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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18329.
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Appendix A

Agenda
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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
 
9:15AM   The National Academies Evaluation of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Philip Shapira, University of Manchester and Georgia Institute of Technologym
 
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
 
    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.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18329.
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    Repositioning the MEP System to Meet the Global Manufacturing Challenge
Mark Rice, Maritime Applied Physics Corporation and MEP Advisory Board
 
11:00AM   Coffee Break
 
11:15AM   Panel II: A Differentiated Program: New Center Initiatives
Moderator: Edward Breiner, Schramm Inc.m
 
    James Watson, California Manufacturing
  Technology Consulting Petra Mitchell, The Catalyst Connection Robert H. Kill, Enterprise Minnesota Beth Colbert, Ohio Department of Development
 
    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
 
    The Manufacturing Imperative
Gregory Tassey, Economics Analysis Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology
 
    The DVIRC Perspective on the Supply Chain
Joseph J. Houldin, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
 
    Building a Competitive Manufacturing Sector: How MEP Could Help
Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve Universitym
 
    The Magnet Story: From Lean Manufacturing to Partnerships for Innovation
James Griffith, MAGNET and Timken Companym
 
2:45PM   Coffee Break
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18329.
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3:00PM   Panel IV: Measuring Success—Assessment and the Demands of the New Strategy
Moderator: Deborah Nightingale, Massachusetts Institute of Technologym
 
    The MEP Assessment Mechanisms
Gary Yakimov, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, National Institute of Standards and Technology
 
    Evaluating MEP Evaluation
Daniel 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 Technologym
 
    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
 
5:00PM   Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18329.
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The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)-- a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-- has sought for more than two decades to strengthen American manufacturing. It is a national network of affiliated manufacturing extension centers and field offices located throughout all fifty states and Puerto Rico. Qualified MEP Centers work directly with small and medium manufacturing firms in their state or sub-state region, providing expertise, services and assistance directed to foster growth, improve supply chain positioning, leverage emerging technologies, upgrade manufacturing processes, develop work force training, and apply and implement new information.

Strengthening American Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership is the summary of a symposium convened to review current operations and some of the recent MEP initiatives in the broader context of global manufacturing trends and the opportunities for high-value manufacturing companies. Business leaders, academic experts, and state and federal officials addressed the metrics and impacts of MEP and identified potential areas of improvement. The meeting drew attention to the scale and focuses of MEP, and highlighted the role it plays in supporting and enabling U.S. manufacturers to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. This report includes an overview of key issues raised at this workshop and a detailed summary of the conference presentations.

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