Executive Summits · by the Facility Management Alliance
Data Center Power & Infrastructure Summit
Meet the data center operators who need more power than the building was wired for.
Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. Talk to Joe before it fills.
Who’s coming so far
24 organizations have confirmed they will send facility leaders: 6 hospitals, 8 universities and 10 commercial buildings.
- Cleveland Clinic
- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital
- The Christ Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital
- OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital
- Ohio State University
- University of Michigan
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Kentucky
- University of Pittsburgh
- Kent State University
- Ohio University
- Wayne State University
- Key Tower
- Terminal Tower
- Great American Tower at Queen City Square
- 200 Public Square
- Sherwin-Williams Headquarters
- Carew Tower
- LeVeque Tower
- Huntington Center
- One Nationwide Plaza
- AEP Building
Two days with data center operations directors, critical facilities managers and site directors from colocation, enterprise, hospital, university and government data centers who own the power and the white space: UPS and switchgear, PDUs and racks, DCIM and build-outs on tight schedules. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for power & infrastructure projects.
Invited from facilities across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Every delegate is screened by title and facility.
Titles
- Data Center Operations Director Uptime and the build-out plan
- Critical Facilities Manager UPS, switchgear, batteries
- Site Director Megawatts, schedule, budget
- IT Infrastructure Manager Racks, PDUs, cabling
- Capacity Planning Manager DCIM and what fits where
Industries we're inviting
- Colocation data centers Megawatts and fast build-outs
- Enterprise data centers Upgrades without downtime
- Hospital and health system data centers Clinical systems that can't go down
- University and research computing Power for HPC and AI racks
- Government and city data centers Aging rooms, strict uptime
Past FMA delegates include energy and facility leaders from Toyota, General Motors, Sanofi, The Estée Lauder Companies and Walgreens.
Who came before.
The organizations and titles that came to past FMA summits, and the facility leaders who spoke. Past delegates are not 2027 attendees; they show who this audience is.
Who decides on power & infrastructure projects
Run the buildings
Director of Facilities
Facilities Manager
Facility Manager
Own energy costs
Energy Manager
Energy Engineer
Energy Program Manager
Write the spec
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Director of Engineering
Lead sustainability
Director of Sustainability
Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Coordinator
Build and renovate
Project Manager
Architect of the Capitol
Architectural Draftsman
Past facility delegates in each role, with the most common titles. Each person is counted once, in the first role their title fits; the other 194 of the 721 hold other titles.
Past speakers and delegates, by type of facility
Universities, colleges and schools
21 speakers · 188 delegates
Hospitals and health systems
9 speakers · 86 delegates
Office towers, corporate campuses and stores
16 speakers · 141 delegates
Data centers
5 speakers · 17 delegates
Cities, counties and government
35 speakers · 168 delegates
See seniority and past speakers
Seniority of past delegates: 74 C-suite, presidents & VPs · 215 directors · 248 managers · 96 engineers & specialists · 88 with other or no titles. Total 721.
See every organization and the titles it sent, by type of facility
Counts come from past FMA delegate lists, not confirmed attendance. Organization names show where past delegates and speakers worked. They are not sponsors of FMA Summits and do not endorse it.
They came back.
Past FMA sponsors, and how many summits each one sponsored, from the printed programs.
