Sunday: Research Roundtable
Topic: Strategies for Distribution/Warehouse Facility
Development: Best Practices for Managing
the Internal Team, Landowner, Developer and
Build-to-Suit Company
Amelia Island Research Roundtable attendees
listen to a fellow Active member’s remarks.
Research Roundtables are special programs at Professional Forums exclusively for Active members and other corporate end-users to discuss, evaluate and explore important corporate real estate issues. The atmosphere is low key, collegial and interactive. Attendees may discuss, raise questions and speak their minds, or they may sit back and listen. Each program's topic is selected from among proposals submitted by Active members.
The St. Louis program will focus on the warehouse development process geared to the needs of industrial corporate real estate professionals. It will cover best practices for strategies to manage warehouse development projects, including property acquisition, developer selection, the build-to-suit process, energy effi cient design, working with local governments, and sustainability, among others.
All Active members and other end-users are invited and urged to participate. Pre-registration is not required.
Note that there will be no tape recording of the Research Roundtable.
Monday: Opening General Session
"Attracting and Retaining a High-Quality Global Workforce"
Speaker:
Bruce Tulgan, Founder, RainmakerThinking, Inc.
The workplace revolution of the last fi fteen years has been profound, and now there are powerful forces driving these changes further still. A well-trained labor force is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. What does this mean for business strategy? Where in the world is high-quality talent located? Does the workplace play a role in attracting and retaining high quality talent? What should industrial and manufacturing leaders do to attract, manage, and retain the best talent? Bruce Tulgan is widely recognized as a leading expert on the changing workplace and the changing workforce. He is world-renowned for helping business leaders understand and maximize these changes. In this opening session, he will answer these questions as well as offer his viewpoints regarding:
• How and why the workplace and the workforce are changing,
• Critical human capital management issues facing organizations today, and
• Strategies for winning the talent wars.
Bruce Tulgan is the author of several books, most recently of It’s Okay to Be the Boss. Bruce is an adviser to business leaders all over the world and a sought-after speaker. He is the founder of RainmakerThinking, Inc., a management research, training and consulting firm. Bruce has written for dozens of publications including The New York Times, USA Today, Harvard Business Review, and Human Resources.
Monday: M1 Workshop
"How to Attract and Retain Quality Whiteand Blue-Collar Labor"
Moderator:
Margaret Grissom, Principal, Peake Consulting
Speaker:
Kate McEnroe, Pres., Kate McEnroe Consulting
Human resources executives know that companies in many U.S. markets are headed for labor market conditions that will rival the challenges of the late 1990s. Many of the strategies they develop will impact the selection and management of real estate facilities.
This program will describe some of the cutting-edge and practical strategies that are possible for many types and sizes of companies, including:
• Employment branding,
• Commute-driven site selection,
• Student partnerships,
• Activating the employee network, and
• New amenities.
Monday: M2 Workshop
"The New Direction of Corporate Real Estate"
Moderator:
Doyle Shea, Senior Real Estate Specialist, 3M Real Estate Department
Panel:
Jeff Adelson, Corporate Real Estate, Boeing Realty Corporation
Matthew T. Fanoe, Director, Real Estate, Coca Cola Enterprises
Terry Rees, Real Estate Portfolio Manager, General Electric
As globalization evolves and corporate expansion extends into offshore markets, how will corporate real estate management strategies change? In this session, representatives from 3M, Boeing, Coca Cola and General Electric will engage the audience in discussions about a variety of issues they think will influence corporate real estate strategies over the next 3-5 years, including:
• Offshore operations,
• Portfolio management,
• Lean in the corporate real estate workplace,
• Risk factors, and
• Corporate mergers & acquisitions.
Monday: Keynote Presentation
"Conscious Communication"
Speaker:
Dr. Rick Brinkman, Rick Brinkman Productions, Inc.
Everyone has people in their life they can’t stand, (but of course not our fellow employees or customers ;-).
Dr. Rick Brinkman literally wrote the book on it. Dealing With People You Can’t Stand, How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, is an international bestseller with translations in 17 languages. In his trademark entertaining, humorous style, he will show us how to use Conscious Communication® to successfully transform behaviors like: Whining, Negativity, Attacks, Tantrums, Know-it-alls, Think-theyknow-it-alls, Sniping, and more. Dr. Brinkman says, "Communication is like a phone number; you need all the digits to get through, and you need them in the right order. There is a strategy for each of the difficult behaviors that can transform them. It is just a matter of being a Conscious Communicator™ and taking responsibility for the power you have to influence others."
Dr. Brinkman is a holistic physician in public practice spreading his Conscious Communication message to support people in their health and wellbeing. In 1988, he was one of only 15 people the Tom Peters Group approved to do In Search of Excellence seminars. He is the coauthor of four McGraw-Hill books, four video training programs and five audio programs. He is frequently used by media as a communication expert and has been featured on CNN, O (Oprah Magazine), The New York Times and The Wall St. Journal.
Monday: Peer-to-Peer
The Peer to Peer combined session under the
tent at Amelia Island.
At the Amelia Island Forum, Peer to Peer was rated the third highest of all education programs by Active members.
In part one, corporate end-users, service providers and economic developers mix and make new acquaintances in a format in which table groups discuss important real estate issues. In part two, time is allocated for corporate end-users to meet separately to discuss issues they select and for service providers with economic developers to have a program focused on their needs.
