Automation Technology Expo (ATX) West 2020 | Informa Markets in Asia | 11 February 2020 | Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, USA

Are you implementing automation at your company? Do you need technical education and expert advice to make major business decisions? Whether you're an engineer working in aerospace, a C-suite executive in manufacturing, or any other type of professional looking for solutions to streamline operations, the Automation Technology Expo (ATX) West will give you the education and connections needed to make the right choices for your projects or business.

2020 Speakers

Aaron Joseph
Principal, Sunstone Pilot, Inc.

Abdul Halabi
Director, Healthcare, NVIDIA

Aimee Pulley
Director of Quality/ Regulatory and Legal Counsel Medical Device, Hirlan, Inc.

Albert McGovern
Director of Mechanical Engineering, Shure Incorporated

Amanda Pedersen
News Editor, MD+DI

Andrew Kline
Director of Public Policy, National Cannabis Industry Association

Andy Savarese
Medical Technologies Sales Director, Carbon, Inc.

Ann Sheldon
Vice President Global Supplier Quality, Medtronic

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
CEO and Founder, Instrumental

Anthony Ng
Director of Electrical Engineering, R&D and Device Development, Abbott

Anthony Rizzo
Assistant Vice President Healthcare Development, BSI Medical Devices

Barry Keenan
VP of Engineering, BioSig Technologies

Ben Zwillinger
Sr. Human Factors Engineer, Product Creative Studio

Benjamin Gray
Chief Technology Officer, Lighthouse Imaging

Berk Norman
AI Engineer, Sirona Medical

Bernhard Kappe
CEO, Orthogonal

Beth Andrews
Head of US Healthcare Market Commercialization, Stealth Health

Bill Baskind
President, WSB Engineering

Bill Boswell
VP of Marketing, Cloud Application Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Blue Quisquis
CEO and Founder, National Native American Cannabis Association

Bob Matthew
President, Quality Engineering Management

Boris Leschinsky
VP, Product Development, CorInnova Inc.

Brenden Monahan
CPO, Vusar

Brian Schmitz
Senior Director, Surgical Robotics R&D, Stryker

Calvin Chen
CEO, CrossLinkBio, Inc.

Carlos Herrera
Senior Program Manager, Johnson and Johnson

Carsten Jarfelt
CEO, AddiFab Inc.

Cheryl Weckle
Development Scientist, Trinseo LLC

Chris Coggan
Board Member, California Cannabis Industry Association

Chris Parker
Associate Department Head In-Vivo Biocompatibility, Toxikon

Chris Pearson
President, 5G Americas

Chris Wiltz
Senior Editor, Design News, Informa Markets

Christopher Macomber, MD
General and Minimally Invasive/Robotic Surgeon

Christopher Macomber, MD
General and Minimally Invasive/Robotic Surgeon

Christopher Scott
Vice President, Eurofins Medical Device Testing

Connie Conboy
Director, MedAccred

Dan Johnson
Department Chair, Department of Packaging Science, College of Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology

Danielle Giroud
President & CEO, MD-Clinicals

Danielle Swank
Founder & CEO, Fomoro

Danny Piper
Principal, NewCap Partners

Daphne Allen
Chief Editor, MD+DI

Darcey Howard
Global Marketing Director, Coconut Bliss

Dave Neville
President, Infinity Robotics

Dave Saunders
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Galen Robotics

David McLain
Director, Sustainability, Printpack, Inc.

David Nalan
Research Associate and Lab Operations Medical Device Human Factors

David Rivadeneira, MD
General Surgeon, Northwell Health

David Vazquez
Director, Quality Engineering & Supplier Quality, BD

Deborah Attwood
Associate, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Devin McCombie
Vice President of R&D, Sotera Wireles, Inc.

Donna Bibber
Vice President, Business Development, Isometric Micro Molding, Inc.

Doug Billings
Managing Director, Deloitte

Doug Portnow
Principal Attorney, SLWIP Law

Dr. Dov Gal
Vice President, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, ReShape Lifesciences Inc.

Dr. Raj Nihalani
Chief Technology Officer & Business Developement Officer, ReShape Life Sciences, Inc

Dr. Yubiao Liu
Medical Application Development Representative and Medical Technology Platform Leader, Eastman

Ebenezer Ferreira
Project Management - MEDTECH Programs, Futek Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.

