The 40th Annual CMCFA Conference
Four decades of fabricators teaching fabricators. Four days of seminars, hands-on instruction, Market Day, and the people who understand your work.
40th
Annual Conference
4 days
Feb 17-20, 2027
Hyatt Regency
Cambridge, MD
At cost
No profit on fabricators
What Registration Covers
Your hotel room at the Hyatt Regency
All meals, including Thursday breakfast
Every seminar, all four days
Market Day with our supplier members
The awards banquet
Professionally filmed seminar recordings, released to attendees
Priced at cost
CMCFA doesn't make money on fabricators at the conference. Registration covers what it costs to put on — nothing more. Putting it on well is the point.
Registration is separate from your annual dues, and you must be a member to attend. Email [email protected] to become a member.
The Four Days
Wednesday's full day of digital instruction is confirmed, along with every evening event.
Seminar topics marked tentative are still being finalized — times and instructors will be posted here as they're set.
Morning
3D modeling and design concepts
Building the pattern before you touch the fabric.
Afternoon
2D line work and clean surfaces for flattening
Turning a modeled shape into panels you can actually cut.
5:30 PM
Dive ClubSeparate sign-up
Meet in the hotel lobby at 5:30. Sign up ahead — spots are limited.
Morning
BreakfastNew this year
Provided before the day starts.
Tentative
Hands-on seminars
Frame bending · center console projects (T-tops, enclosures, covers) · upholstery show and tell.
Evening
Game nightBack by demand
You asked for it, it's back.
Tentative
Hands-on seminars continue
Second full day of instruction.
Evening
Awards banquetBusiness casual
Recognizing the best work in the region — and the members who keep this trade moving.
Tentative
Business management
Running the shop, not just the machine.
After
Market Day & trade show
Our supplier members bring product to touch and questions to answer.
Sponsors for The 40th Annual CMCFA Conference
Supplier members put their name on the conference at four levels. Sponsorship is how
we keep registration at cost for fabricators.
PLATINUM
GOLD
SILVER
Open
SHOW
Open
Where You'll Be
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay
Cambridge, Maryland — on the Choptank River. Your room is covered by registration, and the seminars, trade show, and banquet all happen under one roof.
Fifth year running in Cambridge.
See you in February
Fabricators and Suppliers register here. Not a member yet? Join first and you're eligible.
Send an email to [email protected] to join today.
