Conference Program: Manufacturing & Technology 2020

Continuous Improvement
Perspectives on Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities - Nine Interventions That Really Matter	Jim Spigener, Chief Client Officer, DEKRA Daniel Hebert, Behavioral Safety Specialist, Shell
A Human-Centered Approach to Improving Operational Reliability Using Industry 4.0	Matthew Dinslage, North America Industrial Brand Manager, ExxonMobil
Preparing for Uncertainty in Food & Beverage	Steve Gignac, Director of Solution Architect - Enterprise Solutions, SWK Technologies, Inc.
Leader Standard Work for Daily Improvement	Calvin Williams, Founder / CEO, Impruver Technologies
Finding Root Cause When You Can’t Be On-Site	Jackson Hisey, Manager TECH LINE - Dealer Technical Support Center, Nissan North America Christopher O’Connor, Sr. Supervisor TECH LINE, Nissan North America

Talent Management
Fixing Communication: The Big Payoff	Mark Whitten, President and CEO, Spartanburg Steel Products
Building Bolder Dialogues for Better Outcomes	Sharawn Connors, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, Micron Technology, Inc.
Apprenticeships, Tech and More: Taking Talent to the Next Level at Lincoln Electric	Geoff Lipnevicius, Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness, Lincoln Electric
Learn From a Proven Injury-Free Workplace Safety Culture Development System	Joe Wheatley, President, Workplace Learning System

Leadership
Building an Innovation Culture (Or, Why I Built a Half Million Dollar Room in My Factory)	Steven Blue, President & CEO, Miller Ingenuity
Cultivating a Culture to Win	Dustin Kaehr, Founder, The Think. Lead. Live. Group
Servant Leadership: How Putting People First Leads to Profitability	Lance Thrailkill, CEO, All Metals Fabricating
What Leadership Style Is Required to Achieve Excellence?	John Dyer, President, JD&A, Inc. – Process Innovation

Factory Automation
The Future of Manufacturing is Human + Machine	Lawrence Whittle, CEO, Parsable Inc. Lincoln Hughes, Director, Manufacturing Services and Analytics, American Axle & Manufacturing
Leveraging Cobots in the COVID-19 Age	Joe Campbell, Senior Manager, Strategic Marketing & Applications Development, Universal Robots
Overcoming the Challenges of Manufacturing Technology Innovation & Adoption with Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers	Pat Pierce, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Astronics Luminescent Systems Mike Garman, Senior Engineer, EWI
Schneider Electric’s Digital Transformation	Dr. Luke Durcan, Director EcoStruxure, Schneider Electric
Leveraging Additive to Simplify the Supply Chain	Alicia Hammersmith, Vice President of Operations, Transit, Wabtec Corporation

Smart Manufacturing
Reimagining Manufacturing Operations with 3D Printing	Patrick Carey, Senior Vice President - Americas Products & Solutions, Stratasys
Smucker's Innovates to Create New Production Floor - Balancing Speed and Safety with Brilliant Operations to Unlock Hidden Capacity	Tod Virden, Sr. Program Manager, GrayMatter John Baier, Sr. Manager, IS Operations, The J.M. Smucker Company
From Legacy Machines to Manufacturing Intelligence	Tallis Blalack, VP Marketing & Business Development, Arch Systems Myckel Haghnazari, Director IT, Digital Factory, Flex
Eliminating the Challenges of IIoT using Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence	Rob Schoenthaler, Founder & CEO, Atollogy