Agenda

Agenda

Following is the preliminary schedule for the Forum. Times and sessions are subject to change. All times are CET (Central European Time).

Monday, May 15
12:30 - 15:00    Annual Membership Assembly
UniversalAutomation.org**
Host: Gregory Baucaud, UniversalAutomation.org
15:00 - 17:00 Digital Transformation Council Meeting*
Host: Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC
17:30

Welcome Reception (Hotel Lobby)

*If you are a technology end user, we encourage you to join the Digital Transformation Council and register as a DTC Member. DTC is an end user only community. For more information on the DTC, please visit Digital Transformation Council .

**If you are a member of the UniversalAutomation.org annual assembly, we encourage you to join.

Tuesday, May 16
8:00 Registration and Morning Coffee/Tea
8:30 Welcome Address
Florian Güldner, GM ARC Europe
8:40 -10:10 Keynote 1:
Insight in Shell’s “Asset of the Future” Strategy and How Digital Information from Instrumentation Asset Management Systems Supports

Peter Kwaspen, Shell
Keynote 2:
Realizing the Economic Benefit of Green Hydrogen and Optimized Production Operations

Jean-Maurice Gimet, Hynamics (EDF Group)
Ruediger Franke, ABB
Keynote 3:
IEC 61499 Universal Automation for the Chemical Recycling Industry

Franco A. Cavadini, Gr3n
10:10 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 - 12:00 Track Session:
Open Process Automation Trends and Developments

Host: Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC

Speakers:
Dominic de Kerf, Cargill
Mohan Kalyanaraman, ExxonMobil
Jacco Opmeer, Shell

Panelist:
Luis Duran, ABB
Track Session:
Additive Manufacturing

Host: Fabian Wanke, ARC

Panelists: 
François Minec, HP 
Alexandre Schäfer, J.A.M.E.S
Leon Xu, FARSOON Europe GmbH 
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Dasbach, VDMA
Seminario en Español:
Workshop 1

Hosts: Thomas Menze, ARC
Christine Oro Saavedra, NAMUR

Bienvenida y preparación

Seminario de best practice:
Aplicaciones farmacéuticas. ¿Cómo mejorar la construcción justo a tiempo?
12:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Track Session: Industrial Communications
Host: David Humphrey, ARC

OPC UA Scaling from APL Field Level to Edge, Cloud into Digital Twin and the Metaverse
Stefan Hoppe, OPC Foundation

Smart Instrument Fleets with Ethernet-APL in the Field of Process Plants
Andreas Hennecke, Pepperl+Fuchs

How TSN Delivers Benefits to Industrial Automation
John Browett, CLPA
Track Session:
MESA

Hosts: Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC
Michel Devos, MESA

How the New MESA Model Provides a Guideline on Your Digital Transformation Based on the Example of Sustainability
Uwe Küppers, MESA EMEA

Digital Transformation in the Lab with Automation of Analytics
Reinhard Felsberg, NN

Extended Reality (XR) for Industry
Josh Paddy, Scibotron
Seminario en Español:
Workshop 2

Hosts: Thomas Menze, ARC
Christine Oro Saavedra, NAMUR

Investigación:
Digitalización de la automatización en España - Situación actual.

Seminario:
Tendencias de automatización digital disponibles en aplicaciones farmacéuticas para mejorar la eficiencia de la planta
14:30 Coffee/Tea Break
15:00 - 16:30 Track Session:
Future Automation Architecture

Host: David Humphrey, ARC

Speakers:
Dr. Henning Loeser, Audi
Dr. Philip Ketterer, SDA
Samuel Greising, FLECS Technologies
Patrik Hug, Codesys
Luis Duran, ABB
Anand Srinivas, VMware
Track Session:
Sustainability as a Business Strategy

Host: Naresh Surepelly, ARC

Energy Optimisation in Heavy Industry with Data Analytics
Florian Zittmayr, Wienerberger
Manfred Kügel, SAS

Sustainable Automation: Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Responsibility
Prabhu Soundarrajan, ISA

The Future of Industrial Operations: Do We All Meet in the Metaverse?
Dr. Matthias Oppelt, Siemens

NN
Florian Zittmayr, Wienerberger
Manfred Kügel, SAS
Seminario en Español:
Concepto: Ciber Inmunidad

