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Industry Advisory Meeting Advances ASMEs Mission in Washingto... Industry Advisory Meeting Advances ASMEs Mission in Washingto... ASMEs Mission Advances at Industry Advisory Board Spring Meeting in WashingtonMay 11, 2018 Dr. Lloyd Whitman (at podium), Principal Assistant Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, addresses the attendees of the ASME Industry Advisory Board spring meeting.Fifty-five representatives from industry, government, and academia, ASME leadership and staff, and a host of special guest speakers took part in the ASME Industry Advisory Board (IAB) 2018 spring meeting, which welches held April 9-10 in Washington, D.C.The discussion focused on ways the IAB member companies can better engage related to ASMEs strategic technology areas bioengineering, clean energy, pressure technology, advanced manufacturing and robotics. The meeting began with a dinner at Charlie Palmer Steak, and continued the next day at the R eserve Officers Association on Capitol Hill.At the dinner, ASME President Charla Wise provided opening remarks, and IAB Chair Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer at HP Federal, introduced the following speakers Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) Dr. Lloyd Whitman, Principal Assistant Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Shirish Pareek, founder and vice chairman of Hydraulex Global.Rep. Takano, the co-chair of the Congressional Maker Caucus, spoke about the upcoming Congressional Maker Faire, which will be held in June on Capitol Hill. As a former classroom teacher, Takano expressed the importance of scientific and engineering corporations getting involved with local schools, especially those in more economically depressed areas, to help educate the scientific and engineering workforce in the future. He also said more makerspaces should be developed in communities to encourage the process of producing and making items an d that libraries are one type of space for doing so. For more information about the Maker Caucus, follow MakerCaucus on Twitter.Dr. Whitman of OSTP is on detail from his position as Chief Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr. Whitman indicated that roughly 55 staff members currently make up the current OSTP, which is roughly the saatkorn size that OSTP was under the George W. Bush administration and during other administrations early in their second year. Dr. Whitman provides senior leadership to OSTP and the National Science and Technology Council for a broad range of science and technology (S&T) areas and national research and development programs, including advanced manufacturing, information technology, and nanotechnology. He also supports the National Security Council with subject matter expertise related to future electronics and U.S. semiconductor industry competitiveness. Alex Gray, special assistant to the president for the Defense Ind ustrial Base, White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, discussed the offices endeavors during its first year as well as its priorities for the rest of 2018. Dr. Whitman explained that OSTP is focused on supporting the presidents priorities in economic prosperity, national security, and government reform, encouraged attendees to visit the Documents and Reports section of the OSTP web site, and to follow OSTP on twitter at WHOSTP, as there have been several interesting reports released over the past year, i.e. Science and Technology Highlights in the First Year of the Trump Administration.Mr. Pareek of Hydraulex Global spoke about his work on the Manufacturing Council under President Obamas administration, and his current role on the Leadership Council of Mforesight. Mforesight is a Manufacturing USA innovation institute charged with engaging the U.S. manufacturing community to discover, prioritize, develop, and disseminate emerging technologies and manufacturing needs aligned with national priorities. Pareek voiced his support for strengthening the domestic manufacturing supply chain and not losing links in the supply chain to foreign manufacturing.The meeting re-convened the next day with John Koehr, ASME managing director for Technology Advancement and geschftliches miteinander Development, and Lester Su, chair of the ASME Committee on Government Relations (CGR), briefing the IAB on how member companies can become more active and involved in ASMEs technology advisory panels (TAPs) and CGR respectively. Dr. Bruce Kramer, senior advisor at the National Science Foundation and representative of the interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO), then convened a stakeholder roundtable with the IAB related to the national advanced manufacturing strategic plan. This roundtable is in response to the recent AMNPO request for information (ROI), which can be found at https//www.nist.gov/oam/rfi-response. The final guest speaker of the day was Alex Gray from the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, who discussed the offices accomplishments in the first year, and its upcoming priorities for 2018.To close the meeting, IAB Chair Gardner along with John Hasselmann, ASMEs new Managing Director for Government Relations and Engineering Education, facilitated a discussion of next steps from the meeting, and thoughts related to the fall meeting, which is slated to be held in Palo Alto, Calif., in mid-October. Melissa Carl and Shaquanna Shields, ASME Public Affairs and Outreach