Edward Mehr
Co-Founder & CEO, Machina Labs

Edwin Bills
Principal Consultant, Edwin Bills, Consultant

Ehsan Mokhberi
Sales Manager for Strategic Accounts, FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.

Ekaterina Tkatchouk
Principal Engineer, Research & Development, Surgical Structural Heart, Edwards Lifesciences

Emily Hildebrand
Director, Research Collective

Eri Hirumi
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Microvention

Eric Miller
Co-Owner & Principal, PADT Inc.

Eric Steuben
Vice President, Operations, PROCEPT BioRobotics

Evan Hochstein
Applications Engineer, Stratasys

Faycal Benayad-Cherif Ph.D
Business Manager Software & Vision, FOBA

Felipe Castañeda
Industrial Designer and Creative Director, MakerBot

Frank Pokrop
Senior Director Regulatory Affairs and Quality, Sotero Wireless

Frederick A. Stearns
Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

Gaurav Bansal
Principal Engineer, Airbus A^3 Labs

George Morar
3D Printing Applications Engineer, Protolabs

George Wilson
Senior Program Manager, ARRK Product Development Group USA, Inc.

George Yule
President, Plastics Network Resources LLC

Gia Rozells
Director of User-Experience Design, Becton Dickinson

Gianluca De Novi, PhD
CEO, Xsurgical

Gilles Robert
CEO, Ceramaret

Gulam Emadi
Prinicpal Systems Engineer, SetPoint Medical

Gustavo Varca
Manager, New Applications Development, E-Bean Services, Inc.

Guy Vinogrand
CEO, bio-T

Harel Gadot
CEO & Company Group Chairman, Microbot Medical

Hari Nayar
Principal Technologist & Supervisor of Robotic Surface Mobility Group, Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jacob Rindler
Lead Additive Manufacturing Engineer, Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence

Jair Calixto
Technical Affairs and Innovation Director, Sindusfarma Brazil

Jake Hebert
Regional Sales Manager - West, Futamura Group

James Jackson
Principal Industrial Designer & Technical Lead, Starfish Medical

James Wabby
Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Devices and Combination Products, Allergen

Janet Michener Whipple
Partner, Med Device & IVD, Validant

Jay Crowley
Vice President, USDM Life Sciences

Jay Jayashankar
Materials & Process Development Engineer, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Jeevak Badve
Principal, Director of Strategic Growth, Sundberg-Ferar Product Innovation Studio

Jeff Hrivnak
Global Business Manager – Healthcare, Solvay Specialty Polymers

Jennifer Maffre
WW Medical Science and Franchise Medical Affairs Manager, Biosense Webster, Inc., a J&J company

Jennifer Milne
Product Manager, Formlabs

Jennifer Riter
Senior Director – Analytical Lab Services, West Pharmaceutical

Jerry Condra
Senior Technical Account Manager, Microsoft

Jerry Ok
Senior Director, Research & Development Hardware Engineering, Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

Jim Talbot
Vice President, RA/QA, Zap Surgical

Joe Cretella
Applications Engineer, Protolabs

John Crombie
President, UpStart Product Development

John Danese
Industry Director, Life Sciences, Birlasoft

Jon Goveia
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Abbott

Jos van Vroonhoven
Senior Manager, Standardization, Philips, the Netherlands

Josh White
Principal and Creative Director, OffWhite Co.

Juergen Giesow
Director of Technology and Engineering, Arburg

Justin Smith
Director, Product Development, Surgical Intelligence, NuVasive

Kate Stephenson, PhD
Founding Principal, Dyad Engineering

Keith Barr
President & CEO, Leading2Lean LLC

Kelly Williams
Sustainability Strategist, Futamura Group

Ken Burns
TitleVice President Commercial, Forecast 3D

Kerri Casino
Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Edwards LifeSciences

Kevin Creehan
Additive Manufacturing Consultant, Global Additive Consulting

Kim Trautman
Executive Vice President, Medical Device International Services, NSF International

Kim Walker
Independent Global Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Clinical Affairs Consultant, Kim Walker Consulting

