Helping small maufacturers
European Regions For
Innovative Productivity (ERIP)
Final Conference
Dates: 23rd November to the 24th November
Venue: Newcastle University Business School
crease productivity
through innovation
Agenda
Day One – 23rd November 2011
11.30am to 12pm
Registration, poster exhibition and informal networking
12pm to 1pm
Welcome from Newcastle University and networking lunch
Professor Charles Harvey
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Provost
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University
1pm to 1.45pm
ERIP introduction
 Project overview
 Goals, planning and implementation
 Obstacles and challenges
 Methodology, evaluation and project assessment
 The ERIP legacy and plans for the future
Tom McGovern
Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy
Newcastle University
1.45pm to 2.30pm
ERIP SME case study
 The Belgium experience
Hendrik Van Landeghem
Professor
Ghent University
Thomas Van Landeghem
Research Scientist
Ghent University
2.30pm to 3pm
SME case study
 The German experience
Professor Thorsten Litfin
ERIP Project Manager
University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
Jens Mehmann
ERIP Project Manager
University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
3pm to 3.15pm
Afternoon coffee break
3.15pm to 5.45pm
Netherlands interactive session
Improving the success of LCM in The Netherlands.
 The Dutch ERIP way, introduction
Folkert van der Meulen N.V. NOM
 The human factor in lean processes
Peter Vonk, Vonk CE B.V.
 Final thoughts about ERIP teams, evaluation
Eric Micklinghoff, Metaalplus B.V.
5.45pm
Roundup of Conference Day One
Tom McGovern
Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy
Newcastle University
Day Two – 24th November 2011
8.45am to 9am
Registration and morning coffee
9am to 9.40am
Welcome address from the INTERREG Secretariat and Communities for
Local Government, UK
Lise Espersen
Deputy Project Development and Communications Unit Manager
The North Sea Region Programme Secretariat
Iain Derrick
European Strategy and ERDF Secretariat Manager
ERDF Programme Delivery Team: North East
9.40am to 10.10am
SME case study
 The Norwegian experience
Ottar Bakås,
Research Scientist
SINTEF
Daryl Powell
Researcher
SINTEF
10.10am to 10.40am
ERIP SME case study
 The UK experience
Adrian Small
Researcher
Newcastle Business School
10.40am to 11.10am
ERIP SME case study
 The Netherlands experience
Hermen Goedhart
Lean Change Agent
Royal Hoitsema Labels B.V.
11.10am to 11.40am
Morning coffee break
11.40am to 12.10pm
Comparisons between different SME programme philosophies
Dr Birgitta Öjmertz
Programme Director
Swedish national SME Lean initiative
Björn Westling
Manager, Product Value Development
Swerea IVF AB
12.10pm to 12.40pm
Panel discussion round up
 NEPA Methodology
 ERIP Methodology
 SME testing and refinement of methodology
 Evaluation: individual company, country and project level
 Lessons learnt
Chair
Christian Hicks
Professor of Operations Management, Director of Research
Newcastle University Business School
Panellists
Conference speakers
12.40pm
Chairman’s closing remarks and end of conference
List of attendees
Name - First
Robert
Name - Last
Albers
Keith
Helen
Appleby
Armstrong
Ottar
Karel
Joanna
Henderikus
Laura
Paul
Bakås
Bauters
Berry
Boers
Bond
Busschaert
Research Scientist
Nicola
Willem
Johannes
Conway
NETS Co-ordinator
Iain
Position
Chief Operating
Officer
Dagelet
Derrick
Sinead
Tjalle Michiel
Devlin
Dijkstra
Paul
Doohan
Company
Royal Hoitsema Labels
Tees Esk & Wear Valleys NHS
Foundation Trust
SINTEF
UGENT
Newcastle University
Miedema Holding Winsum B.V.
Ghent University
Gateshead Health NHS
Foundation Trust
Royal Hoitsema Labels
European Strategy
and ERDF
Secretariat
Manager
Business
Development
Support Officer
Transformation
Lead
Deputy Project
Development and
Communications
Unit Manager
ERDF Programme Delivery
Team: North East
Newcastle University
Metaal Plus bv
Northumbria Healthcare
Foundation Trust
The North Sea Region
Programme Secretariat
Newcatsle University
Lise
Laura
Espersen
Foster
Cornelis Pieter
Jan Hermen
Cornelius
Tim
Filius
Philips Consumer Lifestyle
Goedhart
Govaert
Royal Hoitsema Labels
University of Ghent
researcher
Name - First
Name - Last
Mark
Charles
Rainer
Colin
Chris
Emile
Halford
Harvey
Henking
Herron
Hicks
Hilgenga
Dienko
Houtekier
Stuart
Jackson
Warse
Klingenberg
Miguel
Knockaert
KynochMacDonald
Margaret
Sally
Lagan
Sharon
Lamont
Thorsten
Tom
Litfin
McGovern
Position
Production
Manager
Newcastle University
Royal Hoitsema Labels
Operational
Manager
EEN Project
Manager
Production Director
Head of Internal
KPO
Assistant Director,
Projects and
Service
Development
Head of Quality and
Innovation
ERIP Project
Manager
Lars
Medbo
Jens
Mehmann
Eric
Kate
Micklinghoff
Morris
Project Manager
Project Manager
Öjmertz
Peers
Pluse
Powell
Quinn
Rijke
Rogerson
Small
Iain
Smith
Björn
Stenvall
Peacocks Medical Group
Municipality of Ammerland
PhD Senior
Lecturer, Head of
Division
ERIP Project
Manager
Birgitta
Dimitri
Chris
Daryl
Martin
Wytze
Barry
Adrian
Company
Programme
Director
Produktionslyftet
C.O.O.
Researcher
Partner
Project Manager
Head of the North
East
Transformation
System
Communication
Manager
Steelandt
Newcastle Science City
RUG Faculteit Economie en
Bedrijfskunde
Orac NV
North East Strategic Health
Authority
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS
Foundation Trust
NHS Northeast
University of Applied Sciences
Osnabrück
Newcastle University
Chalmers University of
Technology
University of Applied Sciences
Osnabrück
NOM NV
Newcastle University
Swerea IVF
Unic Design N.V.
Peacocks Medical Group
Sintef
MD Squared Solutions LLP
N.V. NOM
MAS - NE (PA Consulting)
Newcastle University
Gateshead Health NHS
Foundation Trust
Produktionslyftet/Stenvall &
Partner AB
Name - First
Rob
Name - Last
Strong
Henricus Petrus
van de Ven
Folkert
van der Meulen
Thomas
Van Landeghem
Hendrik
Berend Jan
Van Landeghem
Verhaagen
Peter
Mathijs
Vonk
Vreeman
Carl
Wanstrom
Allison
Welsh
Björn
Jacobus
Westling
Wink
Rob
Frost
Position
Company
Peacocks Medical Group
Hilmar Industries B.V.
Project Manager
Scientific
Researcher
N.V. NOM
Full professor
Ghent University
Hilmar Industries B.V.
Vonk Competentie Expertise
B.V.
N.V. NOM
Chalmers University of
Technology
Project Manager
Senior Lecturer
SDO Management
Fellow
Manager, Product
Value Development
Manufacturing
Ghent University
Durham University
Swerea IVF AB
Metaal Plus bv
Formax