Executive Summits · by the Facility Management Alliance
Hospital, Data Center & Campus Microgrid Summit
Meet the hospital, data center and campus leaders who can't afford to lose power.
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 facility directors, directors of plant operations, data center facilities leaders and energy managers from Midwest hospitals, data centers, universities and government sites who own resilience: longer outages, waits for grid capacity, demand charges and aging backup power. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for microgrid projects.
Invited from facilities across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Every delegate is screened by title and facility.
Titles
- VP of Facilities Signs the microgrid deal
- Director of Plant Operations Keeps the hospital running in an outage
- Data Center Facilities Director Uptime and power capacity
- Energy Manager Demand charges and resilience
- Director of Utilities The campus central plant and substations
Industries we're inviting
- Hospitals and health systems Power through outages, every hour
- Data centers Power now, while the grid catches up
- Universities and colleges Campus-wide resilience
- K-12 schools and shelters Buildings that stay on in a storm
- Military and government sites Mission-critical power
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 microgrid 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.
- 5PowerSecureMicrogrid · 5 summits
- 3Doosan Fuel Cell AmericaMicrogrid · 3 summits
- 2Capstone TurbineMicrogrid · 2 summits
- 2GE Distributed PowerMicrogrid · 2 summits
- 2GI EnergyMicrogrid · 2 summits
- 2Pfister EnergyMicrogrid · 2 summits
- 18US LED18 summits
- 17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
- 14Covanta14 summits
- 14Solution Dynamics14 summits
- 10Advanced Power Technologies10 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 · BASF 7 · Be Power Tech 2 · Bio-Reaction Industries 2 · BLUEFIN 4 · Bosch Thermotechnology 2 · Burns & McDonnell Engineering 3 · Camfil 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 · 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 · 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 Solar 2 · Gexpro 3 · 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 · Rinnai America 2 · Rockwell Automation 2 · ROXUL 2 · Rubicon Global 2 · SAP America 2 · Schneider Electric 6 · Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure 5 · Sloan 2 · Smardt Chiller Group 8 · 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.
“Get in early if you’re considering sponsoring.”
Past sponsorJosh SmithSenior Vice President of Development, KDC SolarRead the whole quote
“…FMA does an excellent job choreographing these events, getting the right people in the room, setting up the network opportunities you want and getting the right customers and sponsors in the room together. … Get in early if you’re considering sponsoring. FMA does a very good job at not overloading a room with folks providing very similar services. …”
“…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…”
Past sponsorMark MartyakChief Sales Officer, PowerSecure“Real buyers attend session.”
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“The best of all the energy events. The FMA Staff facilitates meetings and relationships. Real buyers attend session. FMA is the best Summit I attend. The value is the partnership base and end user customer base that has budget for projects.”
Past sponsorGerald ConboyVP, North American Sales, Doosan Fuel Cell America, Inc.“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 EnergySee 13 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!”
Past sponsorMark MartyakChief Sales Officer, PowerSecure Inc.“What I found different with FMA Summits versus some of the other conferences that we attend is that I’m not running around and grabbing people to talk to… we have enough time to really sit down and go through what their goals and their missions are.”
Past sponsorVictoria SanvilleSenior Manager, Enterprise Business Development, LG Electronics“This event has been really great in that we have seen potential customers not once but there has been probably 4 to 5 different touch points in that they have been sincere and meaningful.”
Past sponsorTim MagnerSenior Sales Manager, GE Solar“…there were multiple opportunities to meet with potential clients. … FMA has a strong understanding of customer service. They did everything to ensure we were satisfied with the event and realized results.”
Past sponsorJohn NittiVice President, Sales and Marketing, Doosan Fuel Cell America, Inc.“Very intimate, which was nice. Good contacts. … Good participation- all in all a great event!”
Past sponsorMaha KashaniSr. Account Manager, AES Distributed Energy“The setting for the Summit proved to be very valuable as it provided an intimate and less aggressive environment for vendors to create meaningful partnerships with customers. I was able to get answers to my pressing facilities’ needs and forge partnerships with various vendors that can provide the solutions I need without all the wasted time on cold calls.”
