Following is the schedule for the Forum. All times are CET (Central European Time).
Monday, May 6
| 10:00 | Digital Transformation Council Meeting Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC | UniversalAutomation Annual Membership Assembly Greg Boucaud, UniversalAutomation.org | |
| 12:00 | Welcome Reception and Registration | ||
| 13:00 | Keynote The ARC Analyst View: Can We Achieve Sustainable Growth? Florian Güldner, ARC | ||
| 13:30 | Keynote Are the Robots and AI Coming for Our Jobs? Separating Fact from Fiction about Automation and the Workforce Prabhu Soundarrajan, ISA | ||
| 14:00 | Networking Break | ||
| 15:00 | Future Automation Architectures Everything Software-Defined: The Future of Automation Architectures David Humphrey, ARC From Concept to Production: Launching the First Virtual PLC at AUDI Oliver Narr, Siemens | Sustainability and Decarbonization Where Is the Sustainability in Process and Safety Instrumentation? Peter Kwaspen, Shell SiGREEN - Unlocking the Power of Product Carbon Footprints from Reporting to Competitive Advantage Florian Albrecht, Siemens Achieving Sustainability Goals with Automation Prabhu Soundarrajan, ISA | Discover UniversalAutomation.org Projects, Use Cases, and Products (open-door session) Moderator: Greg Boucaud, Universal Automation.org Forum participants can meet experts from UAO member companies to discover and discuss current projects, possible use cases and product innovations from the organization’s ecosystem. |
| 17:00 | Innovation Corner | ||
| 18:30 | |||
| 19:00 | Evening Reception | ||
Tuesday, May 7
| 8:00 | Registration and Morning Coffee | ||
| 9:00 | Keynote The Future of Automation at Nestlé Danilo De Faria, Nestlé | ||
| 9:30 | Keynote View from the City: How Financial Analysts View Automation Markets Andre Kukhnin, UBS | ||
| 10:00 | Networking Break | ||
| 10:30 | Cybersecurity Moderator: Thomas Menze, ARC How Is APL Changing Industrial OT Security Karl-Heinz Niemann, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover Panel: CRA and NIS2 Michael Metzler, Siemens Amit Verma, ExxonMobil | Digital Services Moderator: Alexey Grechko, ARC From Concept to Customer: Accelerating Digital Service Deployment with Platform Solutions Patric Scholz, FLECS Technologies Exploiting the Potential of Safety Lifcecycle Digitalization Marco Turdo, HIMA Group How to Reduce Energy Consumption and Get to Net Zero Faster – In a Simple, Fast and Affordable Way Elia Diaz Vazquez, RS Industria The Path to a Downtime-free Future in the New and Complex Energy Landscape Natasha Nelson, Schneider Electric Virtual Commissioning as a Booster for Interdisciplinary Collaboration Michael Schaaf, SIG Combibloc Systems | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 | Industrial Data Management Moderator: Stefan Miksch, ARC From HART to Cloud: Providing Meaningful Data from Existing Field Instrumentation Sven Giesecke, CodeWrights Leveraging AI Tools for Optimizing Industrial Data William Graham, HubHead Panel: William Graham, HubHead Mathieu Cura, Optimistik Andreas Faath, VDMA | Open Process Automation Moderator: Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC Dominic de Kerf, Cargill Mohan Kalyanaraman, ExxonMobil Jacco Opmeer, Shell Pieter Nijdam, Waternet Antoon Tuerlings, Yokogawa (for BASF) | |
| 14:30 | Networking Break | ||
| 15:30 | Industrial Communications Moderator: David Humphrey, ARC Ethernet-APL Update: Trends in 2-Wire-Ethernet for Process Automation Karl-Heinz Niemann, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover Building the Future of Industrial Communications with OPC UA Peter Lutz, OPC Foundation | AI in Automation Moderator: Fabian Wanke, ARC Panel George Hancock & Ivan Scattergood, Octaipipe Boris Scharinger, Siemens Nicolas Spiegl, UReason Sathyamurthy Sundaram, Voith | OPAF Workshop Moderators: Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC Mohan Kalyanaraman, ExxonMobil Don Bartusiak, COPA David McCall, Intel Luciano Botto, Nova SMAR Ravindra Jagasia, R.STAHL Domenico Napoli, Schneider Electric |
| 17:00 | Networking Break | ||
| 17:30 | Plenary Discussion Co-Existence of New Technologies: MTP, NOA, OPA, UAO Moderator: Florian Güldner, ARC Panel: Franco Cavadini, Gr3n Sølve Raaen, Kongsberg Jacco Opmeer, Shell Andreas Faath, VDMA Sathyamurthy Sundaram, Voith | ||
| 18:30 | |||
| 19:00 | Evening Reception | ||
Wednesday, May 8
| 8:00 | Registration and Morning Coffee | ||
| 9:00 | Keynote Living in the Digital Decade: Half-time Reflections on Digital Transformation in Industry Andreas Geiss, Senior Advisor | ||
| 9:30 | Keynote How Nova Industria Brasil Is Helping the Sugar-Energy and Biofuels Sector with Digital Transformation Libanio Carlos de Souza, Vice President, CEISE Br - The National Center for Industries in the Sugar-Energy and Biofuels Sector | ||
| 10:00 | Networking Break | ||
| 10:30 | MES Success Stories Moderator: Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC The Digital Thread and the New MESA Model Enables Utilization of Flexible MOM and AI for Digital Services Uwe Kueppers, MESA Value Chain Optimization Case Study: Vulcan Mozambique Charl Marais, 4Sight Optimisation | Asset Management Moderator: Constanze Schmitz, ARC Unleashing Brownfield for the Future: Achieving Efficient Digitalization in the Process Industries Adoni Gonzalo, Siemens Digitzing Brownfield: Coping with the Past or Opportunity for the Future? Martin Mayer, Zeta Connecting People, Process and Technology for a Successful APM Implementation Johan Ferket, Stork Elevating Asset Management, Leveraging Digital Tools and Change Management to Enhance Reliability Anastasia Zisidou, Dow Panel: Anastasia Zisidou, Dow Adoni Gonzalo, Siemens Johan Ferket, Stork Martin Mayer, Zeta | O-PAS: The Standard of Standards & Industry 4.0 Moderator: Luciano Botto & Libanio Carlos de Souza, Nova SMAR This practical experience is limited to 20 participants to ensure an efficient, hands-on experience session for all. Contributing companies: Coalition for Open Process Automation (COPA) Collaborative Systems Integration (CSI) ExxonMobil Nova SMAR R. Stahl The Open Group |
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 | Forum Ends | ||