Back by popular demand! Iowa's Advanced Manufacturing Conference is specifically targeted to enable small, midsize and large Iowa manufacturers to innovate, profit and succeed in the highly competitive global manufacturing market.

Manufacturing makes up the single largest component of the state's economy, giving Iowa an economic profile different from the nation as a whole. There are more than 220,000 people employed in 6,000 manufacturing entities in the state. Increasingly, that workforce is employed in advanced manufacturing, which relies more heavily on technology and skilled workers.

The future of advanced manufacturing in Iowa will be defined by the power of innovation and the world-class competitive workforce trained for this industry. Learn how to access technology, recruit and retain a skilled workforce, apply Lean principles to current processes, improve your bottom line and plan for a smart growth.

"Manufacturing is too important, too irreplaceable to let slip away. If we are doing our job as leaders, we must think further into the future than the next quarter's financial results and past the next semester's curriculum. Where will the new ideas in manufacturing come from? Where will new education models come from? Where will talent come from? Where will new competitors and technologies come from?

~ Clay Jones, Chairman, President & CEO, Rockwell Collins