Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Announces That Mitch Free Is a Confirmed Speaker for World Manufacturing Forum 2013
Arlington, VA (PRWEB) July 26, 2013 -- Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) is pleased to announce that Mitch Free, Founder and CEO of MFG.com, will be participating as a speaker at World Manufacturing Forum 2013.
The Forum will be held October 22-23 at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Free will be participating in the session “Game Changing Key Technologies for Manufacturing” on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 23, 2013.
Free is Founder and CEO of MFG.com, a global sourcing marketplace for manufacturers, and an expert in topics of global manufacturing, trade, globalization, outsourcing, turning an entrepreneurial venture into a global business, angel investing and more. He speaks at technology forums and conferences, including presentations to the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University, Harvard Business School, Wharton and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
Free has appeared on CNBC, in Forbes, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0 and more. INC Magazine named him an "Entrepreneur of the Year" finalist in 2005, and he was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of Year regional winner in 2008. He co-founded Shotput Ventures and is an active angel investor in disruptive Internet-based technologies.
Before founding MFG.com, Free was the founder and CEO of 3DATUM, a provider of technology services for manufacturing and engineering companies. He also held a variety of senior management positions at Northwest Airlines, where he managed aircraft engineering, technical procurement and aircraft acquisition projects.
This year, with the theme of “The Way Forward to Global Prosperity through Intelligent Manufacturing Collaboration,” the Forum will focus on cooperation needed to create a global environment for sustainable economic success through sharing resources, creating and supporting common platforms for standards and interoperability for emerging technologies, solving storage and knowledge-mining challenges for ever-increasing amounts of data, and finding innovative ways to leverage applied R&D investments. The event will also discuss the key innovation differentiators of technology and skills, and the role of educational institutions and companies in training the next-generation of workers in the highly technical field of manufacturing.
The Forum will bring together high-level industrialists, policy makers, and key societal stakeholders across the globe for a cross-exchange of ideas on major macroeconomic trends and manufacturing innovation. The Forum is sponsored by the international Intelligent Manufacturing Systems program and its member countries and is open to international sponsorship from government, industry, and institutions.
To receive an invitation to WMF 2013, please contact info(at)worldmanufacturingforum(dot)org. For more information and to register for this event, please visit online at http://www.worldmanufacturingforum.org/Pages/default.aspx
About IMS
IMS is an industry-led, international business innovation and research and development (R&D) program established to develop the next generation of manufacturing and processing technologies through multi-lateral collaboration. We provide global services to institutions from our supporting Regions including the European Union, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United States of America. Other Regions are pending membership, and others are encouraged to join the IMS program.
IMS offers international consortium building and coaching services provided at no charge to researchers from member countries, a listing of projects seeking partners, and a project database with valuable research information. IMS is also a premier sponsor of the World Manufacturing Forum where high-level government officials and industry executives discuss issues
Kari King, World Manufacturing Forum, 703.247.2588, [email protected]
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