The MTForecast 2024 Conference 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.
“The value of attending MTForecast 2024 is that it provides access to a breadth and depth of market forecasts,” says conference speaker Glenn McDonald, principal at AeroDynamic Advisory, a globally recognized aerospace and defense thought leader.
“MTForecast provides a consolidated setting to gather information, ask questions, and pressure test theories and ideas with the market experts in attendance.”
McDonald’s 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 Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR Economics, Mark Killion, director of U.S. Industries, Oxford Economics, and Dan Janka, president, Mazak Corporation. 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’s 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’s board of directors, served on President Obama’s 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:
Yvan Cucalón: product manager, The Next Step, Inc., manufacturing business consultants. Cucalón will present “Leveraging AI for Capacity.”
Jeff Radichel: president, The Next Step, Inc. Radichel will conduct a workshop, “New Product Development.”
Cara Walton: director, Harbour Results, Inc., consultants to manufacturing businesses to develop a roadmap to achieve and maintain success. Walton will present “Job Shop Industry Trends.”
Dave Degrange: vice president of corporate strategy, Morris Group Inc., 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.
Doug Woods: president, AMT. Woods will provide opening thoughts on Day 2 of MTForecast.
Christopher Chidzik: principal economist, AMT. Chidzik will present “Gardner Capital Spending Survey.”
Travis Egan: chief revenue officer, AMT. Egan will make closing remarks on Day 2 of MTForecast.
Kevin Bowers: vice president of research, AMT. Bowers will present “Research Insights to Grow Your Business.”
“Economic volatility, this year’s presidential election, and policy uncertainty have created a situation where manufacturers have many questions,” says Chris Downs, director of audience development at AMT. “MTForecast 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.”
Visit MTForecast 2024 to learn more about the conference and featured manufacturing technology speakers. To attend, register now and book your stay.
