Detailed Agenda
Tuesday – September 23
8:00am-4:00pm
(Summit Add-on ) Menlo/Zingerman’s Tour
8:00am-4:00pm
(Summit Add-on ) Ford Rouge Plant Tour
8:00am-4:00pm
(Summit Add-on ) Yellow Belt Certification Course
12:00pm-4:00pm
Sponsor Move-In
3:00pm-8:00pm
Registration
6:00pm-8:00pm
Cocktail Hour
Wednesday – September 24
7:00am
Registration Opens
7:00am -8:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am-9:00am
Welcome – Kickoff – Patrick Adams
9:00am-9:30am
Opening Ceremony for the Competition
9:30am-9:40am
Break
Time
9:40am-10:40am
Time
9:40am-10:05am
10:05am-10:10am
10:10am-10:40am
10:40am-10:50am
Break
Break
10:40am-10:50am
Break
Break
10:50am-11:50am
10:50am-11:15am
11:15am-11:20am
11:20am-11:50am
11:50am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm
1:00pm-1:10pm
Break
Lunch
Break
Break
Lunch
Break
11:50am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm
1:00pm-1:10pm
Break
Lunch
Break
Break
Lunch
Break
2:10pm-2:20pm
Break
Break
2:10pm-2:20pm
Break
Break
2:20pm-3:20pm
3:20pm-3:50pm
3:50pm-4:00pm
Break
Break
3:20pm-3:30pm
Break
Break
4:00pm-5:00pm
Keynote – Tom Root
6:00pm-9:00pm
Team Building Excursion – Detroit Princess Riverboat
Thursday – September 25
7:00am
Registration Opens
7:00am -8:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am-8:30am
Kickoff – Patrick Adams
8:30am-9:30am
Keynote – Stephan Thieringer
9:30am-9:40am
Break
Time: 9:40am-10:40am
MLC Student Competition
Time
9:40am-10:05am
10:05am-10:10am
10:10am-10:40am
10:40am-10:50am
Break
Break
10:40am-10:50am
Break
Break
Time: 10:50am-11:50am
MLC Student Competition
Time
10:50am-11:15am
11:15am-11:20am
11:20am-11:50am
11:50am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm
1:00pm-1:10pm
Break
Lunch
Break
Break
Lunch
Break
11:50am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm
1:00pm-1:10pm
Break
Lunch
Break
Break
Lunch
Break
Time
1:10pm-1:35pm
1:35pm-1:40pm
1:40pm-2:10pm
2:10pm-2:20pm
Break
Break
2:10pm-2:20pm
Break
Break
Time
2:20pm-2:45pm
2:45pm-2:50pm
2:50pm-3:20pm
3:20pm-3:30pm
Break
Break
3:20pm-3:30pm
Break
Break
3:30pm-5:00pm
Panel Discussion : Dr. Jeff Liker, Mike Rother, Patrick Adams, Stephan Thieringer, & Tom Root
Topics
Train Naked. Be Lean
 Stephan K. Thieringer |
When we hear “lean,” we think of diets, yoga pants, or someone in finance playing take-away with a red pen. But what if lean is not about cutting back, what if it’s about care. Caring enough to make tomorrow easier than today, for customers and for people, human focused. Stephan K Thieringer, a serial entrepreneur, multiple-time CEO, and unapologetic truth-teller, takes lean to its human core. Raw and humorous, from running a startup out of a Ford Explorer “conference room” to a bill board screaming “Train Naked,” to the wake-up call and survival of a heart attack, Stephan reveals how the deepest lessons of business and life come from stripping away the unnecessary. He’ll show how Lean, Agile, and Design Thinking don’t compete, they complete each other. The future won’t reward the leader who does not listen, simplifies, cares, and connects — human first, title second. Laugh, be playful, get comfortably uncomfortable, and leave with one unforgettable mantra: See. Simplify. Share. It’s bold, provocative, and deeply human – an inspiring way to kick off the day. |