The features economists and industry experts who will speak on a variety of manufacturing technology forecasting topics, such as new product development, research, job shop trends, leveraging AI, capital spending, energy outlooks, and more. Carefully curated for the manufacturing technology industry, this event takes place Oct. 9-11, in Schaumburg, IL., at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel.
MTForecast also features interactive workshops and expert presentations about best practices in business strategy, data, and marketing. Networking events provide opportunities to make valuable business connections in a fun and relaxing environment.
鈥淭he value of attending MTForecast 2024 is that it provides access to a breadth and depth of market forecasts,鈥� says conference speaker , principal at , a globally recognized aerospace and defense thought leader.
鈥淢TForecast provides a consolidated setting to gather information, ask questions, and pressure test theories and ideas with the market experts in attendance.鈥�
McDonald鈥檚 presentation will provide an outlook for the commercial aerospace, business aviation, military aircraft, munitions, and defense markets. He will discuss robust demand by segment, bottlenecks throughout the supply chain that keep manufacturers from fulfilling demand and provide insight on manufacturing technology investments.
Economic and Manufacturing Leaders
Featured speakers at MTForecast include opening remarks from AMT president Doug Woods; presentations from economists that include , president of , , director of U.S. Industries, , and , president, . Beaulieu has been delivering award-winning workshops and economic analysis seminars in countries across the world to thousands of business owners and executives for the last 30 years. Killion鈥檚 recent work includes analysis of industry profit margins and their impact on CapEx and forecasting industry spending on enterprise technology. Janka, also chairman of AMT鈥檚 board of directors, served on President Obama鈥檚 U.S. Manufacturing Revitalization Task Force Board and met with President Trump in 2019 to review the state of U.S. manufacturing.
The MTForecast 2024 event features speaking events and workshop sessions from the following experts:
: product manager, , manufacturing business consultants. 颁耻肠补濒贸苍 will present 鈥淟everaging AI for Capacity.鈥�
l: president, The Next Step, Inc. Radichel will conduct a workshop, 鈥淣ew Product Development.鈥�
: director, , consultants to manufacturing businesses to develop a roadmap to achieve and maintain success. Walton will present 鈥淛ob Shop Industry Trends.鈥�
: vice president of corporate strategy, , supplier of CNC machine tools, accessories, and related engineering and support services to all industry sectors. Degrange will provide opening remarks on Day 3 of MTForecast.
: president, AMT. Woods will provide opening thoughts on Day 2 of MTForecast.
: principal economist, AMT. Chidzik will present 鈥淕ardner Capital Spending Survey.鈥�
: chief revenue officer, AMT. Egan will make closing remarks on Day 2 of MTForecast.
: vice president of research, AMT. Bowers will present 鈥淩esearch Insights to Grow Your Business.鈥�
鈥淓conomic volatility, this year鈥檚 presidential election, and policy uncertainty created a situation where manufacturers have many questions,鈥� says , director of audience development at AMT. 鈥淢TForecast is the one-stop resource they need to get expert perspectives on these topics, as well as discuss them with their peers during the networking events built into the conference schedule.鈥�
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