The 2012 Annual MIT Forum Manufacturing Survey indicated driving business growth was a top priority for manufacturers. How can manufacturers remain competitive and drive business growth successfully? The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation addresses these questions in the upcoming conference, Driving Business Growth and Competitiveness. The Forum has brought together academic, industry and government speakers, including a representative from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Joi Ito - director of the MIT Media Lab, to discuss innovation, technology, government policies and supply chain strategies that enable growth.
SPEAKERS:
Keynote Speaker
Thomas Kurfess,
Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing ASME Foundation Swanson Fellow Executive Office of the President Office of Science and Technology
Joichi Ito,
Director, MIT Media Lab
William Killingsworth,
Executive Director, MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation
Harry Moser,
Founder and CEO, Reshoring Initiative
Prof. David Simchi-Levi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology