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Wednesday, May 1

2024 Manufacturing@MIT Symposium

Join leaders from industry, academia, and the public sector Wed, May1 for Manufacturing@MIT’s symposium Bringing New Manufacturing to Scale.

By Manufacturing@MIT Working Group

Date and time

Wednesday, May 1 · 8am - 8pm EDT

Location

MIT Wong Auditorium

2 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA 02142

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Agenda

9:05 AM - 9:15 AM

Welcome and Introduction

John Hart, Professor and Head, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering; Co-Director, Manufacturing@MIT Working Group

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Defining "New Manufacturing"

Suzanne Berger, Institute Professor of Political Science, MIT Followed by a discussion withMike Daly, EVP, Hypertherm; Colin Cutts, VP, G&T Manufacturing; Christian Thoenes, Former Chairman, DMG MOR...

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Triple Zero Framework in Manufacturing

Charly Mwangi, General Partner, Eclipse Ventures

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Supply Chain Resiliency and the Need for Stress Tests

David Simchi-Levi, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Where are the Good Manufacturing Jobs?

Ben Armstrong, Executive Director, Industrial Performance Center, MIT; Nathan Wilmers, Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Innovation Addition? The Case of New Batteries

Dan Steingart, Professor of Chemical Metallurgy, Columbia University

1:15 PM

Next-Gen AI for Design and Manufacturing

Faez Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Jeff Kinder, EVP Product Development and Manufacturing Solutions, Autodesk; Julie Shah, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT;...

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

The Federal Role in Semiconductor Leadership: A CHIPS for America Update

Richard-Duane Chambers, Director, Policy and Integration, NIST CHIPS R&D Office

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Global Trade and Logistics in an Evolving Policy Environment

Willy Shih, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Perspectives on Scaling New Manufacturing Companies

Kyle Clark, Founder and CEO, Beta Technologies; David Lakatos, Chief Product Officer, FormLabs; Moderated by David Mindell, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Dibner Professor of the Histo...

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

Closing Remarks

John Hart, Professor and Head, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Reception

About this event

12 hours

“New manufacturing” is a vision for the next era of production that involves scaling of new technologies and companies, prioritizes sustainability and resilience, and creates high-quality jobs, strengthening the US and world economy. On May 1 we will discuss these themes and envision a path forward.

Confirmed speakers include:

Suzanne Berger, Institute Professor, MIT
Richard Duane-Chambers, NIST CHIPS R&D Office
Jeff Kinder, Executive VP of Design and Manufacturing, Autodesk
Charly Mwangi, General Partner, Eclipse Ventures
Willy Shih, Professor, Harvard Business School
Christian Thönes, Former Chairman, DMG MORI and deep tech investor

See the agenda and videos from the 2023 Manufacturing@MIT Symposium, “Charting the Future of Production in a Time of Shifting Globalization,” here: https://mfg.mit.edu/symposium2023.

Organized by

Manufacturing@MIT Working Group

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