American Food Manufacturing Summit 2026

The organizer lists 300+ senior executives and 70+ solution providers.

The summit is held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois.

The organizer identifies food and beverage manufacturing executives and solution providers as attendees.

It suits operations, supply chain and food safety executives at mid-to-large food and beverage manufacturers, since the speakers include supply chain chiefs from McCormick and Co, Nestle and Ingredion and an FDA office director, and the topics cover traceability, audit preparedness and digital manufacturing. The scale of 300+ senior executives and 70+ solution providers makes it a focused two-day meeting rather than a broad trade show, so plant-level staff wanting hands-on equipment demos, or small producers without enterprise budgets, would get less from it.

Executives at food manufacturing conferences usually wear business casual to business formal, such as slacks and a blazer or collared shirt, for a hotel convention setting like Schaumburg.