FMA Summits
Northeast Critical Infrastructure & Optimization Summit
If your facility can’t go down,
these are the only 2 days you can’t miss.
Turn 2 days near New York City into 12–18 months of vetted vendors, LL97‑ready plans and resilience upgrades.
For mission‑critical facilities juggling aging infrastructure, LL97/state BPS rules, net‑zero targets, Joint Commission/CMS findings and stretched teams, this Summit compresses months of vendor vetting and peer benchmarking into one intensive session near NYC.
Your 2‑Day Playbook for Mission‑Critical Facilities in the Northeast
Heads of facilities and energy teams use this Summit to step out of firefighting mode for 48 hours, see what other operators in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have actually built, and leave with a short, prioritized list of projects, vendors and next steps. The format is engineered around one idea: make it stupid‑simple for serious operators to get answers fast.
Why Northeast facility leaders keep coming back.
Short, no‑fluff case studies. 15 sessions, 20 minutes each—enough detail to copy what works without drowning in slides.
Operators on stage. Hear from hospitals, campuses, DCs and plants that took the risk—where they started, what broke, what finally worked.
Regulation meets reality. LL97 & local BPS, net‑zero pledges, Joint Commission/CMS findings, pharma GxP—discussed by people who have actually faced them.
Curated partners. A focused universe of vendors proven in mission‑critical environments. You choose who to meet; we schedule those meetings.
No expo chaos. One track, one audience, no random badge scans. Every conversation has purpose.
Time‑efficient by design. Cover more in 2 days near NYC than most teams do in a quarter of scattered calls and site visits.
In 2 days, see what the most reliable facilities in the Northeast are doing—and who they trusted to build it.
This isn’t a theory conference. It’s a working session for people whose facilities cannot go down, even while LL97, state BPS, ESG targets and audit findings tighten. Benchmark against peers, see what they installed, and have targeted conversations with vendors who can help you stay online, hit mandates and control energy spend.
A resilience playbook that fits your site.
Concrete steps to ride through utility failures, equipment events and storms without hoping redundancy works. Built from real microgrid, generator, UPS and BESS projects in hospitals, campuses, DCs and industrial sites across the Northeast.
A cooling & energy strategy you can defend.
How peers handle high‑density loads, cut PUE and avoid thermal‑related outages—and which vendors they trusted. Enough detail to answer “what did it cost?” and “how fast did it pay back?” when you return.
A realistic path through LL97 & carbon rules.
What’s working for Local Law 97, state BPS and net‑zero pledges: audits, sequencing upgrades, renewables, smart load‑shedding and the monitoring proof regulators accept.
A short-list of people you trust.
Names, phone numbers and project examples from operators and vendors you’d call again—not just a stack of business cards you’ll never follow up with.
What we’ll break down in the room.
Every session answers one question: “What’s working right now?” for facilities in the Northeast that can’t afford downtime—and points you to the vendors and peers who built those projects so you can copy what makes sense for your site.
Microgrids, hybrid backup & redundancy that don’t fail under stress.
How peers design microgrids, BESS and N+1/N+2 strategies that ride through utility and equipment events instead of just looking good on paper—including real failure modes and what they’d change next time.
Run hotter, denser and cheaper—without risking uptime.
High‑density liquid and immersion cooling, predictive thermal management and energy analytics to cut PUE while keeping SLAs intact. How teams stack controls, metering and real‑time data so IT, facilities and finance all stay aligned.
Turn LL97 and carbon targets into a roadmap.
Sequence projects to hit LL97, state BPS and corporate ESG commitments without crippling operations. What works for audits, Joint Commission/CMS surveys and internal boards that want measurable progress—not slogans.
Design infrastructure to survive audits and bad days.
Align redundancy, controls and documentation to satisfy LL97, DEP/DEC/EPA, Joint Commission, CMS, FDA, NERC/CIP and insurers—while still giving operations the flexibility they need when something fails at 2 a.m.
Stop reacting to failures—see them before they happen.
BAS modernization, analytics and condition‑based maintenance that reduce surprise outages and justify budgets. What dashboards teams actually use and which ones turned into shelfware.
