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AMP SoCal Webinar Series Episode 4 - Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII)

The AMP SoCal webinars are free presentations that feature speakers who are experts in valuable topics that provide timely and highly relevant information to aerospace and defense manufacturers. The online productions will be accessible as a live webinar, and are recorded and housed on the AMP SoCal website as part of its growing digital library of business-friendly content.

Speaker: Jim Davis, Vice Provost Information Technology & Chief Academic Technology Officer, University of California, Los Angeles

Co-Founder Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition

Jim Davis co-founded the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) that was recently selected to lead DOE’s Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), the 9th Manufacturing USA Institute and the 3rd DOE institute to be awarded.

Davis is Vice Provost, IT and CTO at UCLA with broad responsibilities focused on the investment and deployment of information technology in the university's academic research, education, and public service mission. He has accountability for university-wide planning and strategic investment in computational research, research informatics, educational technologies, mobility applications, research and education data strategies, privacy/security and internal and external community partnerships. Davis oversees UCLA’s Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE).

Description:
In partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) brings over $140 million in public-private investment to radically improve the precision, performance and efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing. CESMII is the 9th Institute of the Manufacturing USA, established by the White House to spur U.S. innovation, sustainability and competitiveness.

CESMII is a national network of Regional Manufacturing Centers (RMCs) each focused on local relationships with opportunities for national impact in the areas of technology transfer and workforce development. The power of the network is cross-linking resources, capabilities and expertise across business, workforce and technical focus areas, leveraging each region’s unique industrial environments. The regions include the California, Gulfcoast, Southeast, Northeast, Midwest and Northwest. The headquarters is located in Los Angeles, CA.