Powered by Manufacturing: Innovation & Impact

Local Manufacturing Panel Discussion: Robotics, Automation and Digital Transformation 
Illuminate USA, Freepoint Eco-Systems and THK Manufacturing of America, Inc.  

Keynote: Connecting the Dots: Supply Chains, Manufacturing, and the Future of Work
Jeremy Banta is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel with over 30 years’ experience in civilian and military logistics. He is currently an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Columbus State Community College, and an adjunct at Franklin and Denison Universities. His military career includes 15 years full time service in the Ohio National Guard as a senior logistician with deployments to Iraq and Kuwait. He serves the logistics industry by serving on multiple local school and organizational advisory boards, as well as being the co-founder of the Ohio Supply Chain Academic Network (O-SCAN).

Updates from the new Executive Director with Central Ohio Manufacturing Partners: 
Overview of COMP and industry sector partnerships. 

Updates from The Works:  Ignite Innovation with Statewide Design Challenge and a traveling Exhibit coming in 2026: How People Make Things celebrates that story—the people, the manufacturing processes and the technology used to make everyday objects in our world

Legislative update: State of Manufacturing 
Troy Balderson, US Congressman, OH 12th Congressional District