Events & Workshops

SME is thrilled to be hosting the Smart Manufacturing Experience, coming June 4-5, 2024 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This event will feature new advancements in smart manufacturing technologies, with a significant emphasis on adoption and implementation to help transform your manufacturing operations to digital technologies. Career development and training opportunities will also be a major focus to help support small to mid-sized business find and retain a skilled workforce. We’re excited to be the PREMIERE event showcasing new developments in AI, automation, the power of data, and more. This is a tremendous opportunity to interact and learn how Smart Manufacturing impacts all manufacturers from North America to across the globe.

Smart Manufacturing Experience is the intersection of Technology, People, and Knowledge. We look forward to seeing you June 4-5 at the Smart Manufacturing Experience 2024.

The Smart Manufacturing Experience is focused on the disruptions transforming manufacturing, including:

• Additive Manufacturing (AM)
• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
• Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) / Mixed Reality (MR)
• Automation & Robotics
• Cybersecurity
• Data Analytics
• Industrial IoT: Sensors to Platform
• Business & Workforce Transformation

Guests will be immersed in a world of interactive learning and technology demonstrations. Live presentations, numerous connecting points, and visionary keynotes will deliver unparalleled understanding and know-how. This is a great opportunity for all manufacturers to explore the latest transformative technologies and make valuable connections.

The Smart Manufacturing Experience elevates attendees’ understanding of smart technologies, encourages higher-level thinking, while accelerating the need to explore and implement Industry 4.0.

• Technology Showcase – Inspires imagination and exploration of the latest smart manufacturing technologies and solutions
• Keynote Series – Engaging presentations, delivered by visionary leaders, which promote higher-level thinking and evoke change
• Featured Speaker Presentations – Technology-focused sessions, delivered by industry experts and end users, intended to give an overview of key smart technologies
• Tech Hub Presentations – Small-group Exhibitor discussions on relevant topics providing real life success stories designed to let attendees “ask the expert”
• Networking – Opportunities to engage with like-minded professionals who can share success stories and offer guidance on the smart manufacturing journey

Through its partners, the IMS ManuVation project provides workshops to help companies understand advanced manufacturing technologies, how they help improve processes and find inexpensive solutions for integration. This is particularly helpful to small and medium-sized enterprises and can also be helpful to the supply chains of large companies. The workshop is intended to help companies find a pathway to low-cost solutions toward advanced manufacturing technologies including sharing best practices, forming small projects, and other follow-on activities. Participants should leave the workshop with a better understanding of what it can do to remain competitive in the next ten years by up-skilling its workforce and enhancing manufacturing capabilities.

Following a brief survey of registered participants, IMS will customize the workshop to topics selected from survey respondents to ensure the workshop is relevant to their business challenges. The workshop methodology allows the industry to speak to industry about business issues and potential technological solutions.