Executive Roundtable: AI in Engineering & Manufacturing – The Future

What if AI in engineering and manufacturing could move beyond experimentation to deliver outcome-driven, autonomous systems that materially improve productivity, cost efficiency, reliability, and enterprise performance?

Join us for an exclusive, closed-door executive roundtable on April 23, 2026, in Chicago, where a select group of industry leaders will explore how agentic AI, intelligent automation, and next-generation operating models can accelerate transformation and unlock scalable value across engineering and manufacturing functions.

Topic at Hand

How do we scale to create enterprise AI transformation value within engineering and manufacturing organizations?

Agentic AI represents a major inflection point. Unlike copilots or RPA tools that automate deterministic tasks, agentic AI systems reason, act, and autonomously deliver outcomes across complex engineering and manufacturing workflows.

With increasing pressure to improve throughput, reduce downtime, modernize legacy processes, and address critical skill gaps, autonomous systems present a transformative opportunity.

What We’ll Discuss

1. Building the Foundation
   – Identifying high-value engineering and manufacturing use cases
   – Creating data-ready environments for agentic workflows
2. Scaling and Operating Agentic AI
   – Architectures for orchestrated autonomy
   – Governance, risk, and safe deployment models
   – Human-in-the-loop patterns and escalation design
3. Reimagining Enterprise Workflows
   – Predictive, proactive, and autonomous operations
   – Intelligent quality, maintenance, and supply chain optimization
4. Unlocking New Value Pools
   – Cost transformation
   – Throughput and productivity acceleration
   – Talent augmentation and knowledge extraction

Featured Speakers

• Kris Rao
  Chief Information & Digital Officer – HNI Corporation
  Esteemed Guest Speaker & Industry Leader
• John Armbrecht
  Chief Information Officer – Pike Corporation
  Esteemed Guest Speaker & Industry Leader
• Kamal Maggon
  President & Global Head: Manufacturing & Consumer Business and Enterprise Solutions
  Esteemed Guest Speaker & Industry Leader

Why Attend?

This roundtable emphasizes executive-level insights, peer-driven discussions, and practical strategies to help leaders shape their roadmap for scalable agentic AI adoption in manufacturing.