Name: PEMA 2026 Fall Meeting
Start: 2026-09-14T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-09-15T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel

* PEMA meeting attendance is open to member company executives and invited guests.

PEMA 2026 Fall Meeting

September 14 - September 15

September 14-15, 2026

Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Make your hotel reservations now for the Fall Meeting. The meeting will take place at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel. The PEMA rate, $210/per night plus tax, is available until August 23 or when the block sells out.

Registration is open for the Fall Meeting. Be sure to select a Tuesday roundtable when you register. Topics include succession planning, AI – utilization and integration, AI – cybersecurity, and profitability under pressure (Note: antitrust guidelines forbid any direct discussion of price). Taylor St. Germain will provide the annual ITR Economic update, and the Program Committee is finalizing additional speakers. For more information, please see the latest Program.

If you arrive on Sunday, join PEMA colleagues for a fun Guided Tour of the Cincinnati Brewing Heritage Trail. The tour will begin promptly at 2:30pm.

Explore the social and economic past of Cincinnati with this private guided tour of the historic brewing district. We’ll meet in the lobby of the Netherland Plaza Hotel to walk as a group to the Fountain Square streetcar and travel to the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Tour stops will include:

Christian Moerlein Brewery structures that include the malthouse, bottling, office, and stock house
Jackson Brewery & underground lagering cellars
a visit to Findlay Market, the oldest operating municipal market in Ohio
A refreshment stop at Rhinegeist Brewery
And more!

We’ll return to Fountain Square by streetcar. While not a strenuous tour, be sure to wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.

This event is optional and a small fee applies.
Sponsored by Stedman Machine Company

Register Below

Name*
First Last
Name (nickname) for Badge*
Company*
Corporate Title/Position*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Email*
Phone*
Are you bringing a guest?*
- No - Executive Only ($500)
- Yes - Executive & Spouse/Guest ($700)
Executive ($500): Fee covers Monday afternoon break, reception, and dinner; Tuesday breakfast roundtables and morning break; meeting materials.

Spouse/Guest ($200): Fee covers Monday reception and dinner
Spouse/Guest Name*
First Last
Special Needs/Dietary Restrictions – Executive:
Special Needs/Dietary Restrictions – Spouse/Guest:
Meeting Materials
All registrants will receive the Fall Meeting materials electronically in advance of the meeting.
Roundtables
One roundtable is programmed for Tuesday. Each group will discuss one topic in depth. Meeting participants will be assigned to Roundtable discussion groups based on their rank ordering of the topics below. Assign “1” to your 1st choice, “2” to your 2nd choice, “3” to your 3rd choice, “4” to your 4th choice.
Roundtable Selections:
Succession Planning*
How do you retain key future leaders who may become impatient, especially in small/medium or family-owned companies? How do you identify high performers early, keep them engaged, and retain them through organizational changes (packages, forced reductions, retirements) so they can become future successors? Have you established succession plans for both shop and office roles? Do your succession plans address all critical “pain points” across the company (including shop-floor roles), or are they focused mainly on top-level/office positions, and what challenges have you faced in doing this?
Please enter a number from 1 to 4.
AI - Utilization and Integration*
Where have you seen measurable ROI from AI, and where has it failed or stalled? How are you using AI as a “force multiplier” for redundant or routine tasks (e.g., marketing, lead generation, presentations, research, routing/planning)?Which AI tools or platforms (and combinations of tools) have proven most effective for your key use cases, and how have they impacted productivity (e.g., sales per employee, ability to do more with the same headcount)?
Please enter a number from 1 to 4.
AI - Cybersecurity*
How are you protecting your company and data integrity when using AI across the business? (Open by design so discussion can go in several directions.) Have you started to see contract language, bid specs, or terms & conditions that limit or prohibit the use of AI (e.g., “you cannot drop this into AI” or AI use as a potential breach of confidentiality), and how are you responding to that? What security protocols or precautions have you put in place to ensure corporate data (e.g., supplier information, costing, routing and planning data) remains secure when using AI—especially when deciding between closed-loop/internal AI vs. public tools? How do NDAs, confidentiality agreements, and customer IP requirements affect your use of AI (for example, using AI on bid specs or customer documents)—and where have you decided you cannot use AI at all because of those constraints?
Please enter a number from 1 to 4.
Profitability Under Pressure*
(Note antitrust guidelines forbid any direct discussion of price)
Where are you currently getting the most cost pressure: labor, materials, energy, or pricing resistance? How is it evolving? How are you adjusting pricing strategies—indexing, surcharges, shorter validity, or value-based pricing? Are customers becoming more resistant, or more understanding, of price increases? What structural changes have you made (or need to make) to reduce costs and protect margins? What is working and what isn’t working?
Please enter a number from 1 to 4.
Optional Outings
Guided Tour of the Cincinnati Brewing Heritage Trail*
- Count me in! ($20)
- Count me and my guest in! ($40)
- I'm not able to attend
Explore the social and economic past of Cincinnati with this private guided tour of the historic brewing district. We’ll meet in the lobby of the Netherland Plaza Hotel to walk as a group to the Fountain Square streetcar and travel to the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Tour stops will include:
- • Christian Moerlein Brewery structures that include the malthouse, bottling, office, and stock house
- • Jackson Brewery & underground lagering cellars
- • A visit to Findlay Market, the oldest operating municipal market in Ohio
- • A refreshment stop at Rhinegeist Brewery
- • And more!
We’ll return to Fountain Square by streetcar. While not a strenuous tour, be sure to wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather. Sponsored by Stedman Machine Company.
Payment
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CANCELLATION
Registration fee refunds will be issued for individual cancellations received on or before September 1, 2026. Cancellations must be in writing, addressed to Michelle Savoie (msavoie@pemanet.org). Hotel cancellation is the responsibility of each registrant. Please check with Michelle before cancelling hotel reservations in case there is a wait list.

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