Events
LACE Summit
Unleashing the Power of Lean-Agile Transformation
October 5, 2023
LACE Summit Overview
Date: October 5, 2023
Time: 09:00 to 18:00 (CET)
Venue: Amadeus Main Site, 485 route du Pin Montard, 06560 Sophia Antipolis, France
LACE Summit 2023 – Unleashing the Power of Lean-Agile Transformation
The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) Summit is an Europewide event dedicated to advancing Agile practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. It brings together Lean-Agile experts to share insights, exchange knowledge and latest strategies, and drive the Agile transformation journey for organizations worldwide.
Amadeus is hosting for the second time the LACE Summit, building upon the success of the previous year, which brought together representatives from companies like Amadeus, Orange, Renault, Vodafone, and Scaled Agile Inc., we are thrilled to continue the momentum in 2023.
This year, we are unleashing the power of lean-agile transformation, participants will hear inspiring stories of real-world impact, resolve LACE-related issues, forge valuable connections, and gain practical insights from organizations at the forefront of Lean-Agile transformation.
*What to expect:
- Engaging panel discussions with industry experts to gain diverse perspectives and best practices for scaling Agile
- Interactive workshops to enhance Lean-Agile skills
- Networking opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals
- Access to cutting-edge Agile solutions, tools, case studies, and best practices to solve challenges
*The event content will be personalized depending on the participants’ submissions and slight variations might apply.
Discussions and workshops will focus on 5 different themes around the experiences of building/being in a LACE:
- Facilitating the transformation
- Managing the transformation backlog
- Fostering the Lean-Agile Learning
- Coaching Leadership
- Supporting Lean Portfolio Management
Agenda
Title: LACE Organization at Orange Business
Pitch: N/A
Time: 11:00 – 11:45 CET
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Speaker: Sophie
MONTET
Title: The Value Stream Workshop
Time: 11:00 – 12:30 CET
Pitch: Meet Rock (a great hunter from Prehisville) and
learn how to identify and optimize your business value stream to offer him the
best products to solve his problem.
* Please note that for the workshop, there are only
14 slots available. It will be first-come-first-serve basis. You will be
able to register on the day of the event.
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Speaker: Olivier
TOFFIN
Title: Agile for
Hardware: myth or reality?
Time: 11:45 – 12:30
CET
Pitch: Why is Agility relevant for Hardware Product
development? What does it bring to organizations? What are the challenges to
overcome? I will share with you testimonies and lessons learned from concrete
experiments with electronic and electromechanical products at Schneider
Electric.
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Speaker: David
MOURRAT
Title: Agile by the
teams: at the heart of a transformation like no other
Time: 13:30 – 14:15
CET
Pitch: The
Agile transformation in large enterprises is often associated with a change
that is imposed and therefore experienced passively by teams, but this is not
always the case. At the helm of the Agile Center of a major bank, I am both a
participant and a witness to a transformation unlike any other, initiated by
the teams and supported by the Agile Center.
During
this conference, we will explore the key stages of this unusual approach,
drawing on tangible experience and the results already observed. You will
discover how teams and organizations took the initiative to rally and adopt an
Agile approach that suits them, each at their own level. And how the Agile
Center grew with them and provided them with the necessary tools, training, and
advice.
If
you're interested in discovering the key stages of a different Agile
transformation with teams and human beings at the center, as well as the
benefits that an Agile Center can bring to facilitate this transition, this
conference is for you.
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Speakers: Mikael LABY
& Pierre MAHIEU
Title: SAFe
transformation & growth at Airbus
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
CET
Pitch: Pioneering
sustainable aerospace requires breakthrough technologies, processes, and
methods. As we approach the 6th anniversary of the launch of agile
transformation on a large scale at Airbus Engineering, we reflect on the
successes and the challenges we faced along the way.
Discover
with us the key transformation stages and all that we have learned during our
journey transforming the Digital Engineering of Airbus.
What
started with a single Agile Release Train and has grown into a full Scaled
Agile portfolio, interacting with other Airbus enterprise portfolios.
If
you think large scale agility is not suitable for a context with 2000+
applications and 2000+ people, we will change your mind
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Speakers:
Odile MOREAU & Michele LANZINGER
Title: How to
successfully accelerate the LACE impact in your SAFe transformation
Time: 13:30 – 15:00
CET
Pitch: Applying the eight flow accelerators, we will
go through ways LACE leaders can relentlessly improve their transformation
impediment thanks to a modified Inspect & Adapt Problem-solving canvas. You
will go through the five steps with your peers and share and refine your
improvement proposals.
* Please note that for the workshop, there are only
14 slots available. It will be first-come-first-serve basis. You will be able
to register on the day of the event.
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Speaker: Alena KECK
Title: How to Prepare
Your Lean-Agile Center of Excellence for Success
Time: 15:15 – 16:00
CET
Pitch: Are you curious to find out how a successful
LACE team can look like and how it organizes its activities?
How
does it evolve over time and what challenges it is facing?
In
this session Alena Keck, Head of LACE at Vodafone will share personal insights
and practical recommendations how to set up your LACE team for success.
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Speaker: Sandra
BELLONG
Title: Being an agile
coach and/or driving an agile transformation: what is the career path ahead?
Time: 15:15 – 16:45 CET
Pitch: Handling an agile or SAFe role is sometimes
challenging in terms of career growth and evolutions. How do you value a career
path to recognize the Agile and SAFe roles? This workshop intends sharing with
attendees every company’s progress and challenges on developing a career path
for Agile.
Please come prepared with your current state of Agile jobs such as evolutions, training curriculum, grading levels, reporting lines, etc.
