Presenting ARC's Fourteenth Annual Orlando Forum

February 8-11, 2010 - Orlando, Florida

Reduce costs, reduce risk, reduce project cycle time, reduce energy use, reduce carbon footprint!  These are key challenges for all manufacturing and asset-intensive organizations today.  Industry leaders are under enormous pressure to address these issues with fewer people, smaller budgets, limited visibility, and little tolerance for risk. 

Achieving excellence in every aspect of business operations is critical for success.  Excellence cannot be achieved in isolation; it requires perfect execution, flexibility, and collaboration among corporate leaders from all organizations including business, IT, engineering, operations, and maintenance.  A business cannot remain static and survive, therefore innovation must also be a priority.  New business models, products, processes, and production techniques can enhance the value proposition in a dynamic environment.

ARC's World Industry Forum meets this need and provides the ideal environment for industry executives to collaborate on solving their most challenging issues.  The event will include sessions on most major issues facing our industry, with multiple tracks that enable executives to explore these topics from different perspectives.  Owner/operators, solution providers, and technical experts will all benefit from this experience and can contribute to the solution to most challenging issues. 

To encourage collaboration among professionals from various departments and organizations, ARC is co-locating its three annual forums together here in Orlando: our Operations-focused Forum (held in Orlando for the past 13 years), Asset Lifecycle Management Forum (held in Houston last year) and Supply Chain & Logistics Forum (held in Boston for many years).  ARC is also encouraging other organizations to plan their events and meetings along with this forum so that attendees can get the most out of their valuable time.  For more information on the different Forum programs and their specific topics and agendas:

• Rethinking Operational Excellence:  Innovative Solutions for the Changing Economy
• Rethinking Asset Lifecycle Management:  Innovative ALM Strategies for Today and Tomorrow
• Rethinking Cyber Security:  Resilient Control Systems for Securing Our Infrastructure
• Performance-based Outsourcing:  Maximizing the Value of 3PL-Customer Relationships

Who Should Attend The Orlando 2010 Forum is a must-attend event for: CEOs, COOs, and Presidents CFOs, VPS, and Directors of Finance CIOs and CTOs VPs and Directors of IT VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations VPs, Directors, and Managers of Engineering VPs, Directors, and Managers of New Projects VPs, Directors, and Managers of Procurement VPs, Directors, and Managers of Supply Chain and Logistics Directors, Managers and Architects of Automation and Enterprise Integration Plant Managers and Supervisors Production Managers and Supervisors In past Forums, over 50% of the attendees have titles like Chairman, CXO, President, Vice President, Director, or Partner.

Agenda

Following is the preliminary schedule for the Forum.  Times and sessions are subject to change.

Monday, February 8

Note to Editors: Press announcements scheduled from 12-6 PM.

Tuesday, February 9

Wednesday, February 10

Thursday, February 11

Innovations Showcase

New industry solutions for manufacturing will be showcased at the Innovations Showcase. This is an excellent opportunity for executives to assess the potential for emerging applications in production management, interoperability, digital manufacturing, process improvement, asset management, operations management, supply chain synchronization, and more. Exhibits have application scenarios for attendees to see how emerging technologies are applied to help solve issues in the manufacturing industries.

The Showcase is open during the Monday Evening Reception and during breakfasts, breaks, and lunches. It is held adjacent to the forum where refreshments are served.

Previous Attendees

The following companies have attended recent ARC forums:

3M ABB Accenture-Brazil Activplant ADCO Manufacturing ADM Company Air Products & Chemicals AirSprite Technologies Align Technology Amcor PET Packaging Anheuser-Busch Apriso Aramco Services Aspen Technology ATAN Automation Systems BASF Bayer Boeing Bosch Rexroth Bose BP Oil Braskem Bristol-Meyers Squibb BWX Technologies Cargill Caterpillar Celanese Chemicals CH2M Hill ChemTech Chevron CIDX Cisco Systems Cognizant Technology Solutions Commercial Vehicle Group Conectiv Energy CSIA Corning Chrysler Curtiss-Wright Cytec Industries Dassault Systemes Dearborn Electronics Degussa Dell Dofasco Douglas Machine Dow Chemical Dresser-Rand DuPont Eastman Chemical Eaton ELAU Eli Lilly Emerson Process Management Energizer Endress + Hauser Exxaro ExxonMobil

