Charles O. (Chad) Holliday, Jr., Chairman and CEO DuPont, will be among the speakers from industry and top universities at the Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference and Expo 2007, focusing on “Industrial Engineering’s Critical Role in a Flat World.”

Charles O. (Chad) Holliday, Jr., Chairman and CEO DuPont, will be among the speakers from industry and top universities at the Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference and Expo 2007, focusing on “Industrial Engineering’s Critical Role in a Flat World.” The event is geared toward individuals in process improvement, operations research, industrial engineering, supply chain management, and logistics.

More than 1400 people will assemble in Nashville, TN, May 19-23 to hear Chad Holliday and others discuss how industrial engineering’s principles and tools enable the world’s largest companies to compete effectively in the flattened world, one with no boundaries. The conference will include several days of educational sessions, tutorials, speakers, networking, awards and tours of some of Nashville’s distinguished companies. For more information, visitwww.iieannual.org.