INNOVATION THROUGH INCLUSION
Technology is a problem-solving tool that is changing manufacturing workforces across the globe, bringing training and recruitment changes to the forefront of business leaders’ minds.
What about diversity though? ‘Innovation’ seems to be synonymous with technology in today’s world, but do leaders recognize that it innovation is equally driven by a more diverse boardroom and workforce?
Kick-start the two days with discussion focused on the most important piece in your digital/business transformation strategy: people.
Join key representatives leading the industry to gain best practice in:
· Recruiting interns to the C-Suite: where do you look for the best talent and how do you position yourself as the best workplace?
· Governance: everything you do starts at the top; hear from business leaders on their inclusive approach to hiring and advancement practices
· Skills & Talent Gap: Is there a gap in the manufacturing market and what can you do about it?
Moderated by:
Terri Von Lehmden, Vice President of Human Resources, Toyota North America
Panelists:
Erika Jefferson, President and Founder, Black Women in Science & Engineering
Billy R. Taylor, Director of Commercial, Off Highway, and Support Manufacturing North America, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Raquel Tamez. CEO, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Dean Bartles, President, National Tooling & Machining Association
Patrick Bass, CEO, thyssenkrupp North America
The demand for bandwidth on a network can cause bottlenecks in traffic that may interrupt the flow of operations. This can domino into critical production line changes, shipments into the supply chain, and jeopardize customer relationships. Multi-access Edge Computing, also known as MEC, can be a solution for this challenge for manufacturers, while also helping to prepare them for the adoption of future technologies such as 5G.
In this session you'll take away:
Hugh Arif, Director & Industry Solutions Architect, AT&T
Knowing how automation technologies can benefit your operations is only part of the battle of getting approval to implement them. These panelists will share how their companies expanded their abilities through investment in new automation technologies and discuss how they achieved ROI.
Hear insight into:
· How to properly assess the value of automation purchases within the scope of developing projects
· Address how to justify the investment to win executive support
· Break the “replacement” cycle - Balanced transition between re-design and procurement.
Moderated by:
Arnie Kravitz, Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute
Panelists:
Alexander Nazarov, Functional Excellence Manager, Cummins
Lyman Tschanz, Vice President of Connected Enterprise Consulting, Rockwell Automation
Chris Field, Senior R&D Manager - Strategy & Innovation, General Mills
Chandra Brown, Executive Director, Manufacturing x Digital (MxD)
With all the changes and emerging trends that are being brought on by Industry 4.0, every aspect of manufacturing is being affected; one such trend is the convergence of information technologies and operational technologies. Until recently IT & OT departments have predominantly operated in ‘silos’ with very little interaction. But with the rise of IIoT and integration of sensors and software with complex physical machinery on the factory floor, the barrier between the two departments is slowly disappearing and the need for the union is more prevalent than ever. But where do you start?
In this session you’ll learn the following:
• Why is there a communication breakdown in the first place?
• What can management do to foster this relationship?
• What technology is being used to overcome the language barrier?
• Where do Lines of Business fit in? Looking at the Business/IT/OT convergence.
Dr. Guijun Wang, Technical Fellow, Boeing
The surge in IoT and Cloud Computing have led to a one-way centralized path of raw data from billions of installed sensors to centralized systems for storage and processing. As a result, this leaves many companies facing a data overload like never before. In the past, organizations are usually left waiting for the data to be sent back to the Cloud or an on-premise server, but what if you could create actionable insights and decisions in real-time? And at the point where the data gathers first, on your IoT devices?. In this presentation we will delve into the impact of Edge-based analytics, examining the impact on predictive maintenance, product quality check, security, and reducing unnecessary downtime.
David Bishop, Senior Vice President of Research, Hitachi Solutions
Big Data is paving the way for U.S. manufacturers to stay competitive in a global economy. Companies like Ford and GM are integrating huge quantities of data –from internal and external sources, from sensors, robotics, wearables and workstations – to reduce energy costs, improve production times and boost profits. But reading, analyzing, and translating this data is not an easy task. Hear from manufacturing leaders on the following:
· What does a data scientist do?
· What is the education and career path for a data scientist?
· Where to find and recruit for the best talent?
· Why and how would having data scientists affect my organization?
