Grand Prize Winner Chosen at Conference
The hard work and dedication of the top three finalists was seen and heard at the 2012 TOCICO International Conference. All three finalists gave amazing presentations, which made just voting for one winner very difficult. After the votes were counted, the winner came down to a difference of just ONE vote. The grand prize winners of the Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt New Knowledge Award are Boaz Ronen, Shimeon Pass and Shany Karmy for their presentation "Standing on Shoulders of Giants: Applying TOC to Law Court Systems". Congratulations!
Call for Proposals - Finalists Chosen
The Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt Foundation board has decided upon the TOP THREE finalists from the 2012 Call for Proposals conducted in December 2011. These top finalists will be competing for a chance to win the the grand prize of $20,000 which will be awarded at the 2012 TOCICO International Conference in Chicago. The three finalists are listed below. Good luck!
| NAME | PRESENTATION TITLE | COUNTRY |
| Boaz Ronen (with Shimeon Pass & Shany Karmy) | "Standing on Shoulders of Giants: Applying TOC to Law Court Systems" | Israel |
| Eli Schragenheim | "Research and Development of a Platform and Related Processes for Decision Making encompassing Finance, Operations and Sales" | Israel |
| Kelvyn Youngman | "The systemic cloud and the layers of resistance - hiding in plain sight" | New Zealand |
Call for Proposals - Semi-Finalists Chosen
The Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt Foundation board has decided upon the semi-finalists from the 2012 Call for Proposals conducted in December 2011. These top nine semi-finalists will be competing for a chance to win the a grand prize of $20,000 which will be awarded at the 2012 TOCICO International Conference in Chicago. The nine semi-finalists are listed below. Good luck!
| NAME | PRESENTATION TITLE | COUNTRY |
| Guilherme Venanzi de Almeida (with Humberto Baptista & Fernando Bernardi de Souza) | "Two Sides of the Same Coin – a sharper look on two organizational cultures" | Brazil |
| Kevin Kohls | "The Toyota Way and TOC - Leveraging Benefits, Avoiding Pitfalls" | USA |
| Puneet Kulraj | "Managing high availability at low inventory in environment of wide variety of SKUs with a norm of one e.g. fashion retail" | India |
| Shimeon Pass (with Boaz Ronen) | "Value-Based Project Execution" | Israel |
| Boaz Ronen (with Shimeon Pass & Shany Karmy) | "Standing on Shoulders of Giants: Applying TOC to Law Court Systems" | Israel |
| Lisa Scheinkopf (with Amir Schragenheim & Yuji Kishira) | "Linear High Touch Time: A New TOC Application" | USA |
| Eli Schragenheim | "Research and Development of a Platform and Related Processes for Decision Making encompassing Finance, Operations and Sales" | Israel |
| Koichi Ujigawa | "A new buffer management approach for CCPM" | Japan |
| Kelvyn Youngman | "The systemic cloud and the layers of resistance - hiding in plain sight" | New Zealand |
Call for Proposals - Submission Guidelines
The top three presentations that are selected will then compete for the $20,000 Grand Prize award. The winner will be the keynote speaker at the conference. The second and third place winners will present at a plenary session during the conference. The remaining seven presentations may present during a breakout session at the conference pending approval by the TOCICO conference committee.
**Financial awards are pending the receipt of committed funding to the foundation.
Should you wish to submit a proposal for a presentation, the following must be submitted by no later than 1st December 2011:
- One page abstract of 250 to 300 words which should include the author(s) name(s), company, titles, the topic of the presentation, presentation title, presentation goal and key learning points, the material covered in the presentation covering the six step standing on the shoulders of giants process. Also please indicate whether the presenter is a practitioner, consultant or academic. If selected, the information will be used in conference promotional literature and the conference brochure.
- Speaker biographical information 100 to 200 words in narrative form and not CV format. If selected this information will be used in conference promotional literature and the conference brochure.
- Concise details of previous speaking experience
- Details of published works
- Signed and completed application form (electronic signature on submission form)
- Color photograph of speaker(s), head and shoulders in electronic format.
TOPICS
The foundation would like to seek "New Knowledge" of presentations at TOCICO formatted in the 'Shoulders of Giants' (SOG) process. To read more about the process or to see the six steps of the process, please click on the following link: Six Steps SOG Process
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
- Project Management
- Finance & Measurement
- Sales & Marketing
- Managing People and Change
- Strategy Integration of TOC with LEAN, Six Sigma and other improvement methodologies
- Integrating TOC rules and information within traditional IT Systems
PROPOSAL SELECTION
To ensure a balanced selection of presentations, a Panel of Judges with a wide variety of TOC experience has been selected by the Foundation board. This panel will review and evaluate all proposals submitted. Selection of proposals will be made by the panel whose decision is final. The review process and presentation scheduling begins with the receipt of the first application, so early submission is recommended.
TIMETABLE
- The final date for proposal submissions is December 1, 2011.
- Up to 10 proposal finalists will be announced on January 1st, 2012.
- The finalists will further develop their presentations and submit no later than March 15th, 2012. The top three presenters will also be chosen by April 1, 2012.
- If selected as one of the top three, the deadline for submission of final presentations is May 1st, 2012.
- If you are not chosen as one of the top three, your submission will be evaluated by the TOCICO international conference committee.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The breakout presentation sessions will be 45-60 minutes in duration. Time may be allocated for questions and answers within this period of time.
- Persons submitting an abstract are doing so with the understanding that they agree to abide by the conditions, deadline policies and the decisions of the organizing committee.
- If for any reason an accepted speaker is subsequently unable to attend the Conference, substitutions will NOT be accepted. The paper will be removed from the conference.
- PowerPoint presentations will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Presentations must be in PowerPoint and utilize the standard conference template provided by the Conference committee.
- A proposal must not be submitted unless each speaker is available to appear on any day of the TOCICO Conference, inclusive 3rd – 6th June 2012.
- Under no circumstances should the Conference's podium be used as a place for direct promotion of a speaker's product, service or for monetary self-interest. This includes use of logos on the presentation slides. The speakers will use the supplied TOCICO presentation template.
REGISTRATION FEES FOR SPEAKERS
To keep our conference as affordable as possible for all members, the TOCICO conference committee can unfortunately not provide any support or discount to speakers on travel and or accommodation fees. There is a discount in conference registration that just covers the direct costs. In order to qualify for the lowest possible registration fees, please note that as a speaker, you will qualify for the "academic" registration fee. The process of registering for the 2012 TOCICO Annual Conference can be completed on-line at www.tocico.org.
MARKETING
The purpose of this event is NOT to sell or market your products directly but to share your valuable insights into new developments, integration and implementation experiences. Presenters may not add their company logo to the standard conference presentation template. There are exhibition opportunities and sponsorships available for marketing purposes. Please contact us for sponsorship opportunities.
CONTACT DETAILS
Email is the preferred method of submission. If your presentation is large, the TOCICO will provide access through our YouSendIT account. A signed copy of this form must please accompany all submissions. The TOCICO Speaker Selection Committee can be contacted at admin@tocico.org.