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Establishing Manufacturing Leadership in the Digital Era

Leaders in Manufacturing Leading Manufacturers How Google Cloud can help you and your organization lead? — Fabien Duboeuf Industry Manager, Manufacturing Google Cloud Leveraging his scientific background, his career started as a research scientist working on bacteria and enzymes in France, England and in the US. He learned to gather insights, design experiments to find creative solutions. Later as an entrepreneur, he learned that empathy and a customer centric approach lead to successful business outcomes. In his corporate career, he combined his scientific approach with customer skills at Elsevier, Autodesk, and Siemens guiding his customers through their digital  transformation to…

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Creating a Total Talent Strategy
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Creating a Total Talent Strategy

Skill shortages and a competitive labor market will require HR leaders to remain adaptable when developing talent strategies. Internal talent marketplaces and a responsive talent strategy will be critical for a future-ready organization. Join this session as HR leaders discuss: Diversifying employment models with contingent, gig, and remote workers Planning workforce needs around skills instead of roles Addressing workforce gaps with internal talent mobility Paul Phillips Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Total Reward Avanade Paul came to Avanade because it was a hybrid company with strong backing but without all the answers. Avanade continues to work on figuring new…

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COVID-19: What Did We Do, What Have We Learned, and What Has Changed Forever?
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COVID-19: What Did We Do, What Have We Learned, and What Has Changed Forever?

Illustrating how HR professionals responded to the novel Corona virus outbreak to guide their organizations through a global pandemic Viewing the crisis as an opportunity to accelerate progress already underway to decentralize and diversify Twitter’s workforce How will the transition back to the office reflect short term and long term changes to how and where we work Is there a way HR leaders can take this experience and use it to continue innovating without the catalyst of a crisis? Jennifer Christie Chief People Officer Twitter Jennifer Christie is Chief People Officer at Twitter. She leads the global People team and…

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Progressing Global Inclusion and Diversity Ambitions Locally
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Progressing Global Inclusion and Diversity Ambitions Locally

How to tailor and progress global I&D ambitions locally, recognizing cultural nuances and local priorities Creating transparency and embedding accountability: From ideas through to action Going beyond the business: Impacting broader society Unlocking engagement and action, through purpose driven I&D activation The critical role we all play – from Leaders and Line Managers to Employee Resource Groups Laura Watt EVP Human Resources Diageo North America Laura joined Diageo as the Human Resources Director, Diageo Business Services in September 2017 and was appointed as the EVP for HR, North America in January 2020. Laura has over 25 years of experience in…

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A Changing Biopharmaceutical Landscape: How Operations Must Be Front and Center to Enable Business Success
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A Changing Biopharmaceutical Landscape: How Operations Must Be Front and Center to Enable Business Success

Discussing the changing landscape for our industry, from pricing to innovation How Operations leaders must prepare their organizations to succeed in this environment Offering a framework for balancing the need to execute in the short-term with the imperative to invest in innovation for the future Esteban Santos EVP, Operations Esteban Santos serves as executive vice president, Operations. Esteban is responsible for the Operations organization, which encompasses Manufacturing, Process Development, Quality, Engineering and Global Supply Chain. Prior to this role, Santos was senior vice president, Manufacturing, responsible for operations at Amgen’s commercial manufacturing locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland, the…

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Leadership, Corporate Culture, and World-Class Sustainability Programs
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Leadership, Corporate Culture, and World-Class Sustainability Programs

Embedding sustainability into an organization’s values and strategic objectives Understanding stakeholder priorities and communicating sustainability progress with them with transparency and humility Setting performance targets to build sustainability into your processes in the same way companies think about safety and quality Addressing key climate change challenges within our industry Chris Raymond Chief Sustainability Officer Boeing Chris Raymond is the chief sustainability officer and vice president of Global Enterprise Sustainability for The Boeing Company, and a member of the company’s Executive Council. As Boeing’s first chief sustainability officer, Raymond is responsible for further advancing Boeing’s approach on environmental, social and governance…

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The Resurging Finance Leader: What is it Going to Take?
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The Resurging Finance Leader: What is it Going to Take?

