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Agenda for the 2009 DoD Breakthrough Convention

Lansdowne, Virginia – October 14-16, 2009

At the second annual DoD Breakthrough Convention – Performance!, more than 500 Lean Six Sigma and process improvement leaders from across the U.S Department of Defense will gather at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Virginia, for an iSixSigma Live! – produced conference. The Deputy Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretaries, Deployment Leaders and Transformation Leaders will join to achieve breakthrough results over the course of this three-day conference.

With general session keynotes designed to inspire and motivate, service-specific and enterprise wide results shared, and practitioner break outs to meet the unique needs of practitioners, the content of this DoD Breakthrough Convention will allow attendees to educate themselves on a topic unfamiliar to them, or deep dive into a topic they want to learn more about.

This convention features exciting content and speakers, as well as:


Thursday, Oct 14, 2010
7:00am-8:30am

Registrations opens: Registration (Front Lobby) and Personal Discussions
8:30am-8:40am

Posting of Colors and National Anthem: Armed Forces Color Guard
8:40am-9:00am

Convention Chair Opening Address


Mr. J.D. Sicilia, Director, Strategic Management and Performance, U.S. Department of Defense
9:00am-10:00am

Keynote Address: "How to Remove the Speed Bumps to Success: How Fast Can You Get Fast,"


Derek Daly, Former Professional Race Car Driver, Formula One and Indy Car
10:00am-10:15am

Networking and Refreshment Break
10:15am-10:45am

"Building Smarter for a Stronger Army"

LTG Robert Durbin, Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Army for Enterprise Management
10:45am-11:15am

"Army DCMO Perspective"

Don Tison, Deputy Chief Management Officer, US Army
11:15am-12:45pm

Lunch and Networking
12:45pm-1:15pm

"Actively Driving Strategy Via the National Guard Joint CPI Initiative"

Louis Cabrera, Assistant Chief and Comptroller, National Guard Bureau
1:15pm-2:00pm

"Maximizing DOD's Untapped Potential to Improve Business Performance"

Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General
2:00pm-2:15pm

Networking and Refreshment Break
2:15pm-2:45pm

"Air Force DCMO Perspective"


Mr. David Tillotson III, Deputy Chief Management Officer and Director, Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force
2:45pm-3:15pm

"Optimizing Contingency Logistics in Southwest Asia (SWA)"

Brigadier General John F. Wharton, U.S. Army Central Command G4 / Commanding General Army Material Command SWA
3:15pm-3:30pm

Networking and Refreshment Break
3:30pm-4:00pm

"Army Material Core Enterprise Projects"

Major General James Myles, Commanding General, US Army Aviation and Missile Command
Mr. Mark Rocke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Strategic Communications and Business Transformation), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
4:00pm-4:30pm

"Army Human Capital Core Enterprise Projects"

Major General Donald Campbell, CG United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC)
Mr. Karl Schneider, Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs
4:30pm-4:40pm

Convention Chair Address: Convention Day 1 Conclusions


Mr. J.D. Sicilia, Director, Strategic Management and Performance, U.S. Department of Defense
4:40pm-7:00pm

Networking Social: Six Sigma Wine Tasting – All Convention Attendees Invited
Friday, Oct 15, 2010
7:00am-6:20pm

Registration Opens: Personal Networking and Coffee
8:20am-8:30am

Convention Chair Address: Preview of Day 2 Highlights


Mr. J.D. Sicilia, Director, Strategic Management and Performance, U.S. Department of Defense
8:30am-9:30am

"VA Transformation in the 21st Century"

W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
9:30am-9:45am

Networking and Refreshment Break
9:45am-10:45am

Keynote Address: "Performance Improvement for DoD"

The Honorable William J. Lynn III, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Introduced by Ms. Elizabeth McGrath
10:45am-11:15am

"Department of the Navy Business Operations"


Mr. Eric Fanning, Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Department of the Navy
11:15am-12:45pm

