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May 5, 2005
Gov. Daniels speaks at manufacturing summit
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Leaders of manufacturing enterprises will meet May 25 on the Purdue campus to discuss how the university's 1-year-old Center for Advanced Manufacturing can work with Indiana industry to develop new processes and products.
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Manufacturing Summit IV: Advancing Manufacturing in Indiana, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Stewart Center. Online registration is available or by calling (765) 494-2758 or (800) 359-2968.
On-site registration and a poster session on faculty manufacturing-related research will take place in Stewart Center's East Foyer and Room 214. Participants will then hear from university and Indiana officials on the state and future of manufacturing in Indiana. At 9 a.m., Purdue President Martin C. Jischke will talk about goals of the summit.
Gov. Mitch Daniels will speak at 9:30 a.m. about manufacturing in the state.
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At 10:30 a.m., the Indiana Innovation Network Web site will be launched in Stewart Center, Room 214. It is sponsored by ATAIN, or Access Technology Across Indiana, a consortium of research institutions with the mission of helping promote scientific advances and developments while encouraging, supporting and facilitating the transfer of technology to industry.
The Web site is designed to promote networking events around the state focused on innovative technology areas, such as advanced materials, biotechnology, systems engineering and energy and includes a database of experts from around the state working in these emerging technology areas.
At last year's summit, Jischke announced the creation of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Purdue's Discovery Park. On July 1, John P. Sullivan, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, was tapped to lead the center. Sullivan will report on the center's first year in a 9:10 a.m. address.
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"Manufacturing is still hypercritical for the state's economic future," Sullivan said. "We're just as interested in listening to Indiana manufacturers and state policy-makers to hear how we can work together to advance the state's manufacturing prospects both now and in the future.
Following Sullivan's talk, a panel will field questions from the attendees.
Joining Sullivan on the panel will be Jischke; Patrick Kiely, president and CEO of the Indiana Manufacturers Association; state Sen. David Ford (D-Hartford City); and Michael Maurer, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. Lee Lewellen, vice president of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, will moderate the panel.
Beginning at 10:45 a.m., parallel sessions in Stewart Center will offer moderated panels on industry-university relationships, small-business issues, new technologies that cause marketplace disruptions, and innovation.
Lunch at 12:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union's North Ballroom will include remarks by Jischke; David Goodrich, president of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership; and state Rep. Joe Micon (D-Lafayette). The keynote speaker will be Norm Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corp. vice president of engineering and technology. Panelists will include industry leaders, government officials and Purdue researchers.
Afternoon parallel sessions will include a panel of Indiana legislators discussing manufacturing policy, moderated by Ford, and Sullivan will moderate a session on how to successfully use the Center for Advanced Manufacturing.
John A. Schneider, assistant vice provost for industry research and a conference organizer, said the summit provides an opportunity for Purdue leaders, Indiana manufacturers and public policy decision makers to discuss the future of manufacturing in the state.
"When you put Indiana's traditional manufacturing strength together with the university's research in manufacturing-related areas, we have the ingredients that add up to a potential competitive advantage," Schneider said. "This summit is an opportunity for Indiana industry to talk to itself and be heard by the state's legislators and decision makers."
The conference is co-sponsored by the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Purdue, the Indiana Manufacturers Association, and the 21st Century Research and Technology Fund in cooperation with TechPoint, Indiana Health Industry Forum, Indiana Economic Development Corp. and Purdue's Technical Assistance Program.
Writer: Mike Lillich, (765) 494-2077, mlillich@purdue.edu
Sources: Martin C. Jischke, (765) 494-9708
John Sullivan, (765) 494-3344, sulivan@purdue.edu
John A. Schneider, (765) 494-5532, jas@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
PHOTO CAPTION:
Gov. Mitch Daniels spoke today (Wednesday, May 25) at Summit IV: Advancing Manufacturing in Indiana, which took place on Purdue University's West Lafayette campus. More than 400 manufacturers, state government representatives
and academics spent the day discussing how they can work better together to keep a strong manufacturing base for the Indiana economy. Daniels said, "Manufacturing had better advance or we [as a state] won't." (Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger)
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