J-DAMMIT registrants, 

We are excited to host you this week. Here are a few important items to know before your arrival. 

1. Dress Code: While we all want to appear professional, this event may be a bit out of the norm for some folks. We will spend the majority of our time in the lab. For safety purposes, PLEASE WEAR LONG PANTS AND CLOSED-TOED SHOES. If you have long hair, please bring a hair tie, or similar item, to pull your hair back. In some of the labs, you may be wearing a lab coat, and/or other safety equipment, so please be comfortable. Jeans/slacks and a t-shit/polo would be ideal. The labs all have concrete floors, so I suggest gym shoes or boots over dress shoes, but that is up to you. 
2. Lab Demos: The experts providing the demos will have enough information to share throughout each demo. They will talk to you about material and equipment and will show you how the equipment operates. IT IS YOUR JOB TO GET INVOLVED. If you want to get hands-on experience with material handling or equipment operation, then speak up and let your demo provider know you are ready to get your hands dirty. (There is one demo that will be less hands-on because there is so much to show, but it will be engaging none the less).
3. Network with others interested in advanced manufacturing, learn something new, try out equipment you are considering procuring for your own facility, grab a few student resumes if you are looking for your next manufacturing expert…………Whatever your reason for coming to HU; welcome and have a great time!!!

Welcome to the Joint-Defense Advanced Manufacturing Meeting for Innovation and Transition, J-DAMMIT. This event incorporates collaborative discussion with hands-on demonstrations of advanced manufacturing techniques and descriptions of how these innovative technologies are being implemented to support the Warfighter.  Attendees will network with advanced manufacturing experts from Industry, Academia and Government, while visiting equipment and material vendor displays in an expo area that will also include a student poster session.  The student posters will be presented by students from Harrisburg University (HU), Penn State University (PSU), and Viriginia Tech (VT).  

This event will take place in HU’s newest facility, a 260,000ft² education and research tower in downtown Harrisburg, PA, which houses our Advanced Manufacturing labs and reception space. 

The HU Advanced Manufacturing Team and our Industry Partners will provide IMMERSIVE demonstrations in Robotics, Additive Manufacturing, CNC Machining, Hybrid Manufacturing (DED + CNC), 3D Electronics Printing, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Smart Factory, and others. Attendees can get real Hands-On exposure to these technologies. Experts will be available to guide attendees through the equipment operation. No other event allows attendees to test the operational capabilities of manufacturing technologies while presenting defense-focused use cases.  

On the evening of 21 SEP, we will be hosting a special networking event for our attendees. You won’t want to miss this social time!!

Registration and attendance is limited to citizens of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Citizenship or dual-citizenship outside of these countries will not be permitted attendance.

THE FIRST ANNUAL J-DAMMIT EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR PARTNER, CIMQUEST, AND OUR 5-STAR SPONSOR, PHILLIPS.

WARFIGHTER INNOVATION AWARD

Welcome to the first annual J-DAMMIT. As we are focused on delivering content that is DoD-centric we want to include (and promote) Warfighter input in the Advanced Manufacturing community. To that end, we are initiating a Warfighter Innovation Award for Advanced Manufacturing that will be presented annually at this meeting. Nominations throughout this year will be discussed at the meeting in September and the awardee will be invited to the meeting next year to receive the award in-person. Nominations should be focused on awareness and impact around the point-of-need. This would be a service member (active or reserve) that has identified a problem in-field (operational or tactical, from shipyard to arsenal to FOB) and has either created a part/solution or has leveraged the OIB to produce a part/solution that is being used/installed/deployed. Our Warfighters are intelligent and resourceful, and this is an opportunity to award a service member for embracing and implementing Advanced Manufacturing to better their unit and the defense of our country.

WARFIGHTER INNOVATION AWARD!

Event Registration

When

21 September 2023, 0730-1630 and 22 September 2023, 0830-1500.

Location

222 Chestnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, United States

Parking

Street parking is available on a first-come-first-serve basis in downtown Harrisburg.  There are also several parking garages in the vicinity, including: The Harrisburg University Garage (326 Market Street), The Chestnut Street Parking Garage (322 Chestnut Street), and hotel parking at the Hilton Harrisburg (One N 2^nd Street) and Crown Plaza Harrisburg (23 S 2^nd Street). On-street parking is free in Harrisburg after 1700, otherwise there are fees for parking in the city.

Registration is Full/Closed

Hotel Information

The Hilton Harrisburg is our event partner and is only one city block from HU. 

The Hilton Harrisburg is located at One N 2^nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101

Rooms have been secured at the federal rate for government travelers and a reduced rate for non-government travelers. 

Government attendees should use this link to secure a room:

https://group.hilton.com/f8ljv2

or call 717.233.6000 and reference code, 94K

Non-government attendees should use this link to secure a room:

https://group.hilton.com/dukujw

or call 717.233.6000 and reference code, JDAM9

We do not have an overflow room block, but we can suggest the next closest hotel.

The Crowne Plaza is located at 23 S. 2^nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101

and can be reached at 717.234.5021 or through igh.com

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