# The Connected Worker Manufacturing Summit 2026

- Dates: 13 October 2026 to 15 October 2026
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Organiser: IQPC
- Industry: Manufacturing

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.iqpc.com/events-connected-worker-manufacturing-summit)
- [Registration](https://iqpc.com/why-attend)
- [Agenda](https://www.iqpc.com/events-connected-worker-manufacturing-summit/agenda-mc)

## Topics

- Manufacturing
- IT
- Work

## Speakers

- David Jutcawitz, Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer, Terex Corporation
- Nicholas Colisto, Senior VP & Chief Information Officer, Avery Dennison
- Rebecca Teeters, SVP Business Supply Chain and President Chemical Operations
- Kurt Kroplin, Vice President, Supply Chain Operations, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
- Prasanthi Muddhana, Head of Digital and Process Enablement Unit, Bayer
- Josué Peñaloza Quispe, Europe Production Excellence Manager
- Natalie Thompson, Vice President, Reliability and Maintenance
- Roger Brecht, Head of Manufacturing and Supply Chain - North America, Griffith Foods
- Vijay Gurav, Senior Industrial Engineer, Boston Whaler
- Craig Sutton, VP IT Supply Chain and Operations, Eaton
- Maulik Patel, Head of Manufacturing Digital Transformation
- Thomas Wilk, Head of Content, Industry Week Mag
- Jim Graves, Global Digital Manufacturing Head, Indorama Ventures
- Mohit Ahuja, Strategy & Transformation Leader, Caterpillar
- Josh Dotson, Director Koch Labs, Koch Industries
- Danaca Jordan, Services Architect Manufacturing, Eastman Chemical Company
- Rajeev Sinha, Head of Artificial Intelligence, J.B. Poindexter & Co, Inc
- Nick Ergang, Director of Engineering, Ecolab
- Bhupinder Gill, Sr. Technical Product Manager, E&J Gallo Winery
- Chris Soltys, Regional Smart Manufacturing Solutions Leader – North America, Bunge
- Vignesh Alagappan, Sr. Manager, Cloud and IoT Architecture, Rheem Manufacturing
- Caitlin Moffitt, Senior Director of Operations, Altria
- Mike Brauckman, Head of Focused Improvement, Nestlé
- Tom Busby, Vice President of Information Technology, Greif, Inc

## Sponsors and partners

- AWS
- Innovapptive
- EY
- Poka
- Relay
- Redzone
- SAP
- ServiceNow
- AG5
- Asana
- Augmentir
- Detect Technologies
- Fuuz
- Indeavor
- Kahuna Workforce Solutions
- MaintainX
- Parsec
- Verizon
- Canvas
- Envision
- Luxor
- MākuSafe
- Roboflow
- SAS

## Ticket pricing

USD 399

## Where to stay

- **Jaslin Hotel**: 1.3 km from the venue, 261 West Cermak Road, Chicago, 60616
  - [Hotel website](https://www.jaslinhotel.com/)
- **Benedictine Bed and Breakfast**: guest house, 1.4 km from the venue, 3111 South Aberdeen Street, Chicago, 60608
  - [Hotel website](https://chicagomonk.org/visit-us/benedictine-bed-breakfast/)
  - Phone: +1-888-539-4261 x202
- **SpringHill Suites Chicago Chinatown**: 1.5 km from the venue, 2357 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, 60616
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/chisn-springhill-suites-chicago-chinatown/overview/)
  - Phone: +1 312-766-9668
- **The Polo Inn**: motel, 1.8 km from the venue, 3322 South Morgan Street, Chicago, 60608
  - [Hotel website](https://thepoloinn.com/)
- **Wyndham Chicago McCormick Hotel**: 1.9 km from the venue, 11 West 26th Street, Chicago, 60616
  - [Hotel website](https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/wyndham/chicago-illinois/wyndham-chicago-mccormick/)

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