Protect your site from floods, heatwaves & cyber.
Flood barriers, elevation strategies and climate‑resilient design, plus zero‑trust, segmented OT networks and incident response playbooks that work when weather, grid and cyber all hit at once.
Why delegates keep coming back to this summit.
Two focused days. Real operators. Clear next steps. Delegates use the Summit to get out of their “bubble,” see exactly what other organizations in the Northeast are doing, and walk away with ideas and partners they can plug into real projects the moment they get home.
“The best conference I’ve ever been to.”
Brendan has been to many events. He comes back to FMA because the speakers and vendors are strong, the sessions are fast and practical, and the conversations are real. He sees what other corporations are doing on energy and emissions, trades ideas, and leaves with specific moves to test—not theory.
Brendan Sullivan
Exec. Director, Facilities – Estée Lauder Companies
“This is my 10th FMA summit. There’s a reason.”
Steve spends time at many conferences. What keeps him coming back is the small, focused group—one room, one audience—and time to truly understand which programs and technologies are working. He’s met vendors here he actively does business with, turning introductions into real contracts.
Steven Driver
Global Energy Program Director – Sanofi
“Short sessions. Deep conversations. Real takeaways.”
Matt appreciates the 20‑minute presentations—concise yet detailed enough to ask good questions without drowning in slides. The intimate setting lets him have meaningful one-on-one conversations and hear how other colleges and hospitals tackle sustainability and efficiency, then bring those ideas straight back to his team.
Matt Enden
Energy Champion – Principia College
If you can’t afford downtime — or a bad audit — you belong in this room.
Your job is to keep a mission‑critical facility safe, online and compliant. When a generator fails, a chiller trips, a storm hits or an auditor shows up, your phone rings. This Summit gives you two days near New York City to step back, pressure‑test your plan against peers in the Northeast, and leave with options you trust—before the next bad day or audit cycle arrives.
- Chief Engineer / Chief Stationary Engineer
- VP / Director of Facilities & Operations
- VP / Director of Data Centre Operations
- VP / Director of Energy & Sustainability
- Director of Real Estate & Infrastructure
- Head of Plant Operations / MEP
- Critical Environment / Reliability Manager
- Director of Physical Security & Resilience
- CIO / CTO (Infrastructure & Operations)
- Operations Manager, Mission‑Critical Facilities
- Data Centres & Colocation
- Hospitals & Healthcare Systems
- Universities & Research Campuses
- Pharmaceutical & Life Science Facilities
- Industrial & Manufacturing Plants
- Transportation Hubs & Ports
- Government & Public Sector Sites
- Utilities & Energy Providers
The operators are on stage — not just vendors.
Hear directly from people who run hospitals, campuses, data centres, pharma plants and mission‑critical facilities like yours. They’re not guessing. They’re showing what they deployed, what it cost, how it fit LL97/carbon/audit pressure, and what they’d change next time.
Data Centre & Campus
AI load growth with liquid cooling and interconnection—scale density without SLA, PUE or compliance surprises.
Campus microgrids and research DCs coordinated for precise, fast load‑shed and resilient operations across multiple buildings.
Predictive cooling and closed‑loop optimization to cut PUE while preserving redundancy and meeting campus sustainability targets.
Live failover drills and tiered redundancy that ride through utility and equipment events—with documentation auditors respect.
Mission‑Critical Infrastructure
Enterprise redundancy across airports, bridges and tunnels—fibre and power strategies that survive first hits and satisfy regulators.
Segmented IT/OT networks and zero‑trust controls that keep clinical operations continuous while tightening cyber requirements.
AI energy analytics to schedule maintenance, raise uptime and satisfy pharma GxP requirements and corporate ESG scrutiny.
Choosing N+1 vs. N+N—aligning gen‑sets, UPS and maintenance windows so production never blinks when the grid does.
Microgrids plus AI EMS to make reliability default—and decarbonization measurable and repeatable across global portfolios.
Standardize what works across hospitals, retire what doesn’t, and prove savings and resilience enterprise‑wide in New York’s regulatory environment.
BAS modernization: retune controls, unlock HVAC performance and keep M&V honest for auditors and internal stakeholders.
