Want a taste of one of the best events in manufacturing? This week, we're giving you an inside look at the A3 Business Forum.

This is the Association for Advancing Automation’s premier leadership and networking event that takes place at the beginning of every year, but really, it’s a community, and not just any community. The people in this association easily make up the single strongest group of manufacturing and automation leaders in the industry.

Much like the A3 Business Forum, this compilation episode covers a variety of topics including robotics, education, hiring and talent retention, as well as cybersecurity. We've got 6 interviews for you and we're also bringing back Jake Hall, the Manufacturing Millennial, to help host these discussions. Here are the leaders you’ll hear from in this episode:

·      Jeremy Dodson and Jay Korpi of NextLink Labs

·      Fady Saad, Co-Founder of MassRobotics

·      Suzy Teele, VP of Strategic Partnerships at the ARM Institute

·      Greg Smith, President, Industrial Automation Group at Teradyne

·      Jim Devaprasad, Professor and Director of Robotics at Lake Superior State University

·      Michael “Sully” Sullivan of Miller Resource Group

Make sure to visit ManufacturingHappyHour.com for detailed show notes and a full list of resources mentioned in this episode. Stay Innovative, Stay Thirsty.