Invited speakers will talk about global business concerns such as the management of strategic resources and how governments can support global manufacturing innovation by increasing the sustainability of business operations and by lowering the risk of conflicts through dialogue and international S&T cooperation.
Further highlights include a roundtable on "Global Resource Management", a debate on "Can Wall Street and Main Street become Friends?" as well as visits to companies located in the manufacturing powerhouse region around Stuttgart.
The press conference will be chaired by Ken Jacobson, Senior Editor at Manufacturing and Technology News and will be held in English language.
Participants in the press conference will be:
Herbert Von Bose, European Commission
Fred-Holger Günther, Chairman of the World Manufacturing Forum
Thomas Bopp, Verband Region Stuttgart (Greater Stuttgart Region), Chairman of the Regional Assembly
Ingo Rust, State Secretary, Ministry for Finance and Economy, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Hans-Jörg Bullinger, President, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany
Carlos Costa, Governor of the Central Bank of Portugal
Information on participating / attending:
Press is asked to register for the press conference by sending an informal Email to organization@worldmanufacturingforum.org announcing full name and organ.
Date:
10/16/2012 10:30 - 10/16/2012 12:30
Event venue:
Kultur & Kongresszentrum Liederhalle
Berliner Platz 1-3
Tagungsraum 20
70174 Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Information technology, Mechanical engineering
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/02/2012
Sender/author:
Jörg Walz
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event41156
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