TTA 2026 Fall Meeting (Nashville, Tennessee)
Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown
623 Union StreetNashville, TN 37219
United States
Event Details
Registration is now open for the
2026 Fall Meeting of The Transformer Association!
Join us at the Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown, in Nashville, Tennessee, December 2-4, 2026.
Don't miss out on the exclusive opportunity to participate in the ESSEX Brownell plant tour, located in Franklin, Tennessee. (See additional details below.)
An optional dinner is scheduled for December 2 at Redneck Riviera on Nashville's famed Broadway strip.
Be sure to complete your registration and book your sleeping room by October 27.
Sponsorship Attendance Fees Policies
Registration deadline: October 27.
Optional Offsite Dinner
Join your follow TTA members for an offsite dinner at Redneck Riviera, a high-energy, three-story honky tonk, located in the heart of Lower Broadway. The cost is $75 for the dinner buffet. Cash bar available. The venue is a 10-minute walk from the Sheraton.
Would you like to be a Featured Sponsor at our meeting? Check out the sponsorship opportunities.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, December 2
1:00pm - 2:00pm Board of Directors Meeting
2:15pm - 5:30pm ESSEX Plant Tour
1:00pm - 6:00pm Exhibits Setup
6:30pm - 9:00pm Optional Offsite Dinner - Redneck Riviera
Thursday, December 3
7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast Buffet & Tabletop Exhibits
8:30am - 8:35am Welcome, Introductions, Program Overview
8:35am - 8:50am Sponsor Presentations
8:50am - 9:15am Materials Updates
9:15am - 10:30am How to Implement AI on the Shop Floor,
Cory McNeley
10:30am - 10:45am Networking Break with Tabletop Exhibits
10:45am - 12:00pm Transforming the Electric Grid to Meet
Future Demands, David Whitehead
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch Buffet
1:15pm - 2:15pm The AI-Enabled Buyer Journey: How
Technical Buyers Find Suppliers Now,
Wendy Covey, TREW Marketing
2:15pm - 2:30pm Networking Break with Tabletop Exhibits
2:30pm - 3:00pm From Shop Floor Chaos to Cultural
Excellence: A 35-Year Journey in
Operational Transformation and
Workforce Ownership,
Julie Berndt, Johnson Coil
3:00pm - 4:00pm Navigating UL Certification and Material
Qualification: Practical Strategies for
Transformer Manufacturers,
Ivan Varbie, UL
6:00pm - 9:00pm Reception & Dinner (onsite)
Friday, December 4
7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast Buffet with Tabletop Exhibits
8:30am - 8:50am TTA Membership Meeting
9:00am - 10:30am Economic Update,
Alex Chausovsky, 3DM Consulting
Calling New Attendees!
We are pleased to introduce our new First-Time Attendee Member Representative registration option, designed specifically for existing member companies of TTA.
This new initiative allows you to bring colleagues who have never experienced a TTA event before at a significantly discounted rate. To unlock this special pricing, simply register one representative from your company at the regular rate, and you can bring first-time attendees along for only $500 each.
The discounted registration applies only to company representatives who have never attended a TTA event in the past, and one company representative must attend at the regular rate to receive the discounted option for the first-time attendee.
Event Sponsors
Click the link below to learn about the many opportunities to showcase your company as a sponsor during the event.
TTA Meeting Sponsor Opportunities
Plant Tour
Thank you to ESSEX BROWNELL which will host TTA members for a plant tour on the afternoon of December 2.
Participation for the tour is limited to 60 attendees, so don't wait to register!
FACILITY OVERVIEW
Built in 1982, our 27,870-square-foot Franklin plant serves the energy and automotive markets, producing both aluminum and copper magnet wire. During the tour, you’ll follow the manufacturing process from bare wire through intermediate drawing, round and horizontal enameling ovens, and curing with enamels made by our IVA USA team in Fort Wayne, all the way to finished wire wound onto spools and ready for customers. Our tour guides will provide an overview of the plant’s products and processes and share how the magnet wire produced in Franklin supports the transformer industry.
*ITINERARY - Tuesday, December 2nd, 2026
- 2:15pm Depart Sheraton Grand (transportation provided)
- 2:45pm Arrive at facility
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm Plant tour, Presentation, Q&A Session, light refreshments
- 5:00pm Depart ESSEX facility
- 5:30pm Arrive at Sheraton Grand
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please review the following requirements before registering:
- Closed-toe shoes are required. Sandals and open-toe shoes are not permitted.
- Hearing protection and safety glasses are required and will be provided to attendees who need them.
- Photography and video recording are not permitted during the presentation or plant tour.
- Capacity is limited to 60 attendees. Registration will close once the maximum capacity is reached.
- Essex reserves the right to deny entry to any individual for competitive reasons.
[* Itinerary subject to minor change, and traffic pattern impacts.]