
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) today announced that President & CEO Rick Jarman will be a keynote speaker at the 2010 Americas Hyperworks Technology Conference being held April 27-29 in Novi, Michigan. Jarman will speak to how collaboration, innovation and commercialization are critical to the revitalization of the U.S. Manufacturing Industry, and how utilizing cutting-edge technologies like high performance modeling and simulation capabilities will help small and medium sized manufacturing companies in the U.S. compete on a global scale.

Day One Keynote- NCMS President Rick Jarman
Innovation in Manufacturing for Tomorrow:
Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Using the proven NCMS collaboration model developed nearly 25 years ago, Jarman will demonstrate how bringing the stakeholders to the table from the beginning, managing the collaboration and optimizing the R&D helps to achieve the innovation AND take it to market at less cost, and less risk than traditional models.
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“Good R&D produces innovations, but that’s not the end of the line,” said NCMS President & CEO Rick Jarman. “Every flash of genius, every successful outcome, every realized solution needs to be brought to market.” Collaborative R&D enlists the needs of the end users from the very beginning, ensuring successful commercialization of the innovation.” |
In 2007 the Board of Directors named Rick Jarman President and CEO of NCMS, the largest cross-industry collaborative manufacturing research consortium in the United States devoted exclusively to manufacturing technologies, process and practices. Formed in 1986, the NCMS mission is focused on the development of strategic initiatives and programs aimed at sustaining and enhancing the global competitiveness of North American manufacturing.
The Hyperworks Technology Conference (HTC) brings together more than 600 industry professionals from a broad range of industry verticals including aerospace, automotive, consumer products, electronics, healthcare, heavy equipment, military, rail transit, ship building and white goods. Thought provoking keynote addresses and client presentations highlight industry trends in enterprise simulation and how manufacturers are enabling innovation through simulation. For more information about the 2010 Americas Hyperworks Technology Conference, please visit http://www.altairhtc.com

