Agenda Coming Together for 2nd Annual
Lean and Green Summit

Lean and Green Summit Program Chair Burt Klein, President of PortionPac, will soon release the full agenda in cooperation with the full program design committee. The Summit is scheduled for June 8-9.

This year's program, held in Savannah, GA, will be broken into three distinct sections, each addressing various aspects of action and planning:

• Quick-strike Breakthroughs: Short-term Planning. Presentations in this section will be practical and provide ideas for quick wins and rapid ROI in the first few weeks and months.

• Project 2010: Mid-term Planning. Presentations in this section will focus on things a company can do by the end of 2010.

• Next Generation Focus: Long-term Planning. Presentations in the section will look at unique business models emerging today that are not only profitable, but sustainable.

Summit organizer, Dwayne Butcher, describes the Summit, "The program committee has done an incredible work over the past three months. They've designed a program that will help companies face tough economic times by providing practical direction that, as we put it, 'can be implemented on Monday morning.'"

Butcher explained that the emerging lean and green movement is one of practicality, not theory. He said it is the merging of two distinct groups; lean proponents and green proponents. "They're both trying to accomplish the same thing. Reduce waste! Operational waste and environmental waste. As these groups merge, we're seeing new lines of thought that prove green isn't an expense. It's a cost-savings. And it is providing competitive advantage for those companies that truly get it," Butcher said.

Summit organizers will purposefully limit the number of attendees, Butcher explained, "This is not a conference where you passively listen to presenter talk AT you. Rather, it's designed for peer to presenter and peer to peer interaction. About half of the Summit is attendee driven. Their questions, their interests, their needs drive large portions of the program. We couldn't do that with several hundred people. With such skilled presenters, attendees will definitely leave with new knowledge and ideas for lean-and-green improvements."

Registration is open and more details can be found at www.leanandgreensummit.com.