FABTECH Educational Sessions
Call for Speakers

Submission Deadline: March 23, 2012

The FABTECH Conference, co-sponsored by the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI), Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Int'l (FMA), the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA), and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), consists of practical sessions focused primarily on the following areas of interest: automation, cutting, finishing, forming & fabricating, green initiatives, lasers, lean/operations, management, materials/processes, stamping, and tube & pipe.

Benefits of Speaking

As a speaker at this event, you will:

• Share your technical knowledge, best practices, case studies, innovations
• Get personal exposure as an industry expert
• Showcase your company's leadership, progress, and success
• Network with industry peers
• Increase exposure for your booth at the exhibits
• Share solutions with new manufacturing professionals
• Receive complimentary conference registration to all educational sessions at the event
• Introduce yourself to new customers. Your name and company will be posted on the show website (fabtechexpo.com) and listed in the FABTECH  combined education brochure mailed to over 100,000 industry professionals and decision makers.

Review Criteria

Abstracts will be reviewed by industry committee members. Notification of acceptance/denial will be sent out in mid-May. To be considered, presentations should be:

• Timely and useful to the manufacturing community
• Intended for users of the technology
• Free of commercialism and clearly defined

Submitting an Abstract

There are two ways to share your knowledge at this event.

1. Conference Sessions: Present on a specific topic or technology as one of up to four speakers in a 2-hour technical, classroom session or as a solo speaker for the entire 2-hour time block.
2. Tech Tour Sessions: Present with 2 other companies on a technology during a session with Tech Tour, where attendees move from the classroom to the show floor to visit your booth and see technology in action. Presenting companies must be a current exhibitor and have working equipment in order to qualify for this type of presentation.

Don't delay, apply today!

 

For Questions, contact an education representative below:
	Forming & Fab/Management/Tube & Pipe Megan Paja — FMA 888-394-4362 E-mail Megan Paja Cutting/Forming & Fab/Lean IIa Lee — SME 313-425-3141 E-mail IIa Lee	Stamping Marianne Sichi — PMA 216-901-8800 x2159 E-mail Marianne Sichi Coating/Finishing Kelly LeCount — CCAI 859-356-1030 E-mail Kelly LeCount