The Invite-Only Virtual Event For Senior Level Smart
Manufacturing Leaders
April 6-7, 2021 | 12:00pm ET
Connected Manufacturing Connect Virtual Event
The mission of Connected Manufacturing Connect is to provide an interactive, high-level platform for the exchange of ideas, best practices and timely perspectives on moving beyond these turbulent times.
Attendees receive access to all educational content (fireside chats, panels, keynotes and roundtables) delivered by other senior executives and get the opportunity to have pre-scheduled 1-to-1 meetings with solution providers who can help you accelerate your digital transformation.
A Unique Experience
Here's what you get when you attend:
Pre-Scheduled 1:1 Meetings
Pre-Scheduled 1:1 Meetings
Executive-Level Content
Executive-Level Content
Exclusive Networking
Exclusive Networking
Our Speakers. Your Visionaries.
Sultan Aziz
Senior Director, Product Supply Strategy Management
Johnson & Johnson
Gary Binstock
Director of Technology
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Hao Dinh
Digital Transformation Lead North America
Electrolux
Nicholas Eplin
Manufacturing Engineer
Essex Industries
Ricardo Estok
Global Operations Optimization - Transformation
Goodyear
Laurent Laporte
CEO
Braincube
Ashe Menon
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
National Oilwell Varco
Shree Moorthy
Senior Vice President, Digital Transformation Strategy
Vertex Software
Sam Murley
Digital Transformation Director
PTC
Mike Nitz
Senior Architect, IT
Boston Scientific
Xavier Riley
Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation
Standard Industries
Cameron Shearon
Principal Materials Engineer
Raytheon
Eddie Smith
Director, Operations
Kuhn Krause
Jesper Toubol
VP LEGO Operations
LEGO
Allen Turner
Remote Analytics Team Leader
International Paper
Jonathan Weiss
Vice President – Emerging Technologies
Software AG
What Attendees Are Saying
AMAZING INSIGHTS
"I received amazing insight into how organizations are managing the culture and change management challenges"
VP, Global Human Resources and Facilities
Panasonic Automotive
VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES
Data Scientist
Boston Scientific
NEW CONNECTIONS
Senior Director of Product Supply Strategy and Management
Johnson & Johnson
Connected Manufacturing Virtual Event Agenda
All Sessions listed in Eastern Time
Day One - April 6, 2021
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12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Pre-Conference Networking: Birds of a Feather Meet-Ups
Learn moreConnect in a private Zoom rooms with manufacturing leaders who do what you do. Benchmark, share and learn from each other. Select one of these three groups:
- VPs/Dir of Manufacturing
- Advanced Engineering
- Data Science/Analytics -- facilitated by Allen Turner, Innovative Solutions, SME, International Paper
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1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Welcome & Event Chair’s Opening Remarks
Learn moreWelcome – Maureen Azzato, Program Director, Connected Manufacturing Forum
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1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Opening Panel: How Digital Assistants are Enabling Manufacturing Execs to Better Manage and Inspect Smart Plants Remotely
Sultan Aziz, Senior Director, Product Supply Strategy Management, Johnson & Johnson
Learn moreDigital assistants -- such as smart glasses, drones and other sensors and devices -- are enabling executives to remotely manage facilities and engage with factory managers to conduct quality inspections, maintenance and repairs, and employee training. Powered with augmented reality and virtual reality, these remote tools are game changing, altering how manufacturing plants will be managed in the future, eliminating the need to be there in person as often.
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1:45 pm - 2:05 pm
1:45 pm - 2:05 pm
Fireside Chat / Case Study: Laying the Foundation of Predictive Maintenance Leading to the Even Greater Prescriptive Opportunity
Gary Binstock, Director of Technology, Colgate-Palmolive Co.
