Events

Experience the next generation of automation at the Smart Factory Institute in Cleveland, TN with our 1-day PLCnext Ecosystem training. This session is designed for those familiar with traditional PLC platforms, offering hands-on exposure to open architecture, flexible IEC 61131 programming, and seamless integration with industrial protocols like OPC UA and MQTT. Discover how PLCnext Engineer enables scalable solutions, advanced diagnostics, online editing, and easy library management - empowering you to build IIoT-ready systems and enhance your automation expertise for the smart factory era.

Early Bird Discount applies until October 7.

11th Annual Peak Performance Symposium

Maintaining Competitive Manufacturing Operations Through
TECHNOLOGY & TALENT

The Peak Performance Symposium is a yearly event that is held for manufacturers, by manufacturers where leading industry professionals share and discuss manufacturing best practices and speak on a variety of topics relevant in today’s advanced manufacturing environment around how manufacturers are maintaining a competitive advantage in the areas of technology and talent.

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Join us for an information session to see what's happening at the Smart Factory Institute. The Smart Factory Institute is a business-driven effort guided by the Tennessee Manufacturers Association and will enhance the manufacturing climate in the state, making Tennessee a destination of manufacturing, innovation, and collaboration while providing rich learning and training opportunities for the workforce through new manufacturing technology. During this virtual session, you will learn about the benefits of membership, access to workshops, networking, and other related opportunities.

The Smart Factory Institute is available to all manufacturers, large and small, across the country for innovation and workforce training.

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Automation, Maintenance, & Reliability Summit

In the world of maintenance and industrial production, operations are continuing to transform as maintenance professionals are pushed to “digitally transform” and become more data driven. The ultimate goal is to execute effective condition-based maintenance, maximize asset reliability and avoid catastrophic failure, but how is this effectively accomplished? Explore how Industry 4.0 is enabling digital transformation decision-making and the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), robotics, how the numerous existing sensor data can be used sensibly with connectivity, and how all of this leads to reliable control.

The Automation, Maintenance, & Reliability Summit is aimed at plant, production, and manufacturing managers, as well as safety engineers, technical specialists, automation specialists, design/development managers, and system integrators.

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LIVE EVENT PAGE

The Smart Factory Workforce Conference

Join the Smart Factory Institute to discuss the industry-changing impacts of Industry 4.0 advancements as they relate to changes in the manufacturing workforce. These impacts are likely to be seen and experienced in terms of changes to the design of manufacturing work, the manufacturing worker experience, and critical worker knowledge, skill, ability, and competency requirements. Hear how companies are re-skilling and retaining their existing workforce to ensure the positive impacts of Industry 4.0 technologies are realized in their operations.

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