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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Donald J Leo

COMMONWEALTH CENTER FORADVANCED MANUFACTURING: Amodel for public-private partnership inadvanced manufacturingDonald J. LeoVice President and Executive DirectorNational Capital RegionVirginia TechCCAM is a collaborative public-private partnership between industry,academia, and governmentUniversity Partners Dr. Keith Williamson Dean School of Engineering Sciences and Technology CCAM Board Member Dr. Barry Johnson Senior Associate Dean School of Engineering and Applied Sciences CCAM Board Member and Founding Chair

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Tobin Smith

2013 Engineering Deans Council Public Policy Colloquium Tobin Smith Vice President for Policy Association of American Universities February 12, 2013 Overview• The current political and fiscal climate• Key messages for Capitol Hill visits• Profile: 113th Congress and its Members The Political Climate• Polarization in Congress at a record high• In 1992, 103 members were elected from swing districts versus 35 in 2012• Senate Democrats don’t have a filibuster-proof majority• Tea Party members maintain a significant voting block in the House• Election over, but with a few exceptions, prospects for passing major legislation remain bleak Legislative Productivity:--112th

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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Mike Molnar

metrics As nodes of a network, the Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation complement each other’s capabilities Credit: B. Young/NIST Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office 2013 Engineering Deans Council Public Policy ColloquiumAgenda  NNMI Milestones and Vision  The Missing Middle Challenge – NNMI Positioning  NNMI Design Process  Institute Design

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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Thomas R Kurfess

of manufacturing• Engage and support States• Engage and support SMEs• Develop educational baseline for manufacturing• University acceptance / integration of TRL 4-9 work• Thinking in a completely new fashion 5/ 7 Global Wellbeing • Wealth creation • Sustainability / efficiency • Enabling SME’s • National well being • Secured international leadership • The United States of America – Economic Prosperity – National Security • The World“In times of change, learners inherit the earth;while the learned find themselves beautifullyequipped to deal with a world that no longerexists.” (Eric Hoffer 1902-1983) 6/ 7

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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Martin Schmidt; Theresa Kotanchek

AMP Mission StatementThe Advanced Manufacturing Partnership identifies collaborativeopportunities between industry, academia and government thatwill catalyze development and investment in emergingtechnologies, policies, and partnerships with the potential totransform and reinvigorate advanced manufacturing in the U.S. AMP Outcomes 1. Develop a permanent model for evaluating, prioritizing, and recommending federal investments in advanced manufacturing technologies 2. Recommend a set of ‘partnership projects’, focused on advancing high-impact technologies and creating models for collaboration that

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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Joseph Helble, Dartmouth; Richard Benson, Virginia Tech

Legislative UpdateFocus on:National manufacturing initiatives;Reauthorization of the COMPETES act;The federal budget outlook.Presented by:Richard Benson, Virginia Tech, andJoseph Helble, Dartmouth For Discussion only not for distribution 1 The “Secret Decoder Ring” for Manufacturing Initiatives• NNMI = National Network for Manufacturing Innovation;• MII = Manufacturing Innovation Institute;• NAMII = National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute;• PCAST = President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology;• AMP = Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. 2Call to Establish a National Network ofManufacturing Innovation Institutes (MII

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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Sridhar Kota

Innovation  Manufacturing,..(A much broader) definition according to National Academies…“Innovation commonly consists of beingfirst to acquire new knowledge through leading edgeresearch, being first to apply that knowledge to create sought-after products and services, often through world-classengineering; and being first to introduce those products andservices into the marketplace through extraordinaryentrepreneurship.”Innovation Gap: The U.S. has steadily fallen behind in the “application ofknowledge” in semiconductors, lighting, electronic displays, energy storage,computing and communications, advanced materials etc. S. KotaInnovation Policy to Establish a Robust

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2013 Public Policy Colloquium

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Ruben G Carbonell

Golden LEAF BiomanufacturingTraining & Education CenterRuben G. Carbonell, Director What is BTEC?• Simulated cGMP biopharmaceutical facility• Education and training• Process and analytical services• First and largest in the world 2Factors that led to establishment of BTEC• Strong, and rapidly growing, Biotechnology industry in North Carolina• Focused on manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals• Need for a highly-trained work force• Responsive to changing industry needs• Hands-on, large scale, cGMP experiences 538 Companies + 138 Contract Research and Testing 23.5% Growth 2001 - 2010 58,495 Employees + 226,000 Total Jobs $75,470 Average Salary $64.6 Billion Impact