Oct
4
1:00pm
The Industrial Leaders Virtual Forum - 2022
By Industry IoT
This year’s Industrial Leaders Virtual Forum, brought to you by Industry IoT in partnership with global technology leader ABB, looks at sustainability opportunities, risks and imperatives through the lens of digitalization and technological innovation. In keynotes, interactive panel sessions and in-depth presentations from senior industrial leaders, we’ll tackle the key questions confronting organizations.
Speakers Include
- Peter Terwiesch, President Process Automation - ABB
- Paul Mairl, Chief Digital Officer - GKN
- Marika Reis, Chief Innovation Officer - Maersk Drilling
- Juan Carlos Alonso, Chief Strategy Officer - Bekaert
- Garrett Quinn, Chief Sustainability Officer - Smurfit Kappa
- Eric Peeters, Vice President of Sustainability - Dow
- Alpesh Chaddha, Vice President, Global Operations Strategy & Results Delivery - Philip Morris
- David Cast, Climate Change Director - NSG Pilkington
- Sundeep Kamath, Head of Global Industry Innovation - Shell
Synopsis
Facing myriad disruptions to Supply Chains and operating models the world over, industry must be at its very best.
Agility and operational excellence are paramount as expectations to make progress on sustainability continue to mount. In this light, and amid rising pressure from customers, employees, partners, regulators and the communities in which they work, organizations in manufacturing, transportation, energy and resource sectors are making emissions reduction and more circular operations key strategic priorities.
Agenda Overview
14:00 - 14:05 |Welcome & Agenda Overview from Dan at Industry IoT
14:05 - 14:25 |Opening Keynote: ABB’s Peter Terwiesch
“Billions of Better Decisions: Industrial Transformation’s New Imperative”
Join Peter Terwiesch, President, Process Automation, ABB, for a keynote address that delves into the convergence of digitalization and sustainability agendas in the industrial world. Peter will share what ABB is seeing in its markets as companies accelerate investments in industrial IoT capabilities in pursuit of energy efficiency, resource optimization, worker safety and lower emissions.
- How does increasing pressure from stakeholders to address sustainability impact digital strategies and the work of industrial transformation?
- What role do digital capabilities play in addressing the power mix and moving to renewables amid growing concerns regarding energy security?
- How should industrial organizations plan for and implement new investments in digital capabilities in an environment characterized by high levels of volatility?
- How can industrial firms empower their entire workforce to make better decisions that can deliver on the promise of a low-carbon future?
14:30 - 15:25 |Live-streamed Panel Discussion #1
“Leading an Industrial Transformation at Speed”
This panel convenes senior executives from a cross-section of industrial sectors to investigate the leadership, organizational and change dimensions of industrial transformations that encompass sustainability goals.
- How are companies organizing themselves to drive sustainability through digitalization—how can CIOs, CDOs and CSOs best collaborate?
- How can other Industry 4.0 priorities like productivity, cost takeout and quality coexist alongside (or even reinforce) sustainability efforts?
- How can organizations harness technology to move with greater urgency, improve execution and create scale, moving from high-level sustainability principles to tangible practices?
- What are the organizational aspects – culture, talent, finance, etc. – that leaders need to get right?
15:30 - 15:55 | Presentation - Speaker TBC
“Harnessing the Industrial IoT for Sustainability: Lessons Learned”
This interactive presentation will provide a view “from the trenches” of how the company is leveraging industrial IoT and supporting technologies like edge computing, cloud, and AI/ML to support more sustainable operations. Speaker will share his/her results and learnings from the company’s sustainability journey so far—what’s worked, what’s still be done, the open questions, pitfalls and critical success factors.
16:00 - 16:55 | Live-streamed Panel Discussion #2
“Sustainability’s Digital ‘Next Practices’”
This panel session brings together leaders from a range of industrial sectors to share where they are placing bets on disruptive technologies to address the sustainability agenda.
- What are the out-of-the-box ideas, “next practices” and no-regret moves industrial organizations are experimenting with to go faster when it comes to sustainability?
- How can digital tools and capabilities – IoT, analytics, edge computing and the cloud – help companies accelerate on their path to net-zero and circular business models?
- How do disruptive “Horizon 3” technologies like the industrial metaverse, blockchain and quantum computing fit into the picture?
- Where are the biggest technology-enabled use cases for sustainability—and what will it take to maximize business value from them?
16:55 - 17:00 |Thank you & Close
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