National Manufacturing Day at Northwestern University
Manufacturing with Embodied AI
Celebrating manufacturing-related R&D achievements and their business impacts on National Manufacturing Day
Friday, October 2
Evanston, IL
9:00am - 5:00pm
Free registration, breakfast, lunch and a reception provided
Event Highlights
Leadership Remarks 9:30 - 10:30
Moderated by Provost Erik Luijten
Northwestern University
Northwestern University President Mung Chiang
Lisa Strama, President and CEO, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
Bio
Corporate Panel 9:30 - 10:30
Moderated by Prof. Jian Cao
Northwestern University Mechanical Engineering
Stan Rendon, VP R&D, 3M
Bio
Yu Cao, Chief AI Officer, Applied Materials
Bio
Amey Deosthali, Head of Robotics, Industrial & Healthcare (Physical AI), Sr. Director, AMD
Bio
Northwestern Faculty Panel 10:45 - 11:45
Moderated by Dean Chris Schuh
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jian Cao, Director of NIMSI
Bio
Ed Colgate, Director of HAND
Mark Hersam, Director of MRC
Bio
John Rogers, Director of QSIB & Director of QSI-TEAMS
Bio
Lunch 11:45 - 12:30
Founders/SME Panel 12:30 - 13:30
Moderated by Mr. Curtis Maas
Chairman & CEO, The RDI Group
Jason Sebastian, Executive VP, QuesTek Innovation
Bio
Demeng Che, co-Founder & CEO, Converge Lab
Bio
Gino Domel, CEO, HiDeNN-AI
Bio
Joe Mullenbach, co-founder, Fluid Reality
Ecosystem Panel 13:30 - 14:30
Moderated by Prof. Sumit Dhar
Vice President for Research, Northwestern University
Tom Kurfess, CTO, NCMS & Executive Director of Mfg Institute at Georgia Tech
Bio
Berardino Baratta, CEO, MxD
Bio
Allison Winstel, Chief of Staff, mHUB
Lab Open House, Group Lab Tours & Reception 15:00 - 17:00
Full Details to come