The founder of Arizona-based 3-D-printed car company Local Motors will deliver the keynote address for the 5th annual S.C. Automotive Summit, held in Greenville next February.
Local Motors CEO and founder Jay Rogers is expected to speak about how disruptive technologies such as 3-D printing are shaping the automotive industry. Local Motors plans to have the first 3-D printed cars on the road by the beginning of next year.
Now in its fifth year, the S.C. Automotive Summit is the leadership and industry conference held during S.C. Auto Week, which is aimed at highlighting the state’s auto industry during Feb. 21 to 27, 2016.
S.C. Auto Week is geared towards automotive industry professionals as well as the general public, students, parents, teachers and counselors. A number of STEM-oriented activities will target middle and high school students, as well as collegiate career fairs for graduate and undergraduate students seeking work in the automotive field.
The two-day Automotive Summit will be held Feb. 24-26, in the Hyatt Regency in downtown Greenville. Centered around this year’s theme of Connectivity | Collaboration | Innovation, the summit will highlight research within the International Transportation and Innovation Center in the Upstate, as well as other to-be-announced programs and events.
Last year, the panelists at the S.C. Automotive Summit discussed collaboration and workforce development, an ongoing issue for the nation’s automotive sector.
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