Chattanooga Engineers Club

SFI-Critical Network in Manufacturing Forum

  • 12 Jun 2026
  • 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • 2215 Parker Street NE, Cleveland, TN 37311

About the Event

Critical Networks in Manufacturing Forum is an annual event with topics on digital infrastructure where cybersecurity and reliability are engineered into the fabric of the plant floor to ensure maximum uptime and data integrity.

In a smart factory you bridge the gap between IT and OT, integrate legacy assets with next-gen automation and AI, bring together engineering and plant leadership to achieve the resilient throughput necessary for a true, future-proof smart factory.

EPB Tour 
 

Optional!

Schedule

9:00am Registration & Networking

9:30 am Welcome

9:45 am Cyber Security in the Age of Smart

Manufacturing 

10:45 am Powering the Digital Factory:

The Strategic Role of Data Centers in Modern

Manufacturing

11:30 am

Session A

Achieving Zero-Trust Security and 99.999%

Reliability

Session B

The Interoperability Blueprint: Unifying Fragmented Data for Real-Time Visibility

Session C

Engineering Scalability for the AI-Driven Factory

12:00pm

Lunch & Industry Panel

The Resilient Factory: Balancing Security,

Scale, and Seamless Connectivity

12:45pm Closing 

1:00 pm

Shuttle Bus departs Smart Factory Institute

3:30 pm

Shuttle Bus returns to Smart Factory Institute

The tour will leave the Smart Factory Institute at 1:00 PM and visit the EPB Control Center, where participants will learn how EPB manages one of the most advanced smart grid systems in the country. The experience will continue at 2:30 PM with a visit to EPB Quantum Center, where guests will explore how EPB is advancing next-generation technology and innovation through quantum networking and computing, returning to the Smart Factory Institute at 3:30pm.

Conference only $50 (attend virtually, $25)

with tour $90


 Please go to the event site for more details and to register.



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