The summit will have two key objectives: reporting back to stakeholders on projects completed under the Department's Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) since the 2007 eventwww.cechina.cn, and obtaining a second round of feedback from individual U.S. stakeholders regarding the SMI and how it might evolve to meet the current and future needs of the U.S. manufacturing sector and broader business community.  

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　　Topic areas to be addressed include: green supply chain challenges

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, regulatory compliance控制工程网版权所有, and the intersection of U.S. competitiveness and environmental stewardship.
　　Due to capacity limitations

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, the summit will be limited to approximately eighty to eighty-five non-government participants.  The Department of Commerce encourages the participation of representatives of trade associationsCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, U.S. businesses, academiawww.cechina.cn, and other relevant U.S. entities that have a strategic interest in sustainable manufacturing as it relates to U.S. industry competitiveness. 
　　Companies

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, organizations or individuals interested in attending should email susmanuf@mail.doc.gov and provide their name and contact information. Those individuals or company/organization representatives selected to attend will be notified by email in mid-to-late August 2009.  For further information regarding this eventwww.cechina.cn, contact Bill McElnea at 202-482-2831.