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Prof. Philip Shapira (Georgia Tech School of Public Policy and University of Manchester) will serve as Chair for a new National Academies Committee which will examine "21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology." The Committee comprises a panel of US and international industrial, university, and policy experts, and is organized through the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy. The Committee will hold a series of fact-finding workshops and commission research papers and case studies to review and document the MEP program's current achievements, challenges, and new opportunities; identify and review similar national programs from abroad in order to draw on foreign practices, funding levels, and accomplishments as a point of reference; and discuss current needs and initiatives in light of the global focus on advanced manufacturing. The Committee will hold a first workshop in Washington, DC, in November 2011.