Aug. 19, 2020
Join us online for the first SecureAmerica Institute Founding Members Meeting. We will unveil our first project call and provide details of strategy, management and operations.
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The national need for secure and resilient U.S. manufacturing supply chains and bold steps being taken by our nation’s legislators to achieve this vision
Overview of the current U.S. manufacturing and defense supply chain “State of Play,” including new realities facing manufacturers
Assistant Agency Director for Workforce Development and Regional Divisions
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Executive Director of SecureAmerica Institute
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Co-Director, NSA Science of Security Lablet
North Carolina State University
Harold Smalley Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Director, Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy
The Bush School of Government and Public Service
Director, Manufacturing and Logistics Innovation
Initiatives
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
*all times are listed as Central Time
9–9:10 a.m.
Welcome, Introduction and Conference Objectives – Rob Gorham
9:10–9:30 a.m.
Greetings from The Texas A&M University System – Dr. M. Katherine Banks
9:30–10:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Mark Cotteleer
10:15–10:45 a.m.
Institute Operations Overview – Rob Gorham
10:45–10:50 a.m.
Break
10:50–11:10 a.m.
Manufacturing – Dr. Chuck Zhang
11:10–11:30 a.m.
Global Value Chain – Dr. Raymond Robertson
11:30–11:50 a.m.
Education and Workforce Development – Dr. Cindy Lawley
11:50 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
Security and Resiliency – Dr. Laurie Williams
12:10–12:30 p.m.
Supply Chain – Dr. Eleftherios (Lefteris) Iakovou
12:30–1 p.m.
Lunch Break
1–1:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker – U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens
1:30–1:50 p.m.
Economic Statecraft – Dr. Will Norris
1:50–2:35 p.m.
Working Groups Breakout Session – Shaping the Value
2:35–2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45–3:15 p.m.
Report out from Breakout Session
3:15–3:45 p.m.
Inaugural Project Call Announcement – Dr. Sridhar Seetharaman
3:45–4:00 p.m.
Meeting Summary and Wrap Up – Rob Gorham
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