Monday, September 25 th 1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Welcome 1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. LIFT Overview Larry Brown, Executive Director, LIFT 1:40 p.m. 1:50 p.m. Department of Defense and Manufacturing USA Update Johnnie Deloach, Office of Naval Research and LIFT Government Program Manager 1:50 p.m. 2:10 p.m. Operation Next: Preparing those who have served our country for their next mission -- civilian careers in advanced manufacturing Operation Next is an innovative training and development program designed by LIFT and being piloted at Fort Campbell, KY/TN. In honor of the 101st Airborne division headquartered at Fort Campbell, Operation Next is providing the opportunity for 101 soldiers to earn national credentials that position them as top candidates for the most in-demand manufacturing jobs in our country. Paul Perkins, President & CEO, Amatrol Eric Horton, Operation Next Program Manager, Workforce Essentials Martin Kinsella, Director, Comau and Chair, LIFT Executive Advisory Council Workforce & Education Committee
2:10 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Lightweighting the HUMVEE: Mitigating Risk To Armed Forces Personnel Working to identify and deploy a new, robust, reliable alternative to documented braking and stability problems in the current HMMWV configuration to limit risk to soldiers well-being and ensure mission successes. Thom Green, Ricardo Defense Systems, LLC 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Member Benefits Spotlight: LIFT Off Webinar Series Manufacturing Process Modules LIFT-IACMI Online Learning Hub 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Break with Activity 3:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m. Opening Minds and Hearts to Advanced Manufacturing: LIFT s MakerMinded Movement When you give a student the opportunity to create, can you empower a school a community a nation? MakerMinded is proving that building the educated and skilled workforce of the future starts with giving young people the tools to make that future today. Presenters Jacey Cavanagh, MakerMinded Communications & Coordination Wes Hall, Executive Director, Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Casey Garrison, STEM/STEAM Teacher, 5-8, Science Co-Chair, Prescott South Middle School Collin Garrison, Student, Prescott South Middle School, and Creator, Finley the Fabricator
3:50 p.m. 4:10 p.m. The Robotic Blacksmithing Challenge & Metamorphic Manufacturing LIFT hosted a national competition to ask students to develop the next generation of manufacturing technology. You will be impressed by the student winners who are envisioning a next revolution... metamorphic manufacturing. Nate Ames, Engineering Manager, Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence, The Ohio State University The winning team: Brian Thruston, BS Mechanical Engineering, to be awarded 2018 Bhuvi Nirudhoddi, Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering Alex Koenig, Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering 4:10 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Going Upstream: Aligning Technology and Talent Development Too often, we wait until emerging technologies have been developed and deployed to consider needed education and workforce (E&W) strategies. LIFT s Expert Educator Team is taking the E&W conversation upstream, learning about LIFT technologies as they are being developed, identifying needed production and design competencies, and recommending college and university curricular approaches and other strategies. Fazleena Badurdeen, Director of Graduate Studies in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Kentucky Amy Clarke, Associate Professor and Site Director, Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys, Colorado School of Mines Alan Taub, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan and Chief Technology Officer, LIFT Rebecca Taylor, Senior Vice President, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
James Woodell, Vice President for Economic Development and Community Engagement, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities 4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Day One Wrap Up and Reception Instructions 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Networking Reception The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI Tuesday, September 26 th 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 8:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Day Two Agenda Larry Brown, Executive Director, LIFT 8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. LIFT Interactive Activity 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Guest Speaker Dr. James P. Womack, Founder and Senior Advisor, Lean Enterprise Institute 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions Technology Education and Workforce Development Guests of LIFT 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch/Networking
1:30 p.m. 1:45 p.m. Improved Shipbuilding Practices: Learning from the Automotive Industry for Shipbuilding Designed to address distortion of large steel plates used in shipbuilding, this project team has taken advantage of processes from industries which weld thinner, smaller plates together the automotive industry. Jack Hu, J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan 1:45 p.m. 2:30 p.m. A Discussion: The Future of LIFT Panelists: Becky Stewart, ALMMII Board Chair Bill Tredway, Chair, LIFT Executive Advisory Council Martin Kinsella, Chair, LIFT Executive Advisory Council, Education & Workforce Committee Kristen Bloschock, Chair, LIFT Sustainability Committee 2:30 p.m. 2:50 p.m. LIFT as a Learning Lab & Launching its Internship Program: Growing the Next Generation of Lightweighting Talent In the coming year, LIFT will expand its Education & Workforce portfolio to focus on making LIFT headquarters a premier Learning Lab, launching a new Internship program and activating the space above the high bay for students, parents, teachers, partners, and manufacturers. Help shape these experiences. Emily Stover DeRocco, Director, Education & Workforce, LIFT Jacqui Mieksztyn, Michigan State LIFT Liaison Kurt Ansorge, Senior Project Manager, LIFT
2:50 p.m. -3:00 p.m. LIFT Member Benefit Spotlight Fab Lab Awards Show LIFT Virtual Reality Assembly Line Game 3:00 p.m. - 3:30p.m. Break and Interactive Activity 3:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Integrating New Technology and Processes Into LIFT How can ongoing and future LIFT Technology programs be integrated into the high-bay equipment? Specifically the linear friction welder the largest of its kind and only one available for R&D work in North America. Austin Mann, Materials and Process Engineer, Boeing Research & Technology Alan Taub, Chief Technology Officer, LIFT 4:15 p.m. 4:20 p.m. Manufacturing Day Preview 4:20 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Day Two Close Out and High-Bay Reception Information 6:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. SME Reception The Dearborn Inn s Ten Eyck Tavern 20301 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI 48124 Wednesday, September 27 th 9 a.m. Noon LIFT High Bay Member Preview and Reception 1400 Rosa Parks Boulevard, Detroit, MI