Enrich Your Engineering Career With These SessionsEnrich Your Engineering Career With These Sessions
Engineers will share their career stories during several sessions at MD&M West and the Sustainable Manufacturing Expo. Come listen to your peers to get inspired!

Sustainable Manufacturing Expo and MD&M West 2025 feature several panel discussions that will explore engineering career opportunities and challenges. You’ll hear directly from engineers working in a number of industries.
Check out the following career-building sessions at these upcoming shows. We've also included a few business and tech-focused sessions on market trends and workforce challenges to help prepare engineers for the future.
Sustainable Manufacturing Expo
Feb. 4
1:30-2:15 pm
Lessons in Sustainability Product Development to Expand Your Business Opportunities
Speaker: John Crombie, President at UpStart Product Development
MD&M West 2025
Feb. 4
11:00-11:45 am
A Medtech Industry Update
Speaker: Omar Ford, Editor-in-Chief, MD+DI
11:15 am-noon
Leadership and Change Management in the Age of Industry 4.0: Strategies for Leading a Digital Transformation Journey in Manufacturing and Overcoming Resistance to Change and Fostering a Culture of Innovation
Speakers:
Lauren Dunford, CEO and Co-Founder at Guidewheel
Lisa Huett, Director of Sustainability at Pretium Packaging
1:00-1:45 pm
Manufacturing Industry Update: Shining a Spotlight on This Year’s Workforce Trends
Speaker: Kate Magill, Lead Editor at Manufacturing Dive
Feb. 5
10:15–11:00 am
Labor 4.0: Rebuilding Today's Workforce for Tomorrow's Manufacturing
Speakers:
Anthony Turgman, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Live Solutions
Cassandra Turgman, Vice President of Operations at Live Solutions
11:00 am-11:45
How to Build a Better Engineering Career: A Conversation with John Crombie
Moderator: Daphne Allen, Editor-in-Chief, Design News
Speaker: John Crombie, President at UpStart Product Development
1:00-1:45 pm
Driving Leadership for Women in Engineering
Moderator: Carol Mitchell-Lin
Creative Services Manager, Joanne Gore Communications
Panelists:
Brandyl Hutzel, Systems Engineering Manager, Northrop Grumman
Charlotte Wagner, executive coach
Mia M. Fujii, Country Business Development Executive, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Yvette Espinoza, Principal Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman
3:00-3:45 pm
Develop Your Skills. Expand Your Network. Advance Your Career
Speaker: Santosh Suggu, Manufacturing Quality Manager at Neocis Inc.
3:15–5:00 pm
Society of Women Engineers Panel & Networking Reception
Feb. 6
1:15-2:00 pm
Generative AI Factory Copilots: The Solution to Manufacturing's Labor Challenges
Speaker: Chris Kuntz, VP of Strategic Operations at Augmentir
Last week DesignCon offered these sessions:
DesignCon
Thursday Jan. 30
2:15-3:00 pm
Panel—Women in Engineering
Moderator: Daphne Allen, editor-in-chief,Design News
Panelists:
Pegah Alavi, Senior Applications Engineer, Keysight Technologies;
Beth Kochuparambil, Principal Engineer, Cisco’s Common Hardware Group
Cathy Liu, Distinguished Engineer, Broadcom, and a past DesignCon Engineer of the Year
3:15-4:15 pm
Panel—Tips to Achieve a Successful, Impactful Career
Moderator: Janet O'Neil, Vice President – Member Services at IEEE EMC Society Board of Governors
Panelists:
Praveena Anand-Kumar, Managing Director, CETECOM INC.
Beth Kochuparambil, Principal Engineer, Cisco’s Common Hardware Group
Biyao Zhao, Senior SIPI Engineer, Nvidia
4:35-5:15 pm
Women in Engineering Networking Reception
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