- 6Schneider ElectricPower & Infrastructure · 6 summits
- 5PowerSecurePower & Infrastructure · 5 summits
- 18US LED18 summits
- 17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
- 14Covanta14 summits
- 14Solution Dynamics14 summits
- 10Advanced Power Technologies10 summits
- 8Smardt Chiller Group8 summits
- 7BASF7 summits
- 7EQUIDEX Energy7 summits
- 7LG Electronics7 summits
- 6AgriPower6 summits
See the other 102 companies that sponsored two or more FMA summits
3M 2 · Acuity Brands 4 · Advanced Green Technologies 3 · Advantix Systems 8 · AERCO International 5 · Air Balance 2 · AmbiRad 3 · Ameresco 2 · Armstrong Fluid Technology 5 · Badger Meter 2 · Be Power Tech 2 · Bio-Reaction Industries 2 · BLUEFIN 4 · Bosch Thermotechnology 2 · Burns & McDonnell Engineering 3 · Camfil 2 · Capstone Turbine 2 · Chelsea Group 2 · Cleaver-Brooks 4 · ConDex Energy 2 · Constellation Energy 5 · Control Instruments 2 · CopperTree Analytics 3 · Cushman & Wakefield 2 · Cypress Envirosystems 5 · Doosan Fuel Cell America 3 · DTE Energy Services 2 · Dyson 4 · Eaton 3 · EcoSafe Zero Waste 2 · EDF Renewable Energy 2 · Edison Energy 2 · Emerson Climate Technologies 2 · Energy Management Systems 4 · Energy Source 2 · EnerNOC 2 · Enertech Global 2 · EnterSolar 2 · Environmental Resources Management 2 · ERS International 3 · ETwater Systems 2 · Every Watt Matters 2 · Eye Lighting International 3 · Facility Solutions Group 2 · FacilityConneX 2 · Fellon-McCord & Associates 3 · GDF SUEZ Energy NA 2 · GE Distributed Power 2 · GE Solar 2 · Gexpro 3 · GI Energy 2 · Green Ballast 2 · Greenstar Recycling 6 · Greenworks Energy Solutions 3 · Harris Lighting 2 · Heritage Interactive Services 2 · Hurst Boiler & Welding Co. 2 · IBM 4 · ICETEC Energy Services 2 · ICONICS 3 · Invensys Operations Management 2 · JLL 4 · Jorgensen Facilities Services 5 · K+S Services 2 · KDC Solar 2 · KERAMIDA 2 · Knauf Insulation 2 · KVAR Energy Savings 3 · LEDtronics 2 · Lutron Electronics Co. 3 · MaxLite 2 · MCEnergy 2 · MEP Associates 2 · MPC Energy 5 · Munters 2 · Newton Distributing Company 2 · Nortec 3 · North America Power Partners 2 · North American Roofing 2 · OAKLEAF 4 · Optimum Energy 2 · Orion Energy Systems 2 · OSRAM SYLVANIA 5 · Pfister Energy 2 · Rinnai America 2 · Rockwell Automation 2 · ROXUL 2 · Rubicon Global 2 · SAP America 2 · Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure 5 · Sloan 2 · Solar UV Solutions 3 · Solatube International 3 · Steril-Aire 2 · Synergy Investment 6 · The Dow Chemical Company 2 · Thermal Energy International 3 · Trane 2 · Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance 2 · Viridity Energy 2 · Wahaso - Water Harvesting Solutions 2 · Zurn Industries 2
In writing, from past sponsors.
Their words, not ours.
“…the quality of people that were here and were willing to engage with Intel”
Eric DoyleGlobal Director, IntelRead the whole quote
“In working with FMA Congresses I found they were very adaptable, very willing to fit my needs into the show. I was very pleased on how they helped me understand the clients that would be there and how I should adapt my presentation. It was a good way to get introduced to the people attending the Congress. I also liked the quality of people that were here and were willing to engage with Intel... a very good experience. This was the first time we worked with FMA Congresses and the first time we have done this type of event as Intel and I am looking forward to working with FMA on future shows.”
“…at each FMA Summit we have gained one actual customer as a minimum”
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“I can tell you at each FMA Summit we have gained one actual customer as a minimum which is great. This show has been really good here in Columbus. Met 2 or 3 potential customers that I really do think we’ll end up doing business with…”
Mark MartyakChief Sales Officer, PowerSecure“…they act more like a strategic partner”
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“Although we attend many different conferences I’ve got to tell you that FMA is by far the best…we attend. The primary reason is because they act more like a strategic partner than they do an association that’s trying to grab a bunch of vendors so I can’t say enough about how much benefit we have gotten out of this. …”
Devin GrandisCEO & President, Advanced Power Technologies“Couldn’t recommend it higher.”
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“The conversations have been great, the meetings have been good, the organized lunches, the organized happy hour and cocktail event was excellent. Couldn’t recommend it higher.”
Tom DrakeSenior Sales Manager, MTU Onsite EnergySee 1 moreShow fewer
“This was my first time sponsoring the FMA Summit and have to say everything about this conference from the quality of attendees to the venue was first class. The quality of conversations were really good in that FMA set us up with customers who had already expressed an interest in us. The attendees were all high level decision makers. Very impressed and will be back!”
Mark MartyakChief Sales Officer, PowerSecure Inc.Set up Wednesday. Two full days of meetings. Home Friday afternoon.
Same schedule in Columbus and Detroit.
- Wednesday afternoonSponsors set up their exhibits. Everyone checks in.
- ThursdayThe full day: facility case studies, booked 1-on-1s, the reception and dinner.
- FridayMorning case studies, more 1-on-1s, closing lunch. On the road by mid-afternoon.
