Workshop - Offshoring of Engineering: Facts, Myths, Unknowns, and Implications

TUESDAY OCTOBER 24, 2006

• Offshoring Software Engineering (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 808KB) (Paper in pdf 126KB)
  Rafiq Dossani, Senior Research Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
• Thoughts on Software Related Offshoring (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 144KB)
  Alfred Spector, Consultant and Former Vice President of Strategy and Technology, IBM Software Group

Autos

• John Cohoon, Executive Director, Global Engineering Processes, General Motors Corporation
  Offshoring Automotive Engineering: Globalization and Footprint Strategy in the Motor Vehicle Industry (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 336KB) (Paper in pdf 936KB)
• John Moavenzadeh, Executive Director, International Motor Vehicle Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• JModerator: Lori Kletzer, Professor of Economics and Department Chair, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Offshoring (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 32KB)
  Richard Freeman, Herbert S. Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Co-Director, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School; and Director, Labor Studies Program, National Bureau of Economic Research
• Industry Trends in Engineering Offshoring (PowerPoint in pdf 140KB) (Paper in pdf 120KB)
  Vivek Wadhwa, Executive-in-Residence/Adjunct Professor, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
• Offshoring: Implications for the Engineering Workforce and Profession (PowerPoint in pdf 44KB) (Paper in pdf 52KB)
  Ralph Wyndrum, President, IEEE-USA, and CEO, Executive Engineering Consultants

• Network Systems (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 252KB)
  Theodore Rappaport, William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering, and Founding Director, Wireless Networking and Communications Group, University of Texas at Austin

• Impacts of Globalization on Engineering Employment in the Personal Computing Industry (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 60KB) (paper in pdf 88KB)
  Jason Dedrick, Co-Director, Personal Computing Industry Center, and Project Scientist, Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine

• Charles Cooney, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Adjourn
 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2006 

Welcome
Wm. A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering
 

• Semiconductor Engineers in a Global Economy (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 297KB) (paper in pdf 422KB)
  Clair Brown, Director, Center for Work, Technology, and Society, University of California, Berkeley
• Semiconductor Industry Perspective (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 1.19MB)
  Robert Doering, Senior Fellow, Silicon Technology Development, Texas Instruments

• Offshoring of Engineering Services in the Construction Industry (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 92KB) (Paper in pdf 124KB)
  John Messner, Director, Computer Integrated Construction Research Program, Pennsylvania State University
• Jan Tuchman, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering News Record

Implications for Engineering Management and Education

• Anne Stevens, Chairman, President, and CEO-designate, Carpenter Technology
• Richard Newton, Dean of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• Offshoring Engineering: A Glocalization Conundrum??? (PowerPoint presentation in pdf 436KB)
  
  James Porter, Chief Engineer and Vice President, Dupont Engineering and Operations

Chairman's Closing Remarks