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2012 Rensselaer CATS Technology Showcase and Conference Partnership for Manufacturing Competitiveness

POSTED 02/08/2012

Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) presents:

2012 Rensselaer CATS Technology Showcase and Conference - Partnership for Manufacturing Competitiveness

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, April 23-24, 2012

Times: April 23: 2:00pm-8:00pm

April 24: 8:00am-5:30pm

Location: Hilton Garden Inn – 235 Hoosick Street, Troy, NY 12180

Registration: Online registration will be available soon

For more information: http://www.cats.rpi.edu

The annual Rensselaer CATS Technology Showcase and Conference brings together leaders from industry, government and academia for a forum highlighting industrially relevant research at Rensselaer CATS and partners in advanced manufacturing, automation and control across a wide spectrum of industry applications, from clean tech energy and advanced composites to aerospace and biotechnology.

Tentative Conference Agenda:

Monday, April 23

2:00pm
Rensselaer CATS Labs and Facilities Tour

4:30pm
Poster Session, Industry Exhibits and

Networking

6:30pm
Plated Dinner

Keynote Address: Michael Molnar, Chief Manufacturing Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tuesday, April 24

8:00am
Buffet Breakfast

9:00am
Technical Sessions I

I-a. Clean Tech Energy I – Fuel Cell Manufacturing

I-b. Advanced Composites Manufacturing I

10:25am
Break

10:35pm
Technical Sessions II

II-a. Clean Tech Energy II – Manufacturing for Energy Storage

II-b. Advanced Composites Manufacturing II

12:00pm
Buffet Lunch

1:00pm
Technical and Business Sessions III

III-a. Robotics in Manufacturing

III-b. Navigating SBIR/STTR Funding

2:25pm
Break

2:35pm
Technical and Business Sessions IV

IV-a. High Performance Computing in Manufacturing

IV-b. University IP Commercialization

4:00pm
Poster Session, Industry Exhibits and Networking