Forum 2010 - conference

Keynote speaker Dr. Gerald Bell, founder & CEO of Bell Leadership Institute, spoke candidly on the keys to building leaders within your business -- starting with yourself.

Dan Frich, a director with AlixPartners LLP, explains the findings of his company's study depicting a cost analysis of U.S. manufacturing vs. outsourcing to various other countries.

Tamás Kovács of Budapest, Hungary-based consultants ECEBD Ltd. (left), Jonathan White, CFO of Revstone Plastics (center), and Randy Barko of Blaige & Co. participate in a Conversation Station -- a new networking concept introduced to the Forum this year.

Plante & Moran's Jeff Mengel (green shirt) gets the momentum going during a Conversation Station session as Paulson Training's Scott Paulson (2nd from right) and RJG's Matt Groleau (far right) listen in.

A merger & acquisition trends panel consisted of Red Diamond Capital Senior VP Kurt Beyer (right), Deloitte Corporate Finance Managing Director Will Frame (center) and Blaige & Co.'s Randy Barko.

Roger Young, Asia Pacific VP for Robert Eller Associates LLC, came all the way from New Zealand to discuss the evolution of the supply chain in emerging economies.

Gaet Tyranski, director of Jabil Inc.'s fast-growing medical business unit, speaks on the challenges and opportunities in the medical device market.

Tennessee Valley Authority's Jeff Taylor (right) awards a Kindle reading device to Jim Saubier, recycling business leader of W.L. Gore Associates Inc., who won the speaker-evalation raffle drawing on Monday.