Research Facilities Benchmarking Conference

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Research Facilities Benchmarking Conference

• Best Practices
• May 6th,7th,8th and 9th

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RFBMay 7th, 2007

• Welcome, Introductions, General Information and
  Acknowledgements
• Gene Moss Keith Clark and Dave Chester, Corning
• Chris Heck, DuPont
• Keith McClanahan, Facility Issues
• All- Name and Company
• Benchmarking Data Review with trends from prior
  surveys.
• Keith McClanahan
• Use of 1st Quartile data as possible RFB
  Standards
• Gene Moss
• Break
• Energy Utilities Best Practices Presentations
• Fume Hood Flow Reduction Program Mercy Bodarky,
  IBM
• Chiller Maintenance Practices Bruce Walker,
  Battelle
• Energy Best Practices Brad Kimball, Rohm Haas
• Energy Management at the Oak Ridge National
  Laboratory Jimmy Stone, ORNL

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RFBMay 7th, 2007

• Group Photo / Lunch
• Energy Utilities Hot Topics and Emerging
  IssuesFC Flip Chart FC1 FC2 FC3
• What are the 3 top 2006-7 energy cost reduction
  efforts underway at your facility?
• Energy Management
• Renewable energy conservation projects
• Peak Shave Cogeneration Success and Challenges
• Energy conservation success stories
• Electrical Power Open Market
• Top energy cost reduction efforts
• Business Continuity/Pandemic Planning Best
  Practices
• Pandemic Planning - Brad Kimball, Rohm and Haas
• Pandemic Influenza A Business Continuity
  Challenge - John Parent, Battelle

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RFBMay 7th, 2007

• Business Continuity/Pandemic PlanningHot Topics
  Emerging Issues
• Are you prepared for a pandemic?
• Does your Company have a pandemic plan in place?
• What are the critical areas for your company?
• Is there a defined budget for this project?
• Other pandemic related issues

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RFBMay 7th, 2007

• Breakouts Multipurpose and 3 Rivers
• Group 1 Contracting and Projects FC1
  FC2 330-415
• Group 2 Mobile Workforce FC1 FC2 FC3 FC4
• Group 1 Security FC1 FC2 415-500
• Group 2 Customer Satisfaction FC1 FC2 FC3
• Wrap-Up and Conclusion of Day 1 500

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RFBMay 8th, 2007

• Opening Remarks
• Safety and Nanotechnology Best Practices
• Nanotechnology update - Gene Moss, Corning
• Development of Electronic PHRB system - Chris
  Desso, Corning
• Safety Hot Topics and Emerging Issues
• FC1 FC2 FC3
• Predictive safety metrics- leading indicators
  which positively correlate with traditional
  safety rates and improved performance.
• Ergonomics related Issues
• Evacuation Procedures
• Predictive safety metrics
• Break

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RFBMay 8th, 2007

• Energy Best Practice
• Energy Conservation in a Post Manufacturing RD
  Facility Denise Dunchus, Dow
• Maintenance - Best Practices Presentations
• The RCM Journey at Sandia National Labs Harry
  Gullett, Sandia
• Site Computerized Monitoring System to Prevent
  Loss of Research Samples - Janneke van
  Wagtendonk, Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd
• Working Box Lunch - Maintenance - Hot Topics and
  Emerging Issues
• FC1 FC2
• Have your labor costs increased in the last 3
  years? If so, what are the drivers?
• How do you reduce your expenses?
• What areas/services have you reduced that without
  affecting customer satisfaction? How do you
  incorporate the changes?
• Strategic Replacement of Crafts
• Standard operating hours, expectation, off site
  issues

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RFBMay 8th, 2007

• Rest of Day Activities
• Sullivan Park Tour
• Return to Hotel/Break
• Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Show
• Cocktails
• Dinner

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RFBMay 9th, 2007

• Opening Remarks
• Communications Strategies - Best Practices
• Relocation Strategies for a New Facility - Ming
  Yi Geng, IBM China Facility
• Communications Strategies - Hot Topics and
  Emerging Issues
• FC1 FC2 BATTELLE
• Expectations of Facilities for new Research
  recruits, amenities
• Effective modes of internal communication- How to
  get the right message to the right audience at
  the right time. Metrics for measuring
  communication effectiveness in a research
  organization.
• Portrayal of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of
  facilities
• Success stories and methods to display the
  Facilities Management and Real Estate
  organization as a value-adding corporate entity
• Portraying the facilities organization as a
  value-adding entity
• Definition of the cost per site employee
• Chemical Management Best Practices Presentation
• Control of Compressed Gas Cylinders
  Benchmarking Works!!! Gayle McGannon, Corning

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RFBMay 9th, 2007

• Chemical Management Hot Topics and Emerging
  Issues
• FC1
• Chemical inventory- mechanisms for collecting and
  maintaining useful inventory data on chemical
  deliveries and storage.
• How to effectively manage and secure this
  information within an organization.
• Break
• Savings and Leasing Strategies - Best Practices
  Presentations
• Office Leasing Strategy Update Tom Bianchi
  Steve Havlik, CIBA
• Savings and Leasing Strategies - Hot Topics and
  Emerging Issues
• Give several examples of improvements made at
  your facility to better utilize or gain RD
  space?
• What is being done to make laboratory
  reconfigurations less costly?
• Cost recoveries
• Laboratory Configurations Cost Efficiencies
• Globalization of Functions Organizational
  Consolidations - Matrix management
• Other "competitiveness" metrics
• Box Lunch, Key Learning Discussions, Critique of
  Conference

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