Talks

Select keynote talks

  • Breaking boundaries: New technologies in production management systems. Opening keynote, IFIPWG 5.7, 18.9.2023, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Getting your work noticed: Presenting research. 11.9.2023, AilG Industrial Management Summer School, Bologna, Italy.
  • What’s the role of a textbook in the age of AI? Invited keynote, AIM Conference, 2.9.2023. Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • From use case to business case. Invited keynote, Smart Factory Conference, 4.2023, online/Athens, Greece.
  • Next-level Operational Excellence. Invited keynote, Raytheon Technologies, 1.2023, Florida, FL, USA.
  • Lean in a digital world. Invited keynote, Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) International Conference, 17.10.2022, Dallas, TX, USA.
  • Immersive learning in IEOM. Invited keynote, 2nd Indian International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM, 8.2022, online/Warangal, India.
  • Teaching lean in the digital era. Invited keynote, The 7th European Lean Educator Conference, 25.10.2021, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Improving the state of the world, Invited keynote speech for the Global Future Councils Fellows inaugural meeting, World Economic Forum, 15.12.2020, Geneva/online
  • The four stages of an operational excellence transformation, Invited keynote, Embrace Scientific Thinking Shingo Virtual Experience, 4.8.2020, USA/online.
  • What to expect from a lean program, Invited keynote, Enterprise Excellence Webinar, Enterprise Excellence Network: Connecting Lean Leaders, 7.5.2020, UK/online.
  • The future of production improvement, Keynote, World Textile Forum, 9.2019, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Operational excellence research and OSCM 4.0, 9th EurOMA Summer School, Day 4, 30.5.2019, Palermo, Italy.
  • The future of manufacturing: A better version of today’s manufacturing, Innovation Lab talks, International Monetary Fund, 1.5.2019, Washington D.C., USA.
  • Industry 4.0 and the role of lean programs, Closing keynote, and The future of operational excellence: Open Process Innovation, Opening keynote, 7th International Summit on Intelligent Production Systems: World Class Productivity, 4.4.2019, Sochi, Russia.
  • Open process innovation: Future of operational excellence?, Closing keynote, Lean in Higher Education Conference, 2.11.2018, Tromsø, Norway.
  • Lean thinking meets Industry 4.0, Keynote, Bocconi Research Center ICRIOS, 11.10.2018, Milano, Italy.
  • Operational excellence: The future of lean production and the role of Industry 4.0 technologies, The European House Ambrosetti, 2.2018, Bergamo, Italy
  • Getting more out of your lean assessments, European Manufacturing Strategy Summit, 29.11.2017, Berlin, Germany.
  • A lean world. European Shingo Conference for Process Improvement. 14.10.2017, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Getting your corporate lean assessment right, True North Excellence Conference, 21.6.2017, Manchester, UK.
  • Lean. Where does it stand and where is it heading? 12th European Manufacturing Strategy Summit, 5.10.2016, Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • How to implement Corporate Lean Programs: Evidence from research. 11th European Manufacturing Strategy Summit, Düsseldorf, Germany, 27.10.2015.
  • The dos and don’ts of implementing corporate lean programs. Morning Keynote at LMJ Annual Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 09-7-2015.
  • How to Implement a Lean Programme. Morning Keynote at LMJ Annual Conference, Heathrow, London, UK, 25-6-2014.
  • How Volvo keeps rolling: a global improvement culture powered by the Volvo Production System. Opening address at LMJ Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK, 21-5-2013.

Presenting thoughts on continuous improvement: from TPS to XPS (Photo: Thor Nielsen, SINTEF/NTNU)(Photo: Thor Nielsen, SINTEF/NTNU)