Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
MARCH 27, 2003
Welcome and Remarks
Robert Hermann, Chair, Forum Planning Committee
Keynote Address
Samuel W. Bodman, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
Setting the Scene: The Value of Manufacturing
Session Moderator: Gary Fischman, Biomedical Materials and Applications Consultant
Thomas Eagar
Thomas Lord Professor of Materials Engineering and Engineering Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Tracy
Vice President, Structural Technologies, Prototyping, and Quality
The Boeing Company
Michael Baroody
Executive Vice President, National Association of Manufacturers
Economic Perspectives on Manufacturing
Session Moderator: James B. Rice, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Zysman
Co-director
Berkley Roundtable on the International Economy
Chad Wilkerson
Research Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Ron Blackwell
Director, Corporate Affairs
AFL-CIO
The Human Element in Manufacturing
Session Moderator: Leo Reddy, CEO, NACFAM
Phyllis Eisen
Vice President, Manufacturing Institute
National Association of Manufacturers
Mark Troppe
Director of Economic and Workforce Development
National Center on Education and the Economy
Challenges and Opportunities in New Technologies
Session Moderator: Marvin DeVries, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Rebecca Taylor
Vice President, Government Relations
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
Gregory Cardinale
Sandia National Laboratories
Arden Bement, Jr.
Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Implications of Globalization on Manufacturing
Session Moderator: James J. Thompson, Office of the Secretary of Defense
John F. Cassidy, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Science and Technology
United Technologies Corporation
Charles Wade
Senior Consultant
Technology Forecasters
Margaret Eastwood
Vice President, Solutions
Motorola, Inc. (retired)
MARCH 28, 2002
View from the Hill
Session Moderator: Gary Fischman, Biomedical Materials and Applications Consultant
Olwen Huxley, Professional Staff Member
House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards
Kristen Sarri, Legislative Director
Northeast-Midwest Coalition, Office of Senator Jack Reed
Major Drivers for Manufacturers
Session Moderator: Carol Gardinier, Chair, Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel
Barbara Sotirin and Robert Rohde
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)
Robert W. “Buddy” Garland
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Industrial Technologies
Eugene Meieran
Intel Corporation
Important Dilemmas for Manufacturers
Session Moderator: Delcie Durham, National Science Foundation
Anthony C. Mulligan
President and CEO
Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc.
Stephen Sleigh
Director of Strategic Resources
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Summary session, with comments by the committee chair
