AGENDA

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)
INNOVATION
Developing and Implementing a Connected Product Strategy
Aaron Kamphuis, OST
Everette Binger, Amway
Jeff Kwiatkowski, USF Holland
Ryan Anderson, Teem
Mike Lomonaco, OST
TECHNOLOGY
IloT Smart Factories - Leveraging Big Data for Innovation in Manufacturing
Marc Fabbo
MapR Data Technologies
LEADERSHIP
Manufacturing Leadership Driven by 4.0
Pavan Muzumdar
Automation Alley
Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
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Concurrent Breakout Session 2
(select one)
INNOVATION
Productivity and Industry 4.0 - Transforming People, Lean, and Automation
Ryan Crandell, DeWys Manufacturing
Jason Freiburger, GHSP
Joe Dyer, Disher
TECHNOLOGY
Real Blockchain Value: Looking Beyond the Hype Cycle
Chris Winczewski
Founder
blueshift ID
LEADERSHIP
Furious Change and the Culturally Competent Leader
Skot Welch
Global Bridgebuilders
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Networking Reception