3. Q: Can you create a virtual organization that still has
enough structure to support 4+ years of collaboration?
A: YES!
Goals
• Retain, attract and create targeted wealth-generating employment
within the high-growth, high-demand industry sectors
• Implement a comprehensive “supply-chain” focused investment
strategy that strengthens the region’s manufacturing base
• Promote industry-research partnerships to increase technology
transfer, improve production processes and generate new applied
research
How We Operate
• Each initiative must have a champion from at least two of the three
TechBelt states (OH, PA, WV)
• Champions assign a staff member to work with TechBelt staff
• TechBelt will provide support letters for other worthy initiatives
limited to one organization or one state
5. Competitors or Collaborators?
• TechBelt is proactive in building partnerships to
stay ahead of the curve
– We did not wait for Additive Manufacturing to wreck our
supply chains, we formed the national institute.
• TechBelt addresses regional needs where we can
also assert national and global leadership
– Rather than compete with each other, we collaborate to
compete with Atlanta, Chicago or Tokyo
6. How are benefits shared?
• August 16, 2012 TechBelt’s consortium was awarded the
National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute award.
• How we won it
– 83 regional partners organized $39M in match funds for $30M from
federal government.
• What it has meant
– 10 of 23 funded projects involve regional partners from OH, PA, WV
– Siemens provides $440M in software to YSU
– PRA leverages AmericaMakes to get $32 GE investment
7. Working Groups & Instructions:
How can TechBelt help the region compete on a
bigger scale
Opportunities for the Future
8. Potential Working Groups
• Additive Manufacturing and Regional Supply Chains
• Regional Opportunities in Manufacturing Innovation
– Innovation/Maker Spaces and Regional Growth
• Regional Energy Downstream Strategy
• Regional Innovation and Opportunities in Water & Energy
9. Working Group Instructions
• Goal: Identify priorities and tasks for the 2015
work plan
• It is okay if topics overlap
• Collaboration between tables is good
• Identify the table reporter
• Answer as many of the following questions as
you can
10. Working Group Questions
• What is the opportunity?
• What regional partners are needed for success?
• Who are we competing with?
• What is the potential for national / global leadership?
• How does this promote the following:
– Wealth-generating employment
– Strengthen regional supply chains
– Promote industry-research partnerships
• Who will champion this initiative?
• What support can TechBelt provide?
