Agenda

Technology
Strategy
Plenary

NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.

Day 1: 14 November 2024

8:00am

Delegate Registration

Foyer

9:00am

Chair's Opening Remarks

Room 1

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company

9:10am

Keynote: The Digital Thread Revolution: Transforming Data Connectivity and Business Integration

Room 1

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company

9:40am

DoD Advanced Manufacturing and Quality Initiatives

Room 1

R Christopher DeLuca, Director, Specialty Engineering USD(R&E)/SE&A, Department of Defense

10:10am

Morning Refreshment Break

Exhibition Hall

10:20am

Morning 121 Meetings

Exhibition Hall

11:20am

Leveraging the Digital Thread to Reduce Risk through Innovation and Collaboration

Room 1

Venkat Vasan, Regional Vice President, North American Center of Excellence, SAP

11:50am

Creating an Organizational Structure that Enables Digital Transformation Success

Room 1

Christine McMonagle, Director Engineering Business Systems, Textron Systems

Collaborative Workshop: Shaping the Future Workforce - Part 1

Room 2

Nathan Hartman, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Director, Digital Enterprise Center, Purdue University

Lisa Deck, Programme Manager, Purdue University

Roxanne Moore, Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:20pm

What Can We Learn from Scandalous Product Failures?

Room 1

Patrick Hillberg, Adjunct Professor, Oakland University

Continued - Collaborative Workshop

Room 2

Nathan Hartman, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Director, Digital Enterprise Center, Purdue University

Lisa Deck, Programme Manager, Purdue University

Roxanne Moore, Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:50pm

Lunch

Exhibition Hall

1:50pm

Roundtables - Choose Your Topic & Get Talking

Room 1

Arumit Garg, Director, PLM & CAD System, Coca Cola

Patrick Hillberg, Adjunct Professor, Oakland University

Alan Mendel, CRO & Chief Strategist, CIMdata

Guillermo Villa, Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Johnson & Johnson

Greg Livelli, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Harvey Performance Company

Natascha French, CMO, VNTANA

2:50pm

Afternoon Refreshment Break

Exhibition Hall

3:05pm

Afternoon 121 Meetings

Exhibition Hall

4:05pm

Panel Discussion: Ask the Tech Experts

Room 1

Nachiket Kasarekar, Director of Customer Success , ESTECO North America Inc

Venkat Vasan, Regional Vice President, North American Center of Excellence, SAP

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company

Tim Sporrer, Regional Sales Manager, 3Dconnexion

Tim Keer, Director, Pre-Sales North America, Aras

4:50pm

Closing Remarks

Room 1

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company

5:00pm

Drinks Reception

Exhibition Hall

Day 2: 15 November 2024

9:00am

Collaborative Workshop: Shaping the Future Workforce – Part 2

Room 2

Nathan Hartman, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Director, Digital Enterprise Center, Purdue University

Lisa Deck, Programme Manager, Purdue University

Roxanne Moore, Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology

10:00am

Opening Remarks

Room 1

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company

10:10am

Unleashing the Power of AI to Transform PLM

Room 1

Jaswinder Walia, CIO Engineering, GE Aviation

10:40am

Morning Refreshment Break

Exhibition Hall

10:55am

Morning 121 Meetings

Exhibition Hall

11:55am

Workforce of the Future: Full Disclosure and Action Plan

Room 1

Nathan Hartman, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Director, Digital Enterprise Center, Purdue University

Lisa Deck, Programme Manager, Purdue University

Roxanne Moore, Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology

12:30pm

Lunch

Exhibition Hall

1:30pm

Roundtables - Choose Your Topic & Get Talking

Room 1

Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO, OpenBOM

Alan Mendel, CRO & Chief Strategist, CIMdata

Guillermo Villa, Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Johnson & Johnson

Greg Livelli, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Harvey Performance Company

2:30pm

Expanding Digital Footprints to Drive Higher Levels of Operational Efficiency

Room 1

Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO, OpenBOM

3:00pm

Don’t Let Change Derail your PLM Transformation

Room 1

Alan Mendel, CRO & Chief Strategist, CIMdata

3:30pm

Panel Discussion: Overcoming Complexity in a Modern Manufacturing World

Room 1

Guillermo Villa, Director, Product Lifecycle Management, Johnson & Johnson

Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO, OpenBOM

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company

Alan Mendel, CRO & Chief Strategist, CIMdata

Greg Livelli, Senior Vice President of Innovation, Harvey Performance Company

4:15pm

Closing Remarks

Room 1

Paul Kaiser, Associated Partner, Head of R&D Transformation, MHP - A Porsche Company