Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum 2008 Will be Held in Cleveland July 9-11

CLEVELAND, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum will be held July 9-11 at the Cleveland Key Center Marriott, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Forum brings together leaders focused on promoting, enhancing and preserving manufacturing in the Great Lakes Region. Conference topics include: the image of the Great Lakes Region, innovation in manufacturing, the workforce and skills needed for manufacturing today and in the future as well as the borders and logistics requirements needed to succeed in today's global economy.

Registration opens at 11 a.m. on July 9.

The Forum is sponsored by the Great Lakes Manufacturing Council, a long-term relationship and collaboration of regional leaders committed to the growth of manufacturing and the Great Lakes Region.

  Speakers include:
  -- Ohio Governor Ted Strickland
  -- Joseph Loughrey, president and COO, Cummins Inc.

-- William Testa, vice president and director of regional programs, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

-- Dr. Jared, Cohon, president, Carnegie- Mellon University

-- Jayson Myers, president and chief economist, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

-- John Austin, executive director, New Economy Initiative and non-resident senior fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution

-- Edward W. Hill, professor and distinguished scholar of economic development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs of Cleveland State University

-- Craig Giffi, vice chairman and the leader for the U.S. Consumer & Industrial Products Industry Practice, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

In addition, the Great Lakes Manufacturing Council received a planning grant from the Joyce Foundation to bring together regional workforce development partners at the Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum. Those attending the Forum will play a key role in developing a regional manufacturing workforce strategy that will provide a skilled, creative workforce that embraces innovation and entrepreneurship and readily adapts to change.

There are a limited number of walk-in registrations available.

Media may register at the door or early by e-mailing anita@m3strategies.com .

For additional information about the Great Lakes Manufacturing Forum, go to http://www.greatlakesmanufacturing.org/ or call 866.615.2182.

  Contact:  Martha Welsh (734.646.5372)
  Maura Campbell (517.944.0811)
  Marge Sorge (734.578.6507)

CONTACT: Martha Welsh, +1-734-646-5372, Maura Campbell, +1-517-944-0811, Marge Sorge, +1-734-578-6507, all of Great Lakes Manufacturing Council

Web site: http://www.greatlakesmanufacturing.org/

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