26th Annual ARC Industry Forum 2022 - Online | ARC Advisory Group | 19 June 2022 | Online

Your mandate is transformation. The target is much better business outcomes.

Join us on our online forum to speed up your progress with strategies and stories from the digital front lines.

As we return to a new normal, industrial innovation is accelerating.

A renewed focus on sustainability, the circular economy, and climate change is sparking innovation and powering transformational and technological change throughout the industrial sector.

Resilience has been prioritized in the supply chain and throughout production operations.

Digital leaders have now validated their strategies against the real-world challenges brought on by the pandemic, and are accelerating their innovation and transformation initiatives.

Many companies supported 'connected' remote and frontline workers far earlier than they anticipated, and will now do more.

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.

Accelerate Industrial and Energy Transformation Technologies like cloud, machine learning, edge computing, IoT, cybersecurity technology, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, 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.

Governance and compliance, workforce and skills, customer-centricity, competitive excellence, and change management all need management attention.

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?

2022 Speakers

Paul Adams
Principal Customer Success Manager, GE Digital

Todd Anslinger
IIoT and Automation Specialist, Chevron

Jane Arnold
Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Stanley Black & Decker

Bradford Beach
Manager, Operational Excellence, Health Care, Evonik

Steve Beamer
Vice President, Industry Solutions, Element

Steve Bitar
Automation Advisor, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Christopher Blauvelt
Director of Operational Technology, U.S. East, Fortinet

Michael Carroll
Vice President of Innovation, Georgia-Pacific

Alexandre Cassaigneau
Digital Manager, TotalEnergies

Franco Cavadini
CTO, Gr3n Recycling

Kevin Clark
Vice President, Product & Industry Marketing, Accruent

Phil D’Antonio
Americas IT Director, Nissan

Khaled Elsheikh
Global Vice President, Artificial Lift, Alkhorayef Petroleum

Ryan Flamand
Plant Operations Supervisor, NuScale

Brian Flett
Senior Director, Product Management, Bentley Systems

Joe Gerstl
Director of Digital Product Management, GE Digital

Helenio Gilabert
Sr. Director, Business Transformation - Edge Solutions, Schneider Electric

William John Gruendike
Fleet Capability Manager, PepsiCo

Peter Harding
CEO and Founder, Kelvin

Ramy Harik
Chief Manufacturing Officer, Nephron Pharmaceuticals

Josh Hauskins
Systems Engineering Senior Manager, Nissan

Kimberley Herrala
Director of Industry Solutions, KloudGin

Mike Higley
Software Architect, SDI Systems

Bob Hoehn
Senior Reactor Operator, NuScale

Nicholas Hofeldt
Senior Reliability Engineer, Itafos

Brian Hoff
Grid Software, GE Digital

Michael Hotaling
Operations Excellence Digital Manager, ExxonMobil

Jonathan Huggins
Process Automation Director, Dow Industrial Solutions, Dow

Jen Jewson
Vice President, Global Procurement, Strategic Materials, and Sustainable Solutions, Lyondellbasell Industries

Vikas Jhingran
Program Lead, Pangaea, Shell International Exploration and Production

John Kmetz
General Manager, Engineering, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Snorre Larsen
Lead Engineer, Automation Technology, Equinor

David Leitham
Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Pharmaceuticals, AspenTech

Natan Linder
Cofounder & CEO, Tulip

Thomas Lowisz
Product Manager, GE Digital

Humera Malik
CEO, Canvass AI

Kevin McClusky
Co-Director, Sales Engineering, Inductive Automation

Whit McConnell
Chief Automation and Process Control Engineer, ExxonMobil

Ken Merlin
Director IT, Business Relationship Management, Kellogg Company

Paige Morse
Sustainability Solutions Advisor, Aspen Technology

Ron Norris
Sr. Innovation Leader, Operations, Georgia-Pacific

Zack Novak
Sr. Vice President, Global Sales, Uptake

Dustin Olson
Chief Manufacturing Officer, PureCycle Technologies

Matias Palacios
Rotating Equipment Remote Monitoring Specialist, TotalEnergies

Maulik Patel
Sr. Director, Digital Manufacturing Operations IT/OT, Dow

Roberto Pina
Process Controls Technology Leader, Aramids, DuPont

John Plumlee
Managing Director | Chief Project Officer, Fidelis Infrastructure

Allen Ray
Operation Technology Architect, Aera Energy

Iliana Rentz
Head of Vegetation Management, Florida Power and Light

Radek Rybicki
Senior Manager, Global Operations Data Analytics, Ingredion

Michael Salas
Sr. Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer, SUEZ North America

Carlos Sanchez
Director of Operational Technology, U.S. Central, Fortinet

Keith Schultz
Senior Operations Data Expertise Manager, Dow

Sanjay Shringarpure
Chief Information Officer, E. & J. Gallo Winery

Andrew Soignier
Vice President, Global Energy and Manufacturing Sustainability, Uptake

Drew Talley, Field Operations Manager, Aerial Production Services

Mike Tomasco
Vice President, Digital Manufacturing, Pfizer Digital

Jae Trevino
Quality Analyst, Braskem America

David Verrett
Operations Technology Principal Data Architect, Chevron

Keith Walsh
Principal Sales Engineer, Armis

Keith Webster
Superintendent, Generation OT Controls, Hawaiian Electric

Tim Westhoven
Technology Scouting & Venturing, ExxonMobil

Michael Williams
Executive Consultant, Modern Automation Consulting Services

2022 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Hitachi Vantara

GLOBAL SPONSORS:
• Siemens

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ABB
• Armis
• Aspentech
• Aveva
• Bentley
• Emerson
• Fortinet
• GE Digital
• Hexagon
• Honeywell
• IBM
• inductive automation
• intel
• LTTS
• Microsoft
• Nozomi networks
• OPC
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• Phoenix Contact
• SAP
• Schneider Electric
• Uptake

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• Beyond Limits
• Cisco
• Claroty
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• Lloyd's Register
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• Intech
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• CLPA
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