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Expo Hours
| Monday Sept. 8 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Tuesday Sept. 9 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Wednesday Sept. 10 | 9 AM — 5 PM |
| Thursday Sept. 11 | 9 AM — 3 PM |
Venue
McCormick Place
2301 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60616
About the Expo
North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to McCormick Place in September 2025. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
North America's Largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding and Finishing Event
Management
F114: Blue-Collar Leadership & Teamwork: Traits of High Impact Players
*This conference session requires registration and payment. Click here to register/add session to your registration.
Are you ready to climb to the next level and beyond? To achieve a high degree of success, don’t focus on becoming more successful. Focus on becoming more valuable. When you become more valuable, others will make you successful. Discover many of the character traits that separate high impact team players from the rest of the team. The competitive advantage for every high impact individual is intentionally developing 360° of authentic, character-based influence regardless of position, title, rank, or years of service. When you value, adopt, and model high impact character traits, you will always create not only a personal and professional advantage for yourself, but also a competitive advantage for your team and your organization.
Management Track Sponsor
About This Session
- Date: October 16, 2024
- Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
- Room: Room S-330 F
- Level: Basic
- Track: Management
Speakers
Mack Story
Blue-Collar Leadership
Mack Story started at the bottom, grew himself into upper management, and found his niche in lean manufacturing. He developed a passion for leadership while logging over 11,000 hours leading hundreds of leaders and thousands of their team members through process improvement, organizational change, and cultural transformation. Mack has published 15 workforce and leadership development books. His mission is to help leaders engage the frontline to improve the bottom line.
Ria Story
Blue-Collar Leadership
Ria Story is a motivational leadership speaker, TEDx Speaker, and author of 14 books. She has more than 20 years of experience in leadership and management. Ria founded Fearfully and Wonderfully Me to empower women to become the leaders they are destined to be. She shares powerful leadership principles and tools of transformation from her journey to equip and empower women, helping increase influence, develop leadership, and maximize results.
FABTECH Conference
Tracks: 3D/Additive, Automation, Cutting, Laser, Forming & Fabricating, Job Shop, Lean, Management, Marketing & Sales, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Stamping, Workforce Development
| Sessions | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Sessions | $195 | $220 |
| Workshops | $499 | $599 |
| Best Value Full Conference (5-8 Sessions)
| $795 | $900 |
CCAI Finishing Conference
| CCAI Finishing Conference | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Session | $112.50 | $125 |
| 2 Sessions | $202.50 | $225 |
| 3 Sessions | $270 | $300 |
| 4-8 Sessions | $405 | $450 |
AWS Welding Conference
| AWS Welding Conference | Member Price | Non-Member Price* |
|---|---|---|
| One-Hour Sessions (W7, W8) | FREE | FREE |
| Two-Hour Sessions (W1, W2, W12, W13, W14) | $95 | $150 |
| Weld-Ed Conference (W5) | $50 | $75 |
| Half-Day Sessions (W3, W10, W15) | $345 | $430 |
| Full-Day Sessions (W4, W6, W9, W11) | $565 | $665 |
| Professional Program (W16) | $395 | $495 |
| *Non-member price for AWS Welding Full-Day Sessions only includes a one-year AWS Individual Membership. | ||
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