IMTS COMPASS

WELCOME TO THE IMTS COMPASS

There are 53 days left until IMTS! See below for the latest update on IMTS 2008. Click here for archived issues of the "IMTS Compass". Want to be added to the weekly email list...see the imts e-newsletter box below the left navigation. Check the correct box, enter your email address and hit SUBMIT. We are here to help in any way we can. - IMTS Staff

July 17, 2008 Issue

» Register TODAY...Registration Increases After August 1st
» Announcing new IMTS 2008 Manufacturing Business & Technology Forum
» Planning Your Visit with myMap
» Innovation Center
» Getting To and From the Show Made Simple
» What to Do in The Windy City

REGISTER TODAY...REGISTRATION INCREASES AFTER AUGUST 1ST

Save Money with early registration! Register TODAY and the registration fee is $25 per person.

Exhibits Only - Individual Registration
» $25 on or before August 1, 2008
» $50 after August 1, 2008

Exhibits Only - Group Registration
Discounts for Groups. To qualify as a group, you must have 5 or more people from the same company, and everyone must register at the same time.
» $15.00 per person
» Register a Group

Manufacturing Business and Technology Forum Registration

Super Pass - access to all conferences and the exhibit floor all week

$600 on or before August 1, 2008

$700 after August 1, 2008

Daily Pass - access to all conferences on one day and to the exhibit floor all week

$400 on or before August 1, 2008

$500 after August 1, 2008

» Click here for all your registration options
» Ready to register click here

IMTS 2008 MANUFACTURING BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY FORUM

Where Technology and Business Connect
September 8 - 12, 2008
Register today

Building on past successes, the expanded Forum brings together the expertise of six leading industry organizations to provide the most useful and up-to-date technical information available. The Forum includes sessions from:

AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology

Learn about MTConnect, a new communication protocol standard for passing data between devices, equipment, and higher level applications.

FREE sessions explore how to develop an adapter for retrieving data from a device or piece of equipment and the Software Development Kit (SKD).

Learn more.

ASPE - American Society for Precision Engineering

Hear papers on the most up-to-date research projects from the engineering development departments of machine tool companies.

Each day ends with a debate between recognized experts in the field on important issues of the day.

Learn more.

CAR - Center for Automotive Research

Explore the changing demands of automotive body and powertrain manufacturing created by technology, safety, globalization and fuel economy.

Hear presentations by industry leaders and extensive discussions.

Learn more.

NTMA - National Tooling & Machining Association

Hear from the experts in advanced technologies, tools and processes that improve your competitive edge.

Learn the value-added strategies and solutions in maintaining world-class manufacturing leadership in today's global market.

Learn more.

SME - Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Sessions focus on leading technologies, strategies and tools to improve product and operations

Explore trends in machining, grinding, metal cutting fluids, lean manufacturing, cell design, value stream mapping, standardized work and set up reduction

Learn more.

Tooling U

Explore how modern training approaches help address the skills gap by identifying funding resources, incorporating shop-floor-specific training strategies, and laying the groundwork for a Corporate University.

Learn more.

PLANNING YOUR VISIT WITH MYMAP

Did you know that there are over 1,500 exhibitors that are going to be displaying the latest in manufacturing technology at IMTS? To help you get the most out of your visit to McCormick Place (and save some wear and tear on your feet), we have built a special tool called myMap for you. MyMap is the best place for you to build your own custom route along with a floor plan showing just the exhibitors you are most interested in visiting at the show. You can e-mail your map to your co-workers to get feedback to make sure you are all on the same page about what you want to see at the show.

When you sign up for myMap, you can choose to allow the exhibitors that you put on your myMap to see your contact information, allowing them to contact you in advance of the show to start a dialogue in advance of the show. Finally, you will be able to access your personal map at the show simply by putting in your e-mail address and password at any of the 50+ myMap kiosks that you will find at McCormick Place.

Create your own myMap today:
» Showroom myMap - html version
» myMap Interactive Floor Plan - Flash Program

INNOVATION CENTER

Daily theme days take center stage at the new IMTS 2008 Innovation Center. Industry leaders from automotive, aerospace, quality control, power generation, medical and job shop manufacturing speak daily at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Make the Innovation Center part of your show schedule. Lakeside Center (East) Booth D-4168. Click here to learn more.

This week we're highlighting Quality Day which is Tuesday, September 9th:
Alexandria Maciag, plant manager of Ford's Van Dyke Transmission Plant, Sterling Heights, Michigan will present the team's story-how people and technology combined to create new processes and production lines. Find out more here.

Add Innovation Center to your myMap listing!

GETTING TO AND FROM THE SHOW MADE SIMPLE

Now is the time to get started on your hotel, air, and travel plans for IMTS. We've put a page together on the web site to make your planning easy. Click here to access all of the show travel information.

WHAT TO DO IN THE WINDY CITY

Sure, you are going to be in Chicago for IMTS. But that doesn't mean you can't have any fun, right? The city of Chicago has a very nice welcoming page for IMTS visitors that is loaded with information about how you can enjoy all things Chicago. You can visit it here: http://www.meetinchicago.com/IMTS.

Make sure to check out the numerous special offers that are available to the IMTS 2008 conventioneers.

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