2024 WiM South Conference | Women in Manufacturing

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
(Eastern Time)

8:15 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Address
Allison Grealis, President and Founder - Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM)

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. | State of Industry

9:45 - 10:15 a.m. | Opening Keynote: Ask “Outrageously” to Move Your Career and Life Forward
Nicole Glenn, Founder and CEO - Candor Expedite

Inspired by Linda Swindling’s book “Ask Outrageously.  The secret to getting what you really want.”  Nicole Glenn, Founder and CEO of Candor Expedite, does regular exercises with her teams on how to get more comfortable and confident and ask for what they want in life and in business. This key lesson has helped her to move forward with her career as a founder, CEO and speaker.  She credits the concepts taught in this session as important strategies and tactics she practices regularly to grow herself and her business.

10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Morning Break

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing
Kelly Gustafson, Delivery Manager, Solution Architecture - Argano

Manufacturing is growing, and as a result of the last couple of years, the technology surrounding manufacturing has had to adapt. With the inception of remote work being introduced into manufacturing, how have AI, machine learning, virtual reality, advanced robotics, and predictive maintenance technologies advanced the manufacturing world? How do these emerging trends in technology affect our workers and how do we, as manufacturing companies, determine what is needed in our organizations and how do we keep up with these trends?

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion - Innovation through Inclusion: Empowering Women in Manufacturing

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Networking Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Overcoming Supply Chain Disruption
Carrie Shapiro, VP, Sourcing Execution - Georgia Pacific

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Hear Her Story Live Podcast

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. | Afternoon Break

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Strategic Leadership in Adaptation, Innovation, and Transformation
Joanna Cooper, General Manager, Mt. Holly TMP - Daimler Truck North America

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. | Workforce Development Challenges
LaShaunda Garrett Holly, Workforce Development Manager - BASF

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Closing Keynote: Leading Authentically Women to Women
Elaine Robinson Beattie, Motivational Speaker, Leadership Coach, Trainer - Lead Well Institute

When women lean into their authentic selves, we speak from the wisdom of all the women in our lives. This session will dispel myths that women do not support other women and lack the confidence to lead well. When we see workplace situations, strategies, and solutions through our own eyes, we are able to lead with confidence, utilizing our collective wisdom and infusing alternative ideas into the culture as we lead with our unique gifts and talents.