No matter where you are on the digital manufacturing journey, Rethink is a must-attend event to learn aspirational best practices, discover real-world case studies, and network with other leaders who are guiding the way to Manufacturing 4.0.
Rethink examines today’s digital factory as it intersects with technology, organizations, and leadership. Come away with a better understanding of the smart factory and what’s needed to compete, succeed, and thrive in the connected future.
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Engage and learn through keynotes, case studies, breakout sessions, 1-on-1 meetings and networking events, plus a new Rethink Golf Outing, Annual Council Meeting and Strategic Industry Content for 2026.
Create roadmaps for enterprise-wide digital transformation 
See real-world examples of AI deployment in manufacturing 
Learn strategies for data mastery and governance
Get started on creating your company’s Manufacturing 4.0 business culture
Discover how to create resilient, agile supply chains 
Make connections that matter with peers and industry leaders
Need we say more? Spend several days building relationships and connecting with like-minded executives both in and out of the event sessions.
Hear from industry experts with curated content throughout the event, including real-world case studies, panel discussions, research insights, executive interviews and more!
Participate in our personal 1-on-1 meetings to understand how different solutions can help you overcome your current business challenges.
Collaborate, engage, share and learn with your peers in our interactive Think Tank sessions. With a dozen topics to choose from, you are certain to walk away with new insights and ideas.
No matter where you are in your digital transformation journey, Rethink will help you understand how technologies can accelerate your journey, provide real-world insights and access to the manufacturing organizations leading the way.
A Rethink exclusive! Hear the highlights from each of our event partners during the Rethink custom VIP tour. In two minutes or less, you’ll gain quick insights and know where you’d like to take the opportunity to understand more.
Join small group table discussions during lunch to discuss specific industry topics around some of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers today.
Connect with some of the top Manufacturing Leadership Award project finalists and gain firsthand insights into their projects during our lightning round sessions and meet n’ greet tables.
Set against the backdrop of Arizona’s McDowell Mountains, the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess offers serene lagoons, unparalleled golf, exceptional dining options and an award-winning spa.
With over 300+ top-level manufacturing executives and their teams, you’ll have access to real conversations, revealing real insights and providing real results.
Manufacturing 4.0 requires support from cross-functional teams within multiple divisions to integrate technologies, advance the adoption of M4.0 and keep your company ahead of the curve.
Rethink is designed to support all areas and provides content that covers technology, organization, culture, leadership, workforce and more.
This event is built for you and your team, including, but not limited to:
With multiple concurrent interactive sessions, more than two dozen live sessions, and access to content pre- and post-event, the best value will come from providing your team access to Rethink 2026. With multiple participants, you’ll be able to divide and conquer, allowing you to collaborate and bring new ideas, strategies and action items back to your company!
Please note that agenda is continuously updated as information becomes available and is set to Mountain Standard Time (MST).
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Open to all registered Rethink 2026 attendees. The Networking Luncheon will be followed by an afternoon of strategic industry content that too is open to all registered Rethink 2026 attendees.
Manufacturers are navigating a complex mix of policy uncertainty, shifting trade dynamics, and uneven growth. This session will offer a clear outlook for the remainder of 2026 and 2027, focusing on tariffs and supply chains, demand and production trends, capex and credit conditions, productivity and technology adoption, and the workforce—translating macro signals into practical implications for operations and investment.
This session will be followed by a panel discussion on economic trends. Manufacturing company executives on the front lines will share their aspirations and concerns about the coming months.
Moderator: David R. Brousell, Founder, Vice President and Executive Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council
As U.S. energy demand accelerates—driven by data centers, artificial intelligence, electrification and manufacturing reshoring—our power generation, transmission and distribution system is struggling to keep up. A widening gap between peak power demand and generation capacity, an aging electrical grid and a backlog of critical components cumulatively poses one of the most significant challenges to American economic growth and energy security. For manufacturing leaders driving digital transformation, these energy challenges have direct implications for plant reliability, AI and automation investments, and long-erm competitiveness.
