Conference Program: Manufacturing & Technology 2020

Patrik Lundqvist
Qualcomm
Senior Director of Product Management
5G: Manufacturing's New Frontier

Mike Mikula
Ford Motor Company
Global Chief Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing
Ford’s Journey to Digital

Mark Rayfield
Saint-Gobain North America
CEO
Tackling Today’s Labor Shortage with the Next-Gen Workforce

Continuous Improvement
Perspectives on Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities - Nine Interventions That Really Matter	Jim Spigener, Chief Client Officer, DEKRA Donnie Massey, Behavioural Safety Specialist, Shell
Start or Accelerate Your Continuous Improvement Journey With Leadership Standard Work	Troy Magruder, Director of Manufacturing, World Technology Ingredients Calvin Williams, Founder / CEO, Impruver Technologies
A Human-Centered Approach to Improving Operational Reliability Using Industry 4.0	Matthew Dinslage, North America Industrial Brand Manager, ExxonMobil

Talent Management
Fixing Communication: The Big Payoff	Mark Whitten, President and CEO, Spartanburg Steel Products
Talent Management - Micron Technologies Inc.	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, Vice President of EHS & EnPro Learning System, EnPro Industries

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
Aligning the Organization: Leadership and the Journey to World-Class Results	David B. King, President, CEO, Owner, SSP
What Leadership Style Is Required to Achieve Excellence? – A Demonstration and Discussion	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
Session To Be Announced	Joe Campbell, Senior Manager of Applications Development, Universal Robots
Overcoming the Challenges of Manufacturing Technology Innovation & Adoption with Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers	Speaker To Be Announced , , Buffalo Manufacturing Works Pat Pierce, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Astronics Luminescent Systems
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
From Legacy Machines to Manufacturing Intelligence	Tallis Blalack, VP Marketing & Business Development, Arch Systems Myckel Haghnazari, Director IT, Digital Factory, Flex