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24 | I NSIGH T on Manufacturing • July 2012 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m Booth Talks at the Expo Booth Talk | 10 am Succession Planning for Closely Held Businesses One of the many challenges of a closely held business is planning for the future. Succession planning should be a key component of your company's strategic plan. Join Steve Lunn, CPA, manager with Baker Tilly as he helps you navigate the tax, business, personal and family issues involved with family business transitions and estate planning. Lunn has been with the firm since 2008 and specializes in estate, gift and retirement planning. He also focuses on the implementation of sophisticated business succession and wealth transfer techniques. Steve Lunn Presentations will be given at 10 am and 2:45 pm in two designated booth talk areas Optimizing Energy Management Programs Michael Crowley, business development manager at Schneider Electric, will discuss working with manufacturing companies to find solutions to save energy. Crowley believes that energy management programs can be viewed as having different stages. His presentation will cover best practices at these different stages, as well as common roadblocks for advancing from early stages to a culture of continuous improvement in energy management. Booth Talk | 2:45 pm The (Sometimes Surprising) Environmental Side of Disaster Preparedness Flood, fire, tornado, and acts of terror. These real world events disrupt commerce and create legions of unexpected issues for businesses. A disaster may turn an ordinary building into a pile of hazardous waste, or an otherwise unregulated facility into a highly regulated clean- up site. Led by Cameron Field, an environmental attorney with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, this booth talk will provide guidance for general manufacturers to identify potential environmental compliance challenges before, during and after a disaster. Cameron Field Booth Talk | 2:45 pm Global Expansion Opportunities With middle class demographics shifting, and 95% of consumers now outside of the US, expanding to global markets is no longer an opportunity, but a necessity. CEO's want a process, roadmap, and timeline to ROI; rather than risk limited budgets using the "learn by doing" method. Gautam Malik, director of operations at Gamber-Johnson, Stevens Point will join this booth talk and share how they grew exports 650% in 3 years; and won the President's "E" Award for Export Excellence. Presented by Roxanne Baumann, director of global engagement for Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP). Gautam Malik Roxanne Baumann Booth Talk | 10 am Enterprise Risk Management Traditional risk management is concerned with an organization's pure risk, primarily hazard risk. The concept of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) was developed as a way to manage all of an organization's risks, including operational, financial, hazard and strategic risk. Today more than ever, there is interdependency among your organization's various departments. In this session we will discuss what ERM is, how to strategically approach ERM via the four risk quadrants and how it can bring value in protecting your organization. Presented by Nezih Hasanoglu, director of business development & partner at M3 Insurance. Nezih Hasanoglu LUNCH LEARN & 12-1 pm Michael Crowley www.manufacturingfirst.com