Today's Machining World

Exhibit areas include automation, robotics, smart manufacturing, precision machining, software solutions, industrial IoT, and cybersecurity. The Executive Perspectives series features panels with manufacturing-company executives and technology providers; Knowledge Bars cover advanced manufacturing technologies and how innovation and AI adoption can address technology challenges for small and midsize manufacturers. Other listed features include the SME Mission Critical: Workforce 2030 experience on manufacturers’ workforce challenges; a Pop Up Factory demonstrating an assembly and inspection workflow that captures data and connects apps, devices, and analytics; and a Corporate and Institutional Roundtable addressing the manufacturing skills gap, alignment between academic outcomes and workforce needs, and strategies for manufacturing’s future. The Bright Minds College Experience includes executive chats, student-led sessions, hands-on exposure to advanced manufacturing technologies, industry roundtables, and discussions about the manufacturing workforce.

The event features exhibits in automation, robotics, smart manufacturing, precision machining, software solutions, industrial IoT, and cybersecurity. Its Executive Perspectives series is a thought-leadership panel program featuring manufacturing-company executives and technology providers; featured presentations cover diverse manufacturing disciplines. The Smart Manufacturing Experience includes exhibits on smart manufacturing and cybersecurity, plus Knowledge Bar conversations about advanced manufacturing technology, innovation, AI, and technology-adoption challenges for small and medium-sized manufacturers. SME Mission Critical: Workforce 2030 focuses on manufacturers’ workforce challenges.