David Vasko

Recognized internationally for its leadership in Smart Manufacturing, SMLC is a national 501C6 non-profit that includes manufacturers, solution providers, academia, national labs, associations and government agencies. SMLC envisions a 21st century SM enterprise (from suppliers, OEMs, and companies to supply chains) that is fully integrated, knowledge-enabled, and model rich. Such visibility across the enterprise (internal and external) would radically improve the ability to inform decisions and drive action. Without an open, industrial infrastructure, adoption of Smart Manufacturing is not economically viable. Solutions implemented in piecemeal fashion will continue to limit innovation and capability. In 2021 SMLC became part of Advanced Manufacturing International (AMI), a Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group (MTDG) company.

5 Lakes Institute is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to working with like-minded partners to build and connect the Great Lakes Region’s high technology entrepreneurial economy and culture. This strategy, which we began working on In 2017, is focused on accelerating the pace of technological innovation and entrepreneurship across the entire Great Lakes Region. We changed our name in 2020 to 5 Lakes Institute to better reflect our efforts to promote a regional high-tech infrastructure and ecosystem and our belief in the importance of cooperation across the region. The Great Lakes region is home to a stunning collection of globally diversified, tech-rich companies, leading academic research institutions, and emerging technology ventures poised for explosive growth from innovations that leverage next-gen technologies. We’re very excited to do our part to help the region realize its full economic potential

We are the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. For more than a century, NIST has helped to keep U.S. technology at the leading edge. Our measurements support the smallest of technologies to the largest and most complex of human-made creations. NISTs mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. See what innovative work we’re doing to support it: https://www.nist.gov/

Recognized internationally for its leadership in Smart Manufacturing, SMLC is a national 501C6 non-profit that includes manufacturers, solution providers, academia, national labs, associations and government agencies. SMLC envisions a 21st century SM enterprise (from suppliers, OEMs, and companies to supply chains) that is fully integrated, knowledge-enabled, and model rich. Such visibility across the enterprise (internal and external) would radically improve the ability to inform decisions and drive action. Without an open, industrial infrastructure, adoption of Smart Manufacturing is not economically viable. Solutions implemented in piecemeal fashion will continue to limit innovation and capability. In 2021 SMLC became part of Advanced Manufacturing International (AMI), a Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group (MTDG) company.

5 Lakes Institute is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to working with like-minded partners to build and connect the Great Lakes Region’s high technology entrepreneurial economy and culture. This strategy, which we began working on In 2017, is focused on accelerating the pace of technological innovation and entrepreneurship across the entire Great Lakes Region. We changed our name in 2020 to 5 Lakes Institute to better reflect our efforts to promote a regional high-tech infrastructure and ecosystem and our belief in the importance of cooperation across the region. The Great Lakes region is home to a stunning collection of globally diversified, tech-rich companies, leading academic research institutions, and emerging technology ventures poised for explosive growth from innovations that leverage next-gen technologies. We’re very excited to do our part to help the region realize its full economic potential