President Barack Obama will address the U.S. from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood on Friday, June 24.
His speech will address the key roles that universities — in collaboration with government and industry — play in enhancing the global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, jumpstarting job creation and the process of bringing ideas to market.
The President’s visit comes on the heels of the university’s launch of “Greenlighting Startups,” an initiative aimed at accelerating CMU’s already impressive record of turning innovations into viable, commercial businesses.
Attendance at the talk, which will begin at approximately 11 a.m., is by invitation only. A livestream of the event will be online.
Tight security measures will be in place at NREC and members of the university community who work in that facility will experience restrictions and inconveniences, which are being communicated directly to those impacted.