Your Only Opportunity to Learn From Aerospace & Defense 4.0 Experts in a Collaborative Setting
Implementing Advanced Technologies and Streamlined Processes for Flexible and Efficient Manufacturing
28 October 2025
Chicago, IL, USA
“As both a speaker and attendee at the Smart Manufacturing Conference by AMG World in Chicago last year, I really enjoyed the roundtable discussions and the interaction with the other attendees. It was an added benefit to have access to key vendors and suppliers in a more intimate setting at the conference. I was fortunate to make some great contacts whose products will be helpful to us on our Transformation journey.”
Andy Mears, Production Operations Sr Manager – Digital Transformation and Intelligent Factory Integration, Lockheed Martin
The aerospace and defense industry faces soaring demand and stringent quality standards, leading to capacity constraints from limited factory space, supply chain issues, and workforce shortages. Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies like IIoT, AI, digital twins, robotics, and additive manufacturing is crucial for optimizing production processes, enhancing quality control, and improving supply chain resilience.
However, complex certification processes, skill gaps, and fragmented digital infrastructures and data silos hinder the widespread adoption of these disruptive technologies across the aerospace product lifecycle, slowing scalable digital transformation initiatives.
Join A&D manufacturing experts in benchmarking best practices and real-world Industry 4.0 adoption strategies to accelerate your digital transformation journey.
2024 Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing Experts
Andrew Mears
Production Operations Sr Manager - Digital Transformation and Intelligent Factory Integration
Lockheed Martin
Warren B. Smith
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer and Digital Twin Principal Investigator
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Kevin Maring
Fellow - Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, and Operations Transformation
Lockheed Martin
Patrick Dunfey
VP of Marketing & Sales Enablement
Anark
Jim Martin
Director of Customer Engagement
Anark
Dr Waruna Seneviratne
Director, Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS)
National Institute for Aviation Research
Matthew Thornton
Co-Founder and CMO
Rapta AI
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This summit will provide you with the necessary tools to:
- Explore real-world use cases demonstrating tangible business impacts achieved through smart manufacturing technologies
- Leverage advanced data analytics and digital thread to enable end-to-end traceability and drive process/product optimization
- Establish governance frameworks and cross-functional collaboration models for scaling digital initiatives across the enterprise
- Digitise tribal knowledge to facilitate knowledge transfer and preserve intellectual capital
- Understand emerging additive manufacturing techniques, materials, and qualification processes for production applications
- Develop an ecosystem-centric approach by fostering partnerships with suppliers, customers, and technology providers for innovation
- Assess workforce readiness and design robust training programs to bridge critical skills gaps for the factory of the future
Who you will meet:
VP’s, Directors, Global Heads and Managers of:
- Digital Factory / Smart Factory / Connected Factory / Intelligent Factory
- Digital Technologies
- Factory Automation / Test Automation / Robotics / Cobots
- Advanced Manufacturing / Additive Manufacturing / Digital Manufacturing
- Digital Thread / Model Based Digital Thread
- IIOT / Industrial Internet of Things
- Digital Product Lifecycle
- Cloud
- Cybersecurity
- AI / Machine Learning
- XR/VR/AR
- Manufacturing Data
- Operations Excellence
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Continuous Improvement
Our sponsors, technology & solution providers include:
- IIoT
- Industrial Robots / Intelligent Robotics / Cobots
- VR/ AR
- Vision Systems
- Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
- Simulation & Digital Twin
- PLM
- Cybersecurity
- Cloud Computing
- Edge
- MES
- ERP
- ML / Predictive Analytics
- RPA
- Visualisation software
- Blockchain
- Digital SCM Solutions
- Wearables
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Smart Manufacturing Technology vendor landscape is vast. New entrants are innovating rapidly. It is therefore a prerequisite that solution providers acquire a granular understanding of the industry’s needs in order to develop those bespoke solutions that are critical to winning new business. Showcase your technology solutions to senior decision makers across roles in industry 4.0, manufacturing technology, and data & analytics.
2024 Sponsors
2024 Media Partners
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