Hosts: Thomas Menze, ARC
Christine Oro Saavedra, NAMUR

Seminario: Cyber Security Discusión - Nuevo concepto de ciberinmunidad inventado por Kaspersky
16:30 - 17:00 MTP and Modular Automation: Recommendations from Spanish Track

Speakers:
Thomas Menze, ARC
Christine Oro Saavedra, NAMUR
Innovation Corner
(Standing Event in Exhibition Area)
Wednesday, May 17

8:00 Registration and Morning Coffee/Tea
8:30 Welcome Address
Florian Güldner, GM ARC Europe
8:40 - 10:10 Keynote 1:
Digital Manufacturing Platform: A Journey

Gabriel Gonzalez-Alonso, ZF Group
Keynote 2:
Revolutionizing Production: Audi’s Edge Cloud Approach

Dr. Henning Loeser, Audi AG
Keynote 3:
Cybersecurity Advisory Framework: How the New European CS Law Will Impact Industry

Jens Wiesner, BSI
10:10 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 - 12:00 Track Session:
Cybersecurity for Digitalization and Sustainability
Hosts: Thomas Menze, ARC Bert De Wilde, ExxonMobil

Attack Detection in Operation.
Implementation of NAMUR AK4.18 Recommendations

Dr. Ragnar Schierholz, ABB

Cybersecurity as a Service in a Showcase, Attack Detection
Klaus Mochalski, Rhebo

Secure Remote Access
Mark Edge, Cyolo Security

Panelist:
NN, Siemens
Track Session:
AI and Machine Learning

Host: Florian Güldner, ARC

Speakers:
Michael Hoff, ai.dopt
Dr. Daniel Klein, Siemens Paco Masip, Air Products
Viacheslav Gromov, AITAD
Claus Botzenhardt , Multivac
12:00 Lunch
13:00 View from the City: Can IIoT Be Monetised Successfully? PLC Virtualisation: Threat or Opportunity?
Andre Kukhnin, Credit Suisse with David Humphrey, ARC
13:30 - 15:00 Track Session:
Cool Robotics Innovations
Host: Fabian Wanke

Speakers:
Matthias Gronstedt, HHLA Sky
NN, drag&bot
Thomas Dasbach, VDMA
Dr. Uwe Köcher, LSBG
Martin Naumann, drag&bot
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Dasbach, VDMA
Track Session:
Digital Twins

Host: Stefan Miksch, ARC

Speakers:
Josef Waltl, SDA
Jan Metzner, AWS
Rüdiger Ammann, ZF Group
Robert Szukalski, SDA
Jan Metzner, AWS
Bart Moors, Siemens
Workshop: Open Process Automation

Hosts: Mohan Kalyanaraman, OPAF (ExxonMobil)
Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC

Vendor Demos:
Luis Duran, ABB
Victor Teixeira de Carvalho Halfeld, SMAR
Ravindra Jagasia, Stahl
Gazi Asadullah, Phoenix Contact
Bob Hagenau, CPLANE
Luciano Botto, SMAR
Ravindra Jagasia, Stahl
Gazi Asadullah, Phoenix Contact
Bob Hagenau, CPLANE
Marilyn Basanta, VMware

Live Demo:
Mohan Kalyanaraman & Dave Emerson, Yokogawa
Jacco Opmeer, Shell
Hide Sawahara
Jacob Thate, Yokogawa

Panel Discussion:
Open Group Members
15:00 Coffee/Tea Break
15:30 - 16:30 Plenary Session: Operations Management

Data-Driven Plant Operations at Axens Group
Frédéric Kuntzenburger, Axens

Case Story: Rescuing Technicians from a Mountain of Calibration Paperwork
Richard O'Meara, Jones Engineering

How Device Calibration Improves Data Integrity and Analytics, and Supports Challenges of Meeting the Needs of the World’s Growing Population
Sami Koskinen, Beamex

Panelists:
Markus Woehl, VIDEC Data Engineering
Paco Masip, Air Products
Frédéric Kuntzenburger, Axens
Markus Woehl, VIDEC Data Engineering
Paco Masip, Air Products
Sami Koskinen, Beamex
Richard O’Meara, Jones Engineering
16:30 Forum Ends