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Michigan’s manufacturing events calendar features conferences, trade shows, member meetings, safety forums, and economic discussions in the Detroit area. Typical participants include manufacturing engineers, automation and robotics professionals, mechanical engineers, composites specialists, additive manufacturing practitioners, technology developers, business leaders, and workforce stakeholders.
Recurring themes include battery technology, aerospace and defense manufacturing, additive manufacturing, robot safety, mechanical engineering, composites, artificial intelligence, automation, innovation, and workforce development. The sample is organized around gatherings presented by industry associations, technical societies, manufacturing institutes, and regional economic organizations, with programming that connects production technology, industrial safety, and Michigan’s manufacturing workforce.
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The Battery Show North America · Detroit, MI
Automotive · Batteries & Energy StorageProgram tracks cover Battery Chemistry, Materials & Cell Innovation; Electrified Vehicle Systems & Powertrain Integration; Battery Manufacturing & Supply Chain Industrialization; Energy Storage & Grid Applications; and Advanced Air Mobility & Electrified Aviation. The program includes keynotes, leaders' roundtables, technical sessions and case studies, lightning talks, and workshops. Topics include solid-state commercialization, silicon anodes, sodium-ion technologies, advanced materials, EV architectures, charging, recycling, gigafactory execution, manufacturing scale-up, critical minerals, localization, quality, AI and data-center demand, long-duration storage, BESS economics, grid interconnection, battery certification, thermal safety, and electrified aviation. Featured content includes AI-Enabled BMS Architectures: Real-Time Diagnostics, Control Optimization, and Software Integration; Energy Storage: Technologies, Deployment, and Economics; Engineering Safer Battery Systems: Strategies to Minimize Thermal Propagation; Mixing and Coating Technologies in Battery Electrode Manufacturing; battery traceability; EV battery manufacturing; grid compliance testing; sustainable battery active-material supply chains; sodium-ion systems for grid-scale energy storage; and AI-driven models for predicting battery degradation across chemistries and manufacturers.
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Association for Advancing Automation (A3) / Automate · Detroit, MI
Heavy Machinery & Equipment · Robotics & AutomationA multi-track conference focused on robot safety standards, risk assessment, system design, implementation, emerging technologies, and compliance. Program topics include ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025 and ISO 10218 updates; industrial robot cells; collaborative robot safety; mobile and autonomous mobile robots; functional safety; sensitive protective equipment; industrial cybersecurity; AI, physical AI, humanoids, and other emerging systems; and OSHA and global regulatory considerations. Named sessions include “Why Robot Safety Matters,” “An Introduction to Industrial Robotics & The Standards That Apply,” “What is Risk Assessment and Why It Matters?,” “Conventional Industrial Robot Cells: Use Cases, Common Hazards & Considerations,” “Considerations for Collaborative Applications: Use Cases, Changes & Updates in ISO 10218,” “Updates to ISO 10218 (R15.06) and TR 20218-3 What's New and the Key Differences,” “New Requirements for Robotic Users: R15.06-Part 3 & R15.08-Part 3,” “The Role of Functional Safety in Robotics,” “Physical AI and Robot Safety: Standardization Landscape and Use Cases,” “An OSHA Perspective on Industrial Robot Safety,” “Can You Trust the Software Inside Your Robotics?,” and “From Collaborative Robotics Applications to Physical AI: Advancing Safety Models for Autonomous Machines.”
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AeroDef Manufacturing 2027
NotableSME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) · Detroit, MI
Aerospace & Defense · Robotics & AutomationAeroDef Manufacturing will be represented as multifaceted showcases deployed at RAPID + TCT and Manufacturing Technology Series West. The program focuses on aerospace, defense, and military manufacturing applications, including domestic manufacturing capabilities, supply-chain resilience, next-generation technologies, and government procurement requirements. The event includes technology exhibits, aerospace and defense conference tracks, a Knowledge Bar with APEX Accelerators sessions on Federal Government and Department of Defense supplier processes and growth opportunities, and a Strategic Advisory Council composed of leading U.S. aerospace and defense OEMs.
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