25th Annual ARC Industry Forum 2021 | ARC Advisory Group | 8 February 2021 | Online

Accelerating Digital Transformation in a Post-COVID World

The current situation with the coronavirus has led us to re-invent our Forum in Orlando and offer it to you as a Virtual Forum. There is a feeling of solidarity in the industry right now that if we are creative and flexible, we can beat this disruption and minimize its impact on our lives and our business!

The future is already here. Discover strategies and stories from the digital front lines at the 25th Annual ARC Industry Forum.
Propelled by recent global health and economic crises, industrial innovation is accelerating. Leading companies had progressed along their digital transformation journey and were able to quickly adapt to the changed business reality. They supported numbers of remote connected workers far earlier than expected, and leveraged wearables and other tech to support the remaining frontline workers in the plant. With what they have learned, they are now re-thinking how to manage operations using shared data, analytics, distributed work, and digital twins. The industry has passed a tipping point, having seen the power of disruptive technologies to transform business operations and competitive strategies, improve resilience, reduce costs, and better serve customers. It's full speed ahead.

Digital TransformationMegatrends like re-shoring, sustainability, and upskilling are driving accelerated change, while technologies like cloud, machine learning, edge computing, IoT, cybersecurity technology, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, autonomous assets, and more are enabling new business processes and obscuring traditional functional boundaries. OT, IT, and ET teams are growing their skills and capabilities and transforming real-time operations. Seeking to be among the winners in the new normal, executives charged with driving transformation are seizing this moment to innovate and deliver real value. Call it digital transformation, smart manufacturing, smart cities, or Industry 4.0, there is a rush to innovate, transform, and accelerate the future.

Is your organization prepared to deal with the new normal?

Join us at the 25th Annual ARC Industry Forum to learn more about how transforming factories, cities, and infrastructure will benefit technology end users and suppliers alike. Discover what your peers and industry leaders are doing today and what steps they are taking to prepare for the future.

2021 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Alan Nelson
Chief Technology Officer, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

Dominic Clausi
Vice President of Engineering, Exxonmobil Research and Engineering

Michael Carroll
Vice President of Innovation, Georgia-pacific

Andrew Obin
Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Equity Research

Adam Peters
Vice President, Electronics World Business Line, Air Liquide

Craig Hayman
Chief Executive Officer, Aveva

Eckard Eberle
CEO, Process Automation, Siemens

EXECUTIVE SPEAKERS:

Henri Aldorf
Toner Production & Technical Department Manager, Toshiba

Patrick Allen
Director of Network Services, Dairy Farmers of America

Jane Arnold
Exec. Vice President, Global Process Control Technology

Glenn Aydell
Senior Expert, Cyber and Automation Security, BASF

Nilanjan Banerjee
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Billy Bardin
Global Operations Digitalization Director, Dow

