CEO of IoTDisruptions, USA

Sudha Jamthe is the CEO of IoTDisruptions.com and a globally recognized Technology Futurist with a 20 year mix of entrepreneurial, academic and operational experience from eBay, PayPal and GTE.

She is the author of 6 books and teaches IoT, AI and Autonomous Vehicles business courses at Stanford Continuing Studies and at DriverlessWorldSchool.com. She enjoys mentoring cities and industry leaders to build Mobility Infrastructure and new business transformations using data to get ready for Autonomous Vehicles. She is the chair of the strategic advisory board for Barcelona Technology School and an Ambassador for FundingBox Impact Connected Cars (Europe H2020) Community. She is a champion of STEM programs and Girls Who Code. Jamthe has an MBA from Boston University and B.S Computer Science Engineering from Madras University.

Session: Driving the Future of Autonomous Vehicles With Data

Autonomous Vehicles are powered by Computer Vision trained using road data. Data inside the car connects the vehicles using three digital twins for car parts, for in-car experience and for passenger agency intra-car. How does data power the future of Autonomous Vehicles? With 5G, data gets mobility to move from the edge of vehicle ECUs to the cloud and to connect Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) to city, dealers, retailer, parking lots and more. This creates a world of opportunity with new business models, shared experience and brings with it challenges of privacy and bias in data impacting entire populations.

In this session, come find out what is the best practice evolving in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystem today covering:

1. ethical datasets to train autonomous vehicles to get to level 5
2. sharing data across partnerships with compliance to data regulation by privacy by design and
3. trade-offs between storage and mobility of data to manage cost of data to drive business outcomes.

Get ready for the future of autonomous vehicles by getting ready for the future of the business of data.

Learning outcomes:

• Learn about data in-car, intra-car and their applications.
• Get a detailed understanding of the evolving AV global ecosystem and value chain.
• Learn about the cost of data and the trade-off best practices in industry.
• Clarity on how the audience can pivot their careers to AV space.

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Founder & Director of Cyber Awareness & Research Foundation, India

Kanishk is a Management Consultant, Social Entrepreneur specializing in areas of Innovation, Business Transformation and Growth.

He has advised Business leaders CEO, Chief Strategy and Innovation Leaders in emerging markets driving the implementation of agreed strategies and initiatives to grow business manifold, expand in new markets and improve top, bottom line growth.

He has been an anchor for a number of key relationships and advised clients on Strategic Direction, Go to Market Strategy, Cyber Security, Technology Strategy across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa.

A British Chevening Commonwealth Fellow, Kanishk has undergone Leadership Training at United Kingdom’s prestigious Royal Military College of Science ( Shrivenham Defence Academy )

In a career spanning 12 years, Kanishk has held leadership roles with Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY) and Synopsis Inc. where he served as Chief of Staff, Director Consulting and Strategy Advisor to CXO’s /Business leaders in the Emerging Markets and holding P&L responsibility for Advisory Business focused on Digital Transformation , Technology Strategy.

A MBA graduate in Strategic Management from Management Development Institute , Gurgaon .He is a distinguished and active alumnus of the Institute. He is currently pursuing his PHD in Emerging Technology led transformation from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.

He was invited to present his perspectives on the Future of Technology ” to the top 100 CIOs in India as part of Economic Times Summit in 2020 . He has also been invited to speak at TedX in the year 2019 and 2020 on “Managing Happiness in Industry 4.0 Era” and “Human Dimension of Cyber”.

He has been visiting faculty at leading Business Schools ( IIM’s, MDI,FSM ) and speaker at Chamber of Commerce ( ASSOCHAM, CII, FICCI) with his thought leadership work published in Business reports, Newspapers, Technology/ Business Journals.

For his work in innovation, leadership and Cyber Security Kanishk has been awarded the ‘Chevening Commonwealth Fellowship by U.K Foreign Commonwealth Office’ . His work on India-U.K partnership has often been cited by British Ambassador, Diplomats in global heads of government meet.

Kanishk strongly believes in promoting Safety of Women and Children in Digital Space . He has co-founded “India Future Foundation “, a Think Tank which promotes online safety of women and Children ,work towards prevention of Cyber Crime, Create Awareness in Society about emerging internet based threats and lead action while collaborating with Governments , Enterprises and Start-up’s.

Session: Future of Work Collaboration post pandemic

Opportunities for Small and Medium Business Enterprises to leverage Digital Technologies

In this session I will cover how emerging technologies (AI, ML, AR, VR, Cloud , Analytics) can be used by SME’s to power their growth .Key tools and technologies available at affordable rates for SME’s to leverage. How Digital interfaces can be used to attract more customers to SME’s business . How strong online presence can help in redefining growth for mid and small size companies . How emerging technologies can help in automating workflows for organizations.

