Annual Meeting Forum
Making Things: 21st Century Manufacturing and Design
Monday, October 4, 2010
9:30 am – 12:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
JW Marriott Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Twenty years ago, as the U.S. consumer manufacturing sector suffered a near-death experience in the face of Japanese innovations, the MIT report Made in America concluded that, “To live well a nation must produce well.” Is this still true today? What now lies ahead in this world of globalization, open innovation, biology-based manufacturing, and next-generation robotics? How do we inspire and educate students to create the next wave of design and manufacturing breakthroughs? What will be the ramifications for jobs in the United States?
Welcome
Charles M. Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering
Moderator: Ali Velshi, Anchor and Chief Business Correspondent, CNN
Forum Discussion
Forum Participants:
Craig R. Barrett, Former Chairman and CEO, Intel Corporation
The Realities of High-Tech Manufacturing: Location and Employment
Rodney A. Brooks, Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Heartland Robotics, and MIT Professor Emeritus
The Coming Role of Robotics in Reinvigorating 21st Century Manufacturing
Lawrence D. Burns, Former Vice President for R&D and Strategic Planning, General Motors Corporation
What the Next Generation Needs to Know and Do in Manufacturing and Design
Ursula M. Burns, Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
Manufacturing: The Forward View from the Helm of a Global Consumer Products Company
Regina E. Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
How to Dramatically Shrink the Time from Concept to Product
Brett P. Giroir, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, The Texas A&M University System, and Executive Director of the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing
Biomanufacturing: The Next Frontier
David M. Kelley, Founder and Chairman of IDEO and Stanford University Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Designing Products for Real People
