Jobs and innovation: Leaders to gather for Northeast Regional Meeting of Advanced Manufacturing Partnership on Nov. 28

MIT president will host leaders from industry, government and academia to discuss advanced manufacturing in America, jobs and innovation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- On Monday, Nov. 28, MIT President Susan Hockfield will host leaders from industry, government and academia to discuss specific ways the United States can boost advanced manufacturing in an effort to provide the basis for high-quality jobs for Americans and the maintenance of U.S. competitiveness in the 21st century. The group is gathering for the northeast regional meeting of the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), which President Barack Obama established this summer, naming Hockfield as national co-chair of the AMP Steering Committee, along with Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical. Confirmed participants include:

• The Hon. Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts
• Greg Bialecki, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, MA
• Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
• Kaigham (Ken) Gabriel, Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Subra Suresh, Director of the National Science Foundation
• Gururaj (Desh) Deshpande, Chairman of Sparta Group
• Raymond S. Stata, Chairman and Founder of Analog Devices

The group will discuss technology development; education and workforce; facility and infrastructure sharing; and policies to ensure a fertile innovation environment. Leaders of AMP’s work streams will give updates on their efforts.

This meeting is sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A southeast regional AMP meeting was held on Oct. 14 at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

WHEN:
Monday, Nov. 28, 2011
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE:
Cambridge Marriott
Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

MEDIA RSVP
RSVP is required. Register online at http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1027828 . Select "Press/Media" from the drop-down menu for appropriate credentials. available at http://www.mit.edu/manufacturing/amp/event/ .

The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership is guided by a Steering Committee, which operates within the framework of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). PCAST is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers who directly advise the President of the United States and the Executive Office of the President. PCAST makes policy recommendations in the many areas where understanding of science, technology, and innovation is key to strengthening our economy and forming policy that works for the American people. The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee has as its members major manufacturers and eminent university leaders. This regional meeting is an important step in hearing the views of additional companies and universities, as well as state governments, labor, and other organizations.