MANUFACTURERS: Plan to attend the valley’s first-ever Flathead Valley Manufacturer’s Symposium brought to you by the Manufacturing Alliance 2.0! Tuesday, October 18th, symposium begins at 8:00am and includes the chamber manufacturing-focused luncheon as well. Register today to reserve your seat in an event custom-built for you, our valley manufacturers. The symposium’s jam-packed agenda includes important information about manufacturing resources, legislative update, a manufacturing financial forecast, session on adaptive leadership, whitewater roundtables, and available tour of the FVCC Occupational Trades programs. This symposium will also provide a great opportunity to meet other manufacturers as you strengthen relationships that keep the Flathead Valley’s manufacturing industry growing and strong.

-This event (symposium) is for manufacturers only: the chamber manufacturing luncheon itself is open to all industries and can be registered for, separately

Presenters include:
Mark Baker/Dan Stusek with ABS Legal from Helena
Pete Akey, Glacier Bank
Seth Lutter, Montana Facility Finance Authority (CPACE financing- via zoom)
John Caldwell, Job Service Kalispell
Jenni West and Rich Turner, MMEC
Luke Lavin, FVCC
Ken Hannah, Applied Materials

Registration check-in opens at 7:30am; light breakfast will be served by Vista Linda. Program will begin at 8am; symposium portion of the program concludes at 11:30am; your ticket includes a chamber manufacturing luncheon ticket; luncheon program begins at 11:30 and concludes at 1pm. Luncheon program is a manufacturing panel including Defiance Machine, RightOnTrek, F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co, and Glacier Hops Ranch.