Preliminary Program
Saturday, June 9, 2018
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Half Day Pre-Summit Workshop: Agile (John Sloggy)
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM SAVE Board of Directors Meeting
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Full Day Pre-Summit Workshops
- Customer Function Model & Strategic Decisions (Muthiah Kasi & Stephen Kirk)
- Facilitation (Bruce Lenzer)
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Half Day Pre-Summit Course: Creativity (John Sloggy)
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Sunday, June 10, 2018
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Half Day Pre-Summit Workshop: Stretching the Value Methodology (Jessica Hickey & Randy Barber)
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM SAVE Certification Board Meeting
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Full Day Pre-Summit Workshop: Risk Management for Value Practitioners (Greg Brink)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Miles Value Foundation Board of Directors Meeting
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM New Member / First Time Attendee Reception
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM SAVE Annual Business Meeting
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM President's Reception
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Monday, June 11, 2018
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM Fellows Breakfast
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7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM Keynote Speaker
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9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Break
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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
1A: Transportation
10:00 AM Traditional Design & Value Engineering: Adversaries or Partners? (Warren Knoles)
10:40 AM Expanding the Use of the Value Methodology in Early Transit Project Development (Ann
Jamison)
11:20 AM Concept of Value on Design-Build Projects (Rahul Nagalkar)
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1B: Value Planning
10:00 AM VE in Combination with Mediation as Super Tool for Multiparty Plan Making (Dorine
Cleton)
10:40 AM Going Deeper in Value Creation - Sabine Neches Waterway Dredging (Robert Orlean)
11:20 AM Locking in Value: An Early Value Study Combined with Economic Reevaluation of the
Redundant Poe Size Lock Project (Amy Jo Riffee)
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1C: Programs
10:00 AM Implementing Value Management at the City of Calgary (Mushtaq Rabbi)
10:40 AM How to Build and Sustain an Internal Value Methodology Program for Business Growth
(James Bolton)
11:20 AM Value Management: A Roadmap to Profitability (John Sloggy)
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH
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1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
2A: Certification Forum
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2B: Unique Thinking
1:00 PM Study of VE/VM Method Suitable for Social Growth Period – Introduction of the Third-
Function Named “Fubeneki” (Manabu Sawaguchi)
1:40 PM The Power of Framing, Ambiguity, and Function Analysis in Problem Solving (Robert
Stewart)
2:20 PM FAST diagram for Customers Based Process – Simultaneous Analytical Methodology for
Customers’ Emotion (Sayaka Uchimura)
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2C: Training
1:00 PM Creating Value Through Projects: An Effective Approach to Value Management Education
in an Online Setting (John Kelly)
1:40 PM An Effective Educational System for Facilitators in VA/VE/FA Workshops (Hisaya Yokota)
2:20 PM Study of Efficient Team Activities by Facilitator Participation in VE Project (Atsunori
Someya)
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3:00 PM – 3:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK (with Refreshments)
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3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
3A: International Forum
3B: FAST, Allocating Resources Forum
3C: Government Forum
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5:30 PM – 6:30 PM SAVE Chapter Presidents Meeting
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6:30 PM Free Networking Evening (Dinner on your own)
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Keynote Speaker
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9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Wheel of Function
America’s favorite new game show has come to SAVE! Four contestants will battle against each other to win BIG prizes, don’t miss this exciting, fun and entertaining event.
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9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Break
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
4A: Manufacturing Case Studies
10:00 AM Value Analysis of The Technology of Furniture Production (Dr. Habil. Ferenc Nádasdi)
10:30 AM "Only Hinges for Lids” – Success Story af a VA/VE Project (René Brune & Marc Pauwels)
11:00 AM Value Enhancement of Differential Assembly (Uttam Bane)
11:30 AM Value Improvement Approach to Manufacturing of Industrial Flat Meshes (VE Case Study)
(Istvan Tarjani)
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4B: Skills
10:00 AM You’re a CVS, Now what? Building Blocks for a CVS Career – Lessons Learned as a CVS
(Laurie Dennis)
10:40 AM Words to the Wise: How to be a Successful Technical Team Member (Michael Bonar)
11:20 AM Benefits of a Site Visit: Construction Project Value Studies (Kristi Evans)
4C: Innovation
10:00 AM Value and Innovation Management at an Air Transport Consulting Company (Zsuzsanna
Szeles)
10:40 AM Value Engineering for Kids (Carlene Wong)
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH
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1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
5A: Manufacturing
1:00 PM Value Analysis and Value Engineering in Plant Engineering – Easy going or too hard to
handle? (Sebastian Meindl)
1:30 PM Application of Value Analysis to Increase Customer Satisfaction in Product Development: A
Case Study on Tree Climbing Devices (Celestine Aguwa)
2:00 PM Business Process Improvement by Implementation of an Information Technology Solution
to Replace a Manual VA/VE Project Execution System (Shekhar Deokar)
2:30 PM 50 Years of Construction VE Methodology at Fujita (Setsuo Matsuda)
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5B: Agile
1:00 PM An Agile VM Approach to Match Changing Program & Project Delivery Methods - Scoping
VM Study Activities for Different Circumstances (Martyn Phillips)
1:40 PM Agile Teams and Value Management (John Sloggy)
2:20 PM Panel
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5C: Improvements
1:00 PM A Proposal and Verification of Antithetical Analogical Approach to Creativity Method with
the Use of TRIZ (Masao Oda)
1:40 PM IMPROVEMENT of the Evaluation Method for VE Alternatives Using the Risk Assessment
Process (ChangTaek Hyun)
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1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Post-Summit Courses
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 1 (VMF 1) (Patrice Miller & Javier Masini)
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 2 (VMF 2) (Robert Stewart)
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3:00 PM – 3:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK (with Refreshments)
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3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
6A: Emerging
3:30 PM Methodology of Diversity Strategy and Management Through Function Analysis (Noriko
Murakami)
4:10 PM Application of VM to Improve Service in a University Cafeteria by Adding Value to Its
Serving Cardboard Box (Oscar Sanchez Barba)
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6B: New Thinking
3:30 PM Value Analysis for a Business Review Sprint (Michael Pearsall)
4:10 PM Access Differences of Diagnostic Services Between Small Hospitals and the Super Hospital
(Kornelia Vamosi)
4:50 PM Panel
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6C: Special Video Presentation
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6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Awards Banquet
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM SAVE & Affiliate Leadership Meetings
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8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Post-Summit Courses
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 1 (VMF 1) (Patrice Miller & Javier Masini)
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 2 (VMF 2) (Robert Stewart)
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Post-Summit Courses
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 1 (VMF 1) (Patrice Miller & Javier Masini)
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 2 (VMF 2) (Robert Stewart)
Friday, June 15, 2018
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Post-Summit Courses
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 1 (VMF 1) (Patrice Miller & Javier Masini)
- Value Methodology Fundamentals 2 (VMF 2) (Robert Stewart)
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