Five Conversations Worth Having in Fort Worth
Cast & Connect: Foundry Round-Up
You never know which conversation will lead to an idea, an introduction or your next great business relationship.
Industry events are often measured by how many sessions you attend or how many notes you bring home.
Cast & Connect: Foundry Round-Up is different.
On October 8 in Fort Worth, NFFS is creating time for something just as valuable: real conversations with people who understand your industry.
Because sometimes the most valuable thing you bring home isn’t a presentation deck. It’s a conversation.
“How are you handling that?”
Talk to someone facing the same challenges you are.
Workforce. Costs. Customers. Technology. Production. Supply chains. Foundry leaders are navigating many of the same issues—and there’s value in comparing notes with someone who understands them firsthand. Ask what’s working. Talk about what isn’t. You might leave with a new idea, a different perspective or simply a better question to ask.
“You two should meet.”
Make the connection you weren’t expecting.
Some of the best industry connections start with a simple introduction.
Someone you meet may know the supplier you’ve been looking for, a foundry that’s tackled a similar challenge or the person who can answer a question you’ve been wrestling with.
“We should work together.”
Discover an opportunity neither of you came looking for.
Not every conversation needs to start as a sales pitch. In fact, the best ones often don’t.
When foundries, suppliers and industry partners have time to talk, they learn what each other actually does, needs and is working toward. That’s when possibilities emerge—a new supplier relationship, a potential customer, a collaborative project or another opportunity worth exploring.
“What are you seeing out there?”
Get another perspective on where the industry is headed.
What are customers asking for? Where are companies investing? What’s getting harder? What technologies are people actually using?
You can learn a lot about the industry simply by talking to the people working in it every day. Cast & Connect brings together people with different perspectives—and gives them time to compare what they’re seeing.
“Let’s keep this conversation going.”
Build a connection that lasts beyond Fort Worth.
The measure of a great networking event isn’t how many business cards you collect. It’s who you want to talk to again.
A conversation in Fort Worth could become a new business relationship, a trusted industry peer or simply someone you know you can call when you have a question. That’s how a network gets bigger—and more valuable.
Make Time for the Conversations.
There’s a reason Cast & Connect doesn’t have a packed agenda.
NFFS has planned the experience—from the foundry tour and Texas-style networking reception to transportation, a hosted bar and the PBR Stockyards Showcase—so you can focus on something much simpler:
Talk to people. Ask questions. Make introductions. Compare notes. Have a good time.
You don’t know which conversation will be the one you remember after Fort Worth.
But you have to be there to have it.