(In-Person) (In-Person) (Virtual)
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 (Dallas, In-Person)
7:00 am
Registration Opens - Continental Breakfast
8:10 am
9:00 am
Keynote Address: The Road to Digital Transformation
Stephen Mellor, CTO, Industrial Internet Consortium
Panel Discussion: The Future Work in Manufacturing
Moderated by Konrad Konarski, Chairman, AI Innovation Consortium
Chris Andraka, Senior Engineering GM, Goodman Manufacturing (Daikin)
Elias Brown, Data Analyst, Vallourec Star, LP
Justin Kubu, Technical Operations Manager, Inland Pipe Rehabilitation
10:00 am
Networking Break with Refreshments Sponsored by ConsoleWorks
Exhibit Hall Opens
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
12:00 pm
Toward Operational AI in Manufacturing
Andre Yoon, CEO, MakinaRocks
AI-Driven Manufacturing - The Practitioners' Perspective
Dan Lillback, Director of Business Development, ei3 Corporation
Edward Jump, IIoT Digital Analytics Leader, Milacron
Addressing the Cybersecurity Resource Gap as Manufacturing Embraces New Technology
Don Ward, Senior Vice President, Global Services, Mission Secure
Networking Lunch Sponsored by IFS
1:15 pm
1:45 pm
Transforming Manufacturing Performance by Leveraging Low-Code Digital Twins
Naveen Gattu, COO and Co-Founder, Gramener
Ganes Kesari, Co-Founder and Chief Decision Scientist, Gramener
Transforming "IT"
Ron Norris, Director Operations Innovation, Georgia-Pacific
2:15 pm
Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions: How AI-Driven Production Schedules Unlock Success
Josh Zeidman, VP of Business Development, Kinta AI
2:45 pm
Networking Break with Refreshments Sponsored by Autodesk and Tenable, Inc.
3:15 pm
Embedding AI to Create a Dynamic Planning, Scheduling and Monitoring Cycle
Andrew Lichey, VP Integration - Data and IoT, IFS Labs
3:45 pm
Using AI to Unlock the True Potential of Today’s Modern, Connected Workforce
Dave Landreth, Head of Customer Strategy, Augmentir
4:15 pm
4:45 pm
Using AI, Machine Vision and Edge Computing for Quality Control
Dave Austin, Senior Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation
Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Very
Thursday, November 4th, 2021 (Dallas, In-Person)
7:30 am
Registration Opens - Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Supply Chain Attacks in the Industrial Network: How to Prevent, Detect, Respond and Recover
Ed Williams, Sr Solution Engineer, Claroty
9:00 am
Breakthroughs in Leveraging Machine Learning to Reduce Supply Chain Costs
Rob Allan, Program Director, IBM Synergy
9:30 am
A Breakthrough in High-Availability ML in Production with Zero Downtime
Nir Osiroff, CTO & Co-Founder, Vanti Analytics
10:00 am
10:20 am
Networking Break with Refreshments Sponsored by Vanti
Improving Manufacturing OEE And Securing Assets from Ransomware with Edge-Native AI
Chris Catterton, Director, Solution Engineering, MicroAI
10:50 am
Manufacturing Profitability AI
Yen Chang, Founder, MATA Inventive
11:20 am
AI to Deliver the “Golden Batch”
Domenic Busa, Pre-Sales Engineer, Symphony Industrial AI
11:50 am
Networking Lunch Sponsored by Claroty / In-Person Session Conclusion
Friday, November 5th, 2021 (Virtual)
8:30 am CT
Keynote Panel Discussion: Critical Initiatives in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Manufacturing
Moderated by Michael Skocik, Program Manager, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute
Matt Robinson, Program Manager, ROS-Industrial Consortium
Kel Guerin, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, READY Robotics
Mingu Kang, Founder and CEO, ARIS Technology
9:30 am CT
AI-Powered, Real-Time Quality Inspection in Mission-Critical Materials Processing Operations
Mike Mohseni, PhD, Founder and President, AutoMetrics Manufacturing Technologies Inc
10:00 am CT
AstraZeneca - Accelerating Our Digital Transformation to Meet Patient Demand for Medicines
Gurinder Kaur, VP Global Operations IT, AstraZeneca
11:00 am CT
Reducing Inspection Errors, Costs, and Risk with Hybrid AI
Jonathan Hou, President, Pleora Technologies
11:30 am CT
Enabling Predictive Operational Excellence in the Food & Beverage Industry
Dr. Nikunj Mehta, Founder and CEO, Falkonry
12:00 pm CT
Conference Conclusion