2016

View the 2016 Global Automation & Manufacturing Summit Sessions On-Demand

The 2016 Global Automation and Manufacturing Summit, presented by Control Engineering and Plant Engineering, in partnership with Hannover Fairs USA, brought together experts from all areas of the Industrial Internet of Things (lloT) to look at not just the current state of lloT but also at the potential benefits of deployment for the manufacturing industry. 

Presentations:

Keynote: Jack Nehlig, President of Phoenix Contact USA and winner of the 2015 Plant Engineering Top Plant Award, will discuss his company’s initiatives on the Industrial Internet of Things (lloT), both as an industry supplier and as a manufacturer.

Session 1: Cloud-Based Manufacturing: Who Will Rule the Clouds?
An overview of industry attitudes toward and adoption of lloT in manufacturing.
PANELISTS:
Rob McGreevy, VP Operations, Schneider Electric
Rich Carpenter, Product general manager, GE Automation and Controls

Session 2: Robotics: Rise of the Machines.
An industry overview on the adoption and use of robotics in manufacturing.
PANELISTS:
Jose Rivera, CEO, Control System Integrators Association
Rick Vanden Boom, automation systems group manager, Applied Manufacturing Technologies
Michael Lindley, vice president, business development, Concept Systems Inc.

Session 3: How Maintenance and Big Data Can Coexist.
PANELISTS:
Sal Spada, analyst, ARC Advisory Group
Franz Gruber, CEO, FORCAM
Aurelio Banda, CEO, Beckhoff Automation North America
Chris LeBeau, Global IT director, ATS

Keynote

Session 1: Cloud-Based Manufacturing: Who Will Rule the Clouds?

Session 2: Robotics: Rise of the Machines

Session 3: How Maintenance and Big Data Can Coexist