Unlocking New Levels of Performance Across the 
Plant Floor

April 5 - 7, 2027 | Norris Conference Center (CityCentre), Houston, TX

Exclusive Insights

Access our library of insights including deep dive interviews with our 2026 speakers. 

Event Speakers

While we are preparing for the 2027 Summit, take a sneak peek at who took the stage in March 2026 for a snapshot of what to expect in 2027.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Can you help the manufacturing industry transform their frontline operations and build a connected workforce?

For manufacturing leaders who refuse to let their frontline teams use yesterday's tools.


 The manufacturing workforce is being reshaped by unprecedented pressure: labor shortages and skills gaps, increasing operational complexity, and the rapid emergence of AI. To remain competitive, manufacturers can no longer rely on disconnected systems, manual processes, and outdated frontline tools. Success will belong to organizations that can empower frontline workers with real-time insights, streamline decision-making, and transform operational data into measurable business outcomes.

The Connected Worker Manufacturing summit in Houston delivers practical strategies and real-world case studies on workforce modernization, connected frontline operations, data-driven decision making, operational intelligence, and how to augment your workforce with AI. Join over 300 of your manufacturing peers as they share how they are augmenting the frontline, accelerating productivity, improving safety and reliability, and building the connected workforce of the future.

2026 Event Speakers Included:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★
''The quality of the speakers and the participants during these events is just top notch. I go to a lot of these conferences year round and the Connected Worker Series hits home because they're more connected to the workers, to the frontlines, to the people making the decisions and to the people using the technologies. These summits always bring value as I'm always learning from others' challenges, solutions, failures & success stories.''
Cargill

More Connected Worker technologies
at your fingertips than anywhere else in the world.

Join us and learn how to:

Build a Modern, Connected Workforce

Bridge the skills gap, preserve key knowledge and build a world class workforce through digital work instructions, tribal knowledge capture and AI guided assistance. 

Optimize Maintenance & Asset Management

Unlock the full potential of your assets with Connected Worker technology.  Adopt a dynamic, prescriptive approach to predict maintenance and prevent asset failures. 

Ensure ROI on
Connected Worker Tech

Keep up with the rapidly evolving connected worker tech landscape, accelerate ROI and avoid tech debt by prioritizing projects and evaluating their value, scalability and resilience to change.

Augment Your
Workforce with AI

Leverage AI to enhance frontline decision-making, reduce errors, and enable faster responses—and turn every worker into a force multiplier for productivity and quality. 

Drive Decisions
with Data

Enhance data quality and governance for smarter, faster decision making. Redefine efficiency and agility through real-time analytics and AI-powered quality control - and finally close the gap between  insight and resolution. 

Unlock Next Generation Manufacturing Performance

Mitigate rising costs and workforce shortages by implementing digital initiatives that deliver rapid time to value and directly align with key business objectives. 

★ ★ ★ ★ ★
''The Connected Worker Summit was a well-organized and highly enriching experience. The keynotes set the foundation for the entire summit, offering valuable strategic context around location intelligence, geospatial capabilities, data governance for AI, and IT/OT integration. I also appreciated the opportunity to collaborate with industry peers and gain diverse perspectives on current challenges and practical solutions. The small-group workshops provided hands-on planning, which made the experience more interactive, practical, and collaborative. The summit was informative, engaging, and professionally rewarding.
Citgo

What attendees said:

Sponsorship Opportunities

Connect with senior manufacturing leaders this February and build new business relationships and achieve face-to-face contact that overcrowded tradeshows cannot deliver. Sponsorship comes in all shapes and sizes. We'll work with you to create a tailored package that fits your business needs and puts your brand front and center. Learn more about our speaking and exhibiting opportunities today.