Sunday, October 25

David Harsanyi
Nanny State

David Harsanyi is an award-winning columnist and editorial board member at The Denver Post. His column is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate, and his writings on politics and culture have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, and numerous other publications. He is a regular guest on radio shows across the country and has appeared on CNN, FOX News, PBS, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight. He has also held positions as a producer, editor and reporter at media outlets such as the Associated Press, New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated Online and Major League Baseball Advanced Media.

David shares thoughts and ideas from his book, Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children.

For over 30 years, Al Horner has been successfully restructuring manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service and construction-related businesses and turning them into profitable companies and highly effective organizations. His keys to success are a checklist that identifies where the biggest problems are in an organization and the pearls that guide him toward corrective actions.

In the midst of this very difficult economic climate, profit generation is critical. Sometimes, we are so busy fighting the day-to-day battles that we don’t have time to view our business from a higher vantage point. Al reviews the high-level questions that will help identify the issues you need to focus on to improve your company’s profitability.

The First Attendee fee includes a copy of Al Horner’s book Get a Grip: Turning Better into Best and Adversity into Success.

John Guzik and Omar Nashashibi are partners with The Franklin Partnership, a Washington DC advocacy and lobbying firm retained by PMPA to represent the voice of the precision manufacturing industry in Washington, communicate the needs of our members to policymakers and keep us abreast of legislative and regulatory issues that may impact our competitive position.

John and Omar review the current topics being discussed in Washington and how upcoming legislative and regulatory developments will impact American manufacturing and the future of your business.

Brian Beaulieu has been an economist with the Institute for Trend Research since 1982, serving as its Executive Director since 1987, and where he is engaged in research regarding business cycle trend analysis and the utilization of that analysis at the practical business level. He is a regular columnist and contributing economist to national trade associations and publications, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Barron’s, Reuters, CBS Radio, and other outlets.

Will your company be positioned to jump out of the gate when the recession ends? Brian delivers his forecasts for current and future economic trends in the U.S. and globally, providing the information and practical analysis you need to take action with confidence.

Jonathan Oberlander is a political scientist and leading authority on health care politics and policy. He is associate professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Political Science and teaches in the School of Medicine. Dr. Oberlander is the author and co-editor of two books on healthcare policy - The Political Life of Medicare and The Social Medicine Reader, and has written articles for numerous medical journals.

Few people know more than Jonathan Oberlander about the efforts now underway in the Obama administration to reform the healthcare system and to control its costs-or the political obstacles and issues these efforts must overcome. He has studied past (and recurring) attempts to reform healthcare going back to 1912 and the lessons that history has to offer about what works and what doesn't. He's also studied the reform movements and healthcare systems of other countries and the lessons these other models provide for America. Dr. Oberlander's perspective is deeply researched, historically informed, and practical rather than ideological.

Dr. Oberlander discusses the political tug-of-war of healthcare reform and how it will affect our businesses and personal lives when it all shakes out.

Dr. Larry Ohlhauser works with corporate executives and CEOs worldwide. As a sought-after Canadian and international speaker, Dr. Ohlhauser has influenced the transformation of lifestyles by empowering individuals to take responsibility and leadership for their own health and wellness.

Dr. Ohlhauser is known around the world for his inspirational seminar and book, The Healthy CEO, which uses his proven concepts of goal-setting and outcome measurement to address the unique health and career challenges facing professional executives. He touches on an issue that is growing more common but is not yet well-addressed by companies-how to develop a healthy CEO.

After running a successful medical practice in Alberta, Canada, Dr. Ohlhauser worked with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for 20 years (the last 12 years as Registrar and CEO). He is currently president and CEO of Ohlhauser & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in healthcare strategy and management consulting for large multinationals, business corporations, and government institutions.

His awards are noteworthy, and has recently been named one of the Top 100 Physicians of the Century by the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Alberta Medical Association. Dr. Ohlhauser also sits on boards of various biotechnology companies, The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists (APEGGA) and a Lay Bencher for the Law Society of Alberta.

A zealous adventurer with an appetite for living life passionately, Dr. Ohlhauser applies his philosophies on goal-setting and outcome measurement to enhancing his own life. Whether he is flying jets, consulting to government, speaking to hundreds of executives, or smacking a golf ball out of the sand, Dr. Ohlhauser infuses life with contagious energy, spirit, and purpose.