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PLANT|NEWS EVENT|NEWS Marinette Marine launches new littoral combat ship courtesy of Marine t te Marine 'Power of place' keynote theme at InDevelopment Feb. 27 F red Kent, founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces, will keynote the 5th annual InDevelopment event on Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Radisson Paper Valley, Appleton. His speech, "The Power of Place," will examine the practice of renovating downtown areas to better accommodate the interests of diverse populations. The event will be held from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 through January; $70 starting Feb. 1. For more information, call Insight Publications at (920) 882-0491. To learn more about Fred Kent and the Project for Public Spaces, visit www.pps.org. F The USS Milwaukee launches in Marinette in December. The littoral combat ship is capable of speeds of more than 40 knots. December saw the launch of the newest naval littoral combat ship from the Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard, the USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), the fifth ship to be named after Wisconsin's largest city. "Milwaukee's christening serves as a tribute to this great American city, but also to the hard-working people of Wisconsin and our nation's entire industrial base," says Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy. "LCS is one of our most important platforms and represents the future of the Navy." The ship is 388 feet long and can churn almost half a million gallons of seawater each minute with its four axial-flow water-jet engines, allowing the ship to travel at speeds greater than 40 knots. The four USS Milwaukees that preceded this ship varied in service. The first was a Civil War ironclad river monitor, the second was a St. Louis-class cruise liner, the third was an Omaha-class light cruiser, and the fourth was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler. The video of the ship's launch is available at www.youtube.com. Search "USS Milwaukee side launch." 26 | / insight on manufacturing • Converting Influence Expo brings manufacturing community together T he Converters Expo will take place on Thursday, March 13 at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay. This year marks the seventh annual event, which has brought together businesses and experts from paper, film and nonwovens converting and supply industries. This event is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and costs $45 per person. Exhibit space is sold out. Register online at www.convertersexpo.com. Manufacturing Matters! and MOTY coming in february O n Thursday, Feb. 27, the Manufacturing Matters! annual conference and the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards program will be held in Milwaukee. The Manufacturing Matters! conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP), offers speakers, networking with industry experts and discussion sessions. Speakers include Gov. Scott Walker; Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM); and Secretary Reggie Newson of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. The event will be at Milwaukee's Hyatt Hotel from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. After the Manufacturing Matters! conference, the 26th annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year award show will be at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel at 5:30 p.m. For more information or to register for these events, visit www.manufacturingmatters.org and www.wimoty.com. F New North Annual Report goes digital New North Inc.'s 2013 Annual Report to the Community is now available online. The report, which is published in partnership with Insight January 2014 Publications, was distributed at the New North Summit on Dec. 6. The report covers multiple economic layers of the New North, including a jobs report, articles about economic development, regional w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g .c o m