DAY ONE - Thursday, 28th November 2024
08:00 - 08:50
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING
08:50 - 09:00
Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
CIRCLE CHALLENGES
We kick off the summit with our NEW ‘Circle Team Challenges,’ delivered over three separate 25-minute sessions. The sessions consist of 15 tables of 8-10 attendees, including sponsors and industry leaders.
The 15 tables will be labelled with a specific industry challenge. Pre-event, all guests will choose 3 out of the 15 challenges that are most interesting and relevant to them. During each session, the group of like-minded attendees will work together to find a solution and potential business impact.
09:00 - 09:25
Circle Challenge 1
09:30 - 09:55
Circle Challenge 2
10:00 - 10:25
Circle Challenge 3
10:25 - 10:50
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
10:50 - 11:30
HEADLINER PANEL DISCUSSION
Digitization in Manufacturing – Managing your Transformation
MODERATOR
Marcin Golemba
Engineering Director
Reckitt

PANELLISTS
Anthi Tsirogianni
Digital Platform Manager Manufacturing & Maintenance
Coca-Cola

Miguel Arauj
Industrial Director
Riopele

Jose Araujo
Project Manager
BA Glass

11:35 - 12:00
WORKSHOP
Understanding of Business Processes as a Base for Automation
- Process landscape and mapping activities
- Relevant attributes to assess each process step
- Ideation to enhance your process digitalization and automation
- Key parameters for use case prioritization
- Available technologies to support use case execution
Marçal Bosch
Global Head of Process Engineering, Standards and Compliance – Novartis

Meeting session 1
12:05 - 12:30
WORKSHOP
The dichotomy between OT and Cloud security
- IT Resilience in OT environments: different ways to go about implementing resilience mechanisms for OT
- Network segregation and the Purdue model for ICS
- Hardening and traditional IT process limitation in the OT space
- IIoT – Local vs Cloud
Radu Onica,
Principal Information Security Architect – PMI

Meeting session 2
12:35 - 13:00
WORKSHOP
Digital Transformation Strategy for the Global Enterprise - Vision and Opportunities
- Drivers for your digital transformation journey
- Why MES is the foundational element of your operations
- How to align digitalization processes from plant to enterprise, from local to global
- Smart Factory technologies accelerating business growth and opportunities (Cloud, Analytics, AI,…)
Richard Porter
Discrete Industry Lead, GE Vernova

Meeting session 3
13:00 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
14:00 - 14:25
WORKSHOP
Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0
Revolutionizing Maintenance with AI and Smart Technologies
- What is Industry 4.0 means for Reckitt
- Understanding Predictive Maintenance (PdM) as a part of MES
- How Predictive Maintenance Works
- Key Components of Predictive Maintenance
- Benefits of Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0
- Challenges and Solutions
Ewa Kosmowska
IT&D Manager – Reckitt
Marcin Golemba
Engineering Director, Reckitt

Meeting session 4
14:30 - 14:55
WORKSHOP
Program Management as the basis for an ideal digital transformation
- Alignment for Impact – how it’s not about technology but how program management aligns to ensure every effort drives meaningful results.
- Agility in Transformation—Learn how a process-first approach can empower companies to adapt swiftly to changes, minimize risks, and maximize growth potential.
- Scalable Success – a strong approach on people & governance supports sustainable, scalable transformation for lasting competitive advantage.
Sergio Hernandez
Director Pre-Sales
AG Solution

Meeting session 5
15:00 - 15:40
HEADLINER PANEL DISCUSSION
Fragmented Landscape – The Benefits of Improved Data Quality and Analysis
MODERATOR
Ray Ellis
Global Head of AI Security
PMI

PANELLISTS
Paulo Gomez
Data Science Manager
BA Glass

Pedro Conceição
Asset Management & Reliability Director
Sonae Arauco

Connor Calnan
Manufacturing Support Engineer
BASF

15:45 - 16:10
WORKSHOP
Governance - Preventing Shadow AI & Mitigating Risk
- The Critical Role of Data in Manufacturing AI
- The Hidden Costs of Poor Data Quality
- Data Validation and Control Methods
- Building a Secure Data Infrastructure
Ray Ellis
Global Head of AI Security, PMI

Meeting session 6
16:10 - 16:30
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
16:30 - 16:55
WORKSHOP
Make 2030 objectives happen thanks to digitalised energy management
Turn decarbonisation strategy into measurable achievements
Embark the whole company into energy performance
Use data to leverage energy performance
Improve energy performance with existing assets
Vincent Sciandra
CEO
Metron

Meeting session 7
17:00 - 17:25
WORKSHOP
Danone Industry 5.0 Vision
- Industry 5.0 evolution
- Danone Digital Transformation journey
- Role of innovative technologies
Simon Levinson
Global Head Digital Manufacturing Innovation, Danone
Manuel Aguado
Global Digital Manufacturing Manager, Danone

