The Manufacturers' Association 119th Annual Event

Attend Central PA’s largest manufacturing industry gathering! The Association’s annual networking event unites 600+ manufacturing members, business and community leaders to celebrate manufacturing!

The event features a VIP and General Reception, with networking & great cuisine, followed by a program that features the inpiration for "Moneyball", Billy Beane, as the keynote speaker. We will also recognize outstanding members throughout the region for their contributions to business and community during the previous year.

Keynote Speaker Billy Beane: Former VP of Baseball Operations for the Oakland A's and inspiration for the film and best selling book "Moneyball"

With great insight and signature wit, Beane conveys his innovative, winning style of management and leadership, which involves identifying undervalued assets to create and sustain a competitive advantage. By striking parallels between baseball and business, Beane inspires audiences across industries (including manufacturing, health care, insurance, finance, etc.) with his unforgettable winning underdog story. As BIG DATA and AI emerge as part of business leader's strategies, Billy's insights will be invaluable for anyone seeking to leverage these new tools and technology.

Billy Beane, now senior adviser to Oakland Athletics, has molded the team into one of baseball’s most consistent winners since taking over as General Manager following the 1997 season. Eventually rising to the role of Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Beane shattered traditional MLB beliefs that high payrolls equated wins by implementing a data driven methodology that led the Oakland A’s, with one of the lowest payrolls, to 7 AL Western Division titles and 10 playoff appearances. That strategic methodology has come to be known as the “Moneyball” philosophy, named for the best-selling book and Oscar-nominated film chronicling Beane’s journey from General Manager to hero to celebrated management genius. Beane is a four-time Major League Baseball "Executive of the Year" award winner and was named by Forbes as one of the "100 Greatest Living Business Minds."

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Waldner Performing Arts Center, 441 Country Club Road, York, United States