ASME Introduces CATALYZE Summit for Leaders Shaping the Sustainable Industrial Revolution
ASME Introduces CATALYZE Summit for Leaders Shaping the Sustainable Industrial Revolution
NEW YORK (December 1, 2025) — The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is launching a new conference focused on accelerating sustainable industrial transformation. The inaugural ASME CATALYZE summit, set for June 17-18, 2026, in Detroit, will bring together engineers, investors, and industry leaders to address the urgent challenges and opportunities of the next industrial revolution. Co-produced by ASME with Constructive, an independent nonprofit reshaping collaboration across energy and climate ecosystems, the two-day event will take place at Newlab Detroit and The Station at Michigan Central.
ASME CATALYZE is designed to connect the engineers who solve problems with the organizations and leaders who scale solutions, bridging the gap between breakthrough technologies and real-world industrial buildout. As nations rebuild manufacturing bases, power demand surges, and artificial intelligence redefines competition, the summit aims to catalyze action on decarbonization, resilience, and innovation — issues at the heart of a multi-trillion dollar global opportunity.
“ASME CATALYZE is not a traditional conference — it’s an interactive, execution-focused convening,” said ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “We’re assembling the community that will shape the next industrial revolution, leveraging ASME’s 145 years of engineering leadership to move promising, sustainable technologies and partnerships from talk to action.”
Key focus areas for the summit include engineering to meet rising energy demand, advancing industrial decarbonization, and unleashing advanced manufacturing technologies. Cross-cutting themes will address workforce development, standards, finance, AI and digital transformation, policy, and resilience planning.
The summit’s program will feature interactive sessions, roundtables, workshops, and demonstrations that tackle tough questions around issues such as affordability, risk, standardization, and speed of deployment of new industrial technologies. Participants are expected from among ASME’s global network of 75,000 engineers and technologists, as well as industry certifiers, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers, all working to deploy scalable solutions for energy, manufacturing, and workforce transformation.
Detroit, long recognized as the historic engine of American industry, is undergoing a renaissance in manufacturing and innovation. By hosting CATALYZE at Michigan Central, ASME signals its commitment to fostering tangible progress in a city now serving as a laboratory for industrial reinvention.
“There is no better place to shape the next industrial revolution than Michigan Central, where we are bridging Detroit’s heritage of making with the technologies that will define a sustainable future,” said Michigan Central COO Carolina Pluszczynski. “We are excited to welcome the inaugural ASME CATALYZE summit and leaders across industries to not only be immersed in our innovation ecosystem but also create connections that spark real change.”
For more information, visit https://resources.asme.org/catalyze.
About ASME
ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real-world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education, and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world. In 2020, ASME formed the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers (ISIE) II & III LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary to house business ventures that will bring new and innovative products, services, and technologies to the engineering community. For more information, visit www.asme.org.
About Constructive
Constructive is an independent nonprofit reengineering how we collaborate to advance energy abundance and a thriving planet. Rooted in proven models developed at Bloomberg, CERAWeek, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Constructive creates cross-sector platforms that extend the impact of existing work — linking events, dialogues, coalitions, and strategies into sustained efforts that move markets. We design and lead transformative convenings and long-term dialogues around priority challenges where alignment is critical. As a nonpartisan broker, Constructive combines expert facilitation, human-centered design, and world-class production to build trust and drive joint execution. Our collaboration-first approach ensures analytical rigor, durable partnerships, and collective follow-through. For more information, visit constructive.org.
About Michigan Central
Michigan Central is a 30-acre technology and cultural hub in Detroit, where leaders, thinkers, communities and creators come together to accelerate bold ideas and technologies that shape our collective future. By providing access to world-class infrastructure, tools, and resources, Michigan Central inspires innovators and community members to collaborate on real, ground-breaking solutions to global problems. Since opening in April 2023, Michigan Central has grown into a diverse ecosystem of nearly 250 companies and startups working at the intersection of mobility, technology and society. Learn more at michigancentral.com.
Media Contact:
Monica Shovlin
MCShovlin Communications LLC (for ASME)
monica@mcshovlin.com
+1.541.554.3796
ASME CATALYZE is designed to connect the engineers who solve problems with the organizations and leaders who scale solutions, bridging the gap between breakthrough technologies and real-world industrial buildout. As nations rebuild manufacturing bases, power demand surges, and artificial intelligence redefines competition, the summit aims to catalyze action on decarbonization, resilience, and innovation — issues at the heart of a multi-trillion dollar global opportunity.
“ASME CATALYZE is not a traditional conference — it’s an interactive, execution-focused convening,” said ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “We’re assembling the community that will shape the next industrial revolution, leveraging ASME’s 145 years of engineering leadership to move promising, sustainable technologies and partnerships from talk to action.”
Key focus areas for the summit include engineering to meet rising energy demand, advancing industrial decarbonization, and unleashing advanced manufacturing technologies. Cross-cutting themes will address workforce development, standards, finance, AI and digital transformation, policy, and resilience planning.
The summit’s program will feature interactive sessions, roundtables, workshops, and demonstrations that tackle tough questions around issues such as affordability, risk, standardization, and speed of deployment of new industrial technologies. Participants are expected from among ASME’s global network of 75,000 engineers and technologists, as well as industry certifiers, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers, all working to deploy scalable solutions for energy, manufacturing, and workforce transformation.
Detroit, long recognized as the historic engine of American industry, is undergoing a renaissance in manufacturing and innovation. By hosting CATALYZE at Michigan Central, ASME signals its commitment to fostering tangible progress in a city now serving as a laboratory for industrial reinvention.
“There is no better place to shape the next industrial revolution than Michigan Central, where we are bridging Detroit’s heritage of making with the technologies that will define a sustainable future,” said Michigan Central COO Carolina Pluszczynski. “We are excited to welcome the inaugural ASME CATALYZE summit and leaders across industries to not only be immersed in our innovation ecosystem but also create connections that spark real change.”
For more information, visit https://resources.asme.org/catalyze.
About ASME
ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real-world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education, and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world. In 2020, ASME formed the International Society of Interdisciplinary Engineers (ISIE) II & III LLC, a new for-profit subsidiary to house business ventures that will bring new and innovative products, services, and technologies to the engineering community. For more information, visit www.asme.org.
About Constructive
Constructive is an independent nonprofit reengineering how we collaborate to advance energy abundance and a thriving planet. Rooted in proven models developed at Bloomberg, CERAWeek, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Constructive creates cross-sector platforms that extend the impact of existing work — linking events, dialogues, coalitions, and strategies into sustained efforts that move markets. We design and lead transformative convenings and long-term dialogues around priority challenges where alignment is critical. As a nonpartisan broker, Constructive combines expert facilitation, human-centered design, and world-class production to build trust and drive joint execution. Our collaboration-first approach ensures analytical rigor, durable partnerships, and collective follow-through. For more information, visit constructive.org.
About Michigan Central
Michigan Central is a 30-acre technology and cultural hub in Detroit, where leaders, thinkers, communities and creators come together to accelerate bold ideas and technologies that shape our collective future. By providing access to world-class infrastructure, tools, and resources, Michigan Central inspires innovators and community members to collaborate on real, ground-breaking solutions to global problems. Since opening in April 2023, Michigan Central has grown into a diverse ecosystem of nearly 250 companies and startups working at the intersection of mobility, technology and society. Learn more at michigancentral.com.
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Media Contact:
Monica Shovlin
MCShovlin Communications LLC (for ASME)
monica@mcshovlin.com
+1.541.554.3796
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