Decarbonize without disruption—staged projects that protect care, hit carbon goals and deliver verified payback.
Turn one summit into a year of campus energy deals.
UConn didn’t come for a trade show. They came to sit in a small room with people who could help them structure real public–private partnerships and renewable projects.
- Shortcut to vetted partners for microgrids, renewables and campus-wide upgrades.
- Curated conversations with peers who’ve already closed the deals you’re chasing.
- No vendor noise — just operators and solution providers talking real numbers and timelines.
If you run energy or utilities for a campus, this is where your next partnerships start.
Meet the Solution Providers Already Booked to Solve What’s Next.
20 + solution providers confirmed. Bring your toughest challenges leave with clear answers, action plans, and private 1-on-1 meetings that move real projects forward. How it works: click the Connect 1 : 1 button under each company to book your meetings.
Schneider Electric
From Risk to Ready: Scale Power & Cooling Without Downtime
- UPS & switchgear paths to scale 2–20MW without downtime
- Liquid-ready cooling (air → hybrid → direct-to-chip)
- DCIM/EPMS with predictive maintenance & PUE tracking
ABB
Safer, Faster Expansions: Modern MV That Won’t Fail You
- Arc-flash mitigation & selective coordination
- Prefab eHouse + digital relays for faster expansions
- ABB Ability™ thermal/PD monitoring to prevent failures
Siemens
See It. Run It. Prove It: Unified Control for Uptime
- Normalize noise into 10 actionable alerts/day
- Digital twins for commissioning & uptime validation
- Microgrid integration for disturbance ride-through
LG Business Solutions
Keep Cool Under Pressure: Practical Paths to Higher Density
- Retrofit steps: air → hybrid → liquid support
- Sequencing that trims energy without risking redundancy
- Portable & modular cooling for fast response
Solar UV Solutions
Cleaner Air, Lower Load: Smarter ASHRAE 241
- UV-C in AHUs to elevate IAQ without a 30% energy hit
- PV + BESS that prioritize mission-critical HVAC loads
- CAPEX/OPEX models with verified health gains
energybank
Light the Win: Verified Savings Without Disruption
- Networked lighting + occupancy/daylight sensing
- Zero-downtime installs for production & clinical spaces
- Utility rebate capture and M&V documentation
PowerSecure (Southern Company)
Lights Stay On: Microgrids That Ride Through Events
- Proven islanding sequences for hospitals, airports & DCs
- Gen-set + BESS hybrids to cut fuel burn and emissions
- Service programs that keep systems test-ready year-round
AES Distributed Energy
Make Resilience Pencil: Fund It Off-Balance-Sheet
- PV + storage + DR structures that improve uptime
- When PPAs and tolling agreements move capex off books
- Lessons from hyperscaler & industrial portfolios
Constellation Energy
No Surprises: Energy Strategies for Volatile Loads
- Block & index, shaped products, options for 50–200% swings
- When VPPA, retail supply or onsite gen transfers risk better
- Pricing drivers: capacity, congestion & basis risk
Mitsubishi Electric
Quality Power, Zero Drama: Protect Sensitive Loads
- UPS topologies, harmonic mitigation & ride-through
- Remote monitoring & analytics for proactive maintenance
- Finding hidden capacity in existing infrastructure
BASF
Pass the Law, Keep the Building: Compliance That Pays Back
- Envelope treatments that cut thermal loss without facade replacement
- Carbon-negative concrete repairs that count toward reductions
- Site-wide abatement that pencils on total cost of ownership
20-minute sessions. Months of vendor hunting done.
UMD uses FMA to find contractors and vendors they actually deploy on campus — without 60-minute commercials.
- Fast, tactical sessions that get straight to performance, cost and implementation.
- Vendors pre-filtered for campus-scale challenges, not generic sales pitches.
- Leave with a short list your team is willing to put on campus next quarter.
Ideal if you’re tired of “interesting” meetings that never turn into projects.
These Companies Already Bought In.
Join the same organizations that have committed their people, time, and budget to be in the room.
Confirmed & Target Organizations
Healthcare, universities, data centers, utilities, transit, pharma and more.