Panelists:
Jason Krantz, Director of Business Analytics & Insights, Weil-McLain
Robert Joseph, Director –Industrial Strategy, Stanley Black & Decker
Jeff Reinke, Editorial Director, Industrial Media
Whether your company is just starting to think about IIoT or is digitally advanced, it is important to keep in mind that digital transformation is never a one-and-done deal. There are many phases in this transformation, from choosing manufacturing technologies to software platforms, to guiding a new company culture. Listen to these leaders on how to start the discussion and answer questions including:
· Preparing for Industry 4.0 - where to start? Figuring out your goal.
· How can digitization transform business processes?
· How can you ensure communication between IT & OT – creating a unionized approach?
· How can gathering the right data change how you manufacture?
Moderated by:
Haresh Malkani, Chief Technology Officer, Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Panelists:
Hicham Wazni, Director of Manufacturing Intelligence & Smart Manufacturing, Arconic
Terri Lewis, Digital Director of Power Generation, Caterpillar
Susanne Lauda, Director of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, AGCO
With Industry 4.0 in full effect, factory floors never stop running and every second counts. Because of this, assistive technologies are emerging at a rapid pace, for instance AR and VR. And many companies are seeing the benefits already in worker performance, machine inspection and maintenance, product design, safety etc. In this presentation, discover how:
· Different types of AR & VR technologies are being implemented and used
· The benefits and challenges of using these technologies in manufacturing facilities
· What data can be collected and where it can be stored
· How to break down data integrity & governance
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Digital Transformation is as much of an internal initiative as it is external. As organizations evolve and begin to operate at the speed of digital, the way employees engage and interact across the organization is, too, evolving. Effective leadership strategies are considered the foundation of any successful operation. Listen to Gustavo Chofhi discuss how the people element is just as important as the technology by creating leaders in various departments, training & developing his teams, as well as recruiting.
Gustavo Chohfi, Director of Manufacturing Quality for North America & Mexico, Whirlpool
For companies to really embrace Industry 4.0 and benefit from the opportunities, they must change their technology, their organizations & leadership structure. Hear from Isaac Bennett, Maxion Wheels on how he created his current position, executing a culture shift on the plant floor, going from a “Fail & Fix” to a “Predict & Prevent” maintenance system, and on trusting the Cloud.
Isaac Bennett, Manager - Global IT Innovation, Maxion Wheels
The widespread use of IoT devices with industrial equipment provides an excess of data. But while the development of AI applications is rising, end user adoption of these technologies is still lagging. In this session you’ll learn what AI is and is not, how can AI/Data be used to help how you manufacture products with examples of AI systems that are beyond machine learning, as well as common errors that are made trying to extract value from AI systems
Plus, hear examples of avoiding the fear factor, retaining and upskilling current talent to improve business efficiency and working practices through IoT and AI.
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With the guidance of industry leaders, break out into small groups to work through common problems. Reconvene and discuss findings as one class.
Jim Davis, Founder & Research Analyst, Edge Research Group
Edge and Cloud computing are often discussed as if they are mutually exclusive. While they may function in completely different ways, using one does not exclude the other. Listen to these leaders to get a better understanding of the differences between Cloud & Edge computing and their uses in the industry:
· Why is Edge computing growing and what are the impacts?
· How can Cloud computing benefit Manufacturing – limitless capacity; easy to use; security
· Why have some companies not moved to the Edge yet?
· How a combination of both Cloud and Edge computing can suit many organizations.
Panelists:
Ashley Brinegar, Chief Operating Officer, Schneider Electric
Ashwani Dev, Digital and Data Officer, Halliburton
Does Hybrid Cloud, Edge Cloud, Dynamic Cloud, 5G combined with compute power, give manufacturers the three ‘S’s: Scalability, Speed, and Security they need?
Everywhere organizations are adopting Cloud-based services to gain benefits of using Cloud: easy to use, limitless data storage, and cost effective. Yet one of the biggest concerns for companies about moving their most sensitive data and business functions to the cloud is security. Learn what technology and security leaders can do to protect their data that is moving to the cloud.
Dave McCarthy, Vice President of IoT Solutions, Bsquare
As one of the largest providers of oilfield equipment in the world, NOV has an broad global footprint. The equipment we provide our customers spans everything from large drilling packages built for offshore rigs down to simple single pumps. We started our journey in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) several years ago by connecting to our control systems in the field, and streaming controls and machine data back to our MAX™️ Cloud IIOT platform. This was done using technologies that were available to us at the time, which enabled us to build predictive condition monitoring solutions for our premier offshore products.