The hour-by-hour plan and the venues
| Time | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast at your company table | Breakfast at your company table | |
| 8:00–10:00 AM | Facility case studies | Facility case studies | |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee and shop talk in the exhibit room | Pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s at your table | |
| 11:00 AM | Facility case studies | Facility case studies | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch with your booked 1-on-1 meetings | Closing lunch with your booked 1-on-1 meetings | |
| 1:00 PM | Facility case studies | Facility case studies, then head home | |
| 2:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s at your table | |
| 3:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Coffee and shop talk in the exhibit room | |
| 3:30 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Facility case studies | |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Reception and dinner, with more 1-on-1s |
The full package's 15 pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s run Thursday and Friday: in the meeting blocks above, at lunch, and at the reception. Each is with a facility leader who asked to meet you, at your company table. You get your meeting schedule before you arrive, and the delegate list, with names, titles and organizations, 30 days before the summit.
Venue photos via Wikimedia Commons: Hilton Columbus Downtown by Ɱ (CC BY-SA 4.0); Renaissance Center by Crisco 1492 (public domain).
The program: facility leaders come to hear how other facilities fixed it.
The program is built from projects facilities actually finished, presented by the facility and the company that did the work. Every power & infrastructure category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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DCIM & monitoringInvited
The State of Michigan's data centers, Michigan replace spreadsheets and homegrown tools with Nlyte DCIM for 18 state agencies
Nlyte DCIM, chosen after proof-of-concept demonstrations from several vendors: a five-person team maintains it and monitors power and cooling alarms, it is integrated with the Atrium CMDB for finance views, all assets were discovered, named and reconciled between DCIM and CMDB, and the ROI justification was the staff cost no longer spent maintaining the homegrown systems; no dollar figures published (as reported by Nlyte, 2023)
The problem: The data center team that provides computing infrastructure to eighteen state agencies had outgrown spreadsheets and then homegrown Access and SQL Server tools as the multi-tenant environment grew and data center technology changed.
Published result: Nlyte DCIM, chosen after proof-of-concept demonstrations from several vendors: a five-person team maintains it and monitors power and cooling alarms, it is integrated with the Atrium CMDB for finance views, all assets were discovered, named and reconciled between DCIM and CMDB, and the ROI justification was the staff cost no longer spent maintaining the homegrown systems; no dollar figures published (as reported by Nlyte, 2023)
Invited: Nlyte Software and the State of Michigan · Read the published case
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Power & UPSInvited
UI Health, Illinois powers a new data center rack in 2 days instead of 6–7 weeks
Panduit Overhead Power Distribution cut the time to power a rack from 6–7 weeks to 2 days, and the installation took under two hours in the live data center (as reported by Panduit)
The problem: Powering each new rack in the Chicago health system's data center took 6–7 weeks, and crowded underfloor cabling made tripped breakers hard to trace.
Published result: Panduit Overhead Power Distribution cut the time to power a rack from 6–7 weeks to 2 days, and the installation took under two hours in the live data center (as reported by Panduit)
Invited: Panduit and UI Health · Read the published case
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Racks & build-outInvited
Rockford Public Schools, Illinois rebuilds its nearly 20-year-old data center after ransomware
Panduit cabinets, PDUs, cable routing, aisle containment, cabling and DCIM software, supplied with Graybar, for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 design; no figures published (as reported by Panduit)
The problem: After a 2019 ransomware attack, the district's basement data center, in service for close to 20 years and serving about 300 network closets, needed rebuilding.
Published result: Panduit cabinets, PDUs, cable routing, aisle containment, cabling and DCIM software, supplied with Graybar, for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 design; no figures published (as reported by Panduit)
Invited: Panduit and Rockford Public Schools · Read the published case
See all 9 stories, in 3 categories, and how a session runs
- 1The problemWhat was happening at the facility.
- 2The costEnergy, maintenance, downtime or lost output.
- 3The decisionThe options they weighed, and why this one.
- 4The workWhat changed, how long it took, what went wrong.
- 5The resultsMeasured before and after. Achieved, estimated or identified, said plainly.
- 6The lessonsWhat another facility should check first.
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Power & UPS
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
UI Health, Illinois powers a new data center rack in 2 days instead of 6–7 weeks
Panduit Overhead Power Distribution cut the time to power a rack from 6–7 weeks to 2 days, and the installation took under two hours in the live data center (as reported by Panduit)
The problem: Powering each new rack in the Chicago health system's data center took 6–7 weeks, and crowded underfloor cabling made tripped breakers hard to trace.
