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Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Agenda Monday, 14 November 2011 500 5th Street, NW The National Academies Keck Center, Room 100 Washington, DC 20001
9:00AM Welcome Charles Wessner, The National Academies 9:15AM The National Academies Evaluation of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Philip Shapira, University of Manchester and Georgia Institute of Technology m 9:30AM Revitalizing American Manufacturing Sridhar Kota, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 10:00AM Panel I: Introduction to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership: System Development and Strategic Orientation Moderator: Ginger Lew, Three Oaks Investmentsm MEP’s Place in the Innovation Chain Roger Kilmer, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Repositioning the MEP System to Meet the Global Manufacturing Challenge Mark Rice, Maritime Applied Physics Corporation and Chair, MEP Advisory Board 11:00AM Coffee Break 11:15AM Panel II: A Differentiated Program: New Center Initiatives Moderator: Edward Breiner, Schramm Inc Bob Kill, Enterprise Minnesota PetraMitchell, Catalyst Connection Beth Colbert, Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership James Watson, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting Discussant: Luis Proenza, University of Akronm 12:30PM Lunch: 3rd Floor Cafeteria 1:30PM Panel III: Small and Medium Businesses and High Value Manufacturing Moderator: Jamieson Brown, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology The Manufacturing Imperative Greg Tassey, National Institute of Standards and Technology Small Manufacturers: Building Value in Supply Chains Joseph Houldin, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC) Building Value Through Public-Private Partnerships Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve Universitym The Magnet Story: From Lean Manufacturing to Partnerships for Innovation James Griffith, Timkenm 2:45PM Coffee Break 3:00PM Panel IV: Measuring Success – Assessment and the Demands of the New Strategy Moderator: Deborah Nightingale, MITm The MEP Assessment Mechanisms Gary Yakimov, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Issues and Challenges in Assessing MEP Dan Luria, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Discussant: Robin Gaster, The National Academies 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 Technology m Rob James, National Research Council Canadam James Griffith, Timken m Phillip Singerman, National Institute of Standards and Technology Luis Proenza, University of Akronm 5:00PM Adjourn to Reception
m indicates Member, National Academies Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
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