The Human-Centric Factory: Where Technology Serves People
The Connected Worker and Smart Manufacturing Summit
"Empower Your People. Elevate Your Production."

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Meet Our Esteemed Speakers
About the Summit
Keynotion is proud to present The Connected Worker and Smart Manufacturing Summit, arriving in Houston, Texas, this June 2026. This premier industry event is dedicated to a singular, transformative vision: Building The Human-Centric Factory of Tomorrow.
We are moving beyond mere automation to a new era where technology serves to genuinely empower people. This summit is the definitive platform for manufacturing VPs, directors, and operations leaders to discover how to integrate cutting-edge solutions from AI and IoT to data analytics and connected worker platforms in a way that amplifies human skill, safety, and decision-making.
Over three immersive days, you will engage with actionable strategies, real-world case studies, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Our agenda is meticulously crafted to provide the blueprint for creating a more agile, resilient, and productive operation where your workforce is the central driver of innovation.
Join your peers at this critical gathering to future-proof your operations, elevate your workforce, and unlock unprecedented levels of efficiency. This is where the future of manufacturing will be defined.

What You'll Learn
- From Pilot to Scale: Conquer the #1 Hurdle in Digital Transformation. 
- Build Your AI Co-Pilot: Empowering, Not Replacing, Your Frontline Workforce. 
- The ROI Blueprint: Calculate the Real Value of Your Connected Worker Tech. 
- Future-Proof Your Talent: Upskilling for the Smart Factory Era. 
- Predict & Prevent: Stop Downtime Before It Starts with AI-Powered Maintenance. 
- Your Factory's Digital Twin: Run Simulations, Not Risks. 
- The 5G Factory Floor: Unleash Seamless Connectivity for Robotics & IoT. 
- Leadership in Volatility: AT&T’s Resilience Playbook for Uncertain Markets 
- The 30-Day Digital Workflow Makeover: Ditch Paper for Good. 
- The Change Management Playbook: Get Your People to Love New Technology. 
- Secure Your Fort: Defending the Connected Factory from Cyber Attacks. 
Agenda Focus Areas
Enterprise-Wide OPEX Deployment
Process Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Data-Driven Decision Making & Digital Transformation
Leadership, Culture & Change Management
Sustainable & Scalable Business Transformation

Reasons to Attend
- Return with Your Custom-Built Blueprint for Success. 
- Unlock Proven Solutions You Can Implement Immediately. 
- Build Your Personal Board of Manufacturing Advisors. 
- See Tomorrow's Technology Before Your Competitors Do. 
- Transform Your Team into Innovation Champions. 
Sponsors
Align with Industry leaders. Explore sponsorship benefits.
GOLD SPONSOR

Poka

Poka is the world’s most complete connected worker platform, built to empower people in pursuit of operational excellence. Founded in 2014 and acquired by IFS in 2022, Poka equips workers and managers with real-time access to knowledge and enables seamless collaboration on the factory floor—leveraging analytics and AI to bridge skills gaps and drive productivity, safety and quality to new heights.A trusted partner of global leaders like Danone, Bosch, ABB and Tetra Pak, Poka drives digital transformation for the world’s leading manufacturers across a variety of industries.Recognized as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 company and the top enterprise Connected Worker platform on G2, Poka continues to unlock the power of human potential in industrial organizations. For more, visit www.poka.io
GOLD SPONSOR

Innovapptive

Innovapptive is headquartered in Houston, TX and is a provider of a “Mobile First” and AI Powered SaaS Connected Worker Platform that closes the loop between industrial assets, back-office and front-line workers. Innovapptive’s integrated suite of apps unlocks productivity for operators, maintenance, and warehouse teams to maximize productivity, uptime and growth profitability for some of the world’s largest companies.
Website: https://www.innovapptive.com/
GOLD SPONSOR

Workerbase

Workerbase aims to transform manufacturing by digitizing operations with automated workflows and equipping frontline workers with AI powered digital tools. Our platform is designed to seamlessly integrate into existing manufacturing environments and streamline task management, communication, and data access, empowering workers to make smarter, faster decisions. Workerbase’s consolidated platform also allows for a holistic view of all your operations allowing for actionable insights from customizable analytics. This has enabled industry leaders using Workerbase’s platform to reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and drive continuous performance across the production line.
Website: https://workerbase.com/
SILVER SPONSOR

Yazzoom

Yazzoom is software and consultancy company that helps its customers since 2011 to optimize their production and/or maintenance activities through AI-powered data analytics and modelling. Since 2023 Yazzoom is a 100% daughter of stock-market listed automation, digitalization and consultancy company ATS Corporation. In this event, Yazzoom will demonstrate its software product Yanomaly and will share success-stories about how production companies have been using it over the last 5 years to combine human and artificial intelligence to discover anomalies in operation and asset health, and to create and deploy virtual sensors.
Website: https://www.yazzoom.com/
SILVER SPONSOR

UKG

At UKG, our purpose is people. We are on a mission to inspire every organisation to become a great place to work through HCM technology built for all. More than 80,000 customers across all sizes, industries, and geographies trust UKG HR, payroll, workforce management, and culture cloud solutions to drive great workplace experiences and make better, more confident people and business decisions. With the world’s largest collection of people data, work data, and culture data combined with rich experience using artificial intelligence in the service of people, we connect culture insights with business outcomes to show what’s possible when organisations invest in their people.
To learn more, visit  www.ukg.de
SILVER SPONSOR

SnapLogic

SnapLogic is the leader in generative integration. As a pioneer in AI-led integration, theSnapLogic Platform accelerates digital transformation across the enterprise and empowers everyone to integrate faster and easier.Whether you are automating business processes, democratizing data, or delivering digital products and services, SnapLogic enables you to simplify your technology stack and take your enterprise further. Thousands of enterprises around the globe rely on SnapLogic to integrate,automate and orchestrate the flow of data across their business. Join the generative integration movement at snaplogic.com
SILVER SPONSOR

Intelecy

Intelecy is the world’s first no-code industrial AI company, helping businesses optimise processes, reduce waste, cut energy consumption, and lower costs. We provide software tools to engineers in factories, enabling them to create powerful machine learning models from production data in minutes – without a single line of code!
No-code AI transforms manufacturing by reducing AI implementation costs, risks, and time. With Intelecy, production teams extract insights from data and make real-time process improvements.
Trusted across industries like energy, food & beverage, chemicals, and utilities, Intelecy helps engineers optimise energy use, improve resource efficiency, reduce emissions, and prevent downtime. By combining in-house expertise with existing production data, businesses gain smarter, data-driven operations – without relying on external AI specialists.
Website: https://www.intelecy.com/
ROUNDTABLE SPONSOR

Parsable Connected Worker Software

Parsable is a leading software that bridges the gap between your frontline workers and the digital tools they need to excel. The powerful, SaaS-based platform has helped transform customers’ plant floors from paper-based to paperless and with AI-powered analytics Parsable helps improve mission-critical production and operational KPIs. Through the digital instructions, you can empower your teams to work smarter and faster, reduce errors, boost productivity, and perform their best every step of the way
Website: https://parsable.com/
4-STAR EXHIBITOR

Onward Partners

Onward Partners is on a mission to run Digital at Scale in manufacturing industries. We understand complex structures of multinationals and shape change at the interfaces between corporate management, business units and production sites. Explore how we helped 250 clients to harmonize digital programs, establish future-proof digital technologies and build high-performance data-driven organizations.
Website: https://www.onward.partners/

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