Presentations

Why Lean Remains so Important in the 4.0 Era

Fabien Schmerber

Vice President Operations B&H EMEA
Aptar

Smashing Business Silos with Digital Transformation

Martin Kelman

Global Innovation Director
ATS Applied Tech Systems Ltd

Bridging the Gap between HW Start-ups & Manufacturing Operations

Ori Kaplan

Operations Strategist
FoldiMate (Previously)

L’Oréal Digital Transformation Journey in Manufacturing

Christian Georges

Technical Director
L'Oréal

Cloudifying the Plant: Two Sample Shop Floor Solutions

Plamen Kiradjiev

Global CTO Industrie 4.0, IBM Distinguished Engineer
IBM Germany

IoT Edge Analytics Use Cases - Real Life Examples

Andrea Magnago

Director of International Sales & Partners
Crosser

Expert Paintshop Insights for Optimised Production and Quality Management

Frank Levering, Giorgio Guerrini

CTO, DELMIA EuroMed Sales Representative
Geico Spa, Dassault Systèmes

Leadership and Strategy for Defining and Implementing Processes

Dean Lenane

Managing Director
Fisher Dynamics Europe

Introduction and Implementation of the Datwyler Production System: Pitfalls and Pleasures

Dirk Vander Mierde

Site Director
Datwyler

Transformation – The Success of Continuous Change

Dr Holger Feldhege

COO
Bühler AG

E-APP: The Electrolux Stepping Stone Strategy to Empower Bottom-Up

Emanuele Quarin

Digital Industrial Operations Director EU
Electrolux

An Agile and New Way of Working

Dmitriy Kozlov, Vladimir Stoyakin

Trainer & Coach of Agile Coaches, Transformation Business Partner
Severstal

Putting the Industrial Internet to Work: How to Start, Where to Focus

Ian Williams

Senior Director - Solution Architecture
GE Digital

Excellence in an Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Environment

Josef Kriegmair

Project Management, Production
MTU Aero Engines

Unlocking the Value of Manufacturing Data in the IIOT World

Carsten Bitschkus

Senior MES Consultant
Lighthouse Systems Ltd

When Machines Meet Humans in Global Supply Chain Transformation: Lessons Learned in Implementing AI and Analytics to Enable Better Decision-Making

Matthias Graefe

Director of Supply Chain Transformation, Supply Chain Data Officer, IBM Transformation & Operations
IBM Germany

Smart Manufacturing and its Opportunities

Uwe Küppers

Chairman, EMEA
MESA

Building the Production System through a Developed Lean Programme

Nüket Baran

Production System Engineer Leader
Hugo Boss

The Future Of Manufacturing is Human + Machine In a Connected Worker World

Lawrence Whittle, Joris Stolk

CEO, Manager Maintenance, Utilities and Digital Innovation
Parsable, Heineken

Applying and Refining the Leoni WCS Kaizen Production System

Dr Michael Gawronski

Vice President, Business Segment Enterprise & Industrial Projects
LEONI Fiber Optics GmbH

HoloLens, Smartwatch & Mobility: How Innovation can Increase Quality, Automation and Compliance

Juraj Mojik

Head of Product
Resco

Bringing the Connected Enterprise to Life through Smart Machines and Smart Connected People

Paolo Butti

Director Industry and OEM EMEA
Rockwell Automation

The Kellogg's Works System (KWS): A Process Implemented Across 60 Sites

Rudi Neeckx

Continuous Improvement and Autonomous Maintenance Director
Kellogg Company

Manufacturing Transformation at Beiersdorf

Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Gottschalk

VP SC Strategy and Engineering
Beiersdorf AG

Solving the Industry 4.0 Blind Spot

Sandy Reid

Chief Commercial Officer
Zaptic

Our Journey from Transparency to Intelligence by Applying Industry 4.0 Principles

Angel Garcia Bombin

Data Analytics Project Manager - Industry 4.0
Sonae Arauco

Boosting Productivity with Industrial IoT and AI

Kari Terho

General Manager, Elisa Smart Factory
Elisa

Consumer-Driven Quality

Sabina Krzystolik

Chief Quality Officer
Unilever

Zero-Intervention Production at Novo Nordisk

Morten Just Blangsted

Senior Partner
Valcon

Changing the Future of Manufacturing

Luke Mullins

CEO
Volta

Leadership Through Cultural Diversity

Arturo Galvan

Factory Manager - Chocolate Factory Hamburg
Nestle Germany

Continuous Improvement? Yes Please! Standardisation??? Does Not Ring a Bell...