Learning outcomes:

• Using Digital Marketing tools SME can use to multiply growth
• Business Process automation possible for SME using open source tools
• How SME’s redefine Digital Strategy for better outcomes and lead generation
• How emerging tech can be used to power SME ( AI, ML, AR, VR, Cloud , Analytics)

Additional information and Smart Industry & Digital Factory Technology Conference programme – here

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Data & AI architect at Microsoft, USA

James Serra is a big data and data warehousing solution architect at Microsoft. He is a thought leader in the use and application of Big Data and advanced analytics. Previously, James was an independent consultant working as a Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence architect and developer. He is a prior SQL Server MVP with over 35 years of IT experience. James is a popular blogger (JamesSerra.com) and speaker. He is the author of the book “Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012”.

Session: Azure Synapse Analytics: A Data Lakehouse

Azure Synapse Analytics is Azure SQL Data Warehouse evolved: a limitless analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics into a single service. It gives you the freedom to query data on your terms, using either serverless on-demand or provisioned resources, at scale. Azure Synapse brings these two worlds together with a unified experience to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate business intelligence and machine learning needs. In this presentation, I’ll talk about the new products and features that make up Azure Synapse Analytics and how it fits in a modern data warehouse, as well as provide demonstrations.

Learning outcomes:

• Know the use case of Azure Synapse
• Know enough to get started with hands-on
• Know the major features
• How to use it in a modern data warehouse

Additional information and Smart Industry & Digital Factory Technology Conference programme – here

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Consultant, technological influencer at Salvador Marín, Spain

Salvador Marín i Montero. Technological influencer and Industry 4.0 evangelist.

Studies:

• Mechanical engineering degree in UPC Barcelona, Spain.
• Master’s degree in Industry 4.0 in SEAS institute, Zaragoza, Spain.

Career:

30 years as a mechanical design engineer in several subsidiaries industries for the main technological groups, such as: Volkswagen Group, Airbus, Alstom, etc.

Working in many industrial sectors, such as: Automotive, railway, aeronautics, food and beverage, industrial machinery, and energy.

After 30 years of an engineering career, now Mr. Marín is dedicated to consulting, analyzing, and promoting solutions about Industry 4.0.

Also, he is writing regularly on his blog about technology trends in industry 4.0 nowadays.

Session: Proposal of design of an extended MES system with digital twin.

Proposal for an industrial plant simulation platform.

By combining technologies such as digital twins, 3D plant scanning, connection to MES and ERP production management systems, 5G communication and visual recognition system with artificial intelligence, it is possible to propose the design and implementation of software Low-cost SaaS for small and medium-sized companies that want to update their production systems.

Learning outcomes:

• In this session, participants will propose a combination of MES and digital twin software.

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Channel Manager Central and Eastern Europe at GE Digital, Germany

Thomas Schulz studied mechanical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology. During his various roles in different companies he has acquired in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in digital transformation projects in manufacturing and process industry. Since January 2010 he is responsible for the ecosystem in the German speaking region (D-A-CH) as well as Central and Eastern Europe in the GE Digital division at General Electric (GE).

As a long-standing, active member of the German platform Industry 4.0, he is author and co-author of numerous publications, e.g. the Reference Architecture Model Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0). As Editor of two Industry 4.0 technical books, Thomas Schulz, along with 50 other top-class authors, summarizes recognized specialist knowledge and practical applications in order to make the knowledge base of digitization in industry easier for the reader.

Session: Analytics in Smart Manufacturing and Increasing performance and productivity with AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for industry 4.0-based applications

In addition to the availability of generated data, technical expertise, domain knowledge and system know-how are of crucial importance for the successful use of AI algorithms. Forecasting and what-if analysis uses scenario analysis and planning to help manufacturing operations achieve the best outcomes for their businesses. These solutions utilize sophisticated digital twin models to drive planning scenarios that reflect plant and actual site performance.

Learning outcomes:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Smart Factories
• Analytics software solution-development environment
• Five Smart Capabilities for Smart Manufacturing
• Customer use cases and outcome

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Head of Lean and Smart Factory at Hilti Ag, Switzerland

I graduated in Production Engineering (UFMG/ Brazil) with a Master degree in Economical Engineering (TU Chemnitz/ Germany), specialization in Logistics (FEI/ Brazil) and multiple language speaking (Portuguese, English, German and Spanish).

With over 10 years of experience in business process improvements, Worked with different industries (automotive, aeronautic, consumer goods, food and construction – some of my projects included Volkswagen, MAN, Fiat, Navistar, Embraer, Mead Johnson and Whirlpool), countries and cultures (Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela) within the themes of supply chain, logistics, production, planning and administrative areas. While executing on site projects I achieved significant cost, quality and service level improvements.