Demonstrating Finance leaders’ role as a resurgent force within their organizations who are best positioned to steer their businesses forward in a data-driven world Discussing key lessons learned during the pandemic, and how to build up your team post-pandemic Showcasing processes that transforms data collection from a chore to an asset Illustrating how investment in both technology and educating people to best use that technology go hand in hand during digital transformation Offering steps to co-create the future of your business while delivering agile, scenario-based budgeting and forecasting process to inform decision-making and align finance with sales, operational, and strategic…

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Leadership Strategies to Survive and Excel in a Post-COVID World
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Leadership Strategies to Survive and Excel in a Post-COVID World

What are some of the unexpected lessons —good and bad— we have taken away from 2020 and 2021? Discussing examples of innovations created by necessity during the global pandemic that will continue on long into the future Taking this chapter in our working lives as an opportunity to re-evaluate, reconsider, and rethink some of the finance processes and strategies we had in place before COVID-19 How should we adjust our approach to communication, coordination, mentoring, and management in the emerging ‘new normal’ of work? Valdis Lenss Head of Finance, Marketing & Core Services Uber Valdis joined Uber in 2017 and…

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The Future of Manufacturing: Building Prize-Winning Capability
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The Future of Manufacturing: Building Prize-Winning Capability

Understanding and building prize winning manufacturing capability What is the role of leadership required to deliver WCM Illustrating what prize winning results look like Key learning from a senior executive who’s taken plants from around the globe to Prize Winning Performance What are the future challenges for Manufacturing — Daniel Myers Senior Fellow at Haslam School of Business University of Tennessee Retired EVP of Integrated Supply Chain Mondelēz International Senior Fellow at Haslam School of Business, University of Tennessee Board Member for Two Companies Private Equity Senior Operating Executive for The Carlyle Group Retired EVP, Global Supply Chain, Mondelēz International…

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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement
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Panel: Generating High Productivity Through Training and Total Workforce Engagement

What does investing in your people look like on a day-to-day ongoing basis? How does the workforce contribute to steady cumulative improvements as the engine of long-term culture change and improved productivity? Discussing motivational tools that solicit grassroots contributions: Competition, recognition, entertainment, and a sense of accomplishment Offering examples where training, mentorship, job shadowing, and cycling through different job functions improves retention, job satisfaction, and contributes to improved performance How far can a culture of continuous improvement and total workforce engagement permeate an organization? — Moderator: Angela Roseboro Chief Diversity Officer Riot Games As a 20-year Diversity and Inclusion, and…

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Building a Resilient and Healthy Company and Colleagues
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Building a Resilient and Healthy Company and Colleagues

Focusing on colleague and organizational resiliency and well-being, which are critical during these unprecedented times, through a multipronged approach: Demonstrating commitment to agility as an organization in a time of crisis—and over the long-term—by responding quickly, maintaining rhythm and building new capabilities Taking a data-driven approach to understand the levers of well-being to prioritize our focus Enhancing our resiliency skills at individual, leader and organizational levels by making it relevant to these unique times, which includes encouraging leaders to develop themselves and strengthen their teams through learning and application of the five elements of resiliency — Padma Thiruvengadam Chief Human…

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BMWS20 – Opening Chairs’ Remarks and Keynote: Reinventing a Biopharma Company for the 21st Century
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BMWS20 – Opening Chairs’ Remarks and Keynote: Reinventing a Biopharma Company for the 21st Century

Bristol Myers Squibb is a company that has undergone an extensive transformation and as a result, has reinvented itself Once a company consisting of multiple and vastly different business units, it is now the largest diversified specialty global biopharma company Its mission and focus is to utilize innovation to advance the treatment of serious disease and significant unmet medical need This organizational evolution required substantial change for the product development and manufacturing arms of the company Technology, systems, processes, people and culture all needed to be re-evaluated through a “new lens” The presentation will cover this journey including approach, successes,…

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