Executive Summits · by the Facility Management Alliance
Hospital & Data Center Electrical Summit
Meet the hospital and data center leaders who can't let the power blink.
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 directors of plant operations, facility directors, chief engineers and critical facilities managers from hospitals, data centers and campuses who own the power: aging switchgear, UPS systems, arc-flash risk and long waits for new transformers. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for electrical projects.
Invited from facilities across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Every delegate is screened by title and facility.
Titles
- Director of Plant Operations The hospital's essential power
- Critical Facilities Manager UPS, switchgear, uptime
- VP or Director of Facilities Capital plans and shutdowns
- Chief Engineer Testing, PMs, arc-flash labels
- Energy Manager Demand charges, power factor
Industries we're inviting
- Hospitals Essential power for the OR and ICU
- Data centers Switchgear, UPS and more megawatts
- Universities and schools Campus substations, aging gear
- Government buildings and cities Reliable power for public services
- Commercial offices and warehouses Service upgrades for new loads
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 electrical 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.
- 10Advanced Power TechnologiesElectrical · 10 summits
- 6Schneider ElectricElectrical · 6 summits
- 3EatonElectrical · 3 summits
- 3GexproElectrical · 3 summits
- 3KVAR Energy SavingsElectrical · 3 summits
- 18US LED18 summits
- 17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
- 14Covanta14 summits
- 14Solution Dynamics14 summits
- 8Smardt Chiller Group8 summits
- 7BASF7 summits
- 7LG Electronics7 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 · AgriPower 6 · 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 · 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 · EQUIDEX Energy 7 · 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 · 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 · 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 · PowerSecure 5 · 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 and delegates.
Their words, not ours.
“…at each FMA Summit we have gained one actual customer as a minimum”
Past sponsorMark MartyakChief Sales Officer, PowerSecureRead the whole quote
“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…”
“…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. …”
Past sponsorDevin 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.”
Past sponsorTom DrakeSenior Sales Manager, MTU Onsite Energy“…I too enjoyed the summit and found lots of good information to use.”
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“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!”
Past sponsorMark MartyakChief Sales Officer, PowerSecure Inc.Hospitals in the room.
Past FMA delegates include facility leaders from 50 hospitals and health systems. Leaders from ten of them presented their own projects:
- AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
- Aurora Health Care
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Gundersen Lutheran
- McFarland Clinic
- NYC Health + Hospitals
- Parkland Health and Hospital System
- Peninsula Regional Medical Center
- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
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Advocate Healthcare · Audie L. Murphy Veteran's Hospital · Banner Health · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Brooklyn Hospital Center · CentraState Healthcare System · Children's Hospital Colorado · Denver Health · Exempla St. Joseph Hospital · Froedtert Health · Hackensack University Medical Center · HealthSouth · Holy Name Medical Center · Indian Health Services · Intermountain Healthcare · Loyola University Health System · Massachusetts General Hospital · Medical College of Wisconsin · Medical University of South Carolina · Memorial Hospital South Bend · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Mercy Health · Methodist Hospitals · Muskogee Community Hospital · Newton Wellesley Hospital · Norton Healthcare · OSF Healthcare System · Presence Health · South Shore Medical Center · Spectrum Health · St. Anthony Summit Medical Center · St. Luke's Health Network · Streamwood Behavioral Health Systems · Texas A & M Health Science Center · Uintah Basin Medical Center · UMass Medical School · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · University of Chicago Medical Center · UT Health Science Center at San Antonio · UT Southwestern Medical Center
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 |
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| 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 electrical category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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Electrical testing & arc flashInvited
University of Michigan Health, Michigan builds arc-quenching switchgear into its new 264-bed pavilion
A $16 million Eaton contract: an Eaton-engineered utility substation, over 100 factory-assembled switchboards and Arc Quenching Switchgear that Eaton says will significantly reduce incident energy (projected; the pavilion was expected to open in fall 2025) (as reported by Eaton)
The problem: The new 12-story, 690,000 sq ft Kahn pavilion in Ann Arbor needed a power system built for uptime and for the electricians who maintain it.
