Collaboration: The Great Lakes Manufacturing Advantage will be held July 9-11, 2008 at the Cleveland Marriott Key Center promoting the message that manufacturing is high-tech and is a mainstay of the knowledge economy. Invited Plenary Sessions Speakers include: Governor Ted Strickland, Ohio, Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, James Ziemer of Harley Davidson, Scott Davis of UPS, the Great Lakes Congressional Delegation, the Ontario Members of Parliament and many more…
The Great Lakes Economy -- Hear from the Brookings Institution, the Federal Reserve Bank and others about what is happening in the region’s economy and in manufacturing.
The Innovation Connection --Innovation often excels when there is partnership and collaboration. What are the most effective of these collaborations that result in the best return, most funding, and most innovative result?
Image -- Our region has some of the most dynamic and creative talent in advertising, marketing, new media and PR. We’ll tap into some of the first rate regional traditional and non-traditional communications talent to learn some best practices and engage them on how we should go about re-branding and re-writing the storyline for Manufacturing in the Great Lakes Region.
Workforce -- Building pipelines of "innovation talent" at all levels, by producing a new type of innovation talent that will drive and support innovation is the theme of the Workforce sessions.
Borders/Logistics -- Moving Towards Seamless Borders Significant numbers of GLMC members have invested in cross-border programs and these experiences have yielded insights that may serve to enhance government programs. Learn how manufacturing firms large and small are navigating the global economy.
Hotel Information
The Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center is the venue for both the conference and lodging. The hotel is located in downtown Cleveland. A guaranteed room rate is available for conference participants by mentioning the GLMC Forum. The hotel is directly accessible by high speed rail from the Cleveland Airport to the Key Center.
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