Progress Starts with Cross-Functional Thinking
Beginning in Spring 2027, the Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo (FA&M) evolves into the Food Innovation & Manufacturing Forum. This shift reflects how modern food plants operate today, with teams across engineering, operations, food safety, R&D, and quality working together to solve shared production challenges.
What FIM Offers
The Food Innovation & Manufacturing (FIM) Forum brings together professionals across food manufacturing, product innovation, engineering, packaging, and logistics, all of whom work within or alongside the food supply and distribution chain. Through peer-led sessions, applied learning, and targeted showcases, FIM offers a collaborative, cross-functional environment for sharing strategies that solve real production challenges and deliver measurable results inside the plant.
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Why FIM Is Different
- Designed for Real Operational Priorities
Sessions focus on challenges teams face inside working facilities, with a clear emphasis on process clarity, practical outcomes, and credible insight. - Led by Practitioners, Not Presenters
Speakers share tested approaches, real metrics, and honest before-and-after examples drawn from direct experience. - Built for Cross-Functional Collaboration
FIM encourages engineers, operators, QA, food safety, R&D, and innovation teams to engage together instead of working through isolated tracks. - Backed by Industry Authority
Produced by FOOD ENGINEERING, the forum reflects decades of reporting, sector expertise, and relationships with leaders across the supply chain. - Structured for Purposeful Sponsor Engagement
Supporting partners contribute through structured formats such as the Networking Hub and the Design & Build Showcase, creating space for dialogue rather than traditional booth interactions.
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