What Success Do You Want to Share with the World in Austin in 2018?

By Michael Pearsall, P.Eng., CVS, CVM, FICE, FEC – Vice President – Conferences, SAVE International

There are no limits to value in Austin and there should be no limits to the success of our 2018 Value Summit with all of us participating.

I trust everyone has had a chance to review the recently released call for papers and you have started thinking about what you would like to present. For more detailed instructions and information on our focus areas, please see the Paper Acceptance Policy & Submission Instructions.

In 2018, we will celebrate 71 years of providing value to industry and government worldwide. Please consider sharing your success and stories in improving or enhancing value in your organization, company or industry by submitting a paper for consideration for presenting at this conference.

Questions to ask yourself:

1. How have you harnessed technology to improve value?
2. What have you been doing that is creative and disruptive?
3. Are there new innovations in your market and how were they developed?
4. What have you been doing in the way of business process improvements?
5. Do you have a new tool or technique we should hear about?
6. How did your organization embrace the new improvements or continuous process improvements?
7. How has DOT value delivery fared over the last few years and where could it go?
8. How has your organization embraced value opportunities?
9. Can you highlight the combination of other techniques with VM to improve outcomes, including Agile, LEAN, Six Sigma, Risk Analysis, DFMA, Resiliency, Choosing By Advantages, Activity-based costing, etc.?
10. Can you demonstrate Function-Inspired Change in manufacturing?
11. Would you like to share your experience in improving delivery by defining needs and identifying creative and efficient solutions to achieve innovative solutions?
12. When it comes to your approach to using the methodology, team dynamic, workshop logistics, facilitation of studies, new tools and techniques. What works well and what is a challenge?
13. What can you tell others about success stories or pitfalls in managing a government value program?
14. How have you used the methodology to improve the function and value of public projects?
15. How have you applied Function and Value Management to Systems Engineering?
16. Would you like to help educate others on the nine core competencies?

If you have answers to any of the above questions that you would like to share, then we want to hear from you. Your 2018 program committee is working hard planning a great Value Summit, and now we need you to submit your papers for consideration.

Please plan on being in Austin, Texas June 9-12, 2018 for the 2018 Value Summit.