Chattanooga Engineers Club

SFI - Automation, Maintenance & Reliability Summit

  • 29 Jan 2026
  • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • 2215 Parker Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311

2026 SUMMIT 

Cost: 

$25 attend conference virtually virtually

$50 per person to attend the conference

$90 per person to attend the conference and tour 

Group discount available for total of 6 tickets.

About the Event

Prepare to embrace the future of maintenance and industrial production at the Automation, Maintenance, and Reliability Summit.
This premier event is designed for plant, production, and manufacturing managers, as well as safety engineers, technical specialists, and automation professionals. Discover how Industry 4.0 is transforming maintenance practices through cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and robotics.

AGENDA


8:30am Registration & Networking

9:00am Welcome


9:15am FEATURED SPEAKER

Reliability‑Centered Maintenance in the Age of Automation

Ricky Smith, Vice President, World Class Maintenance


10:00am 

Workshop I: Is Zero Down Time Possible?

Maintenance Managers, Planners, and Supervisors are looking to increase team efficiency and safety, while decreasing chronic maintenance issues and unscheduled downtime - with the ultimate goal of seeing  ZERO unplanned downtime. By focusing on the fundamentals of plant maintenance and equipment reliability we can get closer to that important objective. During this session, you will hear about real-life examples and applications where maintenance personnel proactively prevented redundant asset failures and unplanned downtime, all the while increasing overall safety and resulting in significant cost savings. See which real-world success stories YOU can incorporate into the maintenance goals of YOUR organization!


11:00am 

Workshop II: Preparing Your Workforce for Human Machine Collaboration

Manufacturers need to implement automation to remain competitive.  But is your workforce ready for this change?  A certain amount of stress always accompanies progress.  However, there is a heightened concern about the impact of automation in the workplace.  Instead of replacing jobs, the robot of the future is designed and constructed from the outset to work together with humans. Workers and robots are the new team that can now partially automate work that could previously only be done manually.  Hear how to successfully transform your workforce to maximize the benefits of robotics in manufacturing processes. 

11:45pm Closing Remarks

11:45 pm Lunch & Networking


1:00pm Optional Plant Tour to Denso

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