Gain insights into how manufacturers are addressing these issues and hear about the updated findings from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s 2025 study, A Reliable Grid for an Electric Future, outlining how electrical manufacturers are supplying the technology and solutions to help the grid meet rising demand. Attendees will come away with a clearer understanding of how grid constraints may impact manufacturing operations, what leaders can do to mitigate energy-related risks, and how to align digital strategies with the realities of today’s evolving electricity market.
This Session will be followed by a panel discussion examining what these energy dynamics mean for manufacturing leaders.
Moderator: David R. Brousell, Founder, Vice President and Executive Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council
What happens in Washington, DC has a direct impact on manufacturers’ operations across the country. A year and a half into the Trump administration and the 119th Congress, manufacturers have secured historic policy wins—from generational tax reform and regulatory modernization to advances in AI and energy leadership. Yet significant opportunities remain, including permitting reform, infrastructure investment, health care, and trade policy.
Looking ahead to the 2026 midterms, the session will explore the state of play for pro-manufacturing policy and equip manufacturers with the insights needed to navigate uncertainty and position their organizations for what’s next.
As priorities multiply and resources remain constrained, effective leadership requires more than keeping teams busy—it demands clear alignment with what the business truly values. This session explores how manufacturing leaders identify high-impact work, ensure teams choose priorities intentionally, and decline misaligned efforts without creating organizational resistance. Panelists will discuss how to measure and communicate business impact in terms executives care about, support teams when strategic bets fall short, and ensure meaningful contributions are visible and recognized. The focus is on building teams that deliver outcomes, not just activity.
Moderator: Penelope Brown, Senior Content Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council
Manufacturers are moving toward factories that sense, decide and act in real time. This panel will explore how adaptive systems, AI-driven scheduling and flexible automation are enabling factories that continuously optimize for performance and resilience.
Discover how manufacturers are using shared digital platforms to collaborate with suppliers, logistics partners and customers. This session highlights how secure data exchange and real-time insight are transforming supply networks into integrated ecosystems.
Innovation isn’t optional in a fast-changing market, it’s survival. Hear how leading manufacturers are leveraging digital tools to experiment faster, shorten product cycles and unlock new business models that drive sustained growth.
AI initiatives fail when the data isn’t ready. Learn how leading manufacturers are identifying, refining and governing their most valuable data sets to power successful AI applications.
Cyber threats are evolving as fast as factory connectivity. Hear how manufacturers are securing converged IT and OT environments while maintaining reliability and trust across digital operations.
What separates digital leaders from digital laggards? This session brings together executives who are driving transformation through vision, adaptability and a culture of innovation that keeps people at the center.
Many manufacturers have proved AI works. Now they must scale it. This session will share lessons learned in moving from small pilots to enterprise-wide AI systems that deliver measurable results and lasting competitive advantage.
Manufacturers don’t win with technology alone—they win by turning digital vision into measurable operational value. This keynote explores how purpose-driven digital organizations align around a clear performance “north star” to unlock capacity, improve quality, and drive results at scale. Discover how leading teams are breaking down organizational silos, integrating digital expertise into operations, and using AI to strengthen—not replace—human judgment. Leaders will leave with practical strategies to move from experimentation to sustained impact across the enterprise.
What’s on the minds of the next generation as they develop into the leaders of tomorrow? This panel discussion will examine the hopes, aspirations, and visions for the future from some of this year’s top finalists for the Next-Generation Leadership award.
Moderator: Penelope Brown, Senior Content Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council
What if the world’s most powerful magnets could be made without relying on rare earth elements? This session explores how Niron Magnetics is doing exactly that with high-performance Iron Nitride magnets built entirely from abundant, globally available materials. Beyond magnets, the lessons in innovation, resilience, and supply chain agility apply to manufacturers across industries. Learn how this breakthrough eliminates supply risks, delivers exceptional thermal stability, and powers partnerships with leaders like General Motors and Samsung. Executives will walk away with insights on scaling resilient, high-performance supply chains while addressing the looming global magnet shortage.
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See how manufacturers are blending human expertise with robotic precision to create hybrid production cells that can think, adapt and self-optimize. This session will highlight real-world examples of improved flexibility, safety and productivity.
