IEC 2027 Is Taking Shape: Your First Look at What’s Coming to San Diego
Registration Is Opening Soon.
The agenda is taking shape, the event site is live, and your first look at the 2027 NFFS Industry Executive Conference (IEC) is officially here!
From February 19–21, 2027, the foundry community will come together at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, California, for three days built around the issues, relationships, and opportunities shaping the future of our industry.
The IEC 2027 event site is now live, giving you an early opportunity to explore what’s ahead before registration opens.
Explore the agenda, education, social events, hotel information, and upcoming sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities.
EXPLORE IEC 2027Where Foundry Leadership Comes Together
The Industry Executive Conference has always been about more than filling seats in a meeting room.
It brings foundry executives, industry partners, suppliers, technical experts, and thought leaders together in an environment designed for meaningful conversations and practical insight.
It’s big enough to expand your network, but small enough to actually know it.
Make Rancho Bernardo Inn Your Home Base
IEC 2027 will take place at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, creating an environment where the conference doesn’t necessarily end when the day’s final session does.
Staying onsite means education, networking, dining, and informal conversations are all within reach, giving attendees more opportunities to connect throughout their time at IEC. Travel and transportation information is already available on the IEC website to help you begin planning your trip.
Education Focused on the Decisions You’re Making Now
The IEC 2027 education program is being built around the real issues facing foundry leaders today, and the decisions they’ll need to make next.
Attendees can expect conversations and expert perspectives covering economic and market conditions, workforce challenges, OSHA and EPA compliance, government policy, customer expectations, technology, supply chains, leadership, and practical applications of AI in the foundry environment.
Featured programming includes Economic Outlook 2027: Insights and Strategies for a Changing Industrial Landscape with Michael Feuz of ITR Economics, a Washington policy outlook with Omar Nashashibi of Inside Beltway, and Practical AI for Foundries: What You Can Actually Do Monday Morning with Delcie Bean.
Interactive industry roundtables will take the conversation further, creating opportunities to exchange ideas directly with peers on technology, workforce, sourcing, executive strategy, economic conditions, and the future of foundry leadership.
Some of the Best IEC Moments Happen After the Sessions End
Education may bring everyone to San Diego, but IEC is designed to give those relationships room to grow.
Friday evening kicks off with Casting New Connections: Old Town San Diego Style, bringing attendees together for food, cocktails, live mariachi, and networking.
Saturday night turns up the energy with Rocking the IEC: Great Food, Friends, and Yacht Rock, before Sunday delivers a closing experience unlike any other: an evening aboard the USS Midway.
Attendees looking to experience even more of San Diego will also have optional activities to choose from throughout the conference, including whale watching, an Escondido wine tour, a La Jolla food experience, Old Town’s Tacos, Tequila & Tombstones tour, and golf. In addition to the optional activities, you can independently explore all the city has to offer, such as Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo.
These aren’t simply additions to the agenda. They’re opportunities to turn an introduction into a conversation, and a conversation into a relationship that continues well beyond San Diego.
Want Your Company at the Center of IEC?
Sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities are also coming for IEC 2027.
Companies will have opportunities to build visibility, connect with foundry decision-makers, and demonstrate their support for the manufacturing industry.
Complete sponsorship and exhibiting information will be released when registration launches, with opportunities available on a limited, first-come, first-served basis.
Interested in getting the conversation started now? Contact Brianna Gianti, NFFS Director of Business Development.
CONTACT BRIANNAStart Exploring IEC 2027.
The road to IEC 2027 starts here, and this is only the beginning. Explore what’s ahead, save the dates, and start making plans to join us in San Diego.
And while you’re exploring, look for the new “IEC Questions?” FAQ assistant to quickly find answers and navigate conference information.
February 19–21, 2027
Rancho Bernardo Inn | San Diego, California