SACRAMENTO – The Governor’s Office for Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) will hold an advanced Manufacturing Summit at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 27.

The summit will be led by Gov. Jerry Brown’s Senior Jobs Advisor Mike Rossi and will convene key stakeholders from education, industry, research and the state’s iHub innovation network.

The summit is a response to President Obama’s state of the union call for an expansion of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) with the opening of new Institutes of Manufacturing (IMI).  

This summit will be a coordination of stakeholders to craft California’s proposal to compete for new manufacturing institutes.

“As the No. 1 state for manufacturing jobs and output in the nation, California will lead the next generation of advanced manufacturing in America,” said Mike Rossi, senior jobs advisor to Governor Brown. “We heard the president’s call and California will respond.”

Representatives for the summit include the following so far:

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Sandia (Livermore) National Laboratory
• NASA Ames
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
• The Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence
• California Manufacturers & Technology Association
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• California Institute of Technology
• Stanford University
• University of Southern California
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Merced
• University of California, San Diego
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of California,  Santa Cruz
• California State University, Chico
• San Jose State University
• Bay Area Council
• Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
• East Bay Economic Development Alliance
• RapidTech
• Orange County iHub
• Innovation for Green Advanced Transportation Excellence iHub
• Sacramento iHub
• San Diego iHub
• Innovate North State iHub
• San Jose/Silicon Valley iHub
• Coachella Valley iHub
• Cal Valley Tech iHub (CVBI)
• North Bay iHub
• San Francisco iHub

The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) serves as California’s single point of contact for economic development and job creation efforts.

GO-Biz offers a range of services to business owners including: attraction, retention and expansion services, site selection, permit streamlining, clearing of regulatory hurdles, small business assistance, international trade development, assistance with state government, and much more.

For more information visit: www.business.ca.gov .