Advocacy Programs Through the NAM's grassroots manufacturing outreach and employee engagement efforts, manufacturers of all sizes are building valuable relationships with policymakers and helping to advance manufacturing policy issues with pro manufacturing legislation. Key programs include: Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Congressional Dialogue Series Key Contacts Program National Public Affairs Steering Committee Manufacturing Summit Manufacturing Executive Leadership Program Plant Tours Manufacturers State Affairs Program Legislative Engagement Toolkit Upcoming Events March 2017 2017 Annual Public Affairs Conference March 26–28, 2017 Las Vegas, NV (The Cosmopolitan) Spring State Government Relations Group Meeting March 28–29, 2017 Las Vegas, NV (The Cosmopolitan) June 2017 NAM Manufacturing Summit June 20–21, 2017 Washington, DC (Grand Hyatt Washington)