ARC’s European Industry Forum 2023 | ARC Advisory Group | 14 May 2023 | Meliá Sitges, Carrer de Joan Salvat Papasseit, 38, 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain

ARC’s European Industry Forum is part of our successful series of worldwide conferences in the USA, India, China, and Japan. Participants are invited to attend exclusive presentations and workshops on strategies and case studies from the digital front lines..

Digital TransformationARC industry analysts and other automation experts from the end user and supplier communities will analyze and discuss trends and drivers for the following topics:
• 21st Century Operations: Where IT, OT, & ET Converge
• Energy and Sustainability
• AI and Machine Learning
• Robotics Innovations
• Additive Manufacturing
• MES End User Success Stories
• Asset Performance Management
• Cybersecurity for Digitalization and Sustainability
• Industrial IoT Platforms: Edge, Cloud, and Virtualization
• Digital Twins
• Open Process Automation and Modular Production

As we adapt to the 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 become a priority for many companies in all industries. Digital leaders have now validated their strategies against the real-world challenges brought on by the aftermath of the pandemic and new geopolitical unrest, and are accelerating their innovation and transformation initiatives. The power of disruptive technologies is full speed ahead!

2023 Speakers

Valentijn de Leeuw
Vice President, ARC

Gregory Baucaud
Chief Marketing Officer, UniversalAutomation.org

Florian Güldner
General Manager, ARC Europe

Peter Kwaspen
Facilities & Equipment Technology Lead, Shell

Jean-Maurice Gimet
Responsable Exploitation Maintenance, Hynamics (EDF Group)

Ruediger Franke
Technology Manager of Competence Center Optimization, ABB

Franco A. Cavadini
CTO, Gr3n

Dominic de Kerf
Plant Systems and Controls COE Lead, Cargill

Luis Duran
Global Product Line Manager, ABB

François Minec
Global Head Polymers 3D Printing, HP

Sergio Sánchez
CEO, Edser Labs

Alexandre Schäfer
Business Development Manager, J.A.M.E.S

Leon Xu
Technical Sales Manager, FARSOON Europe

Thomas Menze
Senior Consultant European Operations, ARC

Christine Oro Saavedra
General Manager, NAMUR

David Humphrey
Director of Research, ARC

Stefan Hoppe
President and Executive Director, OPC Foundation

Andreas Hennecke
Product Marketing Manager, Pepperl+Fuchs

John Browett
General Manager, CLPA

Michel Devos
Independant expert at MES Consult, MESA

Uwe Küppers
Chairman of the EMEA Board, MESA EMEA

Reinhard Felsberg, NN

Ricardo Paddy
Managing Director, Scibotron

Henning Loeser
Head of Audi Production Lab, Audi

Dr. Philip Ketterer
Senior Product Manager, SDA

Samuel Greising
Co-Founder and Managing Director, FLECS Technologies

Patrik Hug
Head Of Sales, Codesys

Anand Srinivas
Head of Software Development, Edge Compute, VMware

Naresh Surepelly
Senior Analyst & Study Manager - European Operations, ARC

Florian Zittmayr
Digitalisation in Production, Wienerberger

Manfred Kügel
Data Scientist and Advisor, SAS

Prabhu Soundarrajan
President, ISA

Dr. Matthias Oppelt
Head of Customer driven Innovation, Siemens

Gabriel Gonzalez-Alonso
SVP Corporate Production Management, ZF Group

Dr. Henning Loeser
Senior Manager, Audi AG

Jens Wiesner
Unit Chief at Federal Office for Information Security, BSI

Bert De Wilde
Principal for ICS Cybersecurity (IEA), ExxonMobil

Dr. Ragnar Schierholz
Global Cyber Security Portfolio Manager, Process Automation, ABB

Klaus Mochalski
CEO & Founder, Rhebo

Will Matthews
Cyolo Security

Christian Hohmann
Engineering Competence Manager, Siemens

Michael Hoff
Software Architect, ai.dopt

Dr. Daniel Klein
Head of Digital Services & Modules | Industrial AI, Siemens

Viacheslav Gromov
Founder, AITAD

Claus Botzenhardt
Senior Director SW Framework & IoT Connectivity, Multivac

Andre Kukhnin
Managing Director, Credit Suisse with David Humphrey, ARC

Fabian Wanke
Senior Analyst

Matthias Gronstedt
Managing Director, HHLA Sky

Dr. Uwe Köcher
Technical Product Owner, LSBG

Martin Naumann
CEO und Co-Founder, drag&bot

Thomas Dasbach
Experte OPC UA, VDMA

Stefan Miksch
Senior Analyst, ARC

Rüdiger Ammann
Head of FC Test Bench Management, ZF Group

Robert Szukalski
Angestellt, Senior Product Manager | Engineering Lead Core, SDA

Jan Metzner
Principal in the Manufacturing Technology Strategy Team, AWS

Bart Moors
General Manager Process Industries Software, Siemens

Mohan Kalyanaraman
Technology Acquisition Advisor, OPAF (ExxonMobil)

Luciano Botto
Product Intelligence Manager, Nova, SMAR

Ravindra Jagasia
Business Development (Americas) - Automation, Stahl

Gazi Asadullah
Sr. Project/Process Sales Engineer, Phoenix Contact

Bob Hagenau
CEO, CPLANE

Jacco Opmeer
Program Manager, DCS Strategies, Shell

Hide Sawahara
Open Process Automation (OPA) IT Systems Architect, Jacob Thate, Yokogawa

Richard O'Meara
Contracts Manager, Jones Engineering

Sami Koskinen
Director of Digital Transformation, Beamex

Frédéric Kuntzenburger
Axens

Markus Woehl
Managing Partner, VIDEC Data Engineering

Paco Masip
Plant Data Business Owner, Air Products

2023 Sponsors

GLOBAL SPONSOR:
• Siemens

GOLD SPONSOR:
• VMware Edge

SILVER SPONSORS:
• ABB
• Beamex
• CLPA
• HHLA - Sky Robotic Technologies
• OPC Foundation
• Rhebo
• Turck
• UniversalAutomation.org
• Videc

START-UP SPONSORS:
• Cyolo
• Optimistik Industrial Data Solutions
• Software Defined Automation

MEDIA SPONSORS:
• Automa
• ElectronicSpecifier.com
• Info PLC ++
• Technology Record

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SPONSORS:
• IoT Solutions World Congress
• MESA International
• NAMUR
• ODVA
• The Open Group - Open Process Automation Forum
• PLC Open
• VDMA
• ZVEI