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Welcome to La Idea

CLEAN MANUFACTURING

October 19-30, 2015: CleanManufacturing at theEnterprise Innovation Institutehosted by

Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia
The Program Concept
With a focus on supporting Clean Manufacturing businesses, the purpose of the La Idea
program is to provide business advice, mentoring and connections for Latin American companies
interested in establishing business relationships in the US. The Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech) will organize the endeavor, provide instruction and will coordinate introductions
to multiple local resources with the intent of providing practical connections into the business
community.
Georgia Tech is ranked a top 10 public university in the US according to US News and World
Report. Seven engineering programs are ranked in the top five in the country: Industrial, Civil,
Aerospace, Environmental, Biomedical, and Mechanical Engineering. Georgia Tech has strong
research initiatives in the Clean Manufacturing sector. Examples of three clean manufacturing
research initiatives are listed below:
The Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) focuses on the complete innovation value
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chain from raw and recycled resources to prototypes and finished products and develop
materials, systems, processes, education, and even policies that impact manufacturers
performance in the marketplace. The Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) brings
together core members of the medical device community, including universities, research
centers, clinicians, established device companies, investors and startups, with the goal of
accelerating the commercialization of innovative medical technology. The Institute for
Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) has extensive expertise and longstanding experience in
electronics design, materials, and devices and packaging; semiconductor design, materials, device
fabrication and characterization, biomedicine, nanomaterials and policy.
From the industrial outreach perspective, The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(GaMEP) is a program of Georgia Techs Enterprise Innovation Institute and is a member of the
National MEP network supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The
GaMEP, with offices in nine regions across the state, has been serving Georgia manufacturers
since 1960. The program offers a solution based approach through coaching and education
designed to increase top line growth and reduce bottom line cost to the small and midsize
manufacturing sector.
Georgia Techs also has research initiatives in energy and sustainable infrastructure focus on a
broad range of challenges involving energy production, conversion, and efficiency water
resource management infrastructure development and the issues associated with a changing
climate.
The La Idea program will be an experience within GA Techs Advanced Technology Development
Center (ATDC), our globally acclaimed business incubator that serves all of Georgias high tech
entrepreneur community. ATDC has been named one of Forbes Top 10 incubators that will
change the world, and its over 150 graduates have collectively raised more than $2 billion USD
in capital investment. Last years companies alone merited over $50 million USD in capital.
A one week core program will be offered and will be followed by an optional second week of
business development activities in Atlanta. During the first week, the core curriculum will be
based on the Lean Launchpad methodology developed for the National Science Foundations
successful ICorps program, which Georgia Tech is a core node. In addition, a business mentor will
be assigned to each company in order to serve as a sounding board and to provide local contacts.
Accommodations will be at the Georgia Tech Hotel, which is located directly across the street
from the Centergy Building on GA Techs campus. This is where the majority of the meetings and
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activities will take place.

Training Outline
Day 1: Monday, October 19 (location TBD)
9:00am 10:00am Welcome Stephen Fleming EII
10:00am 11:00am GaMEP Overview (Andy Helm)
11:00am 12:00pm GaMEP- Innovation processes (Andy Helm)
12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm 1:30pm Travel to SGR
1:30pm 4:00pm International Business Smith Gambrell
4:00pm 5:00pm Reception at SGR
Day 2: Tuesday, October 20 (location TBD)
9:00am 10:30am GaMEP- Management Systems (Ade Bey)
10:30am 12:00pm Carl Rust GA TECH and its programs
12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm 3:00pm GA EII, ATDC, GA TEch Tour
3:00pm 5:00pm GA Economic Development
Day 3: Wednesday, October 21 (location TBD)
9:00am 10:30am Process Improvement- Lean Manufacturing (Sam Darwin)
10:30am 12:00pm Energy and Environmental Management (Holly Lowe)
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12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm 3:00pm Clean Energy (Ben Hill)
3:00pm 5:00pm GA Economic Develpment
Day 4: Thursday, October 22 (location TBD)
9:00am 10:00am Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
10:00am 11:00am GTMI Tour
11:00am 12:00pm Invention Studio Tour
12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm 4:30pm Nidec Elesys Tour
1:00pm 4:30pm Suniva Tour
Day 5 Friday, October 23 (location TBD)
9:00am 10:30am Latin American Chember of Commerce
9:00am 10:30am Lean Startup Methodology and Customer Discovery
10:30am 12:00pm Nanotechnology Tour
12:00pm 12:30pm Travel to MAC
12:30pm 2:00pm Lunch- Metro Atlanta Chamber
2:00pm 2:30pm Travel to GT
2:30pm 4:30pm Lessons Learned
Day 6 October 26 thru Day 10 October 30 (location TBD)
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There will be an additional, optional week, October 26-30, 2015 where meeting rooms and hot
desks will be available for those participants who choose to continue their week in networking
with the connections they have made the week before in the program. All expenses (with the
exception of office/meeting space) will be the responsibility of the attendee for the second week.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is ranked a top 10 public university in the US according to US News and World
Report. Seven engineering programs are ranked in the top five in the country: Industrial, Civil,
Aerospace, Environmental, Biomedical, and Mechanical Engineering. Georgia Techs research
initiatives in energy and sustainable infrastructure focus on a broad range of challenges involving
energy production, conversion, and efficiency water resource management infrastructure
development and the issues associated with a changing climate. Development of clean fuels for
transportation and power generation, optimization of and pollution control for combustion
processes, and creation of new technology options for carbon capture and water purification
represent other innovative research associated with the school. While faculty and students
engage in academic and research activities in these areas, they also participate in external
regional and national competitions such as solar powered vehicle design and solar home design.
About University Center of Excellence
Georgia Tech is also home to the University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Research and
Education, and has spun off Suniva, a successful company that has commercialized technology
developed in the center. Technology commercialization is fundamental to Georgia Tech, and
other Clean Energy spin
offs have been born. Urjanet, a software company which today employs
over 50 folks, was a research idea five years ago.
More information available at:http://innovate.gatech.edu/programs/

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