Kimberly Simms, Esq.
Founding Attorney, The Law Office of Kimberly R. Simms

Kimberly Simms, Esq.
Founding Attorney, The Law Office of Kimberly R. Simms

Kristian Hulgard
General Manager - Americas, OnRobot

Kyle Miller, MD
Senior Global Clinical Marketing Manager, Intuitive Surgical

Laura Bix, PhD
Assistant Dean for Teaching, Learning and Academic Analytics at Michigan State University

Laura Hodson
Deputy Branch Chief - Emerging Technologies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Lauren D'Agostino
Co-Founder, Lagom Teas

Lea Westman
Attorney, SLWIP Law

Len Czuba
President, Czuba Enterprises, Inc.

Lena Cordie-Bancroft
Owner/Principal Consultant, Qualitas Professional Services, LLC

Linda Lybert
Founder/Executive Director, Healthcare Surfaces Institute

Lisa Pierce
Executive Editor, Packaging Digest

Lisa Spicka
Founder & Principal, Marajuca Solutions

Liz Krewson, PhD
West Coast Operations GM, Andersen Products of California, Distributor of Andersen Sterilizers

Lori Jordan
Former Director, Corporate Business Development AI & ML, Microsoft

Lori Yaphe-Delisle
President and CEO, Tourmaline Enterprises

Marcelo Trevino
Global Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance, Agendia

Mark Brinkerhoff
President, Fusion Design

Mark Rutkiewicz
VP Quality, Innovize

Mark Swanson
Principal Consultant, H&M Consulting Group, LLC

Mark Vreeke
Co-Founder, Chemical Angel Network

Matt Graf
Director, Quality Assurance & Global Quality Systems, Cook Medical

Matt Pawluk
Director of Quality & Manufacturing, Evolve Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.

Matt Sand
President, 3DEO

Maya Babu, MD, MBA
Director, Neurotrauma, Massachisetts General Hospital

Meg Kedrowski
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Melanie Lang
CEO, Formalloy

Melissa Orme
Vice President Additive Manufacturing, Boeing

Michael Anderson
Director of Technology, The PTR Group

Michael Flanagan
Radiation Technical Advisor, Sterigenics, A Sotera Health Company

Michael Freeman
CEO and CTO, Ocutrx Vision Technologies

Michael Paloian
President, Integrated Design Systems, Inc.

Michele Nash-Hoff
President, ElectroFab Sales

Mike Watson
Brand Manager, Olivarez Honey Bees

Mohit Bhoite
Sr. Hardware Engineer, Particle Industries Inc.

Nach Dave
Vice President, Development Strategy, Premier Research

Nicholas Wyman
CEO, Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation

Nick Packet
MDM Specialist, Packaging Engineer, Dupont

Nicole Osmer
Founder, Health + Commerce

Nourredine Boubekri Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering Technology, University of North Texas

Omar Ford
Managing Editor, MD+DI

Pat Baird
Senior Regulatory Specialist - Head of Global Software Standards, Philips

Patrick Ganzer
Principal Research Scientist & Bioelectronic Medicine Lead, Batelle

Paul Dempster
Director of Medical Imaging and Factory Automation, Video Sensing Division, Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.

Paul Lindstrom
Director, R&D, Combination Products, AstraZeneca

Peng Ng
Founder, Smartsurg

Philip Remedios
Principal of Design & Development, BlackHagen Design

Professor Nez
Personal Branding Coach & LinkedIn Expert, Professor Nez Consulting Agency, LLC

Ram Vjayagopal
R&D Manager, Millar, Inc.

Raymond Kok
VP of Cloud Application Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Raúl El-Fakdi
Brand Manager & Marketing, Comexi

Rebecca Beals
Senior Marketing Manager, Global Strategic Marketing, Biosense Webster, Inc., a J&J company

Renato Acosta
Technical Service Engineer, Eastman

Richard Leparmentier
Vice President of Engineering, Auris Health, Inc.

Richard Ward
Vice President of Business Development, Perritt Laboratories

Rick Puglielli
President, Promold Plastics

Rob Chase
Founder and President, NewGen Surgical

Rob Spiegel
Senior Editor, Design News, Informa Markets

Roger Mazzella
Sr. Product Manager, The Qt Company

Roger Tang
Senior Vice President, Science, Systems, and Engineering, Triple Ring Technologies, Inc.

