Spring 2017 Bi-Annual Meeting Presentations

The second AMP SoCal Bi-Annual Meeting took place on March 9, 2017.

Event Photos

Flickr Album

Meeting Program & Agenda

Program PDF

Presentation Videos

The following videos include a 3-5 minute highlight reel and a full-length overview of each speaker and panelist presentation.

Welcome

  • Opening Remarks and Overview – Libby Williams, USC Center for Economic Development – AMP SoCal
  • Bi-Annual Meeting Welcome – Thomas Guevara, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs, performing non-exclusive duties of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Economic Development Administration
  • AMP SoCal Welcome – Deepak Bahl, Program Director, USC Center for Economic Development
  • University Welcome – Neeraj Sood, Ph.D.,Vice Dean for Research, Director of Research, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics



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Keynote Address

Ken Shaw, Vice President, Supply Chain, Boeing Global Services, The Boeing Company



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Featured Speaker

  • Moderator: Ken Shaw, Vice President, Supply Chain, Boeing Global Services, The Boeing Company
  • General David Petraeus (Ret.), Judge Widney Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy



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Panel 1: Industry in Transition – Changes in Aerospace & Defense

  • Moderator: Michael Orosz, Ph.D., University of Southern California
  • Andrew Duggleby, Ph.D., Virgin Galactic
  • David Hwang, Millennium Space Systems
  • Robert M. Atkins, Lt Colonel, USAF



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Panel 2: Industry 4.0

  • Moderator: Jack Harris, Aerospace States Association
  • Steve Ray, Ph.D., Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
  • Rafael Radkowski, Ph.D., Iowa State University
  • Satyandra K. (SK) Gupta, Ph.D., University of Southern California



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Panel 3: New Paths to Growth

  • Moderator: Adrienne Lindgren, City of LA Mayor’s Office of Economic Development
  • Mayor Patrick J. Furey, City of Torrance
  • Abe Nour, Moss Adams
  • Tomás E. Durán, USC Center for Economic Development – AMP SoCal
  • Leah Goold-Haws, Center for International Trade Development, Long Beach City College



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Panel 4: Aerospace Supply Chain Competitiveness

  • Moderator: Camille Geiger, Boeing
  • Kellie Johnson, ACE Clearwater
  • Mike Riley, AMRO Fabricating Corporation
  • Shawn Webb, AeroVironment Inc.
  • Scott Wallace, Votaw Precision Technology, Inc.



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