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Appendix A: Forum Agenda
Pages 25-26

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... 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?
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... 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 Manufactur ing and Design Ursula M
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