Meeting session 8
17:25 - 17:45
DAY ONE WRAP UP
18:00 - 19:00
DRINKS RECEPTION IN THE ROOF TOP BAR
DAY TWO – Friday, 29th November 2024
08:00 - 08:30
REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING
08:30 - 08:40
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO THE DAY
08:40 - 09:25
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Small group discussions tackling your most critical challenges
TABLE 1: Real Solutions for Real Problems: Efficient Asset Health Monitoring for All Industrial Plants.
Hosted by: Dynamox
TABLE 2: Smart Manufacturing: Navigating the challenges to drive true business value.
Hosted by: Ganesh Kumar Bukka, Vice President & Global Head ITxOT Practice, Hitachi Digital Services
TABLE 3: Empowering Digital Factories: Leveraging Data Management with Informatica and AWS for Effective Digital Twins Integration.
Hosted by: Informatica & AWS
TABLE 4: Digital Transformation Requires More Than Great Software – Empowering Workforce Transformation at Scale
Hosted by: Paolo Braiuca, Industry Principal Pharmaceuticals, Seeq
TABLE 5: Top to Bottom Change: Implementing Systems That Build Organisational Resilience
Hosted by: Ben Passey, Senior Account Executive & Shaber Husein, Senior Account Executive, Safety Culture
TABLE 6: Saving Operational Cost in Tough Times. Best Practice Strategies Exchange
Hosted by: Norman Hartmann, Co-Founder and CEO, Workerbase
TABLE 7: Breaking points why digital transformation programs fail
AG Solution
09:30 - 09:55
WORKSHOP
Listening to End-users: OPC Cloud Initiative to establish the USB connector to the Cloud
OPC is undoubtedly widely used and OPC UA as a common technology between OT and IT people was first introduced in the OT world in 2007. But now the end users are pushing their cloud providers to collaborate on easier interoperability connectivity of their automation solutions to the cloud systems!
In detail, the presentation is about these main topics:
- Which cloud vendors, which end-users are participating
- End users wish for a secure, standardized bidirectional transport of information to cloud providers.
- End users requirement to preserve or retrieve the context of OT information in their cloud solutions.
Stefan Hoppe
President
OPC Foundation

Meeting session 9
10:00 - 10:25
WORKSHOP
Sustainability Accelerating Product Development
Accelerating product development with a focus on sustainability means incorporating eco-friendly practices from concept to end-of-life. This approach requires rethinking traditional processes and aligning them with environmental objectives.
In this workshop, we will develop ideas on how to integrate sustainability into each stage of the product lifecycle.
Considerations:
- Dematerialization
- Optimal Material Selection
- Green Supply Chain Management
- Product Longevity and Efficient Use:
Carlos Gomes
Sustainability and Continuous Improvement Corporate Director
Sodecia

Meeting session 10
10:25 - 10:45
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
10:45 - 11:25
HEADLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
Overcoming IT Challenges to facilitate the Digital Evolution of Manufacturing.
PANELISTS
MODERATOR:
Dimitris Stathopoulos
OT/IT Convergence Manager, Coca-Cola

Pedro Fonseca
Head of Cloud Center of Excellence, Saint-Gobain

George Gouveia
Head of Data Analytics & AI, Solvay

Antonio Araujo
Head of IT & Digital Transformation, Aralab

Ines Cadhila
Head of Digital Division, Lusospace

11:30 - 11:55
WORKSHOP
More coming soon…
Jürgen Friedrich
Industry Leader Manufacturing Industry Europe
DXC

Meeting session 11
12:00 - 12:25
WORKSHOP
Driving Efficiency: Integrated Digital MES/MOM Solutions for Data-Driven Manufacturing at Volvo Cars
- Integration between our PLM – ERP – MES solutions
- How you can collect the Data during the Assembly Process
- Become more data driven and provide the relevant and accurate information to all your employees
Toine Dirvan
Head of Manufacturing Digital
Volvo Cars

Meeting session 12
12:30 - 12:55
WORKSHOP
Industry 4.0 – Adopting the next generation of industrial plants to enable an efficient, automation-driven smart factory!
- Data exchange in technology and processes increases efficiency and product delivery.
- Accelerate your drive towards sustainability through the gathering of real-time data.
Ricardo Rodriguez
Head of Digital Transformation, BorgWarner

Meeting session 13
13:00 - 13:25
WORKSHOP
Safe Integration of the Network of Systems, Applications, Tools, and Resources to Drive Efficiency
Murad Somani
Digital & Technology Head, N Europe
Haleon

Meeting session 14
13:30 - 14:30
FAREWELL LUNCH
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