Damian Baldysz

Virtu Plants Director
Virtu Productions

Zero Defect Manufacturing

Dimitris Kiritsis

Professor, ICT for Sustainable Manufacturing
EPFL

Industry 4.0 @ Datwyler - How to be Future Proof

Dirk Borghs

COO Senior Executive Vice President
Datwyler

Raising the Bar on Operational Improvement: from Focusing on Results to Focusing on Impact

Ewald van Ravenswaay

Partner
Chartwell Consulting

Create a Common Industrial Culture Based on Efficiency Improvement

Hervé Ghesquières

Executive Head of Industrial Efficiency
Prometeon

The Smart Factory Programme in Bridgestone EMEA - Bridgestone’s Journey to a Smart Factory together with Dassault Systèmes

Javier Blanco

Enterprise Architect - Manufacturing
Bridgestone EMEA

Data and System Architecture and Its High Impact on Smart Manufacturing

Josef Kriegmair

Project Management, Production
MTU Aero Engines

Data is Worthless Without Real-Time Insights

Kari Terho

General Manager, Elisa Smart Factory
Elisa

Maintenance 4.0: The Future of Maintenance

Lars Skogmo & Dr Frank Keul

AECOM

Industry 4.0 - How to Develop your Digital Culture

Paul Mairl

Chief Digital Officer
GKN Powder Metallurgy

Surviving and Thriving in Hyper-Competitive Times

Phil McIntyre

Managing Director, Client Development & Marketing
Performance Solutions by Milliken

Enabling Smart Manufacturing through MOM Software

Dr Raffaello Lepratti

VP - MOM Business Development & Marketing
Siemens PLM Software

Product Customization in Mass Production - Innovation of the Series Production with Digital Printing and Laser Techniques

Dr Ralf Zichner

Head of Department Printed Functionalities
Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS

Case Study: Industry 4.0 & Technology Physical and Mental Barriers

Reinhold Gietl

Factory Manager
Pilkington

Lean Strategy Deployment for Engineering to Order Business

Sezin Taskin Koeylueoglu

Lean Program Manager, Business Unit Transmission Products
Siemens Limited China

Setting off in the Right Direction: The Link Between Strategic Goals & Compelling Lean Transformation

Simon Hardiman

Head of Transformation and ACE
UTC Aerospace Systems

To Set Up Manufacturing Excellence in the Way of Working within the Production in the Middle East

Stefan Köhler

Vice President & General Manager (AVI Arabian Vehicles & Trucks Industry Co. Ltd)
Volvo GTO

Does Big Data and Advanced Analytic need MOM?

Uwe Küppers

Chairman
MESA EMEA

Reconfiguring Manufacturing Operations in the Digital Age

Simon Jacobson

VP Research, Supply Chain
Gartner

Factory of the Future - Getting Real ROI from your Digital Factory

Deborah Sherry

Senior VP & Chief Commercial Officer
GE Digital Europe

Flexible Factory and Smart Manufacturing

Ilker Kalali

Head of Industrial Engineering and Smart Manufacturing
Pirelli

Case Studies of Digital Transformations in Process and Aerospace Industries

Dr Nick Miesen`

Managing Director & Co-Founder
JUGAAD Advanced Analytics

A medical device plant journey: from Lean-6 Sigma, through Operational Excellence, to Industry 4.0 vision

Vittorio Morizio

Head of Cardiac Surgery Manufacturing and Supply Chain
LivaNova

Factory 4.0 Approach

Production Director
Thyssenkrupp Norte

Flexibility through Nesting – Solutions for Building the Factory of the Future

Head of Technology, Process and Automation
AECOM

Impact of the Human Machine Interface in a Production Environment

Project Director
MTU Aero Engines

Setting a Roadmap for Manufacturers on the Journey to a Smart Manufacturing Future

Chairman EMEA
MESA

Good, Bad & Ugly of Industry 4.0

Chair Board of Directors
ATS Global BV

Taking Industry 4.0 Activity to the Next Level

Plant Manager
Continental Automotive GmbH

Smart Manufacturing – Preparing for Industry 4.0

VP, MOM Business Development and Marketing,
Siemens PLM Software

Technical Innovation Roadmap – Industry 4.0

Chief Operating Officer
Kitron Group

Effectively Managing Operational Risk while Driving Operational Excellence

Global Practice Leader, Operational Risk Management (ORM),
DuPont Sustainable Solutions

Improving SMART Gas Meter output by 72% in 9 months without CAPEX

Partner
Chartwell Consulting

To Set Up a Manufacturing Excellence Programme and Way of Working within the Production in the Middle East

General Manager AVI (Arabian Vehicle and Trucks Industry)
Volvo and Renault Trucks

Why do so many Organisations get Lean & OpEx Wrong?

