This is a draft agenda and is subject to change.
DAY ONE – Wednesday, 28th September 2022
08.00
REGISTRATION and REFRESHMENTS
08.50
Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00
OPENING KEYNOTE
Addressing the New Socio-Economic Landscape: What Are the Impacts of Digitalisation & What Are the Main Operational Challenges and Opportunities?
- Overview of the consequences, opportunities and challenges
- How to overcome the lack of Supply Chain?
- Embracing more remote business models
- The benefits of IoT and Predictive Maintenance investments
Josef Stenman, Global Director of Manufacturing Technology, Volvo Group

09.30
PANEL DISCUSSION:
The Convergence of Sustainability, Innovation & IoT for Success
- Identifying current threats and increasing connectivity and cooperation
- Transforming raw data into valuable and actionable insights to make informed & intelligent decisions
- How can we leverage technology to drive true sustainable impact for businesses whilst also providing a meaningful experience to end consumers?
- How this enables manufacturers and products designers to build more customer-centric product roadmaps and drive innovation
- The regulations affecting business models in the European market
10:10
MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK
PRE-SCHEDULED 1-2-1 MEETINGS
11.25
Hosted Roundtables
Small group discussions tackling your most pressing challenges. Take your pick from the following - more coming soon!
TABLE ONE
Supply Chain Digitisation to Meet the Ever-Changing Demands of the Consumer
TABLE TWO
How would you define ‘meaningful sustainability’?
TABLE THREE
IoT in the post-covid age: driving digital transformation at high speed to adapt to the disruptions of the global pandemic
Let Monica know if you would like to host a table – monica@intrinsic-communications.com
12:25
CASE STUDY
Successful Road of IoT Deployment
· How to define beneficial activities?
· The non-achievement of RoI of IoT projects
· Why do most projects stay at the Proof-of-Concept stage?
· New skillset and responsibilities shift requirement to success with IoT
· Examples of meaningful/beneficial IoT deployments
Adam Zawadzki, Innovations Senior Project Leader, Toyota Motor Europe

12:55
CASE STUDY
Closing the Loop with Digital Twin Technology to Transform the Entire Value Chain and Gaining Competitive Advantages
- What are main benefits of adopting and integrating this technology?
- Accurately forecasting the future of physical assets and setting new standards
- Collecting data from manufacturing, maintenance, operations and operating environments
- Analytics to detect anomalies in the system and maximise performance for long-term planning
- What are the limitations associated with previous models? – AI and machine learning
13:25
NETWORKING LUNCH
14:25
PANEL DISCUSSION
What do New Technologies Hold for the Next Iteration of IIoT and Which Will See in 2022 and Beyond?
- The present and future of Smart Factories
- Top 5 technologies spreading further across the value chain
- Business Models VS Regulations
- What technologies are in the market and when should be expected to be implemented in real-life case studies?
- What new challenges these technologies will present?
Gustavo Cabral, Global Digital Lead for Operations, Olam Food Ingredients

15:05
CASE STUDY
Cyber Security: How to Scale Your Capabilities Quickly as Hybrid Work Models Mature and Become the Norm?
- Current trends on the shift to remote work during the COVID-19
- How to protect your critical infrastructure
- How companies are planning to increase security in their business models?
- The technologies they are relying on to secure their hybrid infrastructure
- Expansion of IoT devices and IoT attacks: What new challenges does IoT bring in this area?
Romeo Ayemele Djeujo, Global Lead Enterprise Cloud and IoT Security, Corporate Security, Carl Zeiss Group

15:35
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK
PRE-SCHEDULED 1-2-1 MEETINGS
16.50
HOSTED ROUNDTABLES
Small group discussions tackling your most pressing challenges. Take your pick from the following - more coming soon!
TABLE ONE
Considerations associated with any large technology investment: the irrecoverable cost of the project and the uncertainty about the value returned
HOST: Adam Zawadzki, Innovations Senior Project Leader at Toyota Motor Europe
TABLE TWO
How Do You Find, Foster & Maintain the Right Talent in Digital new roles?
TABLE THREE
What are the main barriers to IIoT adoption, and how can they be overcome?
Let Monica know if you would like to host a table – monica@intrinsic-communications.com
17.00
END OF DAY ONE | DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY TWO – Thursday, 29th September 2022
08.00
REGISTRATION and REFRESHMENTS
08.50
Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
09.00
OPENING KEYNOTE
Interoperability Between Systems While Lowering Cost and Increasing Safety
- How IoT can help companies to make direct cost savings and increase revenues
- Process Related Information: Linking technical process data coming from different processes
- Confidentiality and the limitation of the outputs of the combined information
- The huge potential for the exchange of Information
09.30
CASE STUDY
What are the leading technologies for electrification & how it is changing the industry?
- Who are the different players and what role do they play in the value chain?
- Renewable energy and the facilitation of rapid, cost-effective electrification across industries
- Challenges and difficulties adjusting to rapidly changing technology
- Has technology overtaken regulation as a stronger driver of industry progress toward a low-carbon energy future?
10:00
MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK
PRE-SCHEDULED 1-2-1 MEETINGS
11:15
HOSTED ROUNDTABLES
Small group discussions tackling your most pressing challenges. Take your pick from below - more added soon!
TABLE ONE
Process Related Information: How this is going to translate into an early production and different scenarios?
TABLE TWO
Effective process change management for the IIoT
TABLE THREE
Increasing Transparency and Information Flow across the Value Chain through IoT Tech
Let Monica know if you would like to host a table – monica@intrinsic-communications.com
12:15
CASE STUDY
Manufacturing 4.0 – Exploring a Real-Time Business Case Study
- What are the benefits that real-time data brings for organisations?
- The holistic data approach: connecting the data across functions and teams
- Why is this a better approach than the traditional methods of data collection?
- Analysis and integration
Irma Kahn, Digital Operations Division Manager, Caterpillar

12.45
NETWORKING LUNCH
13:45
CASE STUDY
Creating Private 5G Networks for Business to Speed Digital Change.
- What are the real benefits of this technology and what does it bring to companies?
- Traceability & Connectivity to increase visibility in real-time
- Applying analytical techniques using Artificial Intelligence to boost growth
- How much effort and cost will require to integrate and implement 5G? Is it adequate and worth it for any company size?
14:15
HOSTED ROUNDTABLES
Small group discussions tackling your most pressing challenges. Take your pick from below - more added soon!
TABLE ONE
Helping companies understand what to do next and what direction to take
TABLE TWO
The importance of device management in IIoT
TABLE THREE
Future trends brought about by 5G
Let Monica know if you would like to host a table – monica@intrinsic-communications.com
15:15
CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION
The Challenge of Addressing Sustainable Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
- What is the social, environmental & economic impact addressing these 3 at the same time?
- Obstacles companies encounter when trying to deploy Industry 4.0