Past delegateMary-Ann IbeziakoDirector of Engineering and Energy, University of Maryland“Your conference was well-organized and I have a mountain of contacts to work through for what hopes to be some very beneficial collaboration. …”
Past delegateNate VerhanovitzPerformance Engineer, Power and Water, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, Michigan State University“This is a great conference. I was able to talk one on one with a lot of vendors. It is a very intimate setting where you can have very deep meaningful conversations.”
Past delegateMathew EmdenEnergy Champion, Principia College“The FMA Summit is an ideal vendor/user experience offered in a comfortable environment with outstanding food & refreshments. The structure of the Summit maximizes face-time among vendors and users…”
Past delegateBert JacobsonDean for Environmental and Institutional Sustainability, Kankakee Community College“…I greatly enjoyed the chance to present some of the great things we’re doing at GSA and the chance to meet and speak with current and prospective contractors. … the qualifications of those whom you scheduled to present were astounding; you truly deliver what you claim- the leaders in the industry. Very high-powered. …”
“…The amount of knowledge and networking will help me for many more years to come. …”
Past delegateBrandon IloiloEnergy Manager, General Services Department, City of Kansas City, Mo.“…I too enjoyed the summit and found lots of good information to use.”
“…I had a great time at the summit…”
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
See the other 40Show fewer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 microgrid category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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Battery storageInvited
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Wisconsin adds solar and a battery to keep a campus building powered in outages
Ameresco's $1.6 million design-build project: a 300 kW solar array and a 125 kW battery storage system, expected to save approximately $30,000 a year and produce about 60% of the building's electricity (as reported by Ameresco in Solar Power World)
The problem: The college wanted lower utility costs and a resilient power supply for its student services building during outages.
Published result: Ameresco's $1.6 million design-build project: a 300 kW solar array and a 125 kW battery storage system, expected to save approximately $30,000 a year and produce about 60% of the building's electricity (as reported by Ameresco in Solar Power World)
Invited: Ameresco and Southwest Wisconsin Technical College · Read the published case
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MicrogridsInvited
Reid Health, Indiana backs up the whole hospital with a 3.75 MW microgrid
PowerSecure's 3.75 MW Tier 4 Final microgrid gives 100% standby power coverage, took over the load during a utility outage and held it until the grid returned, and is estimated to save $625,000 a year based on 160 hours of operation (as reported by PowerSecure)
The problem: The Richmond hospital faced escalating energy costs and tight budgets but needed reliable power for patient care.
Published result: PowerSecure's 3.75 MW Tier 4 Final microgrid gives 100% standby power coverage, took over the load during a utility outage and held it until the grid returned, and is estimated to save $625,000 a year based on 160 hours of operation (as reported by PowerSecure)
Invited: PowerSecure and Reid Health · Read the published case
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Battery storageInvited
MSD of Wayne Township, Indiana cuts demand charges with batteries at six elementary schools
720 kW / 1,548 kWh of BYD batteries, run by Energy Toolbase's controller and deployed by Veregy in September 2023, with 99.11% hardware uptime and $68,045 in annual savings (as reported by Energy Toolbase)
The problem: Peak demand charges were adding to power bills at the district's elementary schools.
Published result: 720 kW / 1,548 kWh of BYD batteries, run by Energy Toolbase's controller and deployed by Veregy in September 2023, with 99.11% hardware uptime and $68,045 in annual savings (as reported by Energy Toolbase)
Invited: Veregy and Energy Toolbase, with MSD of Wayne Township · 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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Microgrids
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Reid Health, Indiana backs up the whole hospital with a 3.75 MW microgrid
PowerSecure's 3.75 MW Tier 4 Final microgrid gives 100% standby power coverage, took over the load during a utility outage and held it until the grid returned, and is estimated to save $625,000 a year based on 160 hours of operation (as reported by PowerSecure)
The problem: The Richmond hospital faced escalating energy costs and tight budgets but needed reliable power for patient care.