While we experienced early success in building and offering these new value-added services, we quickly realized that our IIOT edge solutions were more expensive than we wanted, and were significantly limited in capability and manageability. New use cases for our cloud based IIOT offerings continued to materialize, requiring a much more robust and cost-effective edge technology. NOV’s MAX Edge technology is a new software platform built for the complexity of today’s digital oil field. This presentation will explore the specific challenges faced at the edge and actual use cases highlighting the value created with this new technology.
Carl Fehres, Vice President of Engineering Technology, National Oilwell Varco
Hear a series of case studies of how the continuous improvement group at Flexco, is utilizing a variety of simple, easy to integrate IoT technologies to eliminate waste and increase productivity in their manufacturing processes.
Jordan Kathe, Industrial Engineer, Flexco
As more and more devices become connected and the Internet of Things grows, there is an increasing need for more sophisticated, but lightweight, analytics at the edge. Decisions have to be made quickly with data coming from multiple devices when patterns of interest are detected, on whether to store data for later analysis, on what course of action to take, and more.
Join this session to hear how streaming analytics enables smarter maintenance and reduces unplanned downtime by allowing you to take immediate action when you need it.
Evan Guarnaccia, Solutions Architect, SAS
With the guidance of industry leaders, break out into small groups to work through common problems. Reconvene and discuss findings as one class.
It’s one thing to gather “Big Data”, it’s another thing entirely to determine how to find the relevant data and put it to action. This session you will learn from data scientists from different manufacturing companies about how analytics can bring insight and measurable improvement when using IoT to gather, deliver and execute.
Brent Ferrier, Senior Data Scientist, Arconic
Pete DeNagy, President & Co-Founder, Internet of Things America, LL
Are you still at the thinking stage? How do you start your IoT journey? Join this panel of leading adopters to hear how they built the software to meet their businesses’ demands.
- Do you build in-house or go with a third party?
- What architecture considerations need to be addressed to avoid common challenges?
- Security: how to implement the precautions and policies at every level of the IoT Stack?
- Can ‘legacy’ enterprises really become software centric, and what does that truly mean?
- What steps can you get IT and lines of business speaking the same language?
Determine how to power digital strategies and transformation through AI and machine learning.
Hear how the expected growth in enterprise AI applications is set to fuel the proliferation of enterprise IoT.
Determine where AI applications are best placed from the Edge to the Cloud.
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AI is taking the mundane and simplifying it, and first you need to decide which problems you want to solve.
Hear how to start with the bigger picture in mind, and walk backwards, breaking down the project into smaller applications.
Then gain insight into how data processing will take place, and where: at the edge or in the cloud? And which is the right platform for you?
MOA is renowned for the creative customer experience it provides, and this is all made possible by a robust and responsive IT and property management system.
Join Janette Smrcka, IT Director at Mall of America, to hear details of the thought and implementation process of IoT solution choice, and how MOA has made gains and return on investment.
Benefit from insight into leveraging data from sensors, the abilities of an in-house data science team, and what’s next on Janette’s IoT agenda.
Janette Smrcka, IT Director, Mall of America
Connectivity is obviously critical to any IoT project, and with around 30 IoT connectivity options on the market today, the Connectivity & Communications track presents the lessons needed to succeed when building IoT hardware and software.
To kick-start, we bring the different connectivity players together to explore the evolution of 5G, LPWAN and Wi-Fi choices.
David Van Dorselaer, AVP, AT&T
Senior Representative, LoRa Alliance
Break into groups to meet solve questions presented by the facilitator around IoT Product development:
- Complex architectures
- Interoperability
- Security & Privacy
- Flexibility & Compatibility of Design
- Data Collection & Privacy
Arnie Kravitz, Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute
Manufacturing remains a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Midwest. To paint a picture of how technology is transforming the different manufacturing verticals serving a mix of industries, we bring together some of the leaders within the automotive, aerospace and aviation, industrial, food and retail, and agriculture to discuss the following:
· How to utilize the massive data collected from the different sensors
· Where to store all this data collected– who takes ownership?
· How to overcome brown-fielding
· When you have plants all over the country, even the world, how do you manage consistency?
· Will there be an Industry 5.0?
Moderated by:
Leslie McKinney, Director, Black Women in Engineering & Science
Panelists:
Seth McDonald, Digital Director of Quality and Manufacturing innovation, GE Aviation
Jose Lopez Dominguez, Digital Transformation Manager, Caterpillar
Hugh Arif, Director & Industry Solutions Architect, AT&T
We have all heard the potential about AI and its ability to transform businesses. But how do we move from hype to delivering tangible and meaningful business value? To decipher fact from fiction you need to first understand how the technology is being used today to deliver value. Here you’ll learn where and how AI is being used within the manufacturing industry; how this technology is being used to make productivity more efficient and the distribution of products and services more intelligent.