Lunch and Networking
12:45pm-1:30pm

"Integration Workstream: Performance Management Web Site and DEPMS Update"

Denise Laman and Anne-marie Hartlaub-Kesseg
1:30pm-2:00pm

"Strategic Alignment and Project Portfolio Definition"


Terry Emmert, , DoD Lean Six Sigma Program Office
2:00pm-2:30pm

Networking and Refreshment Break
2:30pm-3:00pm

"Consistency of Approach Workstream: DoD MBB Program"

Scott Bonney, OSD
3:00pm-3:40pm

Keynote Address: "Performance Improvement in the U.S. Air Force"
3:40pm-4:30pm

"High Performance in Government"

The Honorable Graham Richard
4:30pm-4:40pm

Convention Chair Address: Convention Day 2 Conclusions


Mr. J.D. Sicilia, Director, Strategic Management and Performance, U.S. Department of Defense
4:40pm-7:00pm

Networking Social: DoD Round Up – Open to All Convention Attendees and/or Dinner on Your Own
Saturday, Oct 16, 2010
7:00am-8:00am

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY: Personal Discussions
  Room One Room Two Room Three Room Four
8:00am-9:00am

Sponsor Workshop: BMGI – Innovation – The Next Generation of Performance Improvement

Don Wood

Sponsor Workshop: PowerSteering - Integrating Strategy, Performance and Budgets


Bill Stevens, , DoD LSS Program Office

Sponsor Workshop: RACE – Collaborative Deployment Design, How to put Speed, Agility and Flawless Execution™ Into Your Deploymen

Robert Fioto

Sponsor Workshop: IBM – Strategic Alignment and Project Selection

Robert Gollhofer
9:00am-9:10am

Break
  Room One Room Two Room Three Room Four
9:10am-10:15am

Change Management: Preparing Leaders to Manage Change: A Focus on the Sponsor's Role

Maj Justine Cromer (AF)

Statistics: Common Statistics Used to Speak to Leaders to Showcase Project

Scott Rutherford, (DoN)

Transactional Case Study: Reducing Academic Attrition in the 68Q Pharmacy Specialist Course

David "Scott" Hencshel (Army)

Scoping Projects: Writing Effective charters and Properly Scoping a Project

Joan Allison and Fred Schumacher (Army)
10:15am-10:30am

Break
  Room One Room Two Room Three Room Four
10:30am-11:30am

Change Management: Gaining Stakeholder Buy-in: A Systematic Approach to Engaging Key Supporters

Maj Justine Cromer (AF)

Statistics: Most Important Statistics for Non Statisticians in DoD

Scott Bonney, (OSD)

DON Strategic Alignment Project: Naval History and Heritage Command

CDR Robert Moss (DoN)

Strategic Alignment and Project selection: How to select and prioritize projects at the organizational/unit level

Chad Jones (Army)
11:30am-1:00pm

Lunch
  Room One Room Two Room Three Room Four
1:00pm-2:00pm

Transactional Case Study: Joint Personnel Accountability

Angela Long (OSD)

Metrics: Make Your Strategic Management Plan Work for You

Anne-marie Hartlaub-Kesseg (OSD)

Transactional Case Study: Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and CPI

Robin Porterfield, NAVSUP (DoN)


Capturing Benefits: How to Effectively Capture Benefits at the Practitioner Level – Both Soft and Hard Savings

Joe Romito (Army)
2:00pm-2:15pm

Break
  Room One Room Two Room Three Room Four
2:15pm-3:15pm

Transactional Case Study: Strategic Alignment at the Unit Level

Lt Col Barbara Morrow (NGB)

Statistics: Analyzing Your Data, a Focus on Reducing Rework

Anne-marie Hartlaub-Kesseg (OSD)

Transactional Case Study: Enterprise Wide Energy Project

Ward Vaughn (OSD)

Transactional Case Study: Streamlining the Civilian Hiring Process

Howard Seamens, (OSD)

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