October 30, 2018 | Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

Grand Rapids, MI

7:15 - 8:00 a.m. 

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.     

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8:15 - 9:00 a.m.

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9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

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9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

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10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

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11:00 - 11:45 a.m.

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11:45 - 12:30 p.m.

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12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

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1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

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2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

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Registration and breakfast

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Welcome Remarks

Birgit Klohs, President and CEO, The Right Place, Inc.

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Press Go on Industry 4.0

Rick Schreiber, National Manufacturing & Distribution Practice Leader, BDO

Keynote | Empowering Mind & Machine: How Industry 4.0  Will Reinvent Life As We Know It

Andy Storm, President and CEO, Eckhart, Inc. 

Break

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Panel Discussion: The Industrial Internet of Things

Panelists

Shawn Crowley, Managing Partner, Atomic Object

Scott Sadler, Category Product Manager for Integrated Technology, Steelcase

Rick VandeKopple, VP of Quality and Lean, ADAC Automotive

Greg Nowak, Embedded Software Engineer, DornerWorks

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Moderator

David Carlson, US Manufacturing and Automotive Industry Practice Leader, Marsh

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How Manufacturers Can Get Started on Artificial Intelligence

Alison Houston, Manager, Next Gen Manufacturing-Analytics, Ford Motor Company

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Networking Lunch 

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Lunch Keynote | Digital Disruption: The Future of Work, Skills, and Leadership in the New Industrial World

Dr. Tracey Wilen, Researcher, Global Speaker and Author 

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Concurrent Breakout Session 1

(select one)

Break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

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Concurrent Breakout Session 2

(select one)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Networking Reception