Industry of Things World USA 2023 | we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH | 19 March 2023 | Paradise Point Resort & Spa, 1404 Vacation Rd, San Diego, CA 92109, USA

Don't miss the opportunity to meet all IIoT stakeholders under one roof - We look forward to welcoming you in San Diego!
Your Industry of Things World Team

• Rethinking technology strategies for scalable, secure, and efficient IoT – How are smart, connected products changing companies and creating new revenue streams and business models arising from Products, Data and Assets as a Service?
• Artificial and Virtual Reality – What are best in class use cases to optimize remote services and predictive maintenance?
• Product Life-cycle analytics – How to enable closed-loop product and service models?
Carbon neutral productions – Which IIoT-technologies can function as an enabler?
• Human factor within the IoT Ecosystem – What are the tactics and strategies to build and progress capabilities and skills necessary?
• Build or Buy – How to assess the opportunities for launching a new IIoT Platform and which tactics should you use when you modernize legacy systems to enable interoperability?
• Database, Edge, Cloud and Quantum Computing – How to define the optimal infrastructure for data management and data processing?
• Latest hardware for connected operations – What are possible strategies to understand sensors, nodes, edges and networking technology?
• Predictive Maintenance, Digital Twin and Condition Monitoring – What are the most innovative projects?
• Securing the Internet of Things – How to find security by design solutions for the interconnected world?

2023 Speakers

Allen Proithis
CEO, GenXComm, Inc

Jordan Coffman
Director of IoT Manufacturing, Strategic Initiatives, PTC

Gaurav Suman
Director of Product Marketing, HiveHQ

Nabil Malouli
SVP Global eCommerce & Returns DHL, DHL

Douglas Zimmers
AVP - Business Development 5G, MEC & ANE, AT&T

Mirel Sehic
VPGM Cybersecurity, Honeywell

Tom Copeland
CTO at TRAK Machine Tools, Inc, TRAK Machine Tools, Inc

Sarzil Sarwar
CIO & Head of Information Digital Technology, BAT

Carlos Parodi
VP, Brewery Operations, Constellation Brands , Inc.

Jeff Smith
CTO at Dynics, Dynics, Inc.

Daniel Bossert
CCO at TRUMPF Tracking Technologies GmbH, TRUMPF

Susanne Lauda
Director, Global Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Agco Corperation

Dion Eusepi
Director of Enterprise Architecture, Data and Cloud Integration Platforms, Stanley, Black and Decker, Inc.

Darin Powell
Global IT Digital Leader, Transformation Strategy and Experimentation, Bayer Crop Science

Eric Chinchilla
IT Director of Global Process Integration and IT Finance, Johnson & Johnson

David Bertucci
Principal Systems Engineer, John Deere

Dr. Al Salour
Technical Fellow Boeing Research & Technology, The Boeing Company

Geoffrey Jackson
Senior Director of Process Services and Technology, GAF Materials Corporation

Dubravko Dolic
Head of Applied Analytics & AI, Continental AG

Michael Muilenburg
Former Director of Operational Technology at 3M, Currently the co-host of The Voices of Manufacturing podcast,

Ryan Ries
GM Data, Analytics and Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Wade Wessels
Global Director Connected Solutions Business, Donaldson Company, Inc.

Rajeev Kalamdani
Manager, IIoT Analytics, Ford Motor Company

Declan Byrne
President, WiMax Forum

John Carrier
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

Mohit Agrawal
Associate Director, Counterpoint Technology Market Research

J. Alan Bird
Global Business Development Leader, W3C

Haley Antoine
Safety and Crashworthiness Engineer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Srikanth Chandrasekaran
Sr. Director & Practice Lead, Global IEEE Institute for Engineers

Paul Doherty
President, TDG - the digit group, inc.

Brent Ruth
Digital Operations and ERP Strategy Team Leader at Caterpillar, Inc. , Caterpillar Inc.

Ivan Campos
Research Analyst | Manufacturing Technology, Omdia

Alexander Shikany
Vice President - Membership & Business Intelligence, Association for Advancing Automation

Harsheel Shah
Adv Analytics Tech Lead, Caterpillar Inc

Narkis Shatz
ARON Program Lead, Surefire, LLC

Mark Squire
Senior Engineer - Special Projects, Sure Fire

Carsten Baumann
Director Strategic Initiatives, Solution Architect, Schneider Electric

John Harrington
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, HighByte, Inc.

Abby Eon
Senior Vice President, PTC

Keith Walsh
Industry Principal, Claroty

Galina Antova
Chief Business Development Officer, Claroty

John Younes
Co-Founder & COO, Litmus Automation, Inc

Mike Clark
Director OPC Foundation North America, OPC Foundation

James Brehm
Founder & Chief Technology Evangelist, James Brehm Associates

Denis Ljuljanovic
Product Manager, we.CONECT Global Leader Gmbh

Dan Morris
IT Management - Biopharma Manufacturing, KBI Biopharma, Inc.