Healthcare Systems
- Hackensack Meridian Health
- RWJBarnabas Health
- Atlantic Health System
- Virtua Health
- NewYork-Presbyterian
- Northwell Health
- Mount Sinai Health
- Penn Medicine
- Jefferson Health
- Yale New Haven Health
- UPMC
- Cleveland Clinic
Universities & Research
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- Columbia University
- NYU Langone
- MIT
- Harvard University
- Cornell University
- Yale University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brown University
- Dartmouth College
- Northeastern University
Financial & Insurance
- Prudential Financial
- MetLife
- American Express
- BNY Mellon
- Morgan Stanley
- AIG
- JPMorgan Chase
- Goldman Sachs
- Bank of America
- Citigroup
- New York Life
- Travelers
Transportation & Infrastructure
- Port Authority of NY & NJ
- NJ Transit
- Amtrak
- MTA — Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Massachusetts Port Authority
- Connecticut DOT
- New Jersey Turnpike Authority
- New York State Thruway Authority
- Delaware River Port Authority
- SEPTA
- MBTA
- Maryland Transportation Authority
Data Centers & Operators
- Iron Mountain Data Centers
- Digital Realty
- Equinix
- QTS Data Centers
- CyrusOne
- Sabey Data Centers
- CoreSite
- Flexential
- Switch
- EdgeConneX
- STACK Infrastructure
- Aligned
- Compass Datacenters
- NTT Global Data Centers
- Vantage Data Centers
- TierPoint
- Cologix
Pharma & Biotech
- Johnson & Johnson
- Merck
- Pfizer
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Regeneron
- Novartis
- Sanofi
- Roche
- Eli Lilly
- GSK
- Moderna
- Amgen
Telecom & Networks
- Verizon
- AT&T
- T-Mobile
- Lumen Technologies
- Comcast Business
- Cogent Communications
- Crown Castle
- Zayo
- Spectrum Enterprise (Charter)
- NTT Communications
- Frontier
- Windstream
Summit Schedule
Two days engineered for outcomes: pre-scheduled 1:1s you choose, peer case studies that compress learning, and hosted networking to keep the right conversations going.
3-Day Summit Overview
Pre-Scheduled 1:1 Meetings
Private, 1-hour sessions with partners you select, held at their corporate dining tables.
Peer & Partner Case Studies
20-minute, outcome-focused presentations from industry leaders and solution providers.
| Time | Day 1 Wednesday • May 27 |
Day 2 Thursday • May 28 |
Day 3 Friday • May 29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00am | Corporate Dining & Networking | Corporate Dining & Networking | |
| 8:00am – 10:00am | Peer & Partner Case Studies | Peer & Partner Case Studies | |
| 10:00am | Hosted Networking in Exhibit Room | Hosted Networking in Exhibit Room | |
| 11:00am | Peer & Partner Case Studies | Peer & Partner Case Studies | |
| 12:00pm | Pre-Scheduled 1:1 Meetings (Lunch) | Pre-Scheduled 1:1 Meetings (Lunch) | |
| 1:00pm | Peer & Partner Case Studies | Peer & Partner Case Studies | |
| 2:00pm | Exhibitor Setup / Registration | Peer & Partner Case Studies | — |
| 3:00pm | Exhibitor Setup / Registration | Hosted Networking in Exhibit Room | — |
| 3:30pm | Exhibitor Setup / Registration | Peer & Partner Case Studies | — |
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm | Exhibitor Setup / Registration | Private Reception, Dinner & 1:1 Meetings | — |
Event Schedule & Location
Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe · Teaneck, New Jersey
Minutes from NYC with ample meeting space for curated 1:1s, peer case studies, and private networking receptions.
Hotel Info & Rooms →See where industry is already doing what you’re mandated to deliver.
The FBI comes to FMA to see private-sector programs that already hit the same safety, environmental and resilience standards government is required to meet.
- Stand next to operators solving real compliance and life-safety issues — not theory.
- See solutions proven under mission-critical loads, not just in slide decks.
- Bring back ideas that make your next mandate easier to execute and defend.
If you own safety, environment or mission continuity, this is your room.
