Translating Manufacturing Control and Automation Research to Practice: Examples, Challenges, and Opportunities 

There is an opportunity to create automation that will enable better working conditions, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve the overall quality and sustainability of production systems.

Close collaboration between academia and industry is critical to addressing challenges in developing this next generation of workers and manufacturing systems.

It is vital that industry and academia come together to address challenges in developing these partnerships and figure out methods to improve the collaboration process.

A discussion of challenges in developing manufacturing control and automation research in practice, focusing on initiatives, barriers, and collaboration opportunities. 

Global speakers from both academia and industry will share their experiences and perspectives on establishing academic-industry relationships.

A breakout session and a poster session that will engage attendees and allow them to discuss the "best practices" and "lessons learned" from their experiences, as well as provide opportunities to establish close academic and industry partnerships.

Students who are interested in learning about opportunities in industry, including some of the unique challenges of industrial research.

Industry researchers who have had past experiences with academic collaborators.

Faculty who can provide perspectives on industry collaborations.

Government representatives who want to provide insight on how to best form succefull industry-academic partnerships.

Everyone who wants to facilitate, develop, and improve industrial-academic research collaborations.