David Barton
General Manager, ToolsGroup North America

Don Bartusiak
President, Collaborative Systems Integration

Guneet Bedi
Sr. Vice President, General Manager AMER, Relayr

Ben Blanchette
Program Director, Digital Manufacturing, Owens Corning

Jonathon Briney
Senior Lead Analyst, Industrial Control Systems Group

Chandra Brown
CEO, MxD

Eric Byres
CEO, aDolus Technology

Michael Carroll
Vice President of Innovation, Georgia-Pacific

Randal Scott Carter
Transformation Strategy Professional, Manchu Enterprises

Paul Casto
Senior Industry Principal, GE Digital

Chris Castro
Director, Office of Sustainability & Resilience, City of Orlando

Mario Chiock
CISO Emeritus and Fellow, Schlumberger

Christopher Clark
CEO and Managing Director, Delta Drone International

Dominic Clausi
Vice President of Engineering, ExxonMobil

Shawn Collins
CRO, SMART Maintenance, FLANDERS

John Coppola
Business Development Manager, North America, Braincube

Mathieu Cura
CEO and Co-Founder, Optimistik

Thierry Daneau
Automation & Robotics Expert

Kevin Davis
Chief Technology Officer, Middlesex County Utilities Authority

Jan De Caigny
Head of Digitalization, New Verbund Site China, BASF

Greg Dee
President, HubHead

Erin Delorme
Information Systems, Information Management Specialist

Eric Devoy
Principal Security Architect, bp

Eckard Eberle
CEO Process Automation, Siemens

Richard Eckhart
Industrial IT Cybersecurity Manager, ExxonMobil

Eric Effern
CTO, Windtest Grevenbroich

Howard Elton
Process Control and Automation Leader, Koch Industries

Andreas Faath
Head of Interoperability, VDMA

Tracy Galloway
Vice President, U.S. Manufacturing, Microsoft

Fred Gordy
Director of Cybersecurity, Intelligent Buildings

Firdaus Hasani
Head, System and Work Process Digital Tools

Craig Hayman
Chief Executive Officer, AVEVA

Timo Himmelsbach
Sr. Manager, Industrial Internet of Things and OT Cloud Services, BASF

Michael Hoffman
Principal Industrial Consultant

Stefan Hoppe
President, OPC Foundation

Stacey Jones
Senior Manager, APM Professional Services, AspenTech

Brent Kedzierski
Head of Shell Learning Strategy and Innovation

Myriam Lazghab
Toner Process Engineering & Quality Control Manager

James Leach
Factory Manager, John Deere Harvester Works

Bill Leber
Sales Director, Consumer Goods Swisslog Logistics Automation Americas

Chris Lewis
Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, Retail Business Services, a Ahold Delhaize USA Company

John Livingston
CEO, Verve Industrial Protection

Peter Lutz
Director, Field Level Communications OPC Foundation

Stephen Luxion
Executive Director, ASSURE

Mat Malladi
President, Corporate Business Development & Special Initiatives, Reliance Industries

Miriam McNabb
Editor-in-Chief, DRONELIFE

Alan Nelson
Chief Technology Officer, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

Charles Newton
President, Newton-Evans Research Company

Michael Norris
Director, Business Systems Security, Cyber Security LyondellBasell

Andrew Obin
Managing Director Bank of America Merrill Lynch Equity Research

Bryan Owen
Security Architect, OSIsoft

Brian Perlstein
Digital Manufacturing Enterprise Architect, Owens Corning

Adam Peters
Vice President, Electronics World Business Line, Air Liquide

Mark Prince
Consultant, Entergy

Todd Radwell
Sr. Vice President, Operations and Engineering, Radwell International

Joel Rakow
Partner, Fortium Partners

Anne Robinson
Chief Strategy Officer, Kinaxis

Del Rodillas
Director, Critical Infrastructure and Manufacturing Cybersecurity Solutions, Palo Alto Networks

Jackson Rollins
UAS Manager, Duke Energy

Dan Rozinski President
Industrial Cybersecurity and Digital Strategy Associates

Eugene Spiropoulus
Industrial IT/OT Expert, Yokogawa

Lizabeth Stuck
Senior Director, Workforce Development, MxD

Wes Sylvester
Director of Business Development, Cisco Systems

Steffan Sørenes
Leading Advisor Plant/Industrial IT Equinor

Greg Toornman
Global Vice President, Materials, Logistics, and Freight Management, AGCO

Pietro Valsecchi
PCT Operational Excellence Expert, Covestro

Herbert Vander Elst
Senior Director and Head of Tech, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, GSK Vaccines

Ashok Vantipalli
Vice President, Information Technology, TireHub

Jason Walker
Chief Operating Officer, United Road

Anne-Marie Walters
Global Marketing Director, Bentley Systems

2021 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Microsoft

GLOBAL SPONSORS:
• Siemens

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Aspentech
• Bentley
• Fortinet
• GE Digital
• Hexagon
• OPC Foundation
• SAP
• Life is On
• Stratus
• Yokogawa

SILVER SPONSORS:
• ABB
• Adolus
• Augury
• Aveva
• Element
• Infor
• Intel
• Paloalto Networks
• Rockwell Automation
• TATA Consultancy Services
• Uptake
• Verve

MEDIA SPONSORS:
• Automated Buildings
• Automation.com
• Automation World
• Chemical Processing
• Control
• Control Design
• Electronic Specifier
• Hydrocarbon Processing
• IIoT World
• Intech
• ISS Source
• Pharma Manufacturing
• Plant Services
• Plastics Technology
• Power
• Smart Industry

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SPONSORS:
• CABA
• FDT Group
• ISA
• MESA International
• ODVA
• OPC Foundation
• PLCopen
• US Profinet