Building an Agile, Efficient and Connected Workforce

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

Unlocking  new levels of performance across the plant floor.


 The manufacturing workforce is being reshaped by unprecedented pressure: from labor shortages and skills gaps to rising productivity demands, 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 To remain competitive, manufacturers can no longer rely on disconnected systems, manual processes, and outdated frontline tools.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 Houston Summit brings together manufacturing leaders who refuse to let their frontline teams operate with yesterday's tools.  The summit 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 fo 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.''
Duke Energy

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

Join us and learn how to:

Build a Human-Centered, Connected Workplace

Learn how to build a scalable and user-friendly connected worker ecosystem that workers want to adopt. Ensure your workforce are involved with the right tasks at the right times - significantly enhancing workflows. 

Connect your
People, Data and Processes

Transform decision making and operational efficiency and strengthen knowledge capture. Centralize information across maintenance, quality, and production systems.

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

 Automate routine tasks and free up valuable human resources for more complex, higher-skilled work. Upskill your workforce (and retention!) while navigating the challenges of trust, scalability, and workforce adoption.

Drive Decisions
with Data

Learn how to turn pilots into enterprise-wide success and turn connected worker technologies into a strategic advantage with advanced analytics.

Secure Buy-In and
Reduce Change Fatigue

Discover how your peers are securing leadership support, navigating app fatigue and ensuring long-term support, usability, and effectiveness of connected worker tech post-rollout.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★
''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 oil, gas, energy and utility leaders this March 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 centre. Learn more about our speaking and exhibiting opportunities today.