Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
November 14, 2011
500 5th Street, NW
The National Academies Keck Center
Room 100
Washington, DC
| 9:00AM | Welcome Charles Wessner, The National Academies |
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| 9:15AM | The National Academies Evaluation of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Philip Shapira, University of Manchester and Georgia Institute of Technologym |
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| 9:30AM | Revitalizing American Manufacturing Sridhar Kota, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
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| 10:00AM | Panel I: Introduction to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership: System Development and Strategic Orientation Moderator: Ginger Lew, Three Oaks Investmentsm |
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| The MEP in the Innovation Chain Roger Kilmer, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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1m indicates Member, National Academies Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
| Repositioning the MEP System to Meet the Global Manufacturing Challenge Mark Rice, Maritime Applied Physics Corporation and MEP Advisory Board |
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| 11:00AM | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15AM | Panel II: A Differentiated Program: New Center Initiatives Moderator: Edward Breiner, Schramm Inc.m |
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| James Watson, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting Petra Mitchell, The Catalyst Connection Robert H. Kill, Enterprise Minnesota Beth Colbert, Ohio Department of Development |
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| Discussant: Luis Proenza, University of Akronm | ||
| 12:30PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30PM | Panel III: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and High-value Manufacturing Moderator: Jamieson Brown, Subcommittee on Science and Innovation, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology |
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| The Manufacturing Imperative Gregory Tassey, Economics Analysis Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| The DVIRC Perspective on the Supply Chain Joseph J. Houldin, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center |
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| Building a Competitive Manufacturing Sector: How MEP Could Help Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve Universitym |
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| The Magnet Story: From Lean Manufacturing to Partnerships for Innovation James Griffith, MAGNET and Timken Companym |
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| 2:45PM | Coffee Break | |
| 3:00PM | Panel IV: Measuring Success—Assessment and the Demands of the New Strategy Moderator: Deborah Nightingale, Massachusetts Institute of Technologym |
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| The MEP Assessment Mechanisms Gary Yakimov, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| Evaluating MEP Evaluation Daniel Luria, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Discussant: Robin Gaster, The National Academies |
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| 4:00PM | The MEP Challenge: Group Discussion on the Industrial, Policy, and Operational Challenges Facing the MEP Chair: Philip Shapira, University of Manchester and Georgia Institute of Technologym |
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| Rob James, National Research Council, Canadam James Griffith, MAGNET and Timken Companym Luis Proenza, University of Akronm Phillip Singerman, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| 5:00PM | Adjourn | |