FDT Group Ferrous Resources FIATECH Fieldbus Foundation Flowserve Fluor Ford Motor Frito-Lay GE Aircraft Engines GE Fanuc Genentech General Dynamics General Mills General Motors Goldman Sachs Goodyear HART Foundation Hatch HCL Technologies  Hercules Hitachi Honda Honeywell Huntsman Chemical Husqvarna Lawn Care Hydraulic Institute IBM Idexx Intel ILS Technology Infor Infosys Technologies Intergraph International Paper Invensys Process Systems ISA ITT Goulds Pumps John Deere Johnson Controls Automotive Kraft Foods Kumba Resources LCRA LibreStream Technologies Lockheed Martin Lyondell Chemical Lubrizol Manhattan Associates MARKEM Merck & Co.  Medtronic Metso Automation Microsoft MIMOSA Mitsubishi Electric Modern Materials Handling Morgan Stanley NAMUR

National Center for Mfg Sciences Nestle Purina PetCare Nissan NIST NOVA Chemicals Northrop Grumman Okuma America Omron OPC Foundation Open Applications Group Oracle OSIsoft Pavilion Technologies Petro-Canada Petrobras Pfizer Philip Morris PMMI Procter & Gamble RA Jones & Company Reliance Life Sciences Rockwell Automation Rolls-Royce Sabic Petrochemicals  SABMiller SAP SASOL Saudi Aramco Schneider Electric Shell Chemical Shell Global Siemens Solectron Suncor Energy Tata Consultancy Services TenAsys Tennessee Valley Authority Tesoro Petroleum Teva Pharmaceutical The Stanley Works Thermo Fisher Scientific ThyssenKrupp Toyota Motor Tuthill Unilever VALE Vought Aircraft Industries Washington Savannah River Weyerhaeuser Wipro Technologies Wonderware Worsley Alumina Yaskawa Electric Yokogawa

Location

The Forum is held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Rosen Centre Hotel
9840 International Drive
Orlando, Florida 32819
800-204-7234 or 407-996-9840
www.rosencentre.com

Attendees should make their own hotel reservations.  Reservations can be made by calling 800-204-7234.  ARC has contracted a reduced rate of $180, based on availability, if reservations are made by January 15, 2010.  When making reservations, please specify that you will be attending the ARC Forum.  

The hotel is located 15 minutes from Orlando International Airport.  (For directions and map: www.rosencentre.com/Location/Location.htm )  Transportation options include Mears Transportation or local taxi.  Reservations to the airport using Mears must be made 24 hours in advance at the Guest Services desk.  The hotel is also conveniently located near many of Orlando’s attractions: 1 mile from Sea World, 5 minutes from Universal Studios, and 10 minutes from Walt Disney World.  The Rosen Centre’s Guest Services will gladly arrange attraction tickets and transportation, golf tee times, tours and more.  The Rosen Centre offers complimentary daily shuttle services to Sea World and Universal. In addition, the I-Trolley (www.iridetrolley.com, 407-354-5656) makes popular stops all along International Drive.  There is an I-Trolley stop across the street from the Rosen Centre.

Please contact Orlando's Visitor Information Center at 407-363-5874, www.visitorlando.com, for information regarding current events in Orlando.  For discounted attractions in Orlando, please visit the Orlando Convention Aid website.  Their on-line travel guide offers discounts to restaurants, golf, attractions, nightlife, shopping, and more, including making dinner reservations for you.  A coupon book will also be available at the hotel when you arrive.

To Register

Forum Fee

The Forum fee is $1,595 if registered by December 31, 2009.  After that date, the fee is $1,895.  The fee includes breakfast and lunch each day, a reception on Monday evening, a dinner and reception on Tuesday evening, and all program materials.  Group rates are available.  Please contact info@arcweb.com for more information.  For those attending only the OMAC or WBF sessions on Thursday, the fee is $200.  For those attending Performance-Based Outsourcing Seminar only, the fee is $495.

Cancellations and Substitutions

Substitutions may be made at any time at no additional charge. The registration fee is fully refundable up to three weeks prior to the Forum date. A 50% cancellation fee will be assessed after that date. All cancellations must be received in writing.

Registration Methods

Please use one of the following methods to register for the Forum:

Call 781-471-1000, or to obtain a registration form, e-mail  info@arcweb.com .

Speaking Opportunities

For information on nominating a speaker for the forum, please visit our Speaking Opportunities page or contact us at info@arcweb.com.

Sponsorship Opportunities

For information on opportunities for sponsoring the forum, please contact your client manager or info@arcweb.com.