Manufacturing Week conference program orchestrated by ASME

Emily M. Smith
ASME NEWS

The conference program for this year's National Manufacturing Week, to be held next month in Chicago, will feature some 100 industry-focused technical sessions — more than half of them organized by ASME.

Four ASME short courses will also be new this year to the program for NMW, which will take place March 3-6 at McCormick Place.

The ASME-organized sessions will fall into six specific tracks: Design Engineering, Manufacturing and Industrial Automation; Design for Manufacturing; Plant Engineering and Maintenance Management; Enterprise IT, Supply Chains and Logistics Management; and Executive Management. There will also be a Facilities Management Conference.

Registering for any of the ASME short courses — most of which are three-hour courses over three days — will offer access to three conference sessions of the registrant's choice, as well as the Expo.

The short courses are: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional Certification Preparation; Tolerance Stack-up; Energizing the Professional Engineer; and the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ).

Because it is a certification course, the course for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing will last four days.

Registration for each short course is $895 in advance or $995 on site. Registration for the full conference is $795 prior to Feb.17; $895 on site. Registration for the Sampler Package, which gives registrants access to six sessions, is $695 prior to Feb. 17 or $795 on site.

Attendees who register three or more colleagues for a full conference/sampler package, get a free full conference/sampler package, which has a $795 value.

Conference attendees will also want to stop by the ASME booth, which will be located on the exhibit floor.

The ASME/Mechanical Engineering booth, No. 5519, will be a place where visitors will learn about career opportunities, have the chance to voice their opinion about ASME activities and direction, and learn about membership benefits and products. Ongoing activities include a survey by the magazine to gauge the purchase and use of computer software.

To register, or for more details about National Manufacturing Week and the ASME short courses, visit www.asme.org/nmw or call (800) 840-0678.

 

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