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Canon Communications Announces Second Conference for Sustainable Manufacturing
Presentations by Industry Experts to Focus on Increasing Profit and Reducing Waste
| Source: Canon Communications
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - June 12, 2008) - Canon
Communications today announced its second conference for sustainable
manufacturing. "Green
Manufacturing: Business Strategies for Sustainability" will be held
September 22-25, 2008, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in
Rosemont, Illinois.
Co-located with the premier
advanced design & manufacturing event in the Midwest region of the
U.S., this three-and-a-half-day conference will emphasize concepts such as
"Lean and Green," "Corporate Social Responsibility," "Waste to Profit,"
"Design for Environment," "Zero Waste" and "Environmental Sustainability"
through mind-opening sessions and intensive workshops. The program's goals
are to familiarize delegates with new approaches to reducing costs and
increasing profits, while at the same time conserving energy and resources.
Delegates can network with key industry contacts and gain the tools and
ideas that will benefit the environment and their companies' bottom lines.
Pamela J. Gordon, Founder of Technology Forecasters Inc., lead consultant
for TFI Environment and author of the book "Lean and Green: Profit for Your
Workplace and the Environment," will return as conference chair of the
first two days. "The measure of success of any 'green' manufacturing
conference is the extent to which the participants successfully reduce
their products' and companies' environmental footprints upon their return
to their workplaces," said Ms. Gordon. "The Canon Communications 'Green Manufacturing: Business
Strategies for Sustainability' Conference makes participants 'change
agents' by giving them those tools to substantively reduce impact in
financially and competitively advantageous ways." During the conference,
Ms. Gordon will present a variety of strategic sustainability tools and
interview executives driving the implementation of these strategies.
A keynote panel discussion entitled "So the grass IS greener on the other
side: How industry leaders are practicing sustainability and increasing
tomorrow's profitability" featuring panelists from Philips Healthcare,
Hewlett-Packard, and Best Buy, is scheduled for Tuesday morning, September
23. Companies will discuss their commitment to improving their products
and processes through more sustainable methods. This inspiring discussion
is open to all Expo visitors.
The program will include additional presentations from NEC Electronics
America, Inc., The Chicago Manufacturing Center, IBM, American Society for
Quality, Blue Coat Systems and others.
More information and online registration forms for the conference are
available on the web at www.greenmfgexpo.com.
About Canon Communications
Canon Communications LLC, a portfolio company of Apprise Media LLC, is the leading
publisher, trade show producer, and digital media company for the world's
$3 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry, including
medical device, packaging, design engineering, process technology,
automated assembly, electronics, quality control, and plastics processing.
Further information about Canon's business-to-business publications, trade
shows, and digital media is available at www.cancom.com.
About Apprise Media
Apprise Media LLC acquires, enhances, and builds niche media companies in
both the business-to-business and consumer sectors. Further information
about Apprise is available at www.apprisemedia.com.