Published result: PowerSecure's 3.75 MW Tier 4 Final microgrid gives 100% standby power coverage, took over the load during a utility outage and held it until the grid returned, and is estimated to save $625,000 a year based on 160 hours of operation (as reported by PowerSecure)
Invited: PowerSecure and Reid Health · Read the published case
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Invited
Maplewood Intermediate/Middle School, Wisconsin runs an all-electric school on its own microgrid
Eaton's microgrid controller and battery storage, with 1.3 MW of combined solar and storage plus natural gas generators, are expected to fully power the school and save $190,000 in energy costs a year (projected) (as reported by Microgrid Knowledge)
The problem: The Menasha Joint School District built a new all-electric school aimed at net-zero energy and needed it to keep running.
Published result: Eaton's microgrid controller and battery storage, with 1.3 MW of combined solar and storage plus natural gas generators, are expected to fully power the school and save $190,000 in energy costs a year (projected) (as reported by Microgrid Knowledge)
Invited: Eaton and the Menasha Joint School District · Read the published case
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Invited
Baton Rouge General, Louisiana keeps two hospital campuses running through outages on gas microgrids
3.6 MW and 5.8 MW gas-fired microgrids, activated in November 2025, can fully power hospital operations during outages and send power to the grid when needed; Entergy Louisiana owns and operates them for a fixed monthly fee over 20 years, with $9 million in state funding (as reported by Microgrid Knowledge)
The problem: Hurricanes and grid outages put power for lifesaving equipment, heating, cooling and lighting at risk at both campuses.
Published result: 3.6 MW and 5.8 MW gas-fired microgrids, activated in November 2025, can fully power hospital operations during outages and send power to the grid when needed; Entergy Louisiana owns and operates them for a fixed monthly fee over 20 years, with $9 million in state funding (as reported by Microgrid Knowledge)
Invited: ERock (Enchanted Rock) and Entergy Louisiana, with Baton Rouge General · 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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Battery storage
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Wisconsin adds solar and a battery to keep a campus building powered in outages
Ameresco's $1.6 million design-build project: a 300 kW solar array and a 125 kW battery storage system, expected to save approximately $30,000 a year and produce about 60% of the building's electricity (as reported by Ameresco in Solar Power World)
The problem: The college wanted lower utility costs and a resilient power supply for its student services building during outages.
Published result: Ameresco's $1.6 million design-build project: a 300 kW solar array and a 125 kW battery storage system, expected to save approximately $30,000 a year and produce about 60% of the building's electricity (as reported by Ameresco in Solar Power World)
Invited: Ameresco and Southwest Wisconsin Technical College · Read the published case
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Invited
MSD of Wayne Township, Indiana cuts demand charges with batteries at six elementary schools
720 kW / 1,548 kWh of BYD batteries, run by Energy Toolbase's controller and deployed by Veregy in September 2023, with 99.11% hardware uptime and $68,045 in annual savings (as reported by Energy Toolbase)
The problem: Peak demand charges were adding to power bills at the district's elementary schools.
Published result: 720 kW / 1,548 kWh of BYD batteries, run by Energy Toolbase's controller and deployed by Veregy in September 2023, with 99.11% hardware uptime and $68,045 in annual savings (as reported by Energy Toolbase)
Invited: Veregy and Energy Toolbase, with MSD of Wayne Township · Read the published case
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Invited
Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts earns and saves with a Tesla battery on its chiller switchboard
A 572 kW / 1,271 kWh Tesla battery that cost $1.33 million is expected to earn $80,000 a year from a Massachusetts summer peak program and cut the annual electric bill by $131,175, a seven-year payback with a state grant (projected) (as reported by pv magazine USA, from Clean Energy Group)
The problem: The safety-net hospital wanted to cut its peak electricity charges and get paid for helping the grid at summer peaks.
Published result: A 572 kW / 1,271 kWh Tesla battery that cost $1.33 million is expected to earn $80,000 a year from a Massachusetts summer peak program and cut the annual electric bill by $131,175, a seven-year payback with a state grant (projected) (as reported by pv magazine USA, from Clean Energy Group)
Invited: Tesla, with Boston Medical Center · 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.
“I can tell you in each one we've gained one customer, actual one customer, as a minimum. This show here in Columbus has been really good.”
Mark Martyak, Chief Sales Officer, PowerSecure. The photo is the AES energy storage exhibit at a past FMA summit.
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
Microgrid sponsors were in 13 of the 35 summits. Every sponsor and speaker, as printed.
Open any programPowerSecure sponsored five FMA summits, including Columbus. 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.