Mark Beckmann, Director– Manufacturing Industry Solutions, Microsoft
Manufacturing facilities are one among the largest consumers of energy. Efforts to improve energy efficiency are an increasing concern for many manufacturing facility engineering managers. But just how much energy goes into just one product? Joseph Etris of Continental Powertrain will speak about his company's efforts to reduce energy consumption, costs, and emissions via IIoT and machine learning, including the use of tailored edge applications. As part of these efforts to digitize the factory floor, Joseph will detail the value of combining production data with energy consumption at the machine level. He will also share how the Fountain Inn plant integrated its local utility and energy smart metering to improve energy forecasting and reduce peak-hour consumption as part of their overall energy reduction initiative.
Joseph Etris, Manufacturing Engineer and Data Analyst, Continental AG
Manufacturers have seen great advances in data sharing capabilities, but IoT has not realized its potential for collaboration - despite being able to spread across suppliers, manufacturers,consumers and software platforms. Cloud computing represents a key platform technology that is playing this essential role enabling the next production evolution. In this session learn how you can take full advantage of the Cloud,learn more about how to protect your data in the cloud and how to share information without putting your company and customers at risk
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Join this manufacturer leader to hear about their journey to implementing IoT and software services:
Keith Schoonover, Senior Vice President of Information Technology, Bunn-O-Matic
Hear 3 x 10-minute pitches from innovative/start-up companies within the manufacturing industry.
This session will consist of 10-minute presentations focused on how each vendor’s product or platform is bringing new innovations and efficiencies, followed by comments and questions from the pane land audience. Join the session to discover new pockets of industry innovation and learn what questions manufacturing leaders ask to make the right judgement call on implementing new technologies that can revolutionize product/consumer outcomes.
An audience vote will be taken, and the chair will announce and award the most impressive pitch during the Day Two closing remarks.
Pitch 1 12:00 pm / Q&A 12:10 pm
Senior Representative, PsiKick
Pitch 2 12:15 pm / Q&A 12:25 pm
Pitch 3 12:30 pm / Q&A 12:40 pm
Judges:
Bill Fienup, Co-Founder and Director of Innovation Services, mHub
Claudia Reuter, Managing Director, Techstars
After lunch, the conference splits into 3 tracks
Raj Manchanda, Director of Business Development, ASME
From stacking boxes, to welding parts, to finding a certain tool in a massive warehouse, co-bots’ role are on the rise. But what are the real benefits of these technologies and how are they impacting their human co-workers?
In this session, you’ll hear from different leaders discuss the following of implementing this technology:
- How co-botics has changed their manufacturing processes
- How and where co-bots are being deployed
- What language and strategies are being used to ensure humans employees can work together safely and productively
- What does the future hold for these technologies?
Moderated by:
Rebecca Taylor, Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
Panelists:
Tiarra Barton, Founder & CEO, Aaceses Ihmire Industries
For years, Automation in manufacturing has been transforming factory floors, changing employment, and the economics of different sectors in the industry. In this session we will be looking at different aspects of automation in smart manufacturing from an ROI standpoint. How small wins can grow into big returns– making smart choices. This includes a look at platforms, predictive maintenance systems, robotics, supply chain etc.
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From factories and plant floors to warehouses and oil rigs, there is no shortage of work site environments that can be dangerous to employees. Today many companies are looking to implement solutions to keep their workers safe through wearables that monitor location, heart rates and fatigue, to AR/VR technologies that can assist the wearer during inspections, to smart sensors that can track temperatures, movement, and air quality. Learn here from this leading manufacturer on how they implemented such technologies, trained their employees, and they work with the data collected.
In this session, you’ll learn about new technologies and trends that are significantly changing the way manufacturing companies can re-invent their supply chains; allowing more flexibility and quick responsiveness by utilizing big data, real-time analytics, and predictive modeling.
- How can digitization improve the internal business process?
- What is affected?
- How you can deliver customization to create a competitive advantage.
Chris Field, Senior R&D Manager - Strategy and Innovation, General Mills
In 2018, a team of individuals from Steelcase Operations, IT and Advanced Analytics developed an IIoT platform that is shared and utilized by all Steelcase plants. This platform allows plants to collect shop-floor data and display the data visually to augment the decision-making processes related to improvements in efficiency, quality ,and costs. An overview of the platform, the program successes and struggles along with the examples of process improvements will be discussed.
