Chryssolouris George
Function / Organisation:
Professor, LMS Director, Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS), University of Patras (Greece)
Biography:
Prof. George Chryssolouris is the Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation at the University of Patras. He was, for 2006-2007, the President of CIRP, the Paris based International Academy for Production Engineering. He was Chief Executive Officer of the Greek telecom operator and member of its board of directors (1996-1999). He worked at MIT (USA) between 1980 and 1993.
Presentation:
"On a Vision for Manufacturing Education"
Based on relevant statistics, the impact of education on the economic growth is first presented. The manufacturing education challenges, with a view to the Factories of the Future, are then shortly discussed. A technology framework to support the needs of tomorrow's "knowledge workers" is outlined.