AWS leader to discuss cutting-edge smart machine technology to nearly 140,000 leaders attending North America’s largest construction trade show
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Nov. 13, 2025) – CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the largest construction trade show in North America, today announced the show’s new Ground Breakers Stage will feature industry’s top innovators and visionaries with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Director of AWS IoT Services Dave Kranzler highlighted as one of the featured keynote speakers for the influential week.
Kranzler will take the Ground Breakers Stage on Thursday, March 5 at 10 a.m., spotlighting how advances in AI, automation and connected technologies are reshaping the construction industry, reducing costs and creating safer, more sustainable jobsites.
“We’re thrilled to welcome AWS as a Ground Breakers Stage keynote at this year’s show,” said Dana Wuesthoff, show director at CONEXPO-CON/AGG. “Digital transformation is changing how the world builds, and we know our attendees will be eager to hear from AWS about the opportunities to reimagine construction efficiency, safety and sustainability.”
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 U.S. construction industry.
Keynotes and presentations on the Ground Breakers Stage, presented by Sherwin-Williams, will be features of the show, occurring in Las Vegas March 3 – March 7, 2026, complementing robust educational programming and more than 2,000 exhibitors across the 2.9 million sq. ft. of exhibit space. AWS joins John Deere as a newly announced keynote speaker of the Ground Breakers Stage, with others ranging from the leaders of Fortune 100 companies to successful entrepreneurs, with more announcements to be shared in the coming months.
About CONEXPO-CON/AGG
Held every three years, CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the must-attend event for construction industry professionals. The show features the latest equipment, products, services and technologies for the construction industry, as well as industry-leading education. CONEXPO-CON/AGG is owned in partnership with NRMCA, NSSGA and AEM and managed by AEM. The next CONEXPO-CON/AGG will be held March 3-7, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information on CONEXPO-CON/AGG, visit https://www.conexpoconagg.com.
About the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
AEM is the North America-based international trade group representing off-road equipment manufacturers and suppliers with more than 1,000 companies and more than 200 product lines in the agriculture and construction-related industry sectors worldwide. The equipment manufacturing industry in the United States supports 2.3 million jobs and contributes $316 billion to the economy every year.
About Amazon Web Services
Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 120 Availability Zones within 38 geographic regions, with announced plans for 10 more Availability Zones and three more AWS Regions in Chile, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
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