Summit: Aerospace ‘solid base’ in region

  • By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
  • Tuesday, September 23, 2014 5:19pm

EVERETT — Some of the top people in Washington’s advanced manufacturing industry will be in Everett later this month for the Governor’s Aerospace Summit on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.

The event at Xfinity Arena is hosted by the Aerospace Futures Alliance and focuses on that industry. But sessions will cover the maritime and medical device manufacturing sectors, as well.

“We look at aerospace as providing a solid base for our region to springboard off to other industries, and that is why we have chosen also to spotlight two of the key ones, maritime and medical device, in this year’s discussion,” Linda Lanham, the alliance’s president, said in a news release.

The summit will start with comments from Tim Keating, one of Boeing’s top executives in Washington, D.C. His experience bridges the business and public policy worlds.

Later that first day, there will be a roundtable discussion with Janicki Industries CEO John Janicki, Phillips Healthcare exec Anne LeGrande and leaders in maritime manufacturing. The discussion will be moderated by Troy McClelland, an Everett port commissioner and head of Economic Alliance Snohomish County.

That will be followed by a workshop on manufacturing employers’ options for workforce training.

The summit’s second day includes a presentation about how manufacturing businesses can improve their bottom lines.

Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will give an update on the company’s strategy for the next 20 years.

Gov. Jay Inslee will close the summit with a keynote address.

For more information and to register, go to the Aerospace Futures Alliance website at afa-wa.com.

Dan Catchpole: 425-339-3454; dcatchpole@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @dcatchpole.

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