3rd September 2019
| 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:20 |
Chairman’s Opening Remarks & Welcome |
Official Opening Keynotes
| 09:30 | Connectivity in Frequency Drives to Support Digitalization Trends John Conboy, Sales & Marketing Director, Danfoss Drives, Middle East & North Africa |
| 10:00 |
Keynote Guest Speaker Presentation - Saudi Arabia Manufacturing excellence and future competitive advantage - Competitive advantage in the age of the fourth industrial revolution - Taking advantage of Industrial IoT, robotics and automation technology - Managing the digital transformation effectively for success Speaker: Abdallah Obeikan, CEO, Obeikan Group |
| 10.15 | Presentation: Optimising industries, buildings and how technology has been an enabler - Digitalization is enabling optimization of energy use and diverse sources of energy in buildings, communities and industrial environments - Accelerating labour productivity and the role automation plays - New open platform technologies enabling system integrators benefit from digital transformation and offer state of the art solutions for the end-user Speaker: Aki Maenpaa, VP Service Manager, ABB |
| 10:45 |
DELTA ELECTRONICS MASTERCLASS: Delta Electronics Industrial Automation Solutions Speaker: Mazen Suleiman, Regional Sales Manager, Middle East and Africa, Delta Electronics |
| 11:05 | BECKHOFF MASTERCLASS: PC-based control in automation Speaker: Marcel Meier, Area Sales Manager, Beckhoff Automation |
| 11:30 | Panel Discussion of Industry Leaders: The growth and economics of digitalization of industries - Priority sectors enabling the shift and growth of the manufacturing sector - Smart technology and future factories: challenges and opportunities - Building a digital enterprise that is agile and competitive in a fast-paced tech world - The data economy for automating industries of the future Panelists: Mohammed Majid, KPMG Hatem ElMohandes, Regional Senior Leader, GE Digital Tulika Saxena, Associate Vice President, Business Advisory, Aranca |
| 12:15 | Keynote Presentation: A case study on what data and analytics and IIoT can do across sectors - Hybrid applications (using cloud/edge) for as the optimal choice for conducting data analytics - How to most effectively conduct data analysis and where to start? - Determining what data should go the cloud for analysis and what should be analysed at the edge? Speaker: Hatem ElMohandes, Regional Senior Leader, GE Digital |
| 12:45 | Presentation: The Increasing Importance of Lifelong Learning for Industry Specialists Speaker: Majid Mneymneh, Regional Director, Pearson Online Learning Services - Middle East |
| 13:15 | PROCENTEC MASTERCLASS: Industry 4.Human Jonathan Machin, Global Sales Manager, PROCENTEC |
| 14:15 | Panel Discussion: Industry Leaders in Building automation & Intelligent Systems - Digital transformation and digital building management: what changes are on the horizon - BIM and Augmented reality: new assets to improve maintenance - How do we integrate BIM and ioT into BMS systems to improve building operation management? - How can we push energy efficiency technology and educate the private sector? - How energy efficiency projects drive building innovation towards smart spaces and increase productivity Panelists: Alexander Kolpakov, Associate Director, Digital Project Delivery, AECOM Stuart Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, EMRILL Firas Obeido. Chief Technology Officer Smart Automation Energy |
| 15:30 | Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – Unlocking the real value amongst uncertainties - Recent developments highlighting the ongoing evolution in the IIoT space - Current challenges that are creating uncertainties and thus inhibiting the adoption - Potential use cases that will maximize business opportunities - Key strategies to embrace IIoT and capitalize on the opportunities that lie ahead Speaker: Tulika Saxena, Associate Vice President, Business Advisory, Aranca |
| 16:00 | End of Day 1 |
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