| Day 1- Monday |
June 25, 2018 |
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| Location: |
Hilton Garden Inn Troy Hotel, Michigan (HGI) 200 Wilshire Dr., Troy, MI 48084 |
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| 6:30PM - 7:15PM |
Welcome briefing - information package will be provided |
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Italian Delegates, Italian Association Partners, Italian Trade Agency |
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| Day 2 - Tuesday |
June 26, 2018 |
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| 8:15 AM |
Depart HGI hotel to Sterling Heights (MI) |
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| Location |
DC3S | Center for Collaboration and Synergy 7205 Sterling Ponds Ct, Sterling Heights, MI 48312
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| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration |
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| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM |
Welcome Remarks |
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● Marco Saladini - Italian Trade Agency Chicago |
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● Ann Williams - DC3S |
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● Maria Manca - Consul General of Italy in Detroit |
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Moderator - Mike Lee - Crain's Detroit Business Managing Editor
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| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM |
Advanced manufacturing: past trends, prospects and government policies |
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● William Strauss - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
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● Maurizio Forte - Italian Trade Agency New York |
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● Michael Molnar - National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Automotive manufacturing and new technologies: trends and challenges |
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● Maurizio Reggiani - Automobili Lamborghini |
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● Carlo Pignatari - Clust-ER Meccatronica e Motoristica |
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● Edoardo Sabbioni - Politecnico di Milano |
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● Louis J Donato - SAE International |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Industry 4.0 is now: advanced manufacturing and robotics at work |
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● Bob Doyle - A3 - Association for Advancing Automation |
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● Paolo Rocco - Politecnico di Milano |
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● Vincenzo Lettieri - Federmacchine |
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● Martin Kinsella - Comau |
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| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Invest in Italy: a competitive platform for automotive and advanced manufacturing |
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● Anthony Mannara - Italian Trade Agency New York |
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● Andrea Boscolo - General Motors |
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| 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch & Learn: Innovation and the automotive supply chain |
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● Senthil Virthachalam - IBM |
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| 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM |
Research centers and academic institutions building public-private partnerships |
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● Luca Settineri - Politecnico di Torino |
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● Steve Shade - Purdue University |
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● Rosanna Fornasiero - Italian Technology Cluster - Intelligent Factories |
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| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Break |
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| 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Scheduled Business Meetings |
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| 6:00 PM |
Optional shuttle to HGI hotel |
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| 6:40 PM |
Optional shuttle from HGI hotel to dinner |
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| Location: |
Andiamo Warren Restaurant - 7096 E 14 Mile Rd, Warren, MI 48092 |
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| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Networking dinner for Conference Speakers, Local Partner Representatives and Italian Delegates - by invitation only |
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| 9:00 PM |
Transfer to HGI hotel |
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| Day 3 - Wednesday |
June 27, 2018 |
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| 8:30 AM |
Depart Hilton Garden Inn Troy, Michigan |
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| 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Visit of FCA - Chrysler World Class Manufacturing Academy (fully booked) |
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| 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch stop and transfer to Comau |
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| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Visit of Comau Innovation Center |
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| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Delegates may want to choose one of the two options below |
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1. Site visit to LIFT |
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2. Site visit to Wayne State University |
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| 5:45 PM |
Transfer to IABC event or HGI hotel |
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| 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM |
Optional Networking event at IABC |
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| 7:30 PM |
Transfer from IABC to HGI hotel |
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| Day 4 - Thursday |
June 28, 2018 |
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| Location: |
Sterling Heights, MI - Chicago, IL |
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| 7:00 AM |
Departure from HGI hotel to Purdue University |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Visit of Purdue University - Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) - Hammond, Indiana |
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| 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Lunch stop and transfer to DMDII |
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| 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Visit of Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) - Chicago |
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| 5:30 PM |
Transfer to the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago |
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| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Networking event at the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago with the presence of the Consul General of Italy, Giuseppe Finocchiaro |
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| 8:30 PM |
Transfer from Chicago, IL to Holiday Inn Rockford |
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| Day 5 - Friday |
June 29, 2018 |
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| Location: |
Holiday Inn Rockford Hotel (HIR) - 7550 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108 |
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| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Business meetings |
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| 11:00 AM |
Transfer to restaurant |
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| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch with Mayor of Rockford and RAEDC |
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| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Travel to Northern Illinois University |
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| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Depart NIU. Conclusion of program. |
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*The Conference agenda is subject to change
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