MONTREAL, QC, November 15, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ — Joe Piazza, founder of FMA Summits, today announced the dates and hotels for FMA Summits Columbus 2027 and FMA Summits Detroit 2027: executive, invitation-only summits where plant and facility leaders meet the companies that solve their problems.
FMA Summits Columbus 2027 takes place Thursday, April 29 and Friday, April 30, 2027, at the Hilton Columbus Downtown in Columbus, Ohio. FMA Summits Detroit 2027 takes place Thursday, October 28 and Friday, October 29, 2027, at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.
Piazza founded FMA in Montreal and has run every FMA summit since 2007: 35 summits and more than 17,000 pre-booked one-on-one meetings. The first was the Future of Manufacturing Summit, held at the Hyatt Regency in Montreal on August 5–7, 2007, with the U.S. Department of Energy, the EPA, Natural Resources Canada, GM, Caterpillar, IBM, Boeing, Alcoa, Subaru and Michelin in the room.
“Trade shows are fantastic to further relationships with people you already have as clients,” said Piazza. “Our event is about building relationships with clients that you don’t have, that you really want.”
How an FMA summit works
It is not a trade show. It is a small private group, by invitation, over two days at a downtown hotel.
Sessions are 20-minute talks by plant and facility leaders presenting their own projects.
One-on-one meetings are scheduled before the summit. Delegates meet only the vendors they choose.
Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors, each solving a different problem for the people in the room. Solution providers attend only as sponsors.
Who attends
Plant leaders, including plant and general managers and operations, engineering, maintenance and energy leaders; and facility leaders from hospitals, universities, school districts, cities and counties, government sites and commercial buildings.
Organizations whose people have spoken at past FMA summits include General Motors, Toyota, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, PepsiCo, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Past sponsors include US LED, which sponsored 18 FMA summits, and Kaeser Compressors, which sponsored 17.
“People want a handshake. People want to look you in the eye. And that’s what this event is about,” said Piazza.
Call for speakers
The call for speakers is open. Plant and facility leaders who have a project to present can propose a 20-minute talk. Speakers’ seats are complimentary, as FMA’s thank you for speaking.
Check it yourself
The printed programs of past FMA summits, which name every sponsor and every speaker, are public at https://fmasummits.com/past-summits/. Reviews from past sponsors and delegates, in writing and on film, are at https://fmasummits.com/reviews/. More about Joe Piazza, including a short video, is at https://fmasummits.com/joe-piazza/.
About FMA Summits
FMA Summits, by the Future of Manufacturing Alliance, runs executive, invitation-only summits where plant and facility leaders meet the companies that solve their problems. Joe Piazza founded FMA in Montreal and has run every FMA summit since 2007: 35 summits. Its summits for facility leaders are presented by the Facility Management Alliance. FMA Summits is not affiliated with the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association. https://fmasummits.com/
Contact
Joe Piazza, Founder, FMA Summits Montreal, Quebec [email protected] https://fmasummits.com/joe-piazza/
FMA Summits, by the Future of Manufacturing Alliance, runs executive, invitation-only summits where plant and facility leaders meet the companies that solve their problems. Joe Piazza founded FMA in Montreal and has run every FMA summit since 2007: 35 summits. Its summits for facility leaders are presented by the Facility Management Alliance. FMA Summits is not affiliated with the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association. https://fmasummits.com/
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