Attendees at the fifth annual Visions of the Future Executive Briefing Conference, held in Denver, CO, (April 19-21, 2006) heard from key industry leaders on a range of critical industry issues and ways to improve their businesses and the industry. Hosted by Stiles Machinery and sponsored by several industry partners, the expanded conference format included plant tours and set an attendance record with over 135 attendees from more than 22 industries.
The conference started with an impactful keynote presentation from internationally renowned presenter, Art Turock. Turock's presentation "Rethinking Your Business: Innovative Thinking Methods for Out-Of-The-Box Times" provided attendees insightful ways to address latent customer needs, efficient ways to produce results while reinventing the business and how to avoid inefficient strategy processes. The conference briefings covered other critical issues; emerging trends, automation, construction forecasts, lean manufacturing and workforce recruitment & development.
For more information on this conference, contact Judy Cisler at 616.698.7500, ext. 1246 or jcisler@stilesmachinery.com.
Stiles Education, a department of Stiles Machinery Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, provides the most comprehensive curriculum of training courses in the panel processing industry.