Regional Dialogues

The National Engineering Forum’s regional dialogues bring together thought leaders to focus on three engineering challenges: capacity, capability, and competitiveness - the 3C’s. Participants represent stakeholder groups that are in the best position to address the challenges and enable a dynamic view of the past, present, and future of American engineering. The National Engineering Forum is building a community of action.

See below for more information on completed regional dialogues, including recap synopses from each event and to read our report “Engineering our Nation’s Future.”

Engineering Our Nation’s Future (PDF)

New York City, NY

September 18, 2012

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Who’s Involved

107th State Respresentative District, Michigan • 25th State Senate District, Michigan • 30th State Senate District, Michigan • 3D Systems • 3M • 8 Rivers Capital • A.O. Smith Corporation • A4 Inc. • ABB Inc. • AbbVie • Accelerated Cure Project, Inc. • Accenture • Accipiter Systems • AceApplications, LLC • Adams Capital, Inc. • AEgis Technologies • Agile Technologies • AIO Robotics • AIO Technology • Air Hygiene, Inc. • Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. • AirWatch • Aisin Automotive Castings Tennessee, Inc. • Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. • Akusitca Inc • Alaska LNG Project • Albuquerque Business First • Alcoa Titanium and Engineered Products • Alelo Incorporated • Alliance for Regional Development • Allstate • Alro Steel Corporation • Altair • Altela, Inc. • American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. • American Council of Engineering Companies of Michigan • American Photonics • American Society for Engineering Education • ANGUS Chemical Company • Apopleo, Inc • Aquatech International • Arcam AB • ARCS Foundation • Argonne National Laboratory • • Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry • Arizona Commerce Authority • Arizona Community Foundation • Arizona State University • Arizona State University Foundation • Arizona Technology Council • Arun Jhaveri and Associates • Asco Aerospace USA • Associated Industries of Massachusetts • Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England • Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts • Association of Washington Business • Atkins • Atlanta City Council • ATOM • Autodesk • AutoHarvest • Aviation Week & Space Technology • AVL Powertrain • BAE Systems • BASELAYER • BASF • Battelle Memorial Institute • BD Technologies • BEAM Company • Bezos Family Foundation • Biosensing Instrument Inc. • Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering • Oklahoma State University • Bioventus LLC • Bloomberg L.P. • BlueTree Venture Fund • BMW Group • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia • Boeing • Bombardier, Inc. • Bonneville Power Administration • BorgWarner • Bose Corporation • Boston University • BP • BP Amoco Chemical Company • Bradley Oil Company • Bray International, Inc. • Business Leaders for Michigan • Cadence, Inc. • Calgon Carbon Corporation • California Institute of Technology • California State University, Long Beach • California State University, Northridge • Calpine • Care.com • Carnegie Mellon University • Carnegie Science Center • Case Western Reserve University • Caterpillar Inc. • Central Florida Expressway Authority • Cheniere Energy, Inc. • Chevron • Choctaw Defense Group • CIO Magazine • Cisco Systems, Inc. • City of Chicago • City of Pittsburgh Office of the Mayor • Clemson University • Climax Molybdenum • Coca-Cola Enterprises • Collegiate Pathways, Inc. • Colnatec • Columbus 2020 • CommNexus • ConocoPhillips • Conscious Capitalism, Inc. • Cornell University • CorpInfo Services • Corporate Scenes • Corporation for a Skilled Workforce • Council on Competitiveness • Cox Communications, Inc. • Crain’s Chicago Business • Creative Artists Agency • Creative Oklahoma • Cree, Inc. • Cunico Corporation • Cushman & Wakefield • Damol Innovation, LLC • DataGravity • Deere & Company • Deloitte & Touche, USA LLP • Deloitte Consulting LLP • Deloitte Financial AdvisoryServices, LP • Deloitte LLP • Denso Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. • Design Interactive, Inc. • Det Norske Veritas (USA) • Devon Energy Corporation • Dewberry • Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute • Disney ABC Television Group • Dow Chemical Co. • DownRange Global Solutions, Inc. • Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School • Drillinginfo, Inc. • Duke Energy • Duke University • EA Tiburon • East Tennessee Economic Council • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University • EMCORE Corporation • Energy Florida • Energy Transfer • Engineering Consulting Services • Engineering Leadership and Innovation Institute • Engineering Society of Detroit • ENGlobal Corporation • EnSync Inc. • EVCO Plastics • ExOne • Explore Mars, Inc. • Explorer At Large • Exxon Mobil Corporation • FAN Fund • Faurecia • FedEx Corporation • Fermilab • First Green Partners • Florida Energy Systems Consortium • Florida International University • Florida Venture Sourcing • Fluor Corporation • Flywheel Ventures • FMC Technologies • Focus: HOPE • Ford Motor Co. • Fossil Group • Frame.ly • Franklin W Olin College of Engineering • Frontier Electronic Systems • Fulton Bellows, LLC • G5 Engineering Solutions • Gallogly College of Engineering • The University of Oklahoma • Gannett Fleming • Garmin International • Garmor Inc. • GE Aviation • GE Energy • GE Global Research • GE Power • General Dynamics Mission Systems • GenMet • George L. Wilson Company • Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Workforce Division • Georgia Institute of Technology • Georgia Research Alliance • Ghafari Associates • GigaHertz LLC • Global Analytic IT Services (GAITS) • Golden LEAF Foundation • Gooch and Housego • Google • GRAEF • Grainger • Great Lakes Engineering Group • Greater Phoenix Economic Council • Greater Phoenix Leadership • Green Building Alliance • Greentown Labs • Greenville Area Development Corporation • Greenville County Schools • Greenville Technical College • Greg Hall Oil & Gas, LLC • Grid2Home, Smart Energy Solutions • Griffin Communications Group • Guy M. Turner, Inc. • Halliburton Company • Hankook • Harris Corporation • Harvard University • Hatch Associates Consultants, Inc. • Hatch Mott MacDonald • HBS Alumni Angels of Southern California • Henderson Engineers, Inc. • Herty Advanced Materials Development Center • Hewlett Packard • Hillcrest Group Inc. • Honda • Honeywell • Honeywell Aerospace • Honeywell UOP • Hyundai • IBM • IBT • Idaho National Laboratory • Idea Foundry, Inc. • IIT Armour College of Engineering • Illinois Institute of Technology • Illinois Science and Technology Coalition • Illinois Technology Association • Imperium Renewables, Inc. • INEOS O&P USA • INFINIUM, Inc. • Innovation Works • Insight • Instituto Euvaldo Lodi - IEL/CNI • Intel Corporation • Interface Inc. • Internal Revenue Service • International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research • International Institute for Innovation • Invenergy LLC • IQ Orlando • IT Senior Management Forum • Itron, Inc. • Ivy Venture Partners • Jenoptik Optical Systems • Johnson Controls • Jones Engineering Solutions, LLC • Kairos • Kennametal Inc. • KeyLogic Systems • Khosla Ventures • Kimray • Kinematix • Kittelson & Associates, Inc. • Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers • KMCO LLC • Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley • Kokley • Koyo Bearings North America, LLC • L-3 Communications • Lambert Construction Company • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Leidos • Lextech • Life Technologies • Limbitless Solutions • Lisle Technology Partners • LJA Engineering, Inc. • Local Motors • LocationSmart • Lockheed Martin • Lone Star College • LookAllure • Lord Corporation • Los Alamos National Laboratory • Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator • Los Angeles County Museum of Art • Maestro Strategies, LLC • Marathon Petroleum • Marquette University • Mass Tank • Massachusetts High Technology Council • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Massachusetts State Government • Massport • Maxcess International • MCM Capital Partners • M-D Building Products, Inc. • MediaHound • Menard Group • Mercer University • Meritor • Metro Atlanta Chamber • MFR Consulting • Michael Baker International • Michelin North America • Michigan Department of Transportation • Michigan Economic Development Corporation • Michigan State University • Micro Industries Corporation • Microsoft Research • Milwaukee Institute • Mission Support Alliance LLC • Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems • Motorola Solutions • Mulkey Engineers & Consultants • MVC Capital, Inc. • N.C. A&T State University • N.C. Office of Science & Technology • NanoMech, Inc. • NASA • National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) • National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners • National Bureau of Asian Research • National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) • National Center for Simulation • National Energy Technology Laboratory • National Institute of Standards and Technology • National Instruments Corporation • National Renewable Energy Laboratory • New Mexico Computing Applications Center • New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership • New Mexico Technology Council • NEXT High School • North Carolina Community College System • North Carolina General Assembly • North Carolina House of Representatives • North Carolina New Schools • North Carolina Senate • North Carolina State University • Northern Illinois University • Northrop Grumman • Northwestern Medicine • Northwestern University • Novati Technologies, Inc. • NXP Semiconductors • Nzyme2HC, LLC • Oak Ridge Associated Universities • Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Office of Congressman Joe Barton • Office of Governor Rick Snyder • Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham • Office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich • Office of U.S. Senator Tom Udall • OHM Advisors • Oil States International, Inc. • Oklahoma Agriculture Experiment Station • Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology • Oklahoma Department of Transportation • Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance • Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority • Oklahoma State University • Oklahoma State University Research Foundation • Oklahoma Turnpike Authority • Olin College • Omega One R&D Corp • Onshape Inc. • Open Photonics, Inc. • OptiGrate Corp • Oregon BEST • Orlando Business Journal • Orlando Economic Development Council • Orlando Utilities Commission • Oshkosh Corporation • PAA Natural Gas Storage • PACCAR • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Paramount Industries • Partners HealthCare • PayPal • PECA Labs • Pellissippi State Technical Community College • Pennsylvania State University • Pennsylvania Transformer