Today, I work as head of Lean and Smart Factory, I am responsible to drive the overall operational excellence within Hilti’s manufacturing organization (Plant Schaan as leading Plant) and also to provide leadership and guidance on Smart Factory topics (e.g. industry 4.0 / digitalization) as part of Plant strategy to outperform.

Session: Implementation of Smart Manufacturing

From individual use cases to a transformation journey

Smart manufacturing Framework: Connectivity, Transparency, Predictability and Adaptability
Use cases stage gates and maturity level
Smart manufacturing Vision and Road map
PMO structure
Prioritization and focus
The Journey to digital manufacturing

Learning outcomes:

• Start with a use case
• Scaling up use cases
• Translation of vision into initiatives
• Focus: how to implement a digital manufacturing

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Founder at CodeData, USA

— Founder & Chief Architect, Digital Transformation Leader in manufacturing supply chain @CodeData

— 28 years building large-scale enterprise distributed systems – on-premise/edge/multi-cloud, using Java, Python, AI, Advanced Analytics and NoSQL technologies – consistently enabling revenue and profit growth through strategy and leadership

— Direct multi-million dollar implementations at Fortune 500 clients; Strategic advisor to COO’s on Connected Field Service and Asset Performance Management

Session: AI for Manufacturing

1. Current adoption of AI in Manufacturing
2. Biggest hurdles in adoption
3. Where AI for Manufacturing is headed

Learning outcomes:

• Real use cases on AI adoption in manufacturing
• Challenges in AI for Manufacturing
• What is working for AI in Manufacturing and What’s not

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CEO/President at IdeaXplorer Global, Republic of Korea

Professor, Startup Advisor, TEDxSpeaker, WSJ & Forbes Contributor. Dr. Reagan is the former Vice Dean and Technology Studies Chair at Endicott College of International Studies in South Korea. He previously served as Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Deloitte with revenue of $34B, over 210,000 employees and operating in more than 150 countries.

Session: Korea 2030 and the New Digital Untact Economy

This session will explore South Korea’s plans for developing ‘Untact’ digital technologies for the Post-Pandemic Economy. The core of this strategy is to establish a lead in technologies that reduce the need for person-to-person interaction. Pledging to create 550,000 new jobs, the plan envisions investments in remote work systems for 160,000 companies, a high-speed internet infrastructure to connect 1,300 farming and fishing villages, and tablet PCs for 240,000 students. The strategy also calls for further investment in robots, drones, self-driving vehicles, and other technologies that will reduce the need for person-to-person contact. In this talk, key drivers and technologies will be highlighted including their practical use in the future.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the Untact Economy and its drivers
• Learn how South Korea is developing technologies for the Untact Economy of the future

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Chairman at MiyoTA, Malaysia

With 20 years of experience in Test & Measurement, software development / simulation / design tools, Industrial Automation & IoT (Internet of Things), James held various technical roles as Applications Engineer & later Field Support Engineer at National Instruments & Agilent Technologies. During his career, James had conducted various technical training, workshops and appeared as speaker at conferences such as TEDx. He is the founder & principal consultant for IoT Labs – an IoT consultancy & integration services firm. James is also the current president of MyIoTA (Malaysia Internet-of-Things Association), which was established in 2016 to drive the growth of the IoT ecosystem in the region, and to promote IoT applications as solutions to problems by both enterprises and the public at large. MyIoTA is a permanent member of the National 5G Taskforce Working Group, contributor to the National Industry 4.0 Policy Framework, and a member of the National eCommerce Roadmap Technology Adoption.

Session:  IoT, AI & 5G Amalgamation

IoT Empowering 5G & AI Applications

The Fourth Industrial Revolution leverage of the great speed & depth of many emerging technologies coming together. With IoT, we can connect, collect & communicate with “things”. With AI, we can analyze, learn & automate the massive amount of data collected through IoT. With 5G providing the global connectivity, bandwidth & low level latency needed to achieve high performance requirements needed to make accurate & fast control be it in autonomous vehicles, smart manufacturing, healthcare & digital logistics.

Learning Outcomes:

•  IoT definition
• 5G Connected World
•  Industry 4.0 vs Fourth Industrial Revolution

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CEO & Co-Founder at iConsulto Tech Private Limited, India

Session: Quick introduction of Industrial revolutions. Driver for industry 4.0. Components of industry 4.0. Simple definition and explanation of each component. How each component is going to play a role in industry 4.0. iR3 vs iR4. Applicability and advantages of industry 4.0 at different levels of organization. Automation architecture of iR4 vs iR3. iR4 Challenges.

Roadmap to implement Industry 4.0

How to prepare roadmap to implement Industry 4.0 phase wise? Starting with a pilot project. How to identify pilot projects and formation of subject matter expertise. How to make a financial business case.

Learning outcomes:

• Brief understanding of Industry 4.0 Components
• How to step first for iR4 implementation
• Business case
• Cyber physical system working Principle

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