2019 Smart Manufacturing Summit

May 14th - 15th, 2019

Dallas, TX

Co-Hosted by Peterbilt

The age of smart manufacturing requires new ways of leading. At the 2019 Smart Manufacturing Summit, we’ll challenge you to think differently and move beyond what’s comfortable. We’ll recharge your imagination as you engage with some of most innovative industrial minds of our time.

Co-Hosted by Peterbilt, the Chief Executive 2019 Smart Manufacturing Summit is for manufacturing CEOs looking to:

Embrace new digital technologies from IoT to AI intelligently
Improve the company's bottom line
Attract and develop extraordinary leaders
Create growth and profitability in a tumultuous time
Be inspired and challenged by peer CEOs from across the nation

This event is limited to just 250 C-Level participants and promises unparalleled insights, networking opportunities and exclusive tours of Peterbilt.

Agenda

Tuesday, May 14

7:00 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Keynote: Smart Manufacturing -- What’s Possible, and When? Barbara Humpton \| Chief Executive Officer, Siemens U.S. As global manufacturing undergoes its biggest transformation since the industrial revolution, Humpton is leading the charge at one of the world’s most innovative manufacturing companies. She will take us inside the radical changes taking place, give us a glimpse of those that are to come, and offer some hard-won advice on how—and how not to—make the leap.
9:00 am - 9:45 am	Making Automation Work James Radous \| President, UniCarriers Americas Additional speakers to be announced IoT, AI, big data, robotics, additive manufacturing, Factory 4.0. Technology promises incredible opportunity, but how do you actually put all the pieces together? We’ll have a blunt, smart conversation with three U.S. manufacturers who are leading the way.
9:45 am - 10:00 am	Networking Break
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Topic to be announced
10:30 am - 11:15 am	Peterbilt: Leading Innovation Since 1939, Peterbilt Motors Company has reigned as America's premium quality truck manufacturer, with a global reputation for industry-leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions. During the past several years, Peterbilt has introduced more new products and services than at any time in its history. We’ll learn more about how they’ve done it with an in-depth briefing by one of the company’s top operational executives ahead of our tour.
11:15 am	Board Buses to Denton, TX
Noon - 5:00 pm	Attendees will divide into 4 groups and experience 4 rotations: 1. Exclusive Tours of Peterbilt Motors Company Manufacturing Plant 2. Hands-on Tour of University of North Texas’s New Additive Manufacturing Lab 3. Peer-to-Peer Roundtables 4. To be announced!
5:00 pm	Buses return to Omni, Frisco Hotel
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Networking Reception

Wednesday, May 15

7:00 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Good to Great Through Data In the age of Amazon, the beating heart of any great company is its ability to generate, manage and leverage data, especially customer data. We’ll talk to CEOs at manufacturing companies that are leading the industry in their ability to mine insights—and deep margins—from the information.
9:00 am - 10:00 am	The Smart Manufacturing Workforce When it comes to building your team, this is the most difficult, complex time in a generation. From finding workers, to upskilling them, to integrating automation, how do you find the right people and strike the right balance of humans and machines? We’ll learn some successful strategies in this can’t-miss presentation.
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Networking Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am	Technology Partnerships Building breakthrough products to better serve customers is increasingly a team sport, requiring multiple companies across multiple technologies. A case study in how to do it.
11:10 am - Noon	Manufacturing Next Manufacturing is in the midst of its biggest revolution since the advent of mass production amid seismic changes in geopolitics, technology and consumer behavior. So where are we? And where are we going? And how will you thrive and survive in the coming decade? We’ll get the views of one of the most important, newsmaking executives in American Manufacturing.
Noon - 3:00 pm	Manufacturing Plant Tour To Be Announced

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Venue

	Omni Frisco Hotel 11 Cowboys Way \| Frisco, TX 75034 Attendees can take advantage of the discounted rate of $239/night. Make Reservations Online: Secure your reservation here . Book, modify or cancel your hotel reservations until the cut off date of April 22, 2019. Call-In Reservations: Reservations (toll free): 1-800-843-6664 Please mention Chief Executive Group or Smart Manufacturing Summit to receive the discounted group rate.

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Highlights from the 2018 Smart Manufacturing Summit

Norman Bodek, Author & Founder of Productivity Press, discussed the Harada Method.	Attendees enjoyed exclusive tours of the Honda of America manufacturing plants during the 2018 summit.	Keynote speakers addressed hundreds of peer CEOs and enabled interactive audience engagement with live polling.
CEOs and Executives explored the Beauty Campus and Anomatic Innovation & Design Center & Manufacturing.	Small groups of CEOs joined interactive roundtable discussions to focus on key topics of their choosing.	Guests enjoyed a reception and dinner at the Ohio Statehouse at the 2018 Smart Manufacturing Summit.