The week of October 22 through October 26 will find visitors from throughout the world coming to South Boston for a Symposium on the US Renaissance in Advanced Manufacturing. The event will be hosted by the Riverstone Energy Center, the R&D Center for Advanced Manufacturing at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, the National Center for Coatings Application, Research, and Education (C-CARE), The Halifax Industrial Development Authority, the Modeling and Simulation Center, and Industry Week magazine.
The one week symposium will feature talks, panel discussions, and break out training sessions in various topics focused on advanced manufacturing.
Monday will showcase the Grand Opening and ribbon cutting for the National Center for Coatings Application, Research, and Education (C-CARE); symposium talks and panel discussions on the renaissance in advanced manufacturing; and guided tours of the Modeling and Simulation Center, the R&D Center for Advanced Manufacturing, and C-CARE.
Tuesday through Friday is broken down into separate tracks depending on the attendee's interest. Track A features specialized training and hands-on coursework in coating application and automation technologies delivered at the C-CARE Lab, and Track B focuses on more general topics in advanced manufacturing.
On Thursday, Industry Week's "Excellence in Action Series" tours will dovetail with this event, where best practices of industries within the advanced manufacturing sector will be showcased.
