2026 Stakeholder Survey

eChemExpo 2026: "Connecting People, Processes & Technology

eChemExpo is normally held every two years in Kingsport TN. The next gathering, and 27 Year Anniversary, is scheduled for April 22-23, 2026, with optional golf on Tuesday April 21, at Meadowview Convention Center. .

By way of background, the 2024 eChemExpo attracted over 175 exhibiting firms, a community of over 1200 registrants (including exhibitors), over 70 PDH accredited seminars, five highly relevant panel discussions and Featured Sessions. This was our second two day Conference (instead of one day) while the Expo was expanded from one day to start the afternoon of Day 1 at 3 pm.

Your input on this stakeholder survey will help shape the development of the 2026 expo and conference which is attended by an expanding base of regional manufacturing, process industry, EPC and service related companies.

There is no provision for confidentiality in this survey but answers provided are used only by the Planning Team to develop the 2026 program.
PART 1 - What are your challenges?
1. What are the three to five most important challenges facing you or your organization in achieving your goals in the years 2026 and 2027? Please use the plus sign at the end of the field for additional fields
Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3

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2. If you could achieve quantum leap improvement in performance in at least one area in 2026-2027, what would that be?

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PART 3 – WHAT SUPPLIERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AT ECHEM EXPO 2026?
4. What specific types of equipment, software, and/or services will be needed?

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5. What categories of capital purchasing do you expect to influence for 2026 and 2027? And order of magnitude amounts?
Type of Equipment 2026 $ Estimate 2027 $ Estimate
6 Are there special technologies you are looking for that you would like to see represented at the exposition & conference? Click the plus sign on the right to add rows.
Answer one Answer 2

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7. Please list specific vendors or solution providers for each of these categories along with any suggested contacts. It's very helpful if you have e-mail and phone information. But if not, just list the company. Click the plus sign on the right to add rows:
Company Name & Contact Person E-mail, Phone, Address (if available)

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PART 4 – WHAT SUPPLIERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE?
8. LEADERSHIP FIRMS: Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsor companies have a more prominent role in the semia, Gold and Silver sponsor companies have a more prominent role in the seminr program and panel discussions. Which companies do you suggest for these leadership positions ? See 2024, 2022 and 2018 Platinum and Gold leadership firms below for reference but please think outside of this list as well. .
Proposed Company Gold or Silver Sponsor

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2024 Platinum Sponsors included Honeywell, Koch Engineered Solutions and Siemens.
2024 Gold Sponsors included AVEVA, CalGavin, Hunter Buildings, ThermoFIsher Scientific, Teikoku USA, TLV, Trackonomy and Worley.
2022 Gold Sponsors included: ATR. Automation Anywhere, Aveva, Blueprism, Construct X, Eaton, Hexagon, Rockwell Automation, SAP, Schneider Electric, Teikoku USA and TLV

2018 Gold Sponsors included: Aveva, Bartec, Eaton, Johnson Controls, Siemens, Thorpe, Teikoku USA, UiPath, Voovio and Yokogawa
10. Please list any seminar topics you would like to see in the program. Click plus sign on right to add rows.
Proposed Seminar Topic Proposed Vendor and/or Speaker (With contact information, if available)

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11. Please indicate if any of the following panel or featured sessions topics, suggested by others, appeal to you.
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- The expanding role of Artificial Intelligence in the Process Industry
- Asset Integrity Programs and Best Practices
- 2030 Sustainability Roadmap
- Modular Nuclear Trends in the Process Industry
- Decarbonization — Trends in the Industry
- Process Safety and Reliability in the Process Industry
- Connecting People, Processes and Technology for Operational Excellence
- Talent and Workforce Development Trends
- Insights from Data
- Other, please indicate title below
If you have any suggested company participants or specific speakers for these topics include them here.
2022 Featured Sessions and Panels
Featured Session: The Future of Digitalization in the Chemical Industry
* PANEL: Making Sustainability a Reality NOW!
* PANEL: Accelerating the Speed & Quality of Decision Making with Digital Transformation
Closing Keynote: Circular Economy Straight Ahead: A European Perspective

2018 Feature Panels:
* Rapid Fire Introduction to the Future of “Enhanced Reality” in Manufacturing
* Enhancing the Speed & Quality of Decision Making with Digital Transformation
* Preparing Employees to Manage the Digital Divide
* Cybersecurity Panel: How Secure Industrial Controls Systems can Enable Energy Management (cosponsored with AEE)

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PART 5 – RELEVANCE TO YOUR NEEDS
12. Multidisciplinary Stakeholders: eChemExpo continues to expand its base of multidisciplinary stakeholders. There is a decades long history of support from the chemical, mechanical, procurement and plant engineering disciplines. The electrical community gained strength starting in 2016; the IT disciplines starting in 2018; Plastics Recycling community in 2022; Occupational Safety and Laboratory Analytics in 2024. Are there any new groups you suggest we engage for 2026 in addition to strengthening existing communities?
EXAMPLES:
1. Expand the base of the Plastics Recycling community

2 Expand already strong base of the Process Safety community to include Occupational Safety

3. Focus on a returning the once strong Laboratory Analytics community and continue strengthening the Process Analytics areas.

4. Add the OPM Supply Chain Software community.

5. Operator Training
13. An aspect being explored for 2026 involves collaboration with partner universities and other applied research entities. Any suggestions ? (see list below for ideas). And can you propose ways that your suggested entity can add value?
For example: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; the Eastman Innovation Center at North Carolina State University; the Eastman Unit Operations Laboratory at the University of Tennessee; the Maintenance & Reliability Center at UT; the Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM); the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT); the RAPID Manufacturing Institute (a.k.a. Rapid Advancement of Process Intensification Deployment}; the American Chemistry Council CIO Forum; PIP &/or CII Working Groups, etc
14. Can you suggest any existing entities that might be interested in co-locating one of their meetings with eChemExpo 2026 ? See example list below for ideas.
For example, groups involved with safety-health-environment, cybersecurity, information technology, process development, process intensification, sustainability, energy efficiency, mechanical systems innovations, maintenance and reliability, safety systems, electrical systems, instrumentation & control, etc.
15. Any other suggestions on how to make the April 22-23, 2026 Expo and Technology Innovations Conference highly relevant to your needs ?
16. Who else in your organization should we include in this stakeholder interview process? Please click plus sign on right to add rows.
Name Company Job Function Email Phone

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17. How many times have you attended eChem Expo since year 2000?
- First time attendee
- Once
- Twice
- Three or more times

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2026 Stakeholder Survey

Step 1 of 6

PART 1 - What are your challenges?

PART 2 – 2026 Focus Areas

PART 3 – WHAT SUPPLIERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AT ECHEM EXPO 2026?

PART 4 – WHAT SUPPLIERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE?

PART 5 – RELEVANCE TO YOUR NEEDS

Company Name & Contact Person	E-mail, Phone, Address (if available)

Proposed Seminar Topic	Proposed Vendor and/or Speaker (With contact information, if available)

Challenge 1	Challenge 2	Challenge 3

Type of Equipment	2026 $ Estimate	2027 $ Estimate

Answer one	Answer 2

Proposed Company	Gold or Silver Sponsor