* Please note that for the workshop, there are only
14 slots available. It will be first-come-first-serve basis. You will be able
to register on the day of the event.
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Speaker: Mylene
BOUTET
Title: Being a manager
in a LACE
Time: 16:00 – 16:45 CET
Pitch: Imagine a world where change is constant,
processes are continually questioned, and every initiative is scrutinized. This
is the daily reality for LACE managers. Join us for an insightful
experience-sharing session with Mylene Boutet, who will present her journey and
the challenges of being a manager in a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).
Discover how she navigates the demanding world of agile coaches, passionate
'why' seekers, and tireless change agents, shedding light on essential skills
and strategies for thriving in a LACE. “I’ll try to unveil the secrets of
effective change management in a LACE, where questioning is the norm, and the
pursuit of role modelling is relentless. For that I’ll share my time on stage
with Juan Leandro and Sridhar, LACE managers at Amadeus as well, to hear from
their recent start in this environment”.
Speakers
Alena KECK
Head of Lean-Agile Center of Excellence, Vodafone
In her previous roles she held different international positions in Europe and in the US and helped large global organizations in automotive to overcome challenges on their agile transformation journey. Alena started her agile journey at Daimler’s incubator known as “Lab1886”. Later on she was a strong catalyst of the Scaled Agile Transformation at the Digital Solution Centre at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA, led lean-agile transformation in 5 locations in the US and Mexico for Advanced Safety product line at Aptiv and most recently was part of Lean-Agile Centre of Excellence at Porsche, connecting transformation to the Digital Strategy and implementing Lean Portfolio Management
Sandra BELLONG
Head of Lean-Agile Center of Excellence, Amadeus
Head of the Amadeus Lean-Agile Center of Excellence reporting to both CTO and People & Culture divisions (former HR), Sandra has an extensive background in business analysis, release management, and project management. She has been working in R&D teams prior joining the Scaled Agile transformation program. She started working with Agile since 2009 as a Scrum Master and has then developed and deployed Scaled Agile at Amadeus since 2015. She leads the Enterprise Agility Program meant to deploy SAFe and the Lean-Agile mindset globally. As such, she has run tenth of Scaled Agile implementations and driven transversal topics such as job and roles evolutions, management evolution, remote and global training strategy, etc. Sandra is also SAFe Practice Consultant Trainer (SPCT for Amadeus).
Michele LANZINGER
SAFe Strategic Advisor and SPCT, Scaled Agile
Michele Lanzinger was born in Italy. He has studied business administration at Università Cattolica in Milan and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He has worked in several consulting firms in Europe and founded and supported some startups in different sectors. Since 2014 Michele has focused on Agile transformation and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), supporting many transformations around Europe. He is a very experienced coach and trainer. He is SAFe Strategic Advisor and SPCT at Scaled Agile, helping partners and enterprises implement business agility across EMEA.
Odile MOREAU
SAFe Strategic Advisor and SPCT, Scaled Agile
Odile has 20+ years of experience helping profit and non-profit organizations in the fields of IT Service Management, Business Information Management, and Software Engineering across Europe. Over the last 10 years, Odile has been helping leaders and teams adopt Lean and Agile values, mindset, principles, and practices at scale. Working as a Strategic advisor, Scaled Agile instructor, and consultant, Odile loves inspiring people and helping them develop the necessary skills, competencies, and behaviors in order to take the first step in improving and changing the way they work.
Mylène BOUTET
Manager & Agile Coach, Amadeus
As part of the Amadeus Agile center of expertise, Mylène has participated in numerous SAFe transformations. She is the manager of a team of Agile coaches and Ambassador of the Amadeus Agile human resources community (“People and Culture”). Before joining and helping to form the Amadeus Agile division in 2017, Mylene was Product Manager on product portfolios relating to airline passenger loyalty as well as on the Amadeus API portal (Amadeus for developer).
Pierre MAHIEU
Airbus
Pierre Mahieu is an electronics engineer and has 30 years' experience in the aeronautics industry. In this context, he had the opportunity to manage teams in various fields such as development, production, customer support for airlines, product quality and program management. He was also leader of transformation projects involving several centers of competence. With his experiences, he has developed his skills in the field of lean and agility over the past 5 years.
Mikael LABY
Airbus
Mikael Laby is Responsible of the deployment of transformation methods in Airbus commercial Engineering (Lean, Agile, Design thinking, Model Based System Engineering, data analytics, Modeling & Simulations …). Leading a team of 25 experts and coaches to increase operational excellence of Airbus Engineering and prepare Airbus in launching next generation aircrafts
Olivier TOFFIN
Agile transformation leader and coach, Schneider Electric
I hold an Engineering Master's Degree from Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France. I have held various managerial positions at Schneider Electric in France, Germany, Singapore, and India, including 10 years in Industrialization, 10 years in new Product Development (Hardware, Software, complex Systems), and 5 years leading Digital and Agile transformation.
Sophie MONTET
Engie
Having been with the group for 29 years, I've been lucky enough to be able to take advantage of many successive transformations to learn continuously and understand what changing the way we work implies. That's why I set up the Agile Center (our Group LACE), to help organizations and people in this profound transformation within the ENGIE group.
David MOURRAT
Head of Agile Center & Agile & Lean coach, Crédit Agricole CIB
I’m Head of the Agile Center By CACIB, and Lean & Agile coach. With a background of developer and team leader, I discovered and started working in Agile in 2007. I created the Agile Center by CACIB in 2016 to meet the demand from teams to work in Agile. Today, I lead a team of 20 internal and external coaches to support people, teams, and organizations in their Agile transformation within CACIB.
Yoann REGARDIN
Orange