PMI26 Manufacturing Success Conference
Scheduled Activities

Mon., Nov. 2
8:30 am - 4:30 pm PMI Inspiring Leaders Program: Leadership That Feels as Good as it Looks, held at the World War II Museum, led by Erin Meadows, executive coach and leadership consultant of Meadows Coaching Group LLC. (Separate registration)
Noon - 4:00 pm PMI Board of Directors meeting (Invitation only)
1:30 - 4:00 pm PMI Strategic Advisory Council, committee chairs and board meeting (Invitation only)
3:00 - 5:00 pm Meeting registration
5:30 - 7:30 pm Welcome reception for all attendees
Tue., Nov. 3
9:00 - 10:15 am Keynote Address: The Unstoppable You with Alex Weber, famed American Ninja Warrior, leadership and peak performance expert
10:15 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - 11:00 am From Watersheds to Planetary Boundaries: Rethinking Water Management with Alyssa Dausman, Ph.D., senior vice president and chief scientist, The Water Institute
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Setting Expectations for 2027 and Beyond with Connor Lokar, senior forecaster & keynote manager, ITR Economics
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm From Emerging Concern to Emerging Regulation: The Microplastics Shift with Julie Panko, principal scientist/senior vice president, ToxStrategies
2:00 - 2:30 pm The Global Trade Landscape: What Plumbing Manufacturers Need to Know with Brian Ledgerwood, international trade specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
2:30 - 2:50 pm Break
2:50 - 4:00 pm Accessible Plumbing Fixtures and Elements with Gene Boecker, accessibility project manager, Accessibility Professionals Association and Cinema United, and Josh Schorr, technical assistance coordinator, U.S. Access Board
4:00 - 4:30 pm Federal Appliance Efficiency Deregulation and Its Impact on State-Level Enforcement Risks with Daniel Eisenberg, principal, Beveridge and Diamond
4:30 - 5:00 pm Day One Round Table Discussion
6:00 - 8:30 pm Red Fish Grill reception and dinner
Wed., Nov 4
7:30 - 8:30 am Women of PMI Breakfast with Simone Bruni, founder and operator, Demo Diva
9:00 - 9:30 am Land Acknowledgement/Sinking in my Homeland with Lora Ann Chaisson, principal chief, United Houma Nation
9:30 - 10:30 am Advocacy Government Affairs Update led by Troy Benavidez, leader, strategic partnerships, government relations and policy, LIXIL, with Jerry Desmond and Stephanie Salmon, PMI’s advocacy/government affairs consultants, and Matthew Windrum, director of state government affairs, policy and advocacy, PMI
10:30 - 10:50 am Break
10:50 am - 12:00 pm PFAS Regulation, Policy and Compliance in a Rapidly Changing Landscape with John Gardella, shareholder and attorney, CMBG3 and Jay West, senior director, chemical products and technology, American Chemistry Council
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 pm Beyond Structure: The Future of Embodied Carbon Policy and MEP Systems with Ariel Brenner, project manager, codes and policy, New Buildings Institute
1:45 - 2:45 pm Skilled Workforce Development Panel Discussion led by Kate Olinger, senior director, regulatory, sustainability and external Affairs, GF – Americas, with Brandon Hudson, deputy executive director, SkillsUSA; Tim Johnson, president and founder, TJC Group; and Marshall Moore, programmatic lead, META American Workforce Academy
2:45 - 3:15 pm Day Two Roundtable Discussion
3:15 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm 72nd Annual Meeting of the Membership (Members and Invitation only)
6:00 - 8:00 pm PMI26 NOLA Reception and Dinner at the Loews Hotel
Thurs., Nov 5
9:00 - 9:35 am Water as the Cornerstone of the U.S. National Economic Security with John Sabo, executive director, ByWater Institute for Climate Adaption, Tulane University
9:35 - 10:20 am Securing the Flow: Cyber, Physical, and Supply Chain Risk in Plumbing Manufacturing with Colleen Brown, partner, Sidley Austin
10:20 - 11:05 am AI and Plumbing Manufacturing
11:05 - 11:30 am Day Three Round Table Discussion and Closing Ceremony