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2:05 pm - 2:25 pm
2:05 pm - 2:25 pm
Keynote Case Study: Lumen
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2:25 pm - 2:55 pm
2:25 pm - 2:55 pm
Panel: Robotics Automation - The Integration of Man and Machine, How to Upskill Workers and Quell Job Loss Fears
Ashe Menon, Senior Vice President, Global Operations, National Oilwell Varco
Eddie Smith, Director, Operations, Kuhn KrauseLearn moreMany claim robotics create a stronger, faster, and more powerful workforce, one that elevates—not eliminates— human roles in manufacturing, but job-loss fears still concern factory workers and managers. Our panel of experts will:
- Help separate fact from fiction about the impact robotics has on jobs and workers
- Explore the role of robots to carry out very repetitive and/or unsafe tasks so that the human workforce can perform higher-value manual tasks
- Discuss how manufacturers should address job loss fears and manage expectations about robotics -- what is realistic and what is not.
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2:55 pm - 3:15 pm
2:55 pm - 3:15 pm
Fireside Chat: Managerial Courage -- How to Take the Plunge into Industry 4.0
Xavier Riley, Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation, Standard Industries
Laurent Laporte, CEO, BraincubeLearn morePractical strategies to apply a digital transformation vision and roll out plan to a manufacturing enterprise will be discussed. The speakers will dive into the future of manufacturing, discussing the key factors you should consider including: equipping your teams with the right equipment, choosing compatible tools, and general strategies for success.
Standard Industries is currently implementing Braincube as an IIoT platform and advanced analytics tool across their factories. Standard Industries is assisting it's lines of business in strategizing and executing on a large scale architecture that can bring data seamlessly into IoT endpoints. From reporting, to continuous improvement efforts, and Edge computing, Standard Industries and its affiliates have reimagined their data use and capabilities to find additional value through IIoT strategies. By equipping their employees with high functioning tools that help them improve both their day-to-day operations and their long-term strategies, they’ve found Braincube to be a key partner in their digital transformation initiatives.
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3:15 pm - 3:35 pm
3:15 pm - 3:35 pm
Fireside Chat: Additive Manufacturing: A Mature and Underutilized Technology Comes of Age
Hao Dinh, Digital Transformation Lead North America, Electrolux
Learn moreThe promise of additive manufacturing/3D printing has not yet been fully realized on a mass scale, but it is being utilize to customize products and parts in the automotive and medical device industries, to name a few. Although the technology has evolved to include metals manufacturing as well as more color options, many say it is not ready for prime time use on a mass scale. What are the ideal use cases of 3D printing now in manufacturing operations? What are the true potentials of the technology in the future?
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3:35 pm - 3:40 pm
3:35 pm - 3:40 pm
Day 1 Closing Remarks & Roundtable Instructions
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3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Live Interactive Roundtables
Sam Murley, Digital Transformation Director, PTC
Learn more- AR for Manufacturing: Improving Frontline Agility and Productivity -- Moderated Sam Murley, Digital Transformation Director, PTC
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4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Experiential Networking Event -- Trivia Party & Contest
Game-Changing Technologies That Are Enabling Innovation and Remote Management
Day Two - April 7, 2021
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12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Pre-Conference "Speed Networking"
Learn moreJoin us for this fun and interactive meet-and-greet session, where you can Connect with multiple industry leaders in quick 5 minute, 1:1 meetings.
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1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Learn moreWelcome – Maureen Azzato, Program Director, Connected Manufacturing Forum
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1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
Opening Keynote: Digital Twin Comes of Age: How LEGO is Using the Simulation Technology to Design a New and Smarter Factory
Jesper Toubol, VP LEGO Operations, LEGO
Learn moreDigital twin simulation has been successfully used cost effectively for product design and development, as well as factory line simulation for productivity improvements for several years at LEGO. Now the company is leveraging all of its lessons learned to apply Digital Twin for the first time to its newest factory design and construction, simulating everything before the first brick is laid.
