Join NCATC for the 2011 Summer Workshop:

 "Sharpening the Focus:
Retooling the Automotive Workforce"
June 8-10  
 Lexington, Kentucky 

 

 

W O R K S H O P  A G E N D A

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Wednesday, June 8

 

1:00–5:00 p.m.
Registration

5:00 p.m.       
Depart Hotel for Buffalo Trace Distillery

6:00 p.m.       
Welcome Reception at Buffalo Trace Clubhouse

7:00 p.m.       
Manufacturing Tour of Buffalo Trace Distillery

8:00 p.m.       
Depart for Hotel

 

Thursday, June 9

 

8:00–8:45 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast

8:45–9:15 a.m.          
Welcome: Dr. Augusta Julian, President, Bluegrass Community & Technical College;
Annette Parker, AMTEC

9:15–10:15 a.m.        
Concurrent Sessions

10:15–10:30 a.m.      

Break

10:30–11:30 a.m.      
Concurrent Sessions

11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.         
Visit with Exhibitors

 

12:00–1:00 p.m.       
Lunch: Keynote Speaker: Klaus Blache, Associate Director-Reliability and Maintainability Center, Professor-College of Engineering, University of Tennessee; former Manufacturing Engineering Director and Launch Manager, Corporate Maintenance and Reliability, General Motors

1:00–1:30 p.m.          
Visit with Exhibitors/Check Email

1:30–2:30 p.m.          
Concurrent Sessions

2:30–2:45 p.m.          
Break

2:45–3:45 p.m.          
Concurrent Sessions

3:45–4:15 p.m.          
Visit with Exhibitors/Check Email

6:30 p.m.       
Dinner:  Keynote Speaker: Steve St. Angelo, Chairman, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi (invited)

 

Friday, June 10

7:45 a.m.       
Depart for BCTC Georgetown

8:00–8:30 a.m.          
Breakfast and Announcements

8:30–9:45 a.m.       

• Toyota North American Production Support Center (NAPSC)/Bluegrass Community & Technical College Advanced Manufacturing Center
• Welcome: Will James, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky; Dr. Augusta Julian, Bluegrass Community & Technical College

• Presentation:  “BCTC/Toyota Partnership,” Caren Caton – North American Production Support Center; Mark Manuel – Bluegrass Community & Technical College

• Tour of the Bluegrass training classroom in the NAPSC

10:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.         
Tours: Participants will choose one of the following…

Tour 1: Ford Motor Company's Louisville Assembly Plant
Tour 2: National American Racing Academy Training Center, Kentucky Horse Park, and Winstar Farms tours, hosted by Professional Jockey and NARA Executive Director Chris McCarron, two-time Kentucky Derby winner. 

 

3:15 p.m.       
Workshop concludes; attendees arrive at Lexington Airport or Marriott