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Katie Anderson's Speaking Engagements and Keynotes
Below is a list of Katie Anderson’s upcoming and past speaking engagements — including keynotes, breakout sessions, and panel discussions — at professional conferences and public events around the world.
2025
Lean Solutions Summit: Talk and Leadership Workshop, Detroit, MI – September 2025
Scientific Thinking at Work: Workshop, Cincinnati, OH – September 2025
Kata Rendezvous + HEC Montreal: Keynote and Workshop, Montreal, Canada – June 2025
DemingDays / DevOpsDays Atlanta: Keynote, Atlanta, GA – April 2025
AME Back to Basics: Keynote, Virtual Summit – March 2025
Lean Enterprise Institute Lean Summit: Breakout Talk, Atlanta, GA – March 2025
2024
Results Washington Lean Conference: Keynote, Virtual Summit – October 2024
Lean Enterprise Institute Chile Summit: Keynote, Workshop, and Panel Discussion with James Womack, Santiago, Chile – October 2024
Lean Solutions Summit: Keynote and Workshop, Panel Discussion with Jeff Liker, Billy Ray Taylor, Nigel Thurlow, and Tilo Schwarz, Muskegon, MI – September 2024
Lean Enterprise Institute Hungary Summit: Keynote, Breakout Session, and Workshop, Budapest, Hungary – June 2024
Shingo Institute Annual Conference: Keynote (Rated Best Speaker of the Event), Accepted Shingo Publication Award, Orlando, FL – May 2024
AME Australia: Series of Leadership Talks and Workshops, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Australia – March 2024
2023
Lean Practitioners Association of Saskatchewan (LPAS): Keynote and Workshop, Saskatchewan, Canada – November 2023
Iowa Lean Consortium: Keynote, Altoona, IA – October 2023
Lean Enterprise Institute Brazil: Keynote to 1,600 Participants, 2 Mainstage Concurrent Talks, and Workshop, São Paulo, Brazil – June 2023
Central Coast Lean Summit: Keynote and Workshop, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA – April 2023
2022
QP Summit: Keynote, Virtual – November 2022
Alternative Leadership Forum: Keynote with Isao Yoshino, Virtual – Germany – November 2022
Lean Today Conference: Keynote and Workshop, Porto, Portugal – November 2022
Lean Enterprise Institute Colombia: Keynote, Workshop, and Panel Discussions, Bogotá, Colombia – October 2022
Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME): Mainstage Fireside Chat with Larry Culp, GE CEO, Dallas, TX – October 2022
Lean Institute Poland: Keynote, Breakout Sessions, and Workshop, Wrocław, Poland – September 2022
Printing United Alliance Continuous Improvement Conference: Keynote, Scottsdale, AZ – May 2022
KataCon Kata Summit: Keynote and Workshop, Jekyll Island, GA – March 2022
2021
Catalysis Annual Summit: Workshop, Virtual – June 2021
Lean Construction Institute Summit: Talk, Virtual – May 2021
2020
Results Washington Annual Lean Summit: Keynote, Virtual – October 2020
AME Annual Conference: Keynote with Isao Yoshino, Virtual – October 2020
2019
NWHPEC (Northwest High Performance Enterprise Consortium): Workshop, Portland, OR – December 2019
HAN University / EIFFEL / LIDZ: Keynote and Workshops, Various locations in the Netherlands – October 2019
San Francisco Bay Area Kata Practitioner Day: Keynote, MC, and Event Organizer, South San Francisco, CA – August 2019
Association for Manufacturing Excellence: Talks and Workshops with Isao Yoshino, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL – April/May 2019
Ohio State University Leading Through Excellence Summit: Workshop, Columbus, OH – April 2019
Lean Enterprise Institute Summit: Workshop, Houston, TX – March 2019
2018
HAN University IMPACT2018 Symposium: Keynote and Workshop, Nijmegen, Netherlands – October 2018
European Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit: Breakout Sessions and Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands – October 2018
Association for Manufacturing Excellence: Masterclass on Lean Leadership and Hoshin Kanri, South San Francisco, CA – July 2018
Lean Enterprise Institute – Lean Transformation Summit: Talk and Workshop, Nashville, TN – March 2018
2017 and Earlier
European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC): Keynote and Workshop, Nijmegen Netherlands – November 2017
Catalysis Lean Healthcare Summit: Workshop, Palm Springs, CA – June 2017
Lean Enterprise Institute: Workshop, Seattle, WA – April 2017
Lean Transformation Summit: Workshop, Carlsbad, CA – March 2017
Lean Coaching Summit: Breakout Sessions, Minneapolis, MN – July 2016
Temple University Japan: Workshop, Tokyo, Japan – April 2016
Australasian Lean Summit and Lean Healthcare Symposium: Keynote and Workshop, Australia – May 2015
Lean Coaching Summit: Breakout Session, Long Beach, CA – July 2014
Katie Anderson works with global organizations to deliver in-person and virtual keynotes, leadership retreats, and inspirational custom learning experiences for organizations, including
