Driving Competitiveness
Delivering Growth and Sustainable Jobs
29 May 2013
Dublin Castle, Ireland
Enterprise Ireland,
supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation,
the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
and the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation,
will present
40 case studies from leading European, Japanese and Irish firms of all sizes
and from all sectors, giving their practical experience of what does and doesn’t work
and how they achieve competitiveness in a busy marketplace.
For more information:
www.enterprise-ireland.com
http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/events/wcm_workshop_may2013.html?year=2013
This event is supported by
08:00 Registration & Coffee
Session chaired by Dr. Tom Hardiman, Member of the Supervisory Board of the EU-Japan Centre
09:00
Welcome
Mr Frank Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Ireland
09:05
Opening Address
Mr Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
09:15
Responding Address
Mr Didier Herbert, Acting Director, Enterprise & Industry DG,
European Commission
09:25
How the Workshop will operate
Dr. Richard Keegan, Enterprise Ireland
09:30
Poland
The Toyota Way, Relentless Drive for Competitiveness
Mr Karl Klemm, President of the Board, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland
10:10 EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Supporting European managers
to learn about and understand Japanese business practices
10:15 Networking and Coffee
10:35 Case studies – session 1: (separate rooms)
Dr Dons
Conference
La Touche
“Mittelstand
Room”
Presidents
Beresford
11:25 Case studies – session 2: (separate rooms)
Conference
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
12:15 Case studies – session 3: (separate rooms)
Conference
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
13:00 Lunch, Networking and Extra events – from 13:15 to 14:00
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
Best Practice
Research Update –
International Improvement
Integrating
Systems Portugal, Italy
Innovation and Lean
Launch of Irish
Benchmarking Report
Launch of Swift
Managing Change in
Publication
Europe.
“Becoming Competitive”
in conjunction with
NSAI.
14:15 Case studies – session 4: (separate rooms)
Conference
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
15:05 Case studies – session 5: (separate rooms)
Conference
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
15:50 Networking and Coffee
16:20 Case studies – session 6: (separate rooms)
Conference
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
17:10 Case studies – session 6: (separate rooms)
Conference
La Touche
Dr Dons
Presidents
Beresford
Graepel
17:55 Enterprise Ireland – Lean Business Offer
Hear about the supports that are available to help you and your company
improve your competitiveness.
18:00 Close
Conference Fee: €100 per participant.
Register on-line :
https://www.eventsforce.net/enterpriseireland/701/register