Supply networks are only as strong as their weakest link. This session will explore how manufacturers are using AI to anticipate supplier disruptions, assess risk and take proactive steps to build resilience across complex ecosystems.
Lot-size-one is no longer a dream. Discover how digital manufacturing technologies are making mass personalization possible—and profitable—through smarter design, automation and connected production.
Empowered teams are transforming how manufacturers manage and use data. This panel will reveal how data mesh principles are improving quality, accelerating analytics and scaling AI across the enterprise.
With so many technologies vying for attention, how do manufacturers choose what truly delivers? This session will bring together experts to discuss the most effective combinations of IoT, AI and automation tools for scalable, secure smart factory operations.
This interactive workshop helps leaders build confidence in guiding AI-enabled teams. Participants will explore practical strategies for collaboration, ethics and communication in environments where humans and intelligent systems work side by side.
AI success doesn’t end at deployment. This discussion will highlight best practices for AI operations, governance and lifecycle management to keep models reliable, explainable and continuously improving.
Our high-caliber speaker lineup will bring you the insight and inspiration you need for moving your business forward. The speaker lineup for Rethink 2026 will be announced in early March! In the meantime, please see our 2025 speaker lineup below.
For information on becoming and/or nominating a speaker, please contact [email protected]
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Sponsorship investments at Rethink provide you the opportunity to connect with top manufacturing executives and are proven to deliver results.
With multiple opportunities to educate buyers about your products and services, discuss challenges and solutions, showcase thought leadership, connect with attendees, build relationships, and generate opportunities with the executive audience, you are guaranteed to see results.
Partnering with NAM’s Manufacturing Leadership Council as a sponsor at Rethink, you’ll have the opportunity to:
Sponsorships are limited and available in a range of levels. Please contact us today to discuss a customized solution for your organization.
See how ultra-fast, reliable fiber and 5G connectivity protected by built-in security can help you connect your factory environment and enable digital transformation. Let our experts work with you to simplify your supply chain and make your business more resilient. Welcome to a new standard for networking.
MaintainX is the leading maintenance and asset management platform designed specifically for industrial and frontline teams. It helps companies streamline maintenance, improve asset management, and manage regulatory compliance and audits — all while delivering insights to improve the bottom line. As a mobile-first platform trusted by 10,000+ customers, it delivers a modern IoT-enabled solution for maintenance, reliability, and operations teams. MaintainX is reimagining industrial maintenance and operations to address the realities of today and the future ahead.
NTT DATA – part of NTT Group – is a trusted global innovator of IT and business services headquartered in Tokyo. We partner with manufacturers to deliver innovative approaches to IT, OT and business challenges. Our experts provide deep industry expertise with applied innovations in digital, cloud and automation across a comprehensive portfolio of consulting, industry solutions, business process services, IT modernization and managed services. We enable clients, and society, to move confidently into the digital future and are committed to our clients’ long-term success.
As industrial companies seek to transform with emerging technologies and AI, Rockwell Automation and Kalypso are helping them create the future of industrial operations.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, combines advanced hardware, software, and services to drive productivity, resilience, and sustainability across industries.
Kalypso, Rockwell’s digital services business, helps companies unlock the power of digital solutions. From advancing automation to autonomy and creating a digital thread through the product lifecycle, Kalypso focuses on improving what’s made and how it’s made.
Together, Rockwell and Kalypso combine industry-leading automation with digital transformation expertise to solve complex production challenges, optimize processes, and achieve measurable results—creating more resilient, agile, and sustainable operations.
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Amazon Business is revolutionizing procurement for manufacturing and industrial companies by empowering organizations to streamline their purchasing processes, reduce costs, and drive operational efficiency. Through access to millions of business-relevant products, competitive pricing, and quantity discounts, we deliver comprehensive solutions tailored to the manufacturing sector’s unique needs. Our purchasing solution offers advanced analytics and spend visibility tools, seamless integration with existing procurement systems, and customizable approval workflows. From MRO supplies to safety equipment, Amazon Business is transforming how manufacturing and industrial sectors buy.
