The Manufacturing Policy Initiative convened its 2016 conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on September 14. The conference outlined an aggressive agenda for the incoming president to support the crucial manufacturing sector.
Keynote speakers noted the importance of manufacturing to the national economy: It supports 12 percent of GDP directly and nearly one-third indirectly through its connections to production of natural resources, transportation, finance, and wholesale and retail trade; the sector offers above-average wages and benefits to its workers; it performs over 75 percent of research and development and is a source of around one-half of all patents in the United States; it is a major source of productivity growth and innovation; and it provides meaningful jobs and careers for both college educated and less-than college educated skilled workers.
"What the Next President Should Do About U.S. Manufacturing: An Agenda for the First 100 Days"
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Education and Manufacturing
Tom Duesterberg
Duesterberg is the former executive director of the Aspen Institute's Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century Program.
International Trade, China, and TPP
Tom Sneeringer and Terry Straub
Sneeringer is a partner at RSM US LLP.
Straub is a former senior vice president for public policy and governmental affairs at U.S. Steel.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Energy
Rob Atkinson
Atkinson is president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
U.S. Manufacturing and National Security
Scott Paul
Paul is president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
Tax Policy and Manufacturing
Hap Shashy
Shashy is a partner at King & Spalding.
U.S. Manufacturing and Regulatory Reform
Paul Noe
Noe is vice president for public policy at American Forest & Paper Association.
- Policy Recommendations to Strengthen Our Defense Industrial Base
Brigadier General John Adams, 2016 - Manufacturing Technology Policy Recommendations
Rob Atkinson, 2016 - Tax Reform for Manufacturers
Donald Bruce Ph.D., Tami Gurley-Calvez Ph.D., Matthew Murray Ph.D., June 2016 - How to Address the Skills Gap in the Manufacturing Economy
Tom Duesterberg, 2016 - America Rethinks Free Trade
Ralph Gomory, The Huffington Post, May 11, 2016 - The Impact of TPP on U.S. Manufacturing Gary Hufbauer and Tyler Moran
- The Manufacturing Value Chain Is Much Bigger Than You Think!
Daniel J. Meckstroth, Ph.D., Policy Analysis, MAPI Foundation, February 2016 - Manufacturing Matters Most
Harry Moser, Assembly Magazine, April 7, 2016 - New Dawn for Manufacturing Careers in America
Harry Moser, reshorenow.org - Reshoring Initiative: Resource Reference List
Harry Moser - To TPP or Not to TPP, That is the Question
Harry Moser, Quality Magazine, September 1, 2016 - Smarter Regulation for the American Manufacturing Economy
Paul R. Noe, August 5, 2016 - U.S. Manufacturing, China, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Stephen Vaughn, 2016
- Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Gurminder Bedi, Managing Partner, Compass Acquisitions, LLC; Industry Operating Partner, Wynnchurch Capital Ltd.; and IU SPEA Dean's Council
- Kathleen L. Benner, Associate, King & Spalding
- Tamara L. Browne, Director of Governmental Affairs, Schagrin Associates
- Alok R. Chaturvedi, Professor and Director of SEAS Laboratory, Purdue University
- Jerry N. Conover, Director, Indiana Business Research Center, IU Kelley School of Business
- Elaine M. Cooney, Chair, Department of Engineering Technology and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, IUPUI
- Lauren Donoghue, Legislative Specialist, King & Spalding
- Tom Duesterberg, Former Executive Director, The Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century Program, Aspen Institute
- Lori Garraghty, Executive Director, Development and Alumni Relations, IU SPEA
- John D. Graham, Dean, IU SPEA
- Jim Hanchett, Director, Marketing and Communications, IU SPEA
- Lisa Harris, Administrative Assistant, King & Spalding
- Jerry Jasinowski, Past President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers and IU SPEA Dean's Council
- Susan Johnson, Senior Director, Development, IU SPEA
- Gilbert Kaplan, Partner, King & Spalding; and Founder, Conference on the Renaissance of American Manufacturing
- Pippa Malmgren, Founder, DRPM Group, and IU SPEA Dean's Council
- Dana Marshall, Founder and President, TransNational Strategy Group
- Dana Mead, Retired Chair, MIT Corporation
- Pat Mulloy, Former Commissioner U.S. Government’s U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission
- Mohamed Razi Nalim, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI
- Douglas Noonan, Assistant Professor, IUPUI SPEA
- Elizabeth Owerbach, Associate, King & Spalding
- Scott Paul, President, Alliance for American Manufacturing
- David Roberts, President, Battery Innovation Center
- Hap Shashy, Partner, King & Spalding
- Sue Smith, Vice President, Technology Division, Ivy Tech Community College
- Rebecca Snedegar, Administrative Coordinator, Environmental Sciences, IU SPEA
- Tom Sneeringer, Executive Director, Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws
- Tom Snyder, President, Ivy Tech Community College
- Ian Steff, Senior Advisor, Nanotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing, State of Indiana, Indiana Economic Development Corporation
- Terry Straub, Former Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Steel and IU SPEA Dean's Council
- Jeffrey Telep, Partner, King & Spalding
- Melanie Walker, CEO and President, Tsuchiya Group North America Tasus Corporation and IU SPEA Dean's Council
- Patrick Wilson, Director, Government Relations, Cummins Inc.
The views expressed at this conference are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of Indiana University or the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
This event is intended to serve as a voter education event. All candidates received invitations to participate in this event. The opinions expressed by any speaker, including candidates or their representatives, do not represent the views of Indiana University. Indiana University does not endorse or provide resources to support or oppose particular candidates for political office or political parties.
Conference sponsors
- Alliance for American Manufacturing
- Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws
- Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- King & Spalding
- Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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