November 12th, 2008

Day 2

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Room: 2051

Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 2049

Presentation and Discussion - "Positive Employee Relations"

Jenny Lindsey

Director for HR for Supply Chain, Grainger

Jenny Lindsey, W W Grainger, will share programs and approaches to maintaining a work place through positive employee relationships that will likely make union representation unnecessary. You will also hear an update on the pending legislation, Employee Free Choice Act, and the implications this Act could have in your company. Come prepared to share what your company is doing to in the area of positive employee relations.

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 2049

Panel Discussion - "Green Initiatives"

Presenters

• Harlan Mason

  Vice President of Shared Operations, PSS World Medical

• Ron Schlader

  VP Operations & Quality, Crescent Electric Supply Co.

We are entering the green-collared world and corresponding statistics show that in the United States alone, 5.3 million jobs have been created because of environmental management and protection. By 2010, the number is expecting to reach 5.8 million, and by 2020, 6.9 million.

Learn what government oversights your peers are facing and what they expect to be implemented in the near future.  Return to your office with ideas about greening your business by simply changing light bulbs to modifying your buildings and work places.

These are the topics that you will hear about in this session.

• Conservation
• Recycling
• Lighting
• LEED Building Standards
• Carbon Footprint

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Break/Checkout

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: 2051

Lunch

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 2049

Peer Discussion - "Warehouse Safety and Proactive Prevention"

Tom Twitty

Vice President -Operations, HD Smith Wholesale Drug Co

Tom Twitty will moderate this peer discussion.

Bring in your safety programs and initiatives. You will be asked to speak for about 5 minutes to outline what you are doing in your company. Where do you think you are successful? How do you measure that success? Financially? Reduced loss? Lower workmen’s comp?

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: 2049

Group Discussion for Next Meeting

2:30 PM

Adjourn