UK-US report on manufacturing and innovation policy
Professor Sir Mike Gregory, Dr Eoin O’Sullivan and Dr Carlos Lopez-Gomez from CSTI led the event, titled: ‘UK-US workshop on manufacturing and innovation policy: practices and lessons from advanced manufacturing innovation institutes’.
Held at the White House in Washington DC, the workshop brought together senior policy makers and agency officials from the UK and their counterparts in the US to discuss best practices and common challenges faced when implementing technology and innovation policy. One of the main focuses of the discussion looked at the roles of Catapult Centres in the UK and National Manufacturing Institutes in the US.