Published result: A $16 million Eaton contract: an Eaton-engineered utility substation, over 100 factory-assembled switchboards and Arc Quenching Switchgear that Eaton says will significantly reduce incident energy (projected; the pavilion was expected to open in fall 2025) (as reported by Eaton)
Invited: Eaton and University of Michigan Health · Read the published case
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Switchgear & power qualityInvited
Children's Wisconsin, Wisconsin upgrades power monitoring at 19 substations without disrupting patient care
Schneider Electric Power Monitoring Expert put in across 19 substations between November 2023 and February 2024, in a working hospital; no savings figures published (as reported by Faith Technologies)
The problem: The Milwaukee pediatric hospital wanted more reliable power and a live view of it, and every shutdown had to be planned around patients.
Published result: Schneider Electric Power Monitoring Expert put in across 19 substations between November 2023 and February 2024, in a working hospital; no savings figures published (as reported by Faith Technologies)
Invited: Faith Technologies and Children's Wisconsin · Read the published case
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Switchgear & power qualityInvited
UScellular, Illinois replaces four aging UPS systems in a live Chicago data center
Mitsubishi Electric SUMMIT Series UPSs replaced four systems: UPS efficiency from 75–78% to 97.9–98%; utility costs about $500–700k a year with the site almost 100% full, against over $1M a year when it was about 25% full; payback just over 2 years; a job quoted at 12 weeks done in 4, saving approximately $40k; ComEd paid over $300k in rebates (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
The problem: Aging UPS units at a 48,000 sq ft data center and lab property needed frequent maintenance, and a fault in production could take months to correct.
Published result: Mitsubishi Electric SUMMIT Series UPSs replaced four systems: UPS efficiency from 75–78% to 97.9–98%; utility costs about $500–700k a year with the site almost 100% full, against over $1M a year when it was about 25% full; payback just over 2 years; a job quoted at 12 weeks done in 4, saving approximately $40k; ComEd paid over $300k in rebates (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
Invited: Mitsubishi Electric and UScellular · Read the published case
See all 6 stories, in 2 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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Switchgear & power quality
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Children's Wisconsin, Wisconsin upgrades power monitoring at 19 substations without disrupting patient care
Schneider Electric Power Monitoring Expert put in across 19 substations between November 2023 and February 2024, in a working hospital; no savings figures published (as reported by Faith Technologies)
The problem: The Milwaukee pediatric hospital wanted more reliable power and a live view of it, and every shutdown had to be planned around patients.
Published result: Schneider Electric Power Monitoring Expert put in across 19 substations between November 2023 and February 2024, in a working hospital; no savings figures published (as reported by Faith Technologies)
Invited: Faith Technologies and Children's Wisconsin · Read the published case
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Invited
UScellular, Illinois replaces four aging UPS systems in a live Chicago data center
Mitsubishi Electric SUMMIT Series UPSs replaced four systems: UPS efficiency from 75–78% to 97.9–98%; utility costs about $500–700k a year with the site almost 100% full, against over $1M a year when it was about 25% full; payback just over 2 years; a job quoted at 12 weeks done in 4, saving approximately $40k; ComEd paid over $300k in rebates (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
The problem: Aging UPS units at a 48,000 sq ft data center and lab property needed frequent maintenance, and a fault in production could take months to correct.
Published result: Mitsubishi Electric SUMMIT Series UPSs replaced four systems: UPS efficiency from 75–78% to 97.9–98%; utility costs about $500–700k a year with the site almost 100% full, against over $1M a year when it was about 25% full; payback just over 2 years; a job quoted at 12 weeks done in 4, saving approximately $40k; ComEd paid over $300k in rebates (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
Invited: Mitsubishi Electric and UScellular · Read the published case
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DataBank PIT2, Pennsylvania replaces UPS batteries on a one-week deadline
New VRLA batteries for all four Mitsubishi Electric 9900B UPSs within the deadline; DataBank then signed a battery maintenance master service agreement; no other figures published (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
The problem: Batteries in the Pittsburgh data center's four UPS units suddenly needed emergency work outside its service contract, with about a week to do it.