Tech Inc. • Pennsyvania Department of Transportation • Pentair • Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation • Philips Healthcare • Philips Radiation Oncology • Phillips 66 • Phononic • PineBridge Investments • Pioneer Natural Resources Company • PlayWerks • Portland State University • PPG Industries • Prairie View A&M University • Pratt & Whitney • Procter & Gamble • Promisec • Proper Polymers • Proterra Inc. • Proteus Digital Health • Quadrangle Development Company • Qualcomm Institute • Qualcomm, Inc. • Racepoint Global • Racevine.com • Radius Ventures • Raytheon • Red Bluff Resources • Redzone Robotics • REI Automation • Reinventing Communication • Research Triangle Materials Research Science & Engineering Center • Rex Hospital • RF Micro Devices, Inc. • Rice University • Richard King Mellon Foundation • Ricoh Innovations Corporation • Ridgewood Advisors, LLC • RINI Technologies Inc • Robocasting Enterprises LLC • Rockwell Automation • Roper Mountain Science Center • Rosetta Resources Inc. • Rubicon Oilfield International • S & B Engineers and Constructors • S&B Infrastructure, Ltd • Sage Automotive Interiors • SAIC • San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation • San Diego Telecom Council • San Diego Union-Tribune • Sandia National Laboratories • Sapphire Energy • Sargento Foods Inc. • SAS Institute • Sathaye Family Foundation • Science Foundation Arizona • Science Olympiad • Scioderm • SCRA • Seagate • Seattle Times • Semiconductor Research Corporation • Seminole County Sheriff’s Office • Seminole State College of Florida • Shinano Kenshi Corporation • Shipman Technologies, Inc. • Siemens Building Technologies • Sierra Systems • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP • skyTran • SMD Software, Inc. • SME • Snohomish County Public Utility District • Society of Women Engineers • SOLOMO Technology • Solutionstream, LLC • South Carolina Automotive Council • South Carolina Department of Education • Southern Polytechnic State University • Space Center Houston • Space Florida • Spartan Innovations • Spartanburg Community College • SPX Heat Transfer • Steelcase • Stevens Institute of Technology • STI • Stratasys Ltd. • STRATCO, Inc. • Streamline Media Group • Stress Engineering Services Inc. • Sumitomo Electrical Device Innovations USA, Inc. • Sun Country Industries • Superior Energy Services • Swiftwater Consultants • Taggle • TBM Consulting Group, Inc. • TEAM Technologies • Tech 20/20 • Tech Coast Angels • TechNexus • Teledyne Oil & Gas • Tenaris • Tessolar Inc. • Tetragenetics, Inc. • • Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station • Texas A&M Foundation • Texas A&M University • Texas Tech University • Texas Workforce Commission • The Dow Chemical Company • The Research Triangle Park • The University of Akron • The University-Industry Demonstration Partnership • The Walt Disney Company • Theranos Inc. • thinkstep • ThyssenKrupp North America • Tilofy • Toho Tenax America • Toyota Technical Center • Transco Products Inc. • Trinity Industries, Inc. • Triple Helix Innovation • TRW Automotive • Two Bit Circus • U.S. Department of Energy • U.S. Department of Energy, Northwest Site Office • U.S. Economic Development Administration • UI LABS • UICO, Inc. • UL DQS Inc. • UltiMachine • Unconventional Resources, LLC • UniEnergy Technologies, LLC • United Association • United States House of Representatives District 6 • United States Steel Corporation • United Technologies Corporation • Univerisity of Virginia • Universal Creative • University of Arizona • University of California, Davis • University of California, Los Angeles • University of California, Riverside • University of California, San Diego • University of Central Florida • University of Chicago • University of Florida • University of Georgia • University of Houston • University of Illinois at Chicago • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • University of Illinois Board of Trustees • University of Illinois Foundation • University of Massachusetts Lowell • University of Michigan • University of Michigan-Dearborn • University of New Mexico • University of Pennsylvania • University of Pittsburgh • University of San Diego • University of South Carolina • University of Southern California • University of Tennessee, Knoxville • University of Texas at Austin • University of Texas at El Paso • University of Virginia • University of Washington • University of Wisconsin Foundation • University of Wisconsin-Madison • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • UPMC Cancer Center • Upstate SC Alliance • US Army Corps of Engineers • Valicor • Vcom3D • Veolia North America • ViaSat, Inc. • Virginia Tech • Visteon Automotive • Voci Technologies • Wake County Economic Development • Wake Tech Community College • Walsh College • Warner Bros. Studios • Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association • Washington Department of Commerce • Washington First Robotics • Washington Research Foundation • Washington Roundtable • Washington State University • Waterborne Environmental, Inc. • Wayne State University • Webco Industries, Inc. • Wellesley College • Wentworth Institute of Technology • WeSpire • Westinghouse Electric Company • Wilco • Wohlers Associates, Inc. • Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Workforce Intelligence Network • World Business Chicago • World Trade Center of New Orleans • Worthington Industries • WPP • WPX Energy • Xerox Corporation • Y-12 National Security Complex • ZF Transmissions Gray Court