Purdue University’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing invites you to attend our seventh annual Advancing Manufacturing Summit. The summit is no-cost and open to the public and is designed to provide an invigorating public forum where you will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of events.

The estimated 400+ attendees will learn how industry, government, and academic leaders are using innovative products, processes, and people to aggressively address the challenges – and actively pursue opportunities – presented in today’s dynamic, global manufacturing environment. Summit events will provide opportunities to:

• Hear prominent speakers share their expertise on:
• The relationship between innovation and firm and economic well-being
• The role of government policies and regulations on manufacturing innovation
• The actions state, national, and international, governments are taking to create and provide manufacturers access to innovative resources
• The roll-out of a new Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program designed to walk manufacturers through the process of innovation and identify the most promising opportunities
• Meet and discuss innovative manufacturing research with tomorrow’s manufacturing leaders during the student poster competition


• Participate in afternoon parallel sessions addressing specific innovative technologies and processes being used by leading manufacturers and learn about crosscutting academic research in areas such as:
• P&L Improvements: hear manufacturing case studies from executives leading and sustaining high performance improvements in their companies.
• Product Lifecycle Management: how lower-tiered suppliers can use these tools to harness their expertise and add value to their customers
• Sustainable Manufacturing: how pursuing green initiatives can yield environment and financial benefits for the company and their community and open overseas markets.
• Defense Innovation: how companies can leverage their unique commercial expertise to enter the rewarding defense manufacturing sector

Speed Networking Session – “Office Hours”

Go to Networking Registration

Feedback from prior summits has shown a great number of manufacturers utilize our events to develop new business contacts and meet peers from state, regional, local, academic, and other entities who provide assistance to manufacturers. We are pleased to offer manufacturers the opportunity to register for a one-on-one meeting with representatives from the following associations and resources to exchange contact information and hold brief discussions:

Conexus Indiana Indiana Economic Development Corporation Indiana Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Purdue Clean Manufacturing Technology Institute Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization Purdue Technical Assistance Program