Published result: New VRLA batteries for all four Mitsubishi Electric 9900B UPSs within the deadline; DataBank then signed a battery maintenance master service agreement; no other figures published (as reported by Mitsubishi Electric)
Invited: Mitsubishi Electric and DataBank · 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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Electrical testing & arc flash
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
University of Michigan Health, Michigan builds arc-quenching switchgear into its new 264-bed pavilion
A $16 million Eaton contract: an Eaton-engineered utility substation, over 100 factory-assembled switchboards and Arc Quenching Switchgear that Eaton says will significantly reduce incident energy (projected; the pavilion was expected to open in fall 2025) (as reported by Eaton)
The problem: The new 12-story, 690,000 sq ft Kahn pavilion in Ann Arbor needed a power system built for uptime and for the electricians who maintain it.
Published result: A $16 million Eaton contract: an Eaton-engineered utility substation, over 100 factory-assembled switchboards and Arc Quenching Switchgear that Eaton says will significantly reduce incident energy (projected; the pavilion was expected to open in fall 2025) (as reported by Eaton)
Invited: Eaton and University of Michigan Health · Read the published case
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A large insurer's Hartford, Connecticut campus (company unnamed) cuts infrared-inspection labor over 90 percent with 150 IRISS windows after its arc flash survey
About 150 IRISS infrared windows (VPT 3 and 4 inch round and CAP 12 and 24 inch rectangular) on 208 V and 480 V substations from 500 A to 4,000 A, 11 kV fused switches and cable termination boxes, installed in less than 12 hours; labor cost savings of over 90 percent, inspections now done by one thermographer in street clothes and safety glasses, and more frequent surveys that catch anomalies before they become critical (as reported by IRISS, January 2024)
The problem: The senior facilities engineer's arc flash survey of every substation and switchgear lineup found incident energies above 40 cal/cm2, so opening energized panels for infrared inspection took a thermographer plus two electricians in full 40 cal/cm2 PPE and happened only once a year.
Published result: About 150 IRISS infrared windows (VPT 3 and 4 inch round and CAP 12 and 24 inch rectangular) on 208 V and 480 V substations from 500 A to 4,000 A, 11 kV fused switches and cable termination boxes, installed in less than 12 hours; labor cost savings of over 90 percent, inspections now done by one thermographer in street clothes and safety glasses, and more frequent surveys that catch anomalies before they become critical (as reported by IRISS, January 2024)
Invited: IRISS and the insurer (unnamed in the case study) · Read the published case
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A US data center's UPS expansion (operator unnamed) gets its DC arc-flash hazard from over 125 cal/cm2 to under 1.2 cal/cm2 in a Shermco study
Shermco modeled the system in ETAP and ran short-circuit and equipment duty, protective device coordination, IEEE 1584-2018 AC arc flash and NFPA 70E DC arc flash analyses: AC incident energy below 40 cal/cm2 across feasible operating modes; DC arc flash above 125 cal/cm2 by the maximum power method, about 22 to 23 cal/cm2 by the Stokes and Oppenlander method, and under 1.2 cal/cm2 with the recommended HLDC disconnect replacement; all equipment confirmed adequately rated; more than 260 engineering hours saved against manual methods (as reported by ETAP, 2021)
The problem: A UPS replacement and expansion with multiple UPS modules, battery cabinets, PDUs, medium-voltage feeds and several switching configurations needed short-circuit, coordination and AC and DC arc-flash studies, and the first pass showed insufficient time intervals between the utility and site relays.
Published result: Shermco modeled the system in ETAP and ran short-circuit and equipment duty, protective device coordination, IEEE 1584-2018 AC arc flash and NFPA 70E DC arc flash analyses: AC incident energy below 40 cal/cm2 across feasible operating modes; DC arc flash above 125 cal/cm2 by the maximum power method, about 22 to 23 cal/cm2 by the Stokes and Oppenlander method, and under 1.2 cal/cm2 with the recommended HLDC disconnect replacement; all equipment confirmed adequately rated; more than 260 engineering hours saved against manual methods (as reported by ETAP, 2021)
Invited: Shermco and ETAP, with the data center operator (unnamed in the case study) · 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.
Real FMA Summit rooms. No stock photography.
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
Electrical sponsors were in 18 of the 35 summits. Every sponsor and speaker, as printed.
Open any programAdvanced Power Technologies sponsored 10 FMA summits. 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.