Ethan Smith
General Manager, Life Sciences, Nuvolo

Shawn Opatka
VP & GM Life Sciences, Honeywell

Darin Powell
Global IT Digital Leader, Transformation Strategy and Experimentation, Bayer Crop Science Corp.

Angelo Stracquatanio
CEO, Apprentice.io

Chad Kellner
Senior Director, Site Operations R&D Oncology, AstraZeneca

Martin Fusek
Site Head IT/OT, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

Thomas Halfmann
AVP, Global Head of Production and Lab, NNIT A/S

Brenden Alexander
Director of Day 2 Construction and Global Facilities, SmartLabs

Thomas Harris
Reliability Engineering Lead, AstraZeneca

Scott Morris
Principal Engineer, Global Engineering Asset Management Group, Specialty Care Platform, Sanofi

Raul Troncoso
Director of Engineering , Amgen

Shay Weiss
Head of Engineering and Security, Wallgreens Boots Alliance

Rudi Thiel
Sr. Manager Quality Process Excellence, Head of Quality Systems & Compliance, Biogen

Oscar Antúnez
Reliability Manager, CMRP, CRL, RMIC, CMRT, AbbVie

Nigel Cryer
Global Corporate Quality Audit Head, Sanofi Pasteur

Manuel Borgholte
Director Process Industries , we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH

Angel González Santín
Global Facilities & Engineering Head, Boehringer Ingelheim

Shannon Ostendorff
Head of Global Maintenance Excellence, Lonza

Geir Rune Flaten
Director of Solution Consulting, AspenTechnology, Inc.

Frederick Johnson, PhD
US Head of Production IT & Laboratory, NNIT A/S

Thomas Halfmann
AVP, Global Head of Production and Lab, NNIT A/S

John Harrington
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, HighByte, Inc.

Dr. Gilad Langer
Industry Practice Lead, Tulip Interfaces, Inc.

Rey Ramos
Business Process Standardization Lead, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

Sachin Misra
Principal & Global Leader – Life Sciences, Kalypso, A Rockwell Automation Business

Daniel O. Triviño
Global MES Delivery Specialist, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Ltd.

Robert Briggs
Sr. Manager, IT Manufacturing Execution Systems, KBI Biopharma, Inc.

Geoffrey Swafford
Director, IT Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering, KBI Biopharma, Inc.

Brian Divasta
Associate Director, CSV, ElevateBio

Stephen Fleming
MES Product Line Leader, Johnson & Johnson

Emilee Cook
Product Lead, Life Sciences, Apprentice.io

Andy Clyne
MES Global Network Leader, Amgen, Inc.

Kevin Rosander
Associated Director - Infrastructure and Support, Eli Lilly and Company

Jody Logan
Associate Director Tech Transfer, Genentech, Inc.

Angelo Stracquatanio
CEO, Apprentice.io

Manuel Borgholte
Director Process Industries , we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH

Nigel Cryer
Global Corporate Quality Audit Head, Sanofi S.A.

Ravikiran Medandravu
Executive Director IT/OT, Genentech, Inc.

Geena Bari
Senior Manufacturing Specialist, CAR T Cell Therapy, Allogene Therapeutics

Minko Kissiov
Associate Director MES, Eli Lilly and Company

Rick Brill
IT Sr Director - Global Supply Chain Manufacturing Systems, Johnson & Johnson

Shawn Opatka
VP & GM Life Sciences, Honeywell

Martin Fusek
Site Head IT/OT, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

Lynn Mcmahon
Senior Director, MES Product Management, AspenTechnology, Inc.

Isabelle Sumera
Senior Manager Operational Technology, ElevateBio

Matt Gresh
MES Base Business Lead, National Resilience, Inc.

David Eisenberg
Manufacturing Systems Business Lead, Pfizer

Will A. Penland
Head of Data Analytics and Biostatistics: Global MSAT, Boehringer Ingelheim

Esra Guven
Associate Director, GIS-Computer Systems Validation, Apotex Inc.

2023 Partners

• Industrial Internet Consortium
• Wimax
• Ispim
• TechTarget | IoT Agenda
• Robotics Tomorrow
• Innovation Leadership Forum
• SME
• Manufacturing Connection
• ABI research
• Internet of Things Consortium
• The IoT Magazine
• Cleantech San Diego
• Alliance of Industrial Internet
• Council
• Mesa International
• IoT Global Network
• Manufacturing Technology Insights
• Hubs
• Digital Business
• Manufacturing Outlook
• Counterpoint
• IoT for All
• Global Platform
• Claroty
• Schneider Electric
• HiveMQ
• Cognite
• HighByte
• Litmus
• Trumpf
• OPC Foundation
• Advancetrex
• James Brehm & Associates
• Ptc
• Very
• Softeq
• GXC
• ViewAR
• Symphony AI Industrial