At St. Louis, there will be a few changes compared to previous programs. In the part-one combined session up to three Active members will join each discussion group. In part two, the Actives' program will feature a networking environment designed to support both larger and smaller discussion groups. In part two, the Associates program will feature "speed networking."
Note that there will be no tape recording of Peer-to-Peer.
Tuesday: General Session
"How Industry and Academia Can Solve the Looming Skilled Worker Shortage"
Moderator:
Mert Livingstone, VP, Global Operations, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development
Panel:
Tom Templeman, Gen. Mgr., Centocor Biologics
Dr. Richard Norris, Dir. of Plant and Life Sciences, St. Louis Community College
The National Association of Manufacturers' 2005 Skills Gap Report (as presented by Phyllis Eisen at the Amelia Island Forum) stated that 90 percent of those surveyed say they are now experiencing a "moderate to severe shortage of qualified skilled production workers." This trend is not limited to production, but crosses over to professional, scientific and many other segments of the overall global labor marketplace.
The trend is not expected to reverse itself in the short term. As a result, innovative firms are rethinking their employee recruitment strategies and retention programs in order to fill this gap.
Panelists in this session will examine the relationship between Johnson & Johnson's Centocor Biologics and St. Louis Community College and how they solved this problem. They will discuss key issues and opportunities that were encountered in developing this production worker training program and offer concrete steps that your organization can take to solve future workforce issues.
Tuesday: T1 Workshop
"The Lowdown on Logistics: The Latest in Air, Rail and Intermodal Development for Industry"
Moderator:
Charles McSwain, CSX
Panel:
Tony Love, Assistant VP, Real Estate, Union Pacific Railroad Company
Mike Berry, Pres., Hillwood Properties
Mike Maynard, Aviation Project Manager, Wilbur Smith Associates
Logistics is a key consideration in any industrial location decision, and it can eliminate many locations that have everything else going for them. What, specifically, can site seekers expect an area to deliver if logistics is at or near the top of the search-criteria list? Logistics experts from the air, rail and intermodal fields will explain what is now state-of-the-art in new logistics facilities and how specific areas are putting this key infrastructure in place.
Tuesday: Luncheon Program
"Global Economic Update"
Speaker:
William Poole, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The world economy is characterized by three highly unusual conditions. First, the capital flow into the United States from the rest of the world and accompanying rest-of-world current account surplus
– the U.S. current account deficit – is very large and persistent. Second, the U.S. personal savings rate has been falling and last year became negative for the first time since 1933. Third, high income countries are just now beginning a demographic transition in which the fraction of retired persons in the total population will rise to levels never before experienced. These three conditions are connected; the first are to a considerable extent a consequence of the third.
Mr. Poole will address these and other issues.
William Poole took office as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in March 1998. He directs the activities of the Bank's head office in St. Louis, as well as its three branches in Little Rock, Ark., Louisville, Ky. and Memphis, Tenn. He represents the Bank on the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve's chief monetary policymaking body.
Tuesday: T2 Workshop
"Using Auctions to Dispose of Surplus Corporate Real Estate"
Speakers:
Rick Little, Dir. of Real Estate, Weyerhaeuser
Kathleen M. Shanteau, Real Estate Manager, Holcim, Inc.
Craig King, JP King Auction Company
Disposing of surplus real estate is a major challenge for corporate real estate directors of large industrial companies. Some of the methods commonly employed include listing the properties with brokers, redeveloping them, 1031 exchanges and donating properties in support of a worthy cause. However, property auctions are increasingly being used. Their advantages include fast disposition, low personnel time commitment and cost to the company, and sometimes surprisingly large net proceeds to the company. Auctions are particularly useful when the company faces an internal deadline for getting a property off of its books. This workshop will examine these and other issues associated with this innovative surplus property disposition method.
Tuesday: "Get Some Help"
A packed house for the Amelia Island Get Some Help program.
Melissa Bauer, Quad/Graphics
Don't miss the St. Louis edition of Get Some Help, which consistently has been one of the best-rated Professional Forum programs.
As a bonus, Get Some Help in St. Louis takes place at the historic Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
At Get Some Help, Moderator Melissa Bauer, with contributions from Weyerhaeuser's Rick Little and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Jim Harbaugh, presents real-time corporate real estate questions and concerns raised by IAMC Active members within 30 days of the Forum to an audience of end-users, service providers and economic developers for their suggestions, solutions and discussion. The format is lively, and attendee participation is expected. The session is intended to be interactive and spark discussion rather than providing absolute answers, so the moderator will restrict the time for each topic.
Site Selection magazine Managing Editor Adam Bruns described the Williamsburg session this way: "In a room set up like British Parliament, the questions and ideas flew fast without being furious … ."
Note that there will be no tape recording of Get Some Help.
Wednesday: Closing General Session
"Corporate Success in the 21st Century: A Journey Not a Destination"
Speaker:
Ed Barlow, President, Creating the Future
Join futurist Ed Barlow as he takes us on a journey through the uncharted territory of the 21st century. Explore with him the signifi cant structural changes which are under way including globalization, technology, demographics and the labor pool. Don’t miss this insightful, thought-provoking and entertaining learning opportunity.
Ed Barlow is president of Creating the Future, Inc. He is dedicated to enhancing an understanding of the future and the infl uences which will affect personal, professional, organizational, and community settings. In addition to his extensive speaking and consulting schedule, he is interviewed regularly by the media. He has also testified before Congress on several occasions regarding issues of workforce, transportation, travel and tourism. His advice and counsel are sought regularly by leaders in business, government, and the non-profit sector.
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