Pennsylvania Senate Manufacturing Caucus
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 12:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Hamill Manufacturing Company
500 Pleasant Valley Road,
Trafford, PA 15085 (Westmoreland County)
Agenda
| 12:30 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. | Light Luncheon |
| 1:00 P.M. – 1:05 P.M. | {Host}John S. Dalrymple, President (Hamill Manufacturing Company) |
| Opening remarks and introductions | |
| Bots IQ | |
| 1:05 P.M. – 1:10 P.M. | Senators Kim L. Ward and Wayne D. Fontana – Welcome and remarks |
| Caucus Objectives: | |
| * Provide research and policy developments related to manufacturing *Support efforts to draft and enact legislation beneficial to the manufacturing industry * Provide periodic briefings on pertinent issues confronting manufacturing * Assist in raising the profile of the Pennsylvania manufacturing industry * Advocate for manufacturing workforce training programs (i.e., STEM initiatives) |
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| 1:10 P.M. – 1:15 P.M. | Update on “Manufacturing Scorecard” for southwestern PA (data on 2012 output, employment, productivity, etc.) |
| *Petra Mitchell, President & CEO, Catalyst Connection | |
| 1:15 P.M. – 1:40 P.M. | Overview of the Governor’s Manufacturing Advisory Council (GMAC) recommendations, status update, identifying priorities, and determining what the next step(s) should be along with what action is required by the legislature |
| * Matthew [Matt] Zieger, President & CEO, Team Pennsylvania Foundation | |
| 1:40 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. | {Panel} Presentations on the current status of the manufacturing industry and what the future holds with regard to advances in technology (i.e., additive 3-D printing manufacturing, etc.) |
| * Irene J. Petrick, Ph.D., Professor, Penn State University and Managing Director, TrendScape Innovation Group | |
| The Future of Manufacturing | |
| Ralph L. Resnick, President & Executive Director, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and Founding Director, National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) | |
| 2:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. | {Panel} Presentations on the availability and effectiveness of workforce development programs, including the role of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and the need to promote manufacturing industry in schools |
| Steven [Steve] B. Shivak, President, SMC Business Councils | |
| Jane E. Heiple, Ph.D., President (principal) Lyceum Group, LLC (a workforce development solutions consulting firm) (under contract with SMC to manage its PA Small Business Education Foundation) | |
| Christine [Chris] M. Simcic, Secretary/Treasurer, Wojanis Hydraulic Supply Company, Inc. | |
| [Facility Tour] Following the meeting there will be 15 minute tour of the Hamill facility | |
| Additional Information:*STEM & Manufacturing Careers *Top U.S. States for new Manufacturing Jobs *3-D printing goes from sci-fi fantasy to reality *Introduction to manufacturing Class *Leadership wanted U.S. Public Opinions on manufacturing |
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