Summit on Smart Manufacturing Resiliency

What You’ll Learn

Hear from CEOs, leaders and practitioners in industry, academia, and government about industry needs for smart manufacturing and how to incrementally build safe, profitable, and sustainable factories of the future. Special focus will be on Governor Maura Healey’s climate technology development plans.

Key discussion will include:

• Industry needs for smart manufacturing
• Manufacturer needs, barriers and solutions to adopt smart manufacturing
• Public and private partnerships, funding models and opportunities to advance smart manufacturing with a regional smart manufacturing hub in Haverhill
• Capabilities to be provided by the smart manufacturing hub:
  • Model smart factory
  • Develop, test and certify new smart manufacturing and digital supply chain innovations
  • Integration capabilities needed to help small and medium-sized manufacturers to incrementally adopt smart manufacturing
  • Hands-on workforce training and equity for Gateway cities
  • Lab space for emerging advanced manufacturing, climate technology and life sciences companies
  • “Lab to fab” transition
  • Key partnerships for success

Why You Should Attend

Organizers bring together a broad and diverse ecosystem in smart manufacturing and digital supply chains and key industry leaders to identify opportunities, build your network and incrementally transform your business. Help build the regional smart manufacturing hub and become a partner from the ground up.

Attendees will include:

• Industry Executives, Government Leaders, University/College Leaders
• Business Developers, Marketing and Sales Managers, Product Managers, Engineers
• Entrepreneurs
• Training Professionals
• Building Developers
• Investors

Preliminary Agenda

Introduction (Moderator)

• Summit Goals

Speakers

• Alexandria Eberhardt (Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, CEO)
• John Michitson (City of Haverhill, Vice President of City Council)
• Andy Vargas (Massachusetts House of Representatives, 3rd District)

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Government and University Support for Smart Manufacturing

• Federal Government Support for Smart Manufacturing – CHIPS & Science Act
• Massachusetts State Government Support for Smart Manufacturing
• UMass Lowell Support for Smart Manufacturing

Speakers

• Lori Trahan (US House of Representatives, Massachusetts 3rd Congressional District)
• Yvonne Hao (Massachusetts, Secretary of Economic Development)
• Anne Maglia (UMass Lowell, Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation)

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Market Outlooks, Market Needs and Funding Opportunities for Smart Manufacturing

• Governor’s Plan for Climate Technology Industry in Massachusetts
• Life Sciences/Biotech/Biopharma Market Outlook & Smart Manufacturing Needs
• Life Sciences/Biotech/Biopharma Smart Manufacturing Funding Opportunities 
• Advanced Manufacturing/Semiconductor Market Outlook, Smart Manufacturing Needs and Funding Opportunities

Speakers

• Kendalle Burlin O’Connell (MassBio, CEO & President)
• Kenneth Turner (Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, CEO & President)

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Solutions

• Smart Manufacturing and Climate Solutions
• Leveraging the Digital Thread for Smart Manufacturing Solutions
• Global Smart Manufacturing Ecosystem

Speakers

• Justin Simmons (Schneider Electric, Sales Manager, EcoBuilding Division)
• Shankar Raman (Siemens, Director, Digital Manufacturing Portfolio Development, Americas)

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Panels

Smart Manufacturing Barriers & Solutions for Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers

• Moderator: Laura Teicher (FORGE, Executive Director)
• Panelists:
  • Dominick Roveto (HDR, Education, Science & Community Principal)
  • Allison-Dolan Wilson (NECC, Vice President, Institutional Advancement)
  • Tim Bowe (Full Spectrum, CEO)
  • Justin Simmons (Schneider Electric, Sales Manager, EcoBuilding Division)
  • Neil Scanlon (Worthington Assembly, Co-Owner/President)
  • Jose Tomas Dominguez (Atacama Biomaterials, Co-Founder)

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Building a Regional Smart Manufacturing Hub with a Model Smart Factory in Haverhill (Case Study – Food Manufacturing)

• Moderator: Lane Glenn (NECC, President)
• Panelists:
  • Doug Lawson (ThinkIQ, CEO)
  • Sal Lupoli (Lupoli & Company, CEO)
  • Joe Faro (Tuscan Brands, CEO)
  • Matt Juros (CI Design, Principal)
  • Keith Boucher (MakeIT Haverhill, Co-Founder)
  • Rink Wheeler (Cedars Foods, Senior VP of Operations)

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Wrap-up

• Moderator

Gold Sponsors

Partner Sponsors

Sponsorship the Summit

Title Summit Sponsor $7,500 (Exclusive)

• Company will receive: Six (6) complimentary tickets to the conference
• Opportunity to speak at conference during kickoff to conference
• Company name/logo listed on marketing materials with click-thru to website
• Social media blast as Title Sponsor with link to company website
• Company name acknowledged as Title Summit Sponsor during kick-off and welcome
• Company Logo on Sponsor Banner Displayed at Conference
• Up to two (2) company banners to be prominently displayed at event

Platinum Sponsor $5,000

• Company name acknowledged as Platinum Sponsor during kick-off and announcements
• Company will receive: Five (5) complimentary tickets to the conference
• Company name/logo listed on marketing materials with click-thru to website
• Company Logo on Sponsor Banner Displayed at Conference
• Up to two (2) company banners to be prominently displayed at event

Gold Sponsor $4,000

• Company name acknowledged as Gold Sponsor during kick-off and announcements
• Company will receive: Two (4) complimentary tickets to the conference
• Company Logo on Sponsor Banner Displayed at Conference
• Company name/logo listed on marketing materials with click-thru to website
• Up to one (1) company banner to be prominently displayed at lunch event

Silver Sponsor $3,000

• Company name acknowledged as Silver Sponsor during kick-off and announcements
• Company will receive: Three (3) complimentary tickets to the conference
• Company Logo on Sponsor Banner Displayed at Conference
• Company name/logo listed on marketing materials with click-thru to website

Bronze Sponsor $2,000

• Company name acknowledged as Bronze Sponsor during kick-off and announcements
• Company will receive: Two (2) complimentary tickets to the conference
• Company Logo on Sponsor Banner Displayed at Conference
• Company name/logo listed on marketing materials with click-thru to website

Partner Sponsor $1000

• Company name acknowledged as Partner Sponsor during kick-off
• Company will receive: One (1) complimentary ticket to the conference
• Company Logo on Sponsor Banner Displayed at Conference

For more information, please contact Alex Eberhardt at president@haverhillchamber.com

About

This conference is where leaders and innovators meet to share, inspire and network. We’re proud to host some of the most well-known and influential voices in the field.

Thought Leaders – Steering Committee Members

Speaker	Title	Organization
John Harthorne	Founder, Managing Director	Two Lanterns Venture Partners
Neal Orringer	CEO	Astro America (Leading President Biden’s Additive Manufacturing Forward Challenge)
John Roth	Professor, Director	UNH, John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center
Tim Bowe	CEO	Full Spectrum