Ron Basak-Smith
Co-Founder & CEO, Sana Packaging

Ron Kamienchick
Senior Director-Digital Health Group, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries

Ronald Kurz
Sr. Director Medical Business Division, Sr. Director Business Development Division, CANON VIRGINIA, INC

Ryan Klebba
VP Business Development and B2B Sales, Steris Instrument Management Services (Steris IMS)

Ryan Martin
CEO, Midwest Composites

Saher Bishara
Senior Principal Human Factors & Usability Engineer, Medtronic Diabetes

Sai Yamoori
IoT R&D Applications Engineer, Prixair

Sally Dominguez
Multi-Award-Winning Inventor & Adventurer

Sam Leslie
Principal, Human Factors Design and Evaluation, HirLan Inc.

Sang W. Lee, MD
Costello Chair of Colorectal Diseases, Professor and Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Sanjeev Bhavnani, MD
Cardiologist, Digital Technologies & Healthcare Innovation, Scripps Health

Sarah Clark
Engineering Advisor, Eli Lilly

Satyandra Kumar Gupta
Smith International Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science/Director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing, University of Southern California

Scott Goolsbey
Supplier Controls Manager, Stryker

Scott Reese
Senior VP of Manufacturing, Cloud and Production Products, Autodesk

Scott Thielman
Chief Technology Officer, Product Creation Studio

Shana Leonard
Vice President, Content & Strategy, Informa Markets

Shawn Sommerkamp
Professional Services, Director - North America, HID Global

Shri Shetty
CEO, PrinterPrezz

Shriya Srinivasan
Former Co-Director, MIT Hacking Medicine

Siddharth Desai
Technical Leader, and President, Health Care Evolution Inc.

Simon Drexler
Director, Linear Motion Technology, ATS Automation

Srihari Yamoori
President, Designbly

Stacie Depner
Engineering Program Manager, Symbient Product Development

Stefan Nusser
VP of Product, Fetch Robotics

Steve Groothuis
Chief Technology Officer, Packaging, Samtec, Inc.

Steve Rivera
SVP - Americas, Trustwave

Steven Hansen
CEO and Co-Founder, Odin Technologies, LLC

Susan Neadle
Senior Director Global Value Chain Quality Design, Johnson & Johnson

Thomas Bowles
Director of Quality Assurance, Futek Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.

Thor Rollins
Director: Toxicology and E&L, Nelson Labs

Tim Conrad
Principal Implant Design and Materials Engineer - Research and Technology, Advanced Bionics

Tim Goldsmith
Human Factors Engineer & User-Experience Designer, Illumina

Tim Stout
CEO, Stout Laser Etch LLC

Tina Barrett
Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs, Eastman

Tom Kramer
President & CEO, Kablooe Design

Tom Meehan
Technical Service Representative, Eastman

Tom Ulrich, PhD
Chief Scientist, Tandem Diabetes Care

Tony Uphoff
President & CEO, Thomas

Tressa Daniels
Associate Director, UXD & Human Factors, Becton Dickinson

Valma Klein
Director, Clinical Research, Alfred Mann Foundation

Vicki Barbur
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships and IP Commercialization, Battelle

Vicki Gashwiler
Executive Director, Strategic Development-Medical Device &Diagnostics, Premier Research

Vinay Goyal
Project Engineer, Consultant

Vipul Dave', PhD
Senior Materials Engineering Fellow, Johnson & Johnson

Virginia Lang
Chief Scientist, HirLan Inc.

Vlad Konopelko
Global Product Line Manager, Nordson EFD

Walt Berghahn
Executive Director, Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council

Walter Cecka
Senior Director, Drug Delivery Practice, Triple Ring Technologies

Wayne Champa
President, Champa Associates Inc.

Wendy Mach
Technical Consulting Manager, Nelson Laboratories, LLC

Wes Peer
Application Development Scientist, Eastman Chemical Company

Wil Vargas
Director, Standards, AAMI

Will Healy III
Industry Marketing Director, Balluff

Wisam Breegi
CEO & Founder, Breegi Scientific

Zach McCaffrey
Chemical Research Engineer, USDA ARS