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Attend daily presentations and tech talks from industry experts and manufacturers who are implementing these technologies successfully. You’ll walk away with practical insights, real-world case studies, and ideas you can take straight back to your shop.

 May 13, 2025

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: The Road to Equipment Servitization: How to Integrate IoT and AI into Your Equipment
    Speaker: Paul Glynn, CEO, Davra
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Reducing Energy Waste & Downtime: A Smarter Approach to Manufacturing Maintenance
    Speaker: Kevin Clark, Chief Evangelist Officer, Nanoprecise
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Transforming Legacy Data Into Strategic Insights: AI’s Role In Supply Chain Innovation
    Speaker: Patrick Harrigan, VP of Partnership, CAADi
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Start with the End in Mind: Transforming Results in Manufacturing
    Speaker: Ronald Graves, President, Poiema Corporation
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: How to Unlock Growth in Manufacturing Sales by Creating Better Ecommerce Experiences
    Speakers: Eric Swezey – Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Zoovu, Tom Sieger – Partner, NETFORMIC USA
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Maximizing Manufacturing Productivity and Efficiency with Industrial AI
    Speaker: Virag Vora, Technical Sales Engineer, TwinThread
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Why Usage Reviews Make Sense
    Speaker: Steven Carr - President and Founder, Crawford Software
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Leveraging Advanced Technologies to Improve Manufacturing Operations
    Speaker: James Cooper, Senior Account Executive, SmartSights

May 14, 2025

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Ditch the Guesswork: Use AI to Truly Understand Your Customers
    Speaker: Adam Honig, CEO, Spiro.ai
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Maximizing Insights: Get the most out of your data
    Speaker: Rick Sloop, Product Manager, Minitab
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Empowering Manufacturing: How to Drive Compliance & Fortify Against Cyber Risks
    Speaker: Ryan Benson, Vice President of Security, CompassMSP
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Protecting Your Machine Tools: Practical Cybersecurity for Industry 4.0 Manufacturing
    Speaker: Tiansu Jing, Senior Product Manager, SIEMENS Industry Inc.
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Drawing the Line on Drawings: Implications of Machine-Readable Data for Manufacturing Suppliers
    Speaker: John McCullough, General Manager, Marketing, Kubotek Kosmos
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Make Smart Manufacturing a Reality with SYSPRO ERP Solutions
    Speaker: Manoj Thakur, CEO, Driscoll Associates

May 15, 2025

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: How to Define, Estimate, and Prove Out the Value of Smart Manufacturing Technologies
    Speaker: Elio Trolio, Director, Value Consulting, Rockwell Automation
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM From CUI to ROI: A DIY Guide to CMMC Compliance
  • Speaker: Colin Gilchrist, Digital Systems Product Manager, Phillips Federal
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Winning More Deals: How Manufacturers Use ERP Data to Boost Sales
    Speaker: Tara Gray, Event Marketing Manager, SugarCRM; Robert Belsjoe SVP Sales, AMERS

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