Published result: Panduit Overhead Power Distribution cut the time to power a rack from 6–7 weeks to 2 days, and the installation took under two hours in the live data center (as reported by Panduit)
Invited: Panduit and UI Health · Read the published case
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Invited
Digital Crossroad, Indiana moves its UPS batteries to lithium-ion in a live 20 MW data center
24 lithium-ion batteries per Mitsubishi Electric 1500 kW UPS system, installed, started and commissioned in about one week per system with no impact on uptime; lithium-ion is up to 60% smaller than VRLA, freeing electrical-room space (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
The problem: VRLA batteries on the Tier III colocation site's UPS systems were nearing their five-year end of life, and downtime would breach customer SLAs.
Published result: 24 lithium-ion batteries per Mitsubishi Electric 1500 kW UPS system, installed, started and commissioned in about one week per system with no impact on uptime; lithium-ion is up to 60% smaller than VRLA, freeing electrical-room space (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
Invited: Mitsubishi Electric and Digital Crossroad · Read the published case
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Invited
Texas A&M University, Texas adds 120 feet of monitored busway to its West Campus Data Center in eight weeks
120 feet of Vertiv Powerbar iMPB busway rated 400 amps, with branch circuit monitoring, built by Vertiv's E+I Engineering and finished within an eight-week timeframe (as reported by Vertiv)
The problem: The 50,000 sq ft data center needed flexible, monitored power distribution for an expansion.
Published result: 120 feet of Vertiv Powerbar iMPB busway rated 400 amps, with branch circuit monitoring, built by Vertiv's E+I Engineering and finished within an eight-week timeframe (as reported by Vertiv)
Invited: Vertiv and Texas A&M University · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a facility problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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DCIM & monitoring
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
The State of Michigan's data centers, Michigan replace spreadsheets and homegrown tools with Nlyte DCIM for 18 state agencies
Nlyte DCIM, chosen after proof-of-concept demonstrations from several vendors: a five-person team maintains it and monitors power and cooling alarms, it is integrated with the Atrium CMDB for finance views, all assets were discovered, named and reconciled between DCIM and CMDB, and the ROI justification was the staff cost no longer spent maintaining the homegrown systems; no dollar figures published (as reported by Nlyte, 2023)
The problem: The data center team that provides computing infrastructure to eighteen state agencies had outgrown spreadsheets and then homegrown Access and SQL Server tools as the multi-tenant environment grew and data center technology changed.
Published result: Nlyte DCIM, chosen after proof-of-concept demonstrations from several vendors: a five-person team maintains it and monitors power and cooling alarms, it is integrated with the Atrium CMDB for finance views, all assets were discovered, named and reconciled between DCIM and CMDB, and the ROI justification was the staff cost no longer spent maintaining the homegrown systems; no dollar figures published (as reported by Nlyte, 2023)
Invited: Nlyte Software and the State of Michigan · Read the published case
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Invited
Erie Insurance, Pennsylvania replaces four tracking tools with one DCIM
Sunbird DCIM replaced four separate tools, and the consolidation is projected to save $100,000 over three to four years (projected) (as reported by Sunbird)
The problem: An 80-rack enterprise data center, 25 colocation racks, two main telecom rooms with 40 racks and about 75 closets were tracked with four tools and too many spreadsheets.
Published result: Sunbird DCIM replaced four separate tools, and the consolidation is projected to save $100,000 over three to four years (projected) (as reported by Sunbird)
Invited: Sunbird Software and Erie Insurance · Read the published case
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Invited
University of Minnesota, Minnesota plans a new data center with 42% fewer racks
With Sunbird DCIM data, the university is planning a new data center with a 42% reduction in rack count, and staff estimate they spend half the time managing users (planned and estimated) (as reported by Sunbird)
The problem: Three data centers and 13 core sites were managed with spreadsheets and open-source DCIM software that had become too hard to use.
Published result: With Sunbird DCIM data, the university is planning a new data center with a 42% reduction in rack count, and staff estimate they spend half the time managing users (planned and estimated) (as reported by Sunbird)
Invited: Sunbird Software and the University of Minnesota · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a facility problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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Racks & build-out
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Rockford Public Schools, Illinois rebuilds its nearly 20-year-old data center after ransomware
Panduit cabinets, PDUs, cable routing, aisle containment, cabling and DCIM software, supplied with Graybar, for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 design; no figures published (as reported by Panduit)
The problem: After a 2019 ransomware attack, the district's basement data center, in service for close to 20 years and serving about 300 network closets, needed rebuilding.
