Valuemanagers
Summit 2024

When:

16th – 17th October 2024

Where:

Graz – City of Design, AUSTRIA

Our Topics

Value Engineering/ Management Methods

Value Management best practise

Value Engineering in different branches

Cost reduction and efficency

Value based Teamwork

Networking

Speaker 2024

Topics welcome! The focus is on value management and related methods for valuecreation.

Tickets

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Timetable 2024

October 16th, 2024

08:00 09:15 registration and Styrian Networking Breakfast
09:15 09:30 Wellcome Conference host Valuemanagers.org Christian Katschnig, Manfred Ninaus
09:30 10:00 Best Practice Value Management in Australia – Key Principles, Practices and Case Studies Gerrard Young
10:00 10:30 Critical Thinking Skills and Role of AI Bruce Lenzer
10:30 11:00 Network and coffe break
11:00 11:20 Value Engineering Practice in Construction Industry in Indonesia Alvin Tehmono
11:20 11:50 Establishing a Best Practice Value Management approach in Capital Investment Planning in Scottish Water. Key lessons learned and practices. Achilleas Chatzitheocharis
11:50 13:05 Lunch
13:05 13:35 VE Application to a Major Grand Canyon Water Infrastructure Project Stephen Kirk
13:35 14:05 Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing Florian Stefan
14:05 14:35 Network and coffe break
14:35 14:55 Optimizing Value in Medical Device Design and Manufacturing through Value Engineering and Value Analysis Anilkumar Govindaraju
14:55 15:25 Digitally enabled influencing of technology selection in complex products for increased product profitability decades prior to SOP Carsten Voss
15:25 16:00 Mapping Value to achieve Maximum ROI Isolde Kanikani
16:00 16:20 AI and the Future of Value Engineering Ramesh Ganesan
16:20 Closing of day 1
19:0022:00Gala Dinner 

October 17th, 2024

08:0009:15Styrian Networking Breakfast 
09:1509:35Improving Major Project Return on Investment using in-depth Value Management / Value Engineering StudiesJames D. McCuish / Charles W. Jennings
09:3510:05Combining Ratio with Intuition in management of value management projects: a quantum leap in creating engagement as a basis for successful implementation.Marco Schlimpert
10:0510:35Network and coffe break 
10:3510:55Clearing the runway. How not to crash when executing VMGerman Jimena / Stefan Knieps
10:5511:25Systematic Innovation for Value Management: Bridging the Gap Between Solutions and Customer Motivations using trenDNAAngelika Riedl
11:2511:55The VMO – Value Management Office and it’s ToolsManfred Ninaus
11:5512:05Official Closing of Valuemanagers SummitChristian Katschnig Manfred Ninaus
12:0513:20Lunch 
13:2016:20Workshop 1 : Function Analysis and Function Analysis System Techniques Bruce Lenzer, Stephen Kirk
13:2016:20Workshop 2 : TRIZ and Trends for Value EngineeringAngelika Riedl

Speakers 2024

Name: Alvin Tehmono
Speech: Value Engineering Practice in Construction Industry in Indonesia
Company: Value Engineering Academy

Name: Angelika Riedl
Speech: Systematic Innovation for Value Management: Bridging the Gap Between Solutions and Customer Motivations using trenDNA
Company: Mindful Innovation e.U.

Name: Bruce Lenzer
Speech: Critical Thinking Skills and Role of AI
Company: Synergy Value Solutions, LLC

Name: Carsten Voss
Speech: Digitally enabled influencing of technology selection in complex products for increased product profitability decades prior to SOP
Company: Rolls Royce

Name: Florian Stefan
Speech: Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing
Company: Horváth & Partner GmbH

Name: Thomas Schaich
Speech: Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing
Company: Horváth & Partner GmbH

Name: Felix Zentner 
Speech: Carbon Cost Management as part of Product Lifecycle Costing
Company: Horváth & Partner GmbH

Name: Gerrard Young
Speech: Best Practice Value Management in Australia – Key Principles, Practices and Case Studies
Company: Stantec Australia Pty Ltd

Name: Isolde Kanikani
Speech: Mapping Value to achieve Maximum ROI
Company: Plat4mation

Name: Stephen Kirk
Speech: VE Application to a Major Grand Canyon Water Infrastructure Project
Company: Kirk Associates

Name: Achilleas Chatzitheocharis
Speech: Establishing a Best Practice Value Management approach in Capital Investment Planning in Scottish Water. Key lessons learned and practices.
Company: Scottish WaterH

Name: Marco Schlimpert
Speech: Combining Ratio with Intuition in management of value management projects: a quantum leap in creating engagement as a basis for successful implementation.
Company: DI Marco Schlimpert, former Senior Vice President of Executive Committee Lenzing AG

Name: Anilkumar Govindaraju
Speech: Optimizing Value in Medical Device Design and Manufacturing through Value Engineering and Value Analysis
Company: Quest Global Engineering Services Pvt Ltd

Name: James D. McCuish
Speech: Improving Major Project Return on Investment using in-depth Value Management / Value Engineering Studies
Company: Pinnacle Results LLC

Name: Charles W. Jennings
Speech: Improving Major Project Return on Investment using in-depth Value Management / Value Engineering Studies
Company: Pinnacle Results LLC

Name: Muhammad Amin
Speech: Challenges in Value Engineering Application
Company: Asaas Value Engineering Consultants

Name: Stefan Knieps
Speech: Clearing the runway. How not to crash when executing VM

Name: German Jimena
Speech: Clearing the runway. How not to crash when executing VM

Name: Manfred Ninaus
Speech: The VMO – Value Management Office and it’s Tools
Company: VMN Valuemanager Ninaus

Name: Christian Katschnig
Speech: The VMO – Value Management Office and it’s Tools
Company: VMN Valuemanager Ninaus

Name: Ramesh Ganesan
Speech: AI and the Future of Value Engineering

Venue

STADTHALLE GRAZ
Messeplatz 1
8010 Graz
Austria

https://mcg.at/locations/stadthalle-graz/

Pictures

Pictures from the congress 2024

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