Seminar Series - MIT Club of Washington DC

Note: Space is available for the remaining sessions; contact Ray Daniels raphaeldaniels@alum.mit.edu to register.

The MIT Club of Washington is pleased to present its 31st annual Seminar Series on an important national topic related to science and technology. Each year, the series offers engineers, scientists, industry leaders, policy makers, and educators an opportunity to explore a specific topic in depth. Both those within and outside the Washington area MIT community gain the opportunity to develop a better understanding of recent developments and key issues.

Presentations by distinguished speakers are followed by ample time for questions and discussion. The social hour and dinner provide additional opportunities to meet the speakers, renew acquaintances, or join in stimulating discussions with other participants.

2012-2013 Topic: Rebuilding U.S. Manufacturing

The United States economy is in crisis. The strength and competitive status of its manufacturing sector have declined significantly during the last several decades. This has contributed to the mediocre performance of U.S. industrial firms and the consequent decline in jobs in that sector. The good news is that the United States now has a once-in-a-century opportunity to ride the wave of the Next Industrial Revolution. This revolution will be built upon advanced manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing (3-D printing), designer materials, and new generations of robots. Social networks will bring consumers and manufacturers closer together and shorten product cycles. Like other industrial revolutions, this confluence of technologies, social media, and new ideas will undoubtedly raise living standards, but the change will also be disruptive.

This seminar series will explore how new manufacturing technologies can take America from the widely perceived position of competitive decline to being a manufacturing powerhouse once again. As important as the technologies will be in this revolution, national policy must also support entrepreneurial thinking so that American manufacturing can be nimble in the global economy.

PROGRAM

SCHEDULE

Each session begins at 6:15 p.m. with a cash bar, followed by dinner at 7:00, and the seminar from approximately 8:00 to 9:30.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

Each of the sessions will be held at the Kenwood Club, 5601 River Road, Bethesda, MD.

From the Beltway (I-495) use Exit 39, River Road. Go toward Washington, continue 2.8 miles. At the Springfield Drive stoplight turn left into the Kenwood Club. There is plenty of free parking in the lots to the left of the clubhouse.

From DC head northwest on Massachusetts Avenue NW to Westmoreland Circle at the DC line; turn right onto Western Avenue; turn left onto River Road; proceed to 5601 River Road and turn right into the Kenwood Club.

Using mass transit take the Metro Red Line to Friendship Heights, then take the nine minute ride on the T2 Metrobus that leaves the station at 5:35, 5:55, and 6:15.

NOTE: The sessions meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, except the January session, which meets on the 3rd Tuesday.

ACCESSIBILITY

There is an elevator, accessible from outside, that brings people up to the patio level outside the registration table.

REGISTRATION AND COST

Registration will be accepted for the complete series only, though spaces are transferable for individual sessions. Reservations will be accepted in the order they are received, up to the capacity limit. The series is open to MIT Alumni/ae, their guests and all others interested in the topic. To avoid disappointment from oversubscription, we recommend early response. Federal employees may submit an approved SF-182 for payment.

The subscription cost of the Washington Seminar Series is $320 per person for members of the MIT Club of Washington and their guests, and $350 for non members, which includes dinner for each session. To register and pay by check, mail in the coupon below. Or register online and pay by credit card using MIT's SmarTrans at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=68821&groupID=1161. Club Partners only may register via e-mail to Ray Daniels to raphaeldaniels@alum.mit.edu.

QUESTIONS?

STEERING COMMITTEE

Program Committee
Chair: John Starke
Mark Joseph
Michael R. Leavitt, Ph. D.
Ray Daniels
Lynn Garland
Fred Glave
Robert Hershey, Ph. D.

SEMINAR SERIES; REBUILDING U.S. MANUFACTURING; OCT 2012 THRU MAR 2013; KENWOOD CLUB, BETHESDA, MD

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MIT Seminar Series
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Thirty-first Annual Seminar Series

Rebuilding U.S. Manufacturing

Six Monthly Dinner Seminars

October 2012 through March 2013

Kenwood Club, 5601 River Road, Bethesda, MD

PROGRAM

Tues. Oct. 9, 2012

Tues. Nov. 13, 2012

Tues. Dec. 11, 2012

Tues. Jan. 15, 2013

Tues. Feb. 12, 2013

Tues. Mar. 12, 2012