Join us in San Diego on March 28 - 29, 2023 for professional exchange, sessions, workshops, games, competitions and Community Pavilion exhibits to inspire organizations and individuals to share, learn, begin or advance their continuous improvement journey.

Celebrating Continuous Improvement at UC San Diego

What started in 2017 as a unique event focused on business process improvement has spawned a universitywide embrace of continuous improvement and business excellence.

Process Palooza is now a recurring event. All are welcome - UC San Diego staff, as well as those from other UCs, Cal State campuses and the international business community. 

Our goal with Process Palooza is to change culture by growing a continuous improvement mindset. We do this by sparking an interest in, and commitment to, continuous process improvement by learning from one another and seeing it in action. This fun-filled, highly engaging event has even been adapted into a virtual format while campus gatherings remain restricted. No matter the format, Process Palooza promisies inspiring speakers and presentations, a process improvement competition, and networking and relationship building. 

More Than an Event

This is not just an event, it’s a movement! Beyond a one-time event, Process Palooza spawned a universitywide embrace of continuous improvement and business excellence. The first-of-its-kind event hit a max capacity of 500 participants, resulted in 30 practical improvement ideas across two large campus processes, engaged all VC areas, and launched two core initiatives to sustain this mindset shift: Lean Bench and Business Excellence Community of Practice. 

Your 2023 Process Palooza registration provides live, in-person access to: 

• 12+ concurrent workshops and sessions*         
• Keynote, general plenary, live entertainment
• The Great Innovate live competition and “play along” opportunity
• The Great Innovate awards ceremony
• Competitor meet and greet
• All-day entry to the Community Pavilion for dedicated networking, communities of practice, poster sessions, and product discovery
• Games, activities, campus tour
• Entry into raffle for amazing prizes
• 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, refreshments 

Virtual registration provides access to: 

• 3-5 livestreamed workshops and sessions (10am, 11am, 3pm PST)* 
• Livestreamed keynote, general plenaries, entertainment (8:30am PST)
• Livestreamed The Great Innovate awards ceremony (1:30pm PST)

*Process Palooza registered attendees will receive post-event, online access to session recordings