ArcBest® is a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics company that leverages our full suite of solutions to meet our customers’ supply chain needs. Using our technology, expertise and power of scale, we connect shippers with the solutions they need — from ground, air and ocean transportation to fully managed supply chains — serving as a single logistics resource. We’re a trusted advisor. We put ourselves in our customers’ shoes and constantly look for opportunities to optimize. And with innovation as a pillar of our strategy, we develop intelligent solutions that create operational efficiencies and help move the global supply chain forward.
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Arch Systems is redefining manufacturing intelligence with AI-guided actions for global manufacturing. By unifying fragmented data and delivering actionable insights, Arch empowers manufacturers to reduce waste, minimize downtime, and achieve operational excellence. With a foundation in deep manufacturing expertise and robust data integration, Arch Systems turns today’s challenges into tomorrow’s competitive advantage.
Boston Consulting Group is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders in business and society to tackle the most critical challenges and capture the greatest opportunities. BCG’s Operations practice is a globally integrated team that delivers tangible and enduring impact across the entire value chain. We deploy a unique blend of industry, operations, and digital expertise to deliver accelerated results and build capabilities, tailored to our clients’ context.
We work closely with manufacturing companies to navigate a shifting landscape of supply chains, AI technologies, and talent—delivering value with a relentless focus on driving growth, building resilience, and shaping a more sustainable future.
For manufacturing organizations pursuing sector-leading growth and customer satisfaction while managing a rapidly evolving workforce, Canvas GFX delivers the digital transformation of knowledge flow throughout the organization – empowering front-line workers with live product data that ensures they get the job done right first time. Unlike software companies focusing on tactical efficiencies, or seeking to displace existing master systems, Canvas GFX is a strategic partner focused on helping customers to rapidly and significantly augment the value of existing assets, enabling the flow of knowledge along the entire digital thread to reduce operating costs, improve quality, and maximize revenue.
Celonis makes processes work for people, companies, and the planet. The Celonis Process Intelligence Platform, powered by process mining and AI, combines process data and business context to create a living digital twin of the enterprise, connecting people to processes, teams to each other, and AI to the business. Thousands of companies worldwide, including half of the top 200 companies on the Forbes Global 2000, use Celonis to understand their business, optimize operations and drive significant value across the top, bottom, and green lines.
At DELMIA, we believe in the power of the virtual world to transform and improve real-world manufacturing. We are dedicated to offering solutions that drive sustainability, innovation, safety, and profitability, catering to the evolving needs of our customers.
Our solutions, anchored in Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, respond to the most complex challenges faced by manufacturers today. We bridge the gap between the virtual and real worlds, using immersive technology to enable global collaboration, modelling, optimization, and execution in manufacturing, logistics, and service across an efficient and seamlessly interconnected supply chain.
Our offerings go beyond the conventional boundaries of digital twin technology, empowering manufacturers to deliver products and services in a manner that is sustainable and profitable. The integration of augmented reality technology in our solutions enhances accuracy, product quality, and boosts worker satisfaction.
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Dozuki is an industry leading connected worker platform designed to help manufacturers streamline knowledge, training, and upskilling for their frontline teams. By bridging the gap between operations and the shop floor with their digital platform, Dozuki empowers workers with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed in a fast-evolving industrial landscape. Global manufacturing companies use the Dozuki platform and services to bridge skill gaps, boost productivity, and build a future-ready manufacturing workforce. Dozuki is trusted by digital manufacturing leaders including 3M, General Mills, Caterpillar, Ball Corporation, and more. For more information, visit www.dozuki.com
The EASE cloud-based platform for manufacturers ensures frontline processes are executed correctly and consistently every single time, with complete closed-loop issue resolution and real-time data insights across the enterprise. EASE digitally connects and automates critical plant floor work processes, including audits, inspections, scheduling, task assignments, data collection, and more. Dana, Tenneco, Eaton, and other leading manufacturers in 40+ countries use EASE to drive quality, safety, productivity, and compliance.
