Manufacturing Our Future: An Economic Summit promotes industry, university
and government based research collaboration. The medical device technology
industry has been an under-recognized mainstay of the Massachusetts
economy, and it is still rapidly growing. As a high technology, health-oriented
industry, it touches every sector of the economy, from education and
research, to capital markets, to healthcare delivery, to manufacturing.
The powerful synergy created by academia, industry, and government working
together to create the medical technologies of the 21 st century, and
drive economic growth in Central Massachusetts will be discussed at
the Summit by experts from each those respective communities.
Welcome and Overview
Paul Kennedy, President Kennedy Die Castings, Inc.
Creating New Jobs in Massachusetts
The Honorable Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
How Will Central Massachusetts Compete in a Knowledge Economy
The Honorable James McGovern – Member of Congress, 3 rd Congressional
District
The Medical Technology Industry: The Merging of Technical Innovation
and Manufacturing
Tom Sommer, President MassMEDIC
The Government, University, Industry Partnership: Creating New
Ways to Move from Science to Application
Sean O’Keefe, Administrator, NASA (Invited)
Question and Answer Session
Break
Regional Socio-Political Forces Affecting New Industrial Growth
Representative Vincent Pedone
Creating New Technologies from Academic Research
Ann Hammersla, Ph.D., President-elect Association of University Technology
Management, Senior Counsel for Intellectual Property and Director,
Office of Intellectual Property Counsel
The University as a Driver of Regional Economic Development
Michael Wacholder, Ph.D., Director, Rensselaer Technology Park
Regional Socio-Political Forces Affecting New Industrial Growth
Representative Vincent Pedone
Putting it All Together: A Roadmap for Success
Timothy R. Gerrity, Ph.D., Director, WPI Bioengineering Institute
Question and Answer Session