Published result: Panduit cabinets, PDUs, cable routing, aisle containment, cabling and DCIM software, supplied with Graybar, for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 design; no figures published (as reported by Panduit)
Invited: Panduit and Rockford Public Schools · Read the published case
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Invited
Lower.com Field, Ohio builds a stadium data center that can't go down on game day
Vertiv racks, Liebert UPS units, Geist rack PDUs, cooling and Environet Alert monitoring in the data center, main telecom room and wiring closets: no stadium downtime related to Vertiv infrastructure, and no more walking to each closet to check alarms; no savings figures (as reported by Vertiv)
The problem: The Columbus Crew's 20,000-seat stadium runs ticketing, gates and broadcast with 150 employees, and even 10 seconds of downtime is critical during an event.
Published result: Vertiv racks, Liebert UPS units, Geist rack PDUs, cooling and Environet Alert monitoring in the data center, main telecom room and wiring closets: no stadium downtime related to Vertiv infrastructure, and no more walking to each closet to check alarms; no savings figures (as reported by Vertiv)
Invited: Vertiv and the Columbus Crew · Read the published case
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UF Health Shands Hospital, Florida turns a 2,200 sq ft storage room into a 33-cabinet data center built for 25 kW cabinets
33 Chatsworth Products cabinets (45U F-Series TeraFrame Gen 2 with Vertical Exhaust Ducts plus four N-Series network cabinets) in Glacier White, a custom free-standing Hot Aisle Containment system the hospital calls the first in Florida, snap-in filler panels and wire mesh cable tray, with no raised floor; computing power is expected to average 12.5 kW per cabinet with some cabinets supporting up to 25 kW, and the room runs with zero hot spots; no savings figures published (as reported by Chatsworth Products)
The problem: The Gainesville teaching hospital needed a new data center inside the new Shands Cancer Hospital, in a 2,200 square foot room that had been used for storage, with more power and cooling than its legacy room and space left for future growth.
Published result: 33 Chatsworth Products cabinets (45U F-Series TeraFrame Gen 2 with Vertical Exhaust Ducts plus four N-Series network cabinets) in Glacier White, a custom free-standing Hot Aisle Containment system the hospital calls the first in Florida, snap-in filler panels and wire mesh cable tray, with no raised floor; computing power is expected to average 12.5 kW per cabinet with some cabinets supporting up to 25 kW, and the room runs with zero hot spots; no savings figures published (as reported by Chatsworth Products)
Invited: Chatsworth Products and UF Health Shands · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a facility problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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"Invited" means invited: none of these companies has confirmed. Results are as published by the supplier; we ask every presenter for dates, baseline costs and verified results before the program is final.
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Get in front of the decision makers, not the crowd.
Full package
- 15 guaranteed pre-scheduled meetings
- A 20-minute case-study session
- A fully furnished exhibit
- Your corporate dining table
- Three people at full access
Add meetings up to 40 at $1,500 each.
- Any booked meeting that doesn’t happen is added to your next summit, written into your sponsor agreement.
- Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors, each solving a different problem for the people in the room.
Want the category to yourself? Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. To talk about your category, .
- Facility leaders ask to meet you. We seat the ones who asked at your table.
- Your booked meeting schedule arrives before the summit.
- Any booked meeting that doesn't happen is added to your next summit: miss 3, and you get 15 plus 3. It's written into your sponsor agreement.
- You get the delegate list 30 days before the summit: names, titles and organizations.
- Three people are included with full access. Extra passes are $2,900 each.
Or pick only what you wantMeetings from $15,000, talk $15,000, exhibit $15,000, dining table $10,000
One category, one summit. Prices in USD. Whatever you pick includes three people with full access. Meetings are booked on an opt-in basis before the summit; any booked meeting that doesn't happen is added to your next summit.
No vendor walks the show. Solution providers attend only as sponsors. A vendor that has not sponsored cannot register, attend or work the room, so the facility leaders you meet are not being chased by your competitors in the hallway.
The ten questions every sponsor asks.
Past sponsors answer all ten in one 5-minute film. Pick a question and the film jumps to its answer.
Now ask your own questions.
Answered on camera by past FMA sponsors. Recorded at past FMA summits.
Who's behind it.
Started FMA in Montreal in 2007 and has run every summit himself: 35 of them, 17,000+ meetings. Capped at 20 sponsors per summit, meetings booked before anyone arrives, and no vendor walks the show.
Read the full story
Power & Infrastructure sponsors were in 10 of the 35 summits. Every sponsor and speaker, as printed.
Open any programSchneider Electric sponsored six FMA summits, including our 2013 data center summit. The summit is capped at 20 sponsors.
Twenty minutes with Joe Piazza: who is coming to your summit, where your company fits among its 20 sponsors, and what the agreement says. The sponsor brief has the delegate profile, the full agenda and the itemized pricing.
35 summits since 2007. Joe Piazza, who founded FMA, runs every summit himself. The videos on this page are from past summits.