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About EY’s Industrials and Energy Sector
Urbanization, changing consumer expectations and emerging digital technologies are reshaping what’s possible, from the production and distribution of goods to the transportation of people. To succeed in this new world of mobility and smart manufacturing, incumbents must transform themselves at unprecedented speed — to think like an innovative start-up, tap into new talent and engage the customer. With experience across the value chain and key technology alliances, our teams show clients how to create efficiencies now while adopting digitization and optionality for long-term growth. Automotive, transportation, aerospace, defense, chemicals and industrial products companies can draw on the strength of our network of cross-industry players and put our diverse range of approaches to use today to equip their businesses for tomorrow. Visit https://www.ey.com/en_us/industries/industrial-products
Your machines are trying to talk to you – are you listening?
Whether tariffs rise or fall, optimizing smart manufacturing is critical to mitigating risks in 2025. For over 30 years, FORCAM ENISCO has empowered discrete manufacturers—from metalworking shops to advanced facilities in aerospace/defense, automotive, and industrial/medical equipment—to boost productivity, profitability, and resilience. Our modular MES integrates real-time shop floor data with SAP or any ERP, providing clear visibility and agile decision-making. Award-winning AC4DC software effortlessly connects diverse machinery, reduces edge hardware costs, enhances security, and builds the “clean data” foundation for actionable AI utilization.
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Forvis Mazars, LLP is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, the firm’s 7,000 dedicated team members provide an Unmatched Client Experience® through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services for clients in all 50 states and internationally through the global network. Visit forvismazars.us to learn more.
Fujitsu’s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver advanced data capabilities that can give manufacturers a holistic view across their operations, enabling them to collect, manage and analyze data to achieve transparency, efficiency, and sustainability.
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Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, aerospace & defense, and high tech. Infor’s mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time to value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers. Over 65,000 organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor’s 17,000 employees to help achieve their business goals.
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About Laserfiche
Laserfiche is a leading enterprise platform that helps organizations digitally transform operations and manage their content with AI-powered solutions. Through scalable workflows, customizable forms, no-code templates and AI-enabled capabilities, the Laserfiche® document management platform accelerates how business gets done. Laserfiche is a proven partner for the manufacturing industry, enabling organizations to innovate inefficient business processes. Manufacturing organizations can use Laserfiche to streamline process automation, drive data accuracy and productivity, support regulatory compliance, keep supply chains running smoothly and enhance real-time visibility across critical business processes organization-wide — all while supporting sustainability. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Laserfiche operates globally, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Oracle offers suites of integrated applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.
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The world is changing around us. Industrial enterprises need a technology partner that can help them survive—and thrive—wherever the situation, whatever the disruption. That’s where PTC shines.
Our unique portfolio of CAD, PLM, IoT, and AR technologies—delivered on-prem, hybrid, and SaaS—creates a closed loop between the digital and physical worlds to transform how everything around us is engineered, manufactured, and serviced. This digital thread enables continuity of data across departments and fosters collaboration across functions, empowering the people who are involved at every step.
PTC’s best-in-class technology enables industrial customers, from industrial equipment, high-tech, automotive, aerospace and defense, and medical devices, to improve efficiency, maximize revenue growth, and reduce operational costs.
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RSM US LLP is the leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, with more than 17,000 professionals in 79 cities, six locations in Canada, one in El Salvador and four in India. RSM has deep experience serving clients across general manufacturing and distribution, machinery, chemicals, and automotive. It is a licensed CPA firm and the U.S. member of RSM International, a global network of independent audit, tax and consulting firms with 65,000 people across 120 countries. RSM uses its deep understanding of the needs and aspirations of clients to help them succeed. When you work with RSM, you work with a team who will first look at your organization through a broad lens. Experience the power of being understood.
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Tacton is a leading SaaS company redefining buyer engagement for manufacturers of complex products. By streamlining the buyer journey, Tacton empowers manufacturers to accelerate go-to-market strategies, increase sales, and build brand loyalty. Trusted since 1998 by global leaders such as ABB, Daimler, MAN, Scania, Siemens, Xylem, and Yaskawa, Tacton continues to drive innovation in manufacturing. The company is co-headquartered in Chicago and Stockholm, with regional offices in Karlsruhe, Warsaw, and Tokyo.
