CAMA upcoming events

Western Slope Manufacturing Community Town Hall (23 Sep 2026)

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Join CAMA on the Western Slope for a Manufacturing Community Town Hall at Restoration Vineyards in Palisade. This manufacturer-focused event will bring together representatives from CAMA, Colorado Manufacturing Partners, Manufacturer’s Edge, Women in Manufacturing, and World Trade Center Denver to share the resources, programs, and support available to help Colorado manufacturers succeed.

Alpine Bank will also provide updates on SBA lending programs and new financing options for manufacturers. Registration is complimentary for manufacturers and includes hosted drinks, with plenty of time to connect, ask questions, and strengthen relationships across the Western Slope manufacturing community.

This is a manufacturer-focused event; participation by service providers, vendors, and other non-manufacturers is by invitation only. To request an invitation, please contact events@co-cama.org

Accelerating Onboarding - Presented by Wipfli (21 Oct 2026)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

CAMA Trusted Advisor Wipfli invites Colorado manufacturers and business leaders to Accelerating Onboarding, a live webinar focused on helping organizations create more effective, engaging, and scalable onboarding experiences.

Participants will explore practical strategies to streamline onboarding processes, strengthen connection and alignment, and use technology to help new employees become productive more quickly. The session will also examine how a stronger onboarding experience can improve employee satisfaction, engagement, and long-term success.

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CAMA Applied: Prepare Your Data for AI - Presented by Humagined.Ai (21 Oct 2026)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Most AI pilots at mid-market manufacturers stall for the same reason. The model is fine. The data underneath it is not ready.

This session covers what has to be true before AI gives you an answer you would actually act on. We start with a real failure: two fields, ship date and shipped date, that meant different things in two systems and turned into a missed customer commitment with a dollar figure attached.

From there we walk the sequence. Define the process before you automate it. Connect and standardize data across your operational systems. Build a semantic model so a term means the same thing in every plant and every report. Then let dashboards answer the common questions and put AI on the long tail where it earns its keep.

Bring a number your team argues about.

We will trace it live.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Why definitional drift, not model quality, is what kills most manufacturing AI pilots
How to define a process well enough that automating it is safe with well defined data definitions
What connecting and standardizing across operational systems actually requires
How a semantic model keeps terms consistent across systems, plants, and reports
Where dashboards belong and where AI belongs, and why the split matters for cost

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

COOs, VP Operations, plant managers, IT and operations leadership, and finance partners at discrete manufacturers. Useful for anyone who owns a number that gets argued about in a monthly review. No technical background required.

ABOUT HUMAGINED

Humagined is an AI and data consultancy working with mid-market discrete manufacturers. Our thesis is Standard Work Before AI Work. Most AI programs fail on definitional problems rather than technical ones, so we start by making systems agree on what terms mean before anything gets automated. Delivery runs on a four-stage model: Assess, Architect, Adopt, Own. We build as well as advise, with Snowflake and Databricks partnerships and an ISO/IEC 42001 certified approach to AI governance.

Planning for 2027: What tariff, trade and policy shifts mean for manufacturers - Presented by Wipfli (16 Dec 2026)

Wed, 16 Dec 2026 19:00:00 GMT

CAMA Trusted Advisor Wipfli invites Colorado manufacturers to Planning for 2027: What Tariff, Trade and Policy Shifts Mean for Manufacturers, a live webinar focused on helping businesses prepare for continued trade and policy uncertainty.

Participants will hear how recent tariff changes, potential refund opportunities, and emerging federal policy developments may affect pricing, margins, sourcing, supplier relationships, and long-term operational planning. The session will also provide practical considerations for managing uncertainty and making more informed business decisions as manufacturers plan for 2027 and beyond.

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Fostering talent readiness and employee growth - Presented by Wipfli (16 Dec 2026)

Wed, 16 Dec 2026 19:00:00 GMT

CAMA Trusted Advisor Wipfli invites Colorado manufacturers and business leaders to Fostering Talent Readiness and Employee Growth, a live webinar focused on building stronger internal talent pipelines and preparing employees for future leadership and organizational needs.

Participants will explore practical strategies to identify critical roles and capability gaps, assess workforce readiness, and create structured employee-development plans. The session will also address how organizations can connect succession planning with everyday learning and growth opportunities, helping employees build new skills while strengthening the organization’s long-term bench.

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