Get ready to roll up your sleeves and make your voice heard at COMP2025. We’re excited to introduce:

Interactive Breakout Session | Plug In 🔌 Powering Colorado Manufacturing Network Connections

This isn’t your typical session! It’s a hands-on, interactive workshop designed to harness the full power of the Colorado Manufacturing Network. Amplify manufacturing’s future across technology, workforce, and innovation trends presented by Manufacturer’s Edge, Colorado’s official Manufacturing Extension Partner (MEP).

Workshop Hosts: Jennifer Hagan-Dier, VP and Chief Operation Officer | Robert Newbold, VP of Client Success | Edward Olivo, Director of Workforce and Community Partnerships

Session Highlights

• Collaborate in rotating discussions on today’s most pressing topics—from workforce development to advanced manufacturing to emerging tech trends.
• Voice your perspective on the single biggest change you’d like to see in manufacturing.
• Hear a full readout of collective insights, which will be shared with key partners who can influence and lead real change.

What to Expect

This interactive workshop harnesses the power of the Colorado Manufacturing Network, bringing together manufacturers and ecosystem partners from across the state to share challenges, opportunities, and insights. Attendees will rotate through facilitated discussions on relevant and timely topics impacting the manufacturing community from workforce development to advanced manufacturing and emerging trends where they can voice the single biggest change they’d like to see in manufacturing. Each rotation lasts 15 minutes, followed by a readout to inform participants and a plan to share with key partners with the power to lead and influence change. The session provides a unique chance to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of manufacturing in Colorado.

Join the Manufacturer’s Edge breakout session at COMP2025 to connect with like-minded businesses and industry leaders shaping the future of manufacturing—together. Sessions fill quickly, so be sure to arrive early!