Preparing America's Skilled Technical Workforce

Sponsors

PLATINUM LEVEL

Manufacturing USA is a national network of manufacturing innovation institutes created to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large-scale public-private collaboration on technology, supply chain, and education and workforce development. The institutes convene business competitors, academic institutions, and other stakeholders to test applications of new technology, create new products, reduce cost and risk, and enable the manufacturing workforce with the skills of the future.

GOLD LEVEL

BRONZE LEVEL

ABET is a nonprofit quality assurance organization focused on college and university programs in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. We would not exist without our ABET Experts—leaders from industry, academia and government—who evaluate program materials, visit campuses and participate in accreditation decisions. Through our work and our partnerships we help ensure that the next generation of STEM professionals is equipped to help build a world that is safer, more efficient, more inclusive and more sustainable.

Biotility at the University of Florida offers pathways for individuals seeking to jumpstart or advance their career in the bioscience industries. Our programs include industry short-courses and training, bioscience educator professional development, and a biotechnology industry-recognized credential, the Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Exam (BACE).

Prime movers in the field of automation and technical education. Each and every day at Festo, we pursue the goal of making tomorrow’s working world more productive, simpler and more sustainable. That’s why we develop solutions for automation and technical education which prepare people, companies and organizations for the digital future in production, and for new technologies.

Revolutionize how you train your skilled workforce with Interplay Learning. Interplay Learning offers award-winning VR and online training solutions proven to get employees job-ready faster, regardless of their location. Our immersive platform goes beyond traditional methods, offering both VR simulations for hands-on practice in a safe, virtual environment, and engaging online modules accessible from any computer, laptop, or iPad. This flexible approach allows you to tailor training to individual needs and learning styles. By applying the science behind how students learn best, Interplay Learning helps your students learn faster and easier than before.

The Journal of Advanced Technological Education (J ATE) is a peer-reviewed technical journal produced by the ATE community. J ATE is a platform for educators who are interested in teaching advanced technologies and technician education. This includes 2-year community college faculty, undergraduate researchers, STEM educators in grades K-12, university faculty, as well as industry personnel.

JCCC is a community college located in Overland Park, Kansas. Each year more than 29,000 students — from Johnson County, other counties in Kansas, other states, and other countries — enroll as full- or part- time credit students. They come to earn associate degrees, professional certifications, and college credits that can transfer to another college or university. With more than 100 different degree and certificate options in 48 programs of study, there is a course or subject for almost every interest.

In addition, JCCC offers a variety of non-credit continuing education and workforce development courses perfect for working professionals who want to sharpen their skills — or enjoy a new hobby. And JCCC brings cultural experiences to Johnson County through the Midwest Trust Center series of quality performing arts performances and through the first-in-class Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, which is home to many of the region’s most important exhibitions of contemporary art.

The Micro Nano Technology Education Center was founded on the idea that working together to accomplish a greater goal will enhance the quality of education for our students who then become higher quality technicians for our industry. The goal of The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC) is to grow the MNT technician workforce by fostering academic and industry mentorship between existing MNT partners and educators developing prospective community college MNT programs.

Nano Dimension (Nasdaq, NNDM) is a provider of intelligent machines that are changing the way the world manufactures. Our solutions are transforming design and production to match the efficiency demands of Industry 4.0. Our vision is to reinvent a tangle of analog and manual processes into a fast, integrated, all-digital system. We are the pioneer and provider of Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) technology – an alternative in-house method of fabricating printed circuit boards (PCBs) and other electronic devices. We also offer 3D precision micro-AM printers that can craft details down to the micron level. Our technologies will provide R&D labs with new latitude to develop products that are radically innovative. Designers and engineers in medicine, aerospace, scientific research, and electronics are using our solutions to create today what was impossible yesterday.