Monday, September 28, 2026

Pre-Conference Workshops

Half day workshop

Peter Palmér + Bengt Johansson, LPPDE – Lean Product and Process  Development Basics

This introductory workshop tells the history of LPPD, including a deep dive in some of the models. We will explore the different principles and methods needed to create a well working system for your product development.

• Create usable knowledge
• The role of the chief engineer
• Create teams of responsible experts
• Practice set-based innovation
• Create flow

We will also discuss the similarities and differences with Agile and how to integrate it in the system as well as how to use AI in a smart way.

Bengt Johansson has spent his entire working life at ASSA ABLOY and has seen the company grow to a global champion. Bengt has been working around 25 years with product development in different roles, production engineering, through quality management and product development. The latest 15 years Bengt spent in ASSA ABLOYs Lean Innovation program where he has been the Global Lean Innovation Manager the latest 8 years.

Peter Palmér has extensive experience in lean management in both production and product development, as well as experience of leadership in other cultures. With 18 years of experience within production, engineering and quality followed by 20 years in various management positions in product development Peter has many stories to tell. Since the beginning of the 1990es he has been closely involved with the Scania Way development journey both in Sweden and South America.

Peter is a frequent speaker at international and national conferences on the subject of LPD and leadership. Peter has been working closely with LPPDE since the organization's start 2008 including seven years on the LPPDE board with a second period started 2023. Through LPPDE Peter has organized and chaired or co-chaired many conferences in Europe and in the US. Since the end of 2020 he chairs the monthly LPPDE Virtual Summits, a three-hour learning exchange with three different speakers. He is a member of various LPD-networks and has co-developed LPD training courses with Chalmers Professional Education and The KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Lunch

Half day workshop

Andy Wagner + Peter Palmér, LPPDE – The Wright Brothers were the First to use LPPD

We dive in to the Product Development approach the Wright Brothers had, from where and how they started until the first successful flight. The Wright Brothers had no formal theoretical training but had a lot of experience from their bicycle repair shop with very scarce resources, but they had a common vision: To fly!

This is the story of how they detected their critical knowledge gaps, used their ingenuity to define how to test and build knowledge to ultimately achieve their goal. We will also analyze rhe Product Development system the Wright Brothers created.

Andy Wagner is a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow in Production Engineering with over 25 years of cross-functional engineering experience in aerospace manufacturing. With a resume spanning the Jeep Wrangler, GE CF34 and F404/414 Engine Families, and the Boeing 787 and 737 programs, Andy now supports Boeing Commercial Airplanes Product Development organization.

Andy has been a lifelong student of continuous improvement, practicing Six Sigma, Lean, and Theory of Constraints, and is not afraid to find hybrid solutions between them to address specific problems. He attended his first LPPDE in 2014 and presented for the first time in 2024. The connection between the Wright Brothers story and lean product development has become a personal passion project.

Peter Palmér has extensive experience in lean management in both production and product development, as well as experience of leadership in other cultures. With 18 years of experience within production, engineering and quality followed by 20 years in various management positions in product development Peter has many stories to tell. Since the beginning of the 1990es he has been closely involved with the Scania Way development journey both in Sweden and South America.

Peter is a frequent speaker at international and national conferences on the subject of LPD and leadership. Peter has been working closely with LPPDE since the organization's start 2008 including seven years on the LPPDE board with a second period started 2023. Through LPPDE Peter has organized and chaired or co-chaired many conferences in Europe and in the US. Since the end of 2020 he chairs the monthly LPPDE Virtual Summits, a three-hour learning exchange with three different speakers. He is a member of various LPD-networks and has co-developed LPD training courses with Chalmers Professional Education and The KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Full day workshop

Rick Pedersen, Owner at Old Norse, LLC – Practicing Advanced LPPD  – Applying The Methods You’ve Heard About

You’ve probably heard of Concurrent Development, Set-Based Design, Trade-off Curves and other methods and tools to improve your product development system.  Join us for this 1-day workshop to gain hands-on experience applying these concepts and take back skills you can directly apply in your organization.

This workshop is for the more advanced participants who wants to step into the wonderful world of LPPD.

Rick Pedersen is a Continuous Improvement leader with enterprise-wide experience. He has a demonstrated history of effectively leading change across all functions and at all levels of an organization to improve business performance. Rick is skilled in leading teams, coaching and developing people, and achieving change through influence. His unique experience includes integrating business process with IT and the application of lean thinking to all areas of the enterprise from Voice of Customer through Product Development and Supply Chain. Rick has a strong technical and business background in a variety of industries provides broad perspective and versatility.