ConExpo, the largest construction trade show in North America, will use its 2026 event to debut the Ground Breakers Stage featuring the industry’s top innovators and visionaries.
Jahmy Hindman, senior vice president and chief technology officer, John Deere has been announced as one of the featured keynote speakers for the influential week.
“We’re genuinely excited to be part of this first-ever keynote event at ConExpo,” says Hindman. “Contractors are out there every day building the roads, bridges, and systems that connect our lives—and they’re facing real challenges, like finding skilled workers. At John Deere, we’re committed to helping them tackle those challenges with technology that’s not just smart, but purposeful – designed to help them get more done, more efficiently, and more profitably.”
Hindman will be joined by John Deere colleagues Maryanne Graves, manager, product management, as well as Jonny Spendlove, manager, precision construction, on the Ground Breakers Stage on Tuesday, 3 March at 11am, spotlighting the innovation and technological advances propelling the construction industry forward.
“The Ground Breakers Stage is bringing forth the most innovative leaders in our industry who are making strides in autonomous and technological advances and changing the way we work, hire and build,” says Dana Wuesthoff, show director at ConExpo. “John Deere is pioneering conversations that are crucial to our industry, and we’re thrilled for those conversations to converge at the Ground Breakers Stage.”
Every three years, nearly 140,000 construction leaders gather in Las Vegas to discuss innovation, technological advances, challenges and opportunities impacting the more than $2 trillion US construction industry.
Keynotes and presentations on the Ground Breakers Stage, presented by Sherwin-Williams, will be features of the show, occurring in Las Vegas on 3-7 March, 2026, complementing robust educational programming and more than 2,000 exhibitors across the 2.9 million sq. ft. of exhibit space.
In addition to John Deere, others featured on the stage will range from the leaders of Fortune 100 companies to successful entrepreneurs, and those will continue to be announced in the coming months.
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