CEO
KM&T

The X Factor in Lean Operations

General Manager Production
Omnia

Why did Uniper Decide to Implement Operational Excellence?

Senior Vice President Operational Excellence
Uniper SE

Improving SMART Gas Meter output by 72% in 9 months without CAPEX

Adrian Howe

Chartwell Consulting

What is Driving Your Digital Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Transformation?

Prof. Dr. Carl B. Welker

Blue Palais

Getting a Real and Sustainable Transformation

Cesar Lombarte

OpEx Manager
B.Braun Medical

Organising for Success: Lessons from John Boyd

Dean Lenane

Managing Director Europe
Fisher Dynamics

Impact of the Human Machine Interface in a Production Environment

Josef Kriegmair

Project Director
MTU Aero Engines

Factory 4.0 Approach at Thyssenkrupp Norte

Dr Jesús Mariano Fernández-García

Production Director
Thyssenkrupp Norte

Manufacturing Improvement the Wright Way

Joe Portley

Senior Director Manufacturing
Wright Group

Deployment of OpEx Strategy in a Mature Company - Lessons Learnt

John Pedersen

Head of NBS-Centre
Glencore Nikkelverk

Implementing Lean on a Global Scale: Succeeding through Diversity of Products, Processes and People

Alejandro Tassara & Richard Hainrihar

Global Directors, Luvata Production System
Luvata

Driving to Zero: An Executive Discussion and Case Study on Exceptional Manufacturing Performance

Jordan Workman

Director of NA & EMEA Client Development
Performance Solutions by Milliken

Significant Turnaround of Safety Performance

Michael de Poortere

Global Analytical Technology Center Director
The Dow Chemical Company

Effectively Managing Operational Risks & Driving Operational Excellence

Nicholas Bahr

DuPont

Applying Project Management Techniques to Low-Volume Manufacturing Operations

Nicholas J. Holdcraft

President & COO
GOVECS

How to Develop Employees, and How Employees can Develop your Company

Rafal Biel

Production Manager
Eaton Automotive

Why did Uniper Decide to Implement Operational Excellence?

Nigel Walker

Senior VP Operational Excellence
Uniper

A Case Study of a Digital Journey: Ford Otosan

Sabri Çimen

Director, Product Coordination
Ford Otosan

Taking Industry 4.0 Activity to the Next Level

Sibylle Büttner

Plant Manager
Continental Automotive GmbH

The Toyota Way in the Era of Industry 4.0

Stefano Cortiglioni

Toyota Academy: Business Improvement Director
Toyota Material Handling Europe

The X Factor in Lean Operations

Tjaart Van Den Berg,

General Manager, Production
Omnia

Setting a Roadmap for Manufacturers on the Journey to a Smart Manufacturing Future

Uwe Kueppers

Chairman EMEA
MESA International

Do Not Underestimate your Compressed Air Quality

Yannick Koch & Thorsten Klein

Head of Global Corporate Development & Head of Product Management
Beko Technologies

Industrial Strategy and Transformation in the Aircraft Industry

Sebastian Mueller

Head of Manufacturing Strategy & Exploration
Airbus Group

To Set Up a Manufacturing Excellence Programme and Way of Working within the Production in the Middle East

Stefan Köhler

General Manager AVI
Volvo and Renault Trucks

Technical Innovation Roadmap – Industry 4.0

Israel Losada Salvador

Chief Operating Officer
Kitron Group

Improving Production Technologies through Supplier Collaboration

John M. Walker

Global Director – Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Supply Chain Investments
Mondelēz International

Flexibility through Nesting – Solutions for Building the Factory of the Future

Lars Skogmo,

Head of Technology, Process and Automation, AECOM Dr. Frank Keul, Manager, Research and Development, Process and Automation,
AECOM

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Industry 4.0

Mike James

Chair
ATS Global

Manufacturing Skills - UK Now and Post-Brexit

Dr Patrick McLaughlin

Programme Director: Cranfield Operations Excellence MSc,
Cranfield University

Smart Manufacturing – Preparing for Industry 4.0

Raffaello Lepratti

VP, MOM Business Development and Marketing
Siemens PLM Software