Steve Jones, Technical Material & Process Consultant, Steelcase
As the evolution of Additive Manufacturing technologies grows, 3D printed parts have moved from an R&D blueprint to the production line.These processes are developing and producing concepts previously unimaginable in the manufacturing world. However, there is a lot of hesitance when it comes to adopting these technologies.
In this panel discussion you’ll discuss and learn from our speakers and each other, digging into the following questions and challenges:
· Howis Industrial 3D printing being implemented?
· Is it a cornerstone for Industry 4.0? If so how?
· How has 3D printing changed the production process?
· Why are some industries hesitant or slow in adopting AM?
· Best practices in adopting AM
Pete DeNagy, President & Co-Founder, Internet of Things America, LL
Manufacturers have seen great advances in data sharing capabilities, but most manufacturers think about IoT for their own processes but very few seem to be thinking about how they can offer a service to their customers to enable monitoring of machines once sold.
These panelists will discuss the insights and benefits a manufacturer could obtain from this as well as a better understanding of how their own manufacturing processes are doing and where they can improve.
Moderated By:
David Bishop, Senior Vice President of Research, Hitachi Solutions
Panelists:
Karen Matthews, Technology and Market Development Manager, Corning Inc.
Gilbert Meyer-Gauen, Director of Asset Management, National Oilwell Varco
Factories, power plants, and manufacturing centers across the world are transitioning to the latest automation and real-time data analytics solutions to optimize their production lines, reduce costs, and meet consumer demands. Learn how predictive maintenance can make your manufacturing process more efficient:
- Increasing productivity, operational efficiency, and improve safety
- Preventing unexpected equipment failures, downtimes, and supply chain holdups
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IoT decision-making is continuous and multi-factorial, involving the intersection of people, processes, software and machines. Hear from Caterpillar’s, Terri Lewis on how she’s leading her team in driving business value through their smart, connected product strategies.
Terri Lewis, Digital Director - Powertrain Generation, Caterpillar
Harnessing the potential of AI as part of a digital transformation strategy is a key component in creating the enterprise of tomorrow. AI is already playing a significant role in helping organizations re-imagine their products and services
Here, you’ll hear how large companies are deploying AI & Machine Learning; how will AI redefine management strategies & make your business smarter; how to measure ROI by scaling AI projects with the latest updates and use cases
Satyam Priyardshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton
While AI, Co-bots, and other IoT devices may dominate the plant floor, there is another technology that making headway and creating an easier way for manufacturing leaders to oversee an entire process: Blockchain.
In this session we will discuss the following:
Additive Manufacturing is an understood technology for prototyping, however new AM technologies that are at our doorstep can produce parts in volume in a true manufacturing environment. Aside from the ROI and advantages additive offers – lite weighting,assembly reduction – AM offers organizations a wealth of new data points that will advance their IoT initiatives, but with advances also comes challenges.
In this panel discussion you’ll discuss and learn from our speakers and each other, digging into the following questions and challenges:
· What kind of data is typically collected to print products – what data is useful and should be maintained?
· Whereis this data coming from and where is it stored?
· How will this affect my organization – hiring talent vs. upskilling current team members
· Why are some industries hesitant or slow in adopting AM?
Join this industry technology leader to hear the steps needed to become a software-centric innovation leader.
Gain invaluable lessons in making the case for change and deciding on your business plan: do you start with the product, customer or your business gains in mind? What are the considerations when deciding whether to build in-house or use third parties? Also, what about IoT platform choice?
Leave with an understanding of how to pull together new hardware and software development, data management and connectivity,and training/recruitment, to guarantee cost and customer advantages.
Learn how to integrate new business models, systems and software into alegacy organization,and leave with a vision for coordinating your product design and engineering,supply chain and go-to-market strategy.
Outlining and offering solutions for the problems many industrial players face when reengineering existing business and IT environments into modern competitive, integrated architectures.
Unpick the challenges around IT-OT convergence, and ensuring the secure introduction of new enterprise applications onto your networks.
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Why are IoT systems so complex for an organization? And how do you evolve to achieve scale?
There is a lot of discussion and buzz around IT-OT convergence, but what does it actually look like in practice? How do you get IT and OT teams working together in practice, and what lesson shave been learnt along the way?
Hear the technical and cultural details of enterprise IoT adopters’ journeys.
