M
HI and our members provide industry-lead-
ing resources and best-in-class equipment and
systems to help companies deliver on the promise of
optimal supply chain efficiency. And ProMat is where it
all comes together.
The manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure
investments you make as a result of your attendance at
ProMat 2019 will differentiate your company for many
years to come.
ProMat is where the brightest minds in
manufacturing and supply chain gather to
discuss the trends of today and the chal-
lenges of tomorrow. They come to ProMat
to find their Wow—that trend or technol-
ogy that will take their supply chain to the
next level of success.
ProMat is the best place to get reliable
information and solid advice as you make
decisions about capital expenditures and
supply chain investments. By attending,
you will find the solution-sourcing and
world-class education that will help accel-
erate your speed to market and increase supply chain
efficiency. All this, delivered over one week, at one loca-
tion—April 8–11, 2019, at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
At ProMat, you will find the largest and broadest array
of manufacturing and supply chain solutions in North
and South America, including:
Exhibits: ProMat will feature 1,000 exhibits from lead-
ing material handling, logistics, and supply chain solu-
tion providers from the United States and around the
world. By attending, you will see new ideas and solutions
in action, and meet face to face with leading suppliers
who can help you find answers to your manufacturing
and supply chain challenges.
ProMat exhibits will span two show floors at McCormick
Place, with exhibits in the South and North Halls. Don’t
miss ProMat’s new emerging technology and sustainable
facility solution centers in the North Hall.
Education and Networking: The ProMat Conference
will outline leading trends, best practices, and state-of-
the-art equipment and technology solutions. The confer-
ence includes:
b Show Floor Seminars: ProMat will offer 100 45-min-
ute seminars in convenient show-floor theaters on a vari-
ety of manufacturing and supply chain topics.
b April 8 Keynote Panel: Blockchain Technology for
Supply Chains
Moderator: Karim R. Lakhani, Harvard Business School
Panelists: Leanne Kemp, Queensland Chief
Entrepreneur & C3PO First, CEO, Founder of Everledger
Michael Reed, Director — Blockchain
Program at Intel Corp.
b April 9 Keynote: Closing the Supply
Chain Gender Gap
Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO, Girls
Who Code
b April 10 Keynote Panel: Preview of MHI
2019 Annual Industry Report
George W. Prest, CEO, MHI, and Scott
Sopher, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
b April 10 Keynote: The Three Keys to
Business Success – People, Process, Profit
Marcus Lemonis, CNBC’s “The Profit”/
CEO, Camping World/Serial Entrepreneur
b Emerging Technology and Sustainable Facility
Theater
These sessions will focus on leading solutions and
trends in the area of emerging supply chain technology
and sustainable supply chain facility solutions in an inter-
active, town hall-style environment.
ProMat will also feature a Women in the Supply Chain
Industry Forum, a CMAA Overhead Material Handling
Conference, and MHI Industry Night at ProMat with an
evening of music, food, drinks, and entertainment by
comedian Craig Ferguson.
Industry Night will be held on Wednesday, April 10.
Tickets to this event are on sale at ProMatShow.com. The
door prize for this event is a $30,000 trip of a lifetime. See
the official rules at ProMatShow.com/rules.
ProMat 2019 will provide the tools and innovation you
need to improve efficiency and drive your business for-
ward. Visit ProMatShow.com to learn more and register
for free admission to the ProMat exhibits and conference
sessions.
Welcome to
ProMat 2019
BY GEORGE PREST, CEO, MHI
