Conference Presentations

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The following presentations are available on this site to the public.

NCMS Breakout Session
Manufacturing E-fficiency: Taming Time and Cost in Delphi’s Production IT Systems

Product/Process Design Using Horizontally Structured Modeling and Virtual Machining (PDF)
Steve M. Burke, CIO, Saginaw Steering Systems, Delphi Automotive

InfoTEST Workshop

SmarTeam – Supporting the Transformation of DCT (PDF)
Matt Delaney, SmarTeam, Inc.

Trusted Manufacturing Collaboration Networks (PDF)
Geoff Shaw, Chairman, Global Commerce, Inc.

Computer Crimes-infrastructure Protection (PDF)
John F. Mencer, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Denver Division Computer Crimes Squad

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Conference Summary
Glen Hiemstra, Founder and CEO, Futurist.com

Keynote Presentation: Over the Horizon — The Shape of Things to Come (PDF)
Glen Hiemstra, Founder and CEO, Futurist.com

Global Economic Futures and Manufacturing
William Knoke, Founder, Harvard Capital Group

From Mass to Bits: Human–Machine Interfaces and the Future
Tom Furness, Director, Human Interface Technology Lab

Intelligent Manufacturing Reaches the Factory Floor as Smart, Flexible Robots and Machines
John Evans, Chief, Intelligent Systems Division, NIST

The Next Energy and Automobile Era — Alternate Energy, New Materials, Hybrids and Hyper Vehicles
Bob Culver, Executive Director, USCar