Learn how Digital Twin is helping LEGO:
Identify under-utilized and over-utilized machines and lines in the factory to better leverage investments
Recognize operational bottlenecks and remove them
How it has applied Digital Twin to factory line design and redesigns, which now are enabling LEGO to take the technology to simulate all aspects of a full factory design
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1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Keynote Case Study: IFS
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1:50 pm - 2:30 pm
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel: More than a Side Job – The Importance of Building a Dedicated Industry 4.0 Team
Mike Nitz, Senior Architect, IT, Boston Scientific
Nicholas Eplin, Manufacturing Engineer, Essex Industries
Cameron Shearon, Principal Materials Engineer, Raytheon
Shree Moorthy, Senior Vice President, Digital Transformation Strategy, Vertex SoftwareLearn moreAll too often, digitalization team members are pulled in many different directions, executing digitalization initiatives in addition to their core jobs. We’ve handpicked this panel of talent specialists who will explain and assess:
- The risks of trying to digitalize your manufacturing operations with part-time task forces.
- What a digital transformation team should look like and what departments should be included.
- How to get support from executive management for a full-time dedicated digitalization team for optimal long-term success.
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2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
FIRESIDE CHAT: Manufacturing Digital Transformation with Impact
Michael Cavaretta, Analytics Executive, Ford
Poonam Gulati, Sr. Principal Consultant, Informatica Advisory ServicesLearn moreThere has never been a greater challenge imposed upon manufacturing and supply chains around the world than the one that exists today. Disruptors such as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and analytics and AI and machine learning are revolutionizing production facilities and manufacturing operations. Smart factories are equipped with advanced sensors, embedded software and robotics that collect and analyze data to allow for better fact based decision making. These innovations are delivering new levels of efficiency and responsiveness to corporate leaders responsible for organizational strategies focused on value and optimized revenue.
Join this fireside-chat to:
- Gain insights on how manufacturers can unlock value creation using impact, speed and scale with automation, predictive maintenance and self-optimization of process improvements
- Create a prescriptive framework to enable business goals, boost productivity, increase business resilience and agility with enabling technologies and data management
- Learn how having the right partner ecosystem can jointly drive the execution and enablement of digital transformation
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2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Panel: Edge Computing vs. Cloud Computing – What’s the Right Mix for Your Smart Factories?
Allen Turner, Remote Analytics Team Leader, International Paper
Jonathan Weiss, Vice President – Emerging Technologies, Software AGLearn moreWhile many manufacturers have successfully migrated data and information to the Cloud, latency and costs, among other factors, have some exploring edge computing. While IT seem to prefer Cloud computing, OT is intrigued by the possibilities of edge computing. What are the pros and cons of each? What other technologies and connectivity are needed to support edge computing on factory floors? What is the optimal mix of Edge vs. Cloud?
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3:30 pm - 3:50 pm
3:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Keynote Case Study: The Art of Connected Work and How it Contributes to Worker Satisfaction and Significant Process Improvements
Ricardo Estok, Global Operations Optimization - Transformation, Goodyear
Learn moreDigital tools enable and empower frontline workers to enhance their productivity, safety and job satisfaction. These tools will ultimately enable manufacturers to operate true digital, paperless factories with completely mobile workforces. Come hear how Goodyear is connecting workers to accelerate onboarding, training, and upskilling
so processes and best practices can be more easily and effectively implemented. In this session you will learn:
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3:50 pm - 3:55 pm
3:50 pm - 3:55 pm
Day 2 Closing Remarks
Learn moreMaureen Azzato, Program Director, Connected Manufacturing Forum
The Drive for a More Connected, Skilled and Agile Manufacturing Workforce
WORLD CLASS CONTENT
Hicham Wazni
VERY INFORMATIVE
and the IoT.”
International Trade Economist
U.S. International Trade Commission
A CLEAR VISION
“I came away from the Connected Manufacturing Forum not just with some new ideas, but with a clearer vision for the future; several well developed and actionable solutions; and a handful of experienced contacts that can move us forward.“
Paul Trelc
Operations Manager
Braincube North America
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