{"128251":{"#nid":"128251","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2012 Georgia Tech Interactive Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is organizing a one-day workshop on the development of sustainable domestic industrial base for lightweight, energy-efficient systems. The workshop will bring together acquisition leaders from U.S. government, academia and industry that have common interests in supply chain analysis and advancing the availability of domestic sources for lightweight material solutions for government systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, senior leadership and staff representing the interagency Defense Production Act Committee (DPAC) have been invited to participate. The DPAC is a congressionally established body of cabinet secretaries and other agency leaders who are focused on ensuring that the U.S. industrial base can meet government needs. Proceeding of the workshop will be specifically designed to advice the DPAC\u0027s newly formed Lightweight Materials Study Group.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKeynote speakers include Hon. Sharon E. Burke, assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans \u0026amp; programs; Neal Orringer, director of manufacturing at the Department of Defense; Brent Segal, director of research science at the Lockheed Martin Corp. and chief technologist for Lockheed Martin Nanosystems; William Provine, director of external affairs for science \u0026amp; technology at Dupont.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson and Executive Vice President for Research Stephen Cross will be giving opening remarks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline to register for the workshop is Monday, June 4 at 10 a.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is hosting an interactive workshop on, \u0022From Transit Hubs to Combat Zones: Government Customer with Lightweight Materials.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is hosting an interactive workshop on, \u0022From Transit Hubs to Combat Zones: Government Customer with Lightweight Materials.\u0022"}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-05-03 15:51:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:53","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-06-05T08:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-06-05T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-06-05T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-06-05 12:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-06-05 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-06-05 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.marc.gatech.edu\/events\/dpac\/","title":"2012 Georgia Tech Interactive Workshop"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.regonline.com\/builder\/site\/Default.aspx?EventID=1097816","title":"Register Now"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMartha Miller\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Emartha.miller@marc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}