The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S. (Day 2)

May 8-9, 2012. The MIT Leaders for Global Operations program (MIT LGO), in partnership with the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and the Forum for Supply Chain Innovation, brings together an impressive roster of industry leaders, MIT faculty, government and labor representatives.

  1. This is the second day of the conference. To see the commentary from Day 1, see "The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S. (Day 1)" on Storify. 
  2. Yesterday's @MITlgo conference, The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S., storify from @hatchsteph: bit.ly/KaKkUt #mitmfg
  3. Interested in following along with the #MIT Future of #Manufacturing Conference? Try this bit.ly/IQq2hY #Revisit #MITMFG
  4. Towards a Renaissance in Manufacturing

    John Bryson, United States Secretary of Commerce 

  5. John Bryson posted content to Twitter during his talk. The full report was posted by the U.S. Commerce Department Twitter account:
  6. Follow the comments on Twitter:
  7. New Colombia trade agreement goes into effect next Tuesday. More than 80% of our exports to Colombia will be duty-free immediately. #MITmfg
  8. #MITMFG Secretary Bryson: The US needs to educate and train capable people for manufacturing -- from MIT LGO to Comm Colleges.
  9. John Bryson expressing the aggressive efforts of US gvt to onshore more of the mfg base, and build skilled workforce to that end #MITmfg
  10. #MITmfg @CommerceSec points to critical role of programs like @MITlgo in producing #STEM leaders for advanced #manufacturing
  11. We need the right people with the right skills to fill the 1000s of good jobs that are open. The key to that is in #STEM education. #MITmfg
  12. #MITMFG Secretary Bryson: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) educated workers are key to prosperity. We need more.
  13. We need to “staple” green cards to the STEM degrees of foreign students who have job offers here & who can help us drive innovation #MITmfg
  14. Our @NIST_MEP has 1,400 experts across 50 states. And every $1 we invest, the MEP program generates about $30 in sales growth. #MITmfg
  15. POTUS calls for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation to concentrate on areas of advanced, manufacturing-related research. #MITmfg
  16. #MITMFG Secretary Bryson: New program: nat'l network for mfg innov -- 15 institutes for Adv Mfg research to support schools & businesses
  17. #MITmfg @CommerceSec : National Network for #Manufacturing Innovation to create 15 national sites; asks for comment on their focus @MITlgo
  18. #MITMFG Secretary Bryson: New call for proposals to support clusters in AdvMfg: Jobs and Innovator accelerator challenge
  19. #MITmfg @CommerceSec announces call for proposals, road show to support existing clusters in advanced #manufacturing @scottkirsner
  20. Commerce Comes to Your Town on its way to ensure @CommerceGov tools are highly visible & accessible to all U.S. manufacturers. #MITmfg
  21. The #MITlgo conference on the future of US #manufacturing continues today. Follow the conversation #MITmfg
  22. #MITMFG Secretary Bryson: New initiative: "Commerce comes to your town" We need to be visible and accessible to all manufacturers.
  23. I’m confident that U.S. manufacturers will indeed lead us toward a renaissance in American manufacturing in the years ahead. #MITmfg

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