Digital Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2026

RapidCanvas will be attending the Digital Manufacturing Strategies Summit, October 28-29 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago – Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL.

It is a working, closed-door summit for senior manufacturing leaders, run in partnership with the Technology & Manufacturing Association and built around a single practical question: how to move digital work from pilot to production. The format leans on peer-level sessions and candid conversation rather than a crowded show floor, bringing together the people responsible for digital strategy, technology deployment, plant operations, and investment decisions across US manufacturing.

That pilot-to-production gap is exactly where we spend our time. Manufacturing teams are rich in data and short on hours, and getting a pilot to work is rarely the hard part. The hard part is what comes after: keeping a model honest once it is running on the floor, making sure it keeps improving instead of quietly drifting, and holding onto the team's trust in it over time. We would like to hear where that pinches most for you, and where AI genuinely earns its place versus becoming one more system to babysit.

If you will be in Chicago for the summit, reach out to set up time with our team.