Verizon is a proven network partner, leveraging over 30 years of experience managing complex customer networks and serving 99% of Fortune 500 companies. Verizon’s world-class team never stops innovating to meet customers where they are today and equip them for the needs of tomorrow. We work across the industry to unlock the potential of smart manufacturing, helping to drive productivity and operational equipment effectiveness. At Verizon Innovation Labs, we’re forging new frontiers, building industry use cases for real-life scenarios, and creating custom solutions for manufacturers.
For more information, visit our manufacturing website and watch our video, The Evolution of AI: Verizon and the University of South Carolina School of Engineering.
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Zebra Technologies offers solutions designed to help businesses grow by enhancing asset visibility, connecting frontline workers, and utilizing intelligent automation. With operations in over 100 countries, Zebra serves more than 80% of the Fortune 500. Specifically tailored for frontline use, Zebra’s award-winning portfolio includes hardware, software, and services, featuring mobile computers and tablets, thermal barcode label printers, RFID smart label printers/encoders, both fixed and handheld readers, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), along with machine vision and fixed industrial scanning hardware and software. By streamlining workflows, automating processes, and providing workers with real-time insights, Zebra empowers manufacturers to boost productivity and uphold high-quality standards. With automation and AI integrated into essential stages—from material handling to production lines—our solutions guarantee seamless operations that excel in today’s ever-changing market.
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By registering with the 1-to-1 Meetings Package, you are registering for participation in up to six (6) 15-minute 1-to-1 meetings with leading and emerging sponsors of your choice to receive this discounted registration price*. These meetings are tailored to address your business challenges, gain valuable insights, and potentially find solutions. They take place during designated time periods in the agenda on Tuesday and Wednesday, with no other sessions running concurrently, so you’re not missing out on any other content.
*Selections subject to availability. Limited to up to three (3) team members to qualify for the discounted rate. A member of the Manufacturing Leadership Council | NAM team will reach out to you approximately 4-8 weeks prior to the event to make your selections and schedule your meetings. All meeting selections must be chosen by May 26, 2026 or the discount will no longer apply and the difference in price will be charged. For each unselected meeting pre-event or unattended meeting on-site, you will be charged.
Registration to attend Rethink is permitted to those in leadership positions within manufacturing companies and other peripheral organizations such as associations, academia and affiliated groups. For reference, specific positions such as team leader, supervisor, manager, director, VP, SVP, EVP, and C-Level management in operations, manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, IT, HR, and other digital related roles are welcome to attend openly. Sales and marketing executives from manufacturing companies are prohibited. If you have questions about attending, please contact [email protected].
Additionally, registration is limited to end-user manufacturing organizations and approved academia. Solution providers: organizations that provide any form of technology and/or consulting products and services to manufacturing organizations, and do not manufacture any products, are not permitted to attend outside of sponsorship. If an individual from an organization that qualifies as a solution provider registers, a Manufacturing Leadership Council team member will contact you about your registration.
If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship of the event, please contact [email protected].
The Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala is a celebration of world-class manufacturing. Join us to meet the industry’s most innovative and forward-thinking companies and their achievements in Manufacturing 4.0. This exciting black-tie event includes a cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, and recognition of the 2026 Manufacturing Leadership Awards finalists. Category winners, Manufacturing Leader of the Year, the Manufacturers of the Year and the Future of Manufacturing Project Award Winners will be announced on stage. Come join the party!
The Manufacturing Leadership Awards recognize accomplishments and operational transformation in digital manufacturing, including high-performing projects and outstanding leaders. Finalists and winners are selected in nine project categories and two individual categories.
The gala kicks off with a 6:00 p.m. cocktail reception with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Gala admission is included in most Rethink registration packages; you simply need to confirm your attendance at the time of registration. Finalists receive two (2) complimentary gala passes per finalist project. Other admission fees are listed below:
To learn about sponsorship opportunities, contact Lauren Bisset at [email protected].
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