Visioning Event - Engineering the Future of Distributed Manufacturing

The goal of ERVA Visioning Events is to identify specific areas that are nascent or require additional exploration with the potential for the greatest return on investment. Accordingly, we seek multi-disciplinary researchers who can help ERVA identify less-explored, basic and use-inspired lines of research ripe for engineering community pursuit.

ERVA invites you to participate in an event to envision the future of U.S. manufacturing and identify the emerging research opportunities where engineering can lead and accelerate our global competitiveness. This is an exceptional opportunity for your voice to be heard and influence the future engineering research funding landscape.

In-Person Visioning Event: Engineering the Future of Distributed Manufacturing

The United States can make engineering research investment decisions to change the current declining manufacturing trajectory. But this effort must focus on our competitive future rather than re-creating the past. As data, connectivity, and smart machines merge the digital and physical worlds, technology creates avenues for U.S. manufacturers to improve their productivity, agility, and competitiveness.

Democratization is the act of making something accessible to everyone. Democratization of manufacturing will empower our small and medium manufacturers—who vastly outnumber their large counterparts—to operationalize these technological advancements, spurring income growth, new jobs, local investment, and innovation ripple effects across the ecosystem.

We invite you to nominate yourself to participate in expert, informed discussion and interactive thematic breakout sessions to explore and identify research opportunities that can have transformative impacts on the U.S. manufacturing landscape of tomorrow.