Draft agenda
DAY ONE - Thursday, 20th November 2025
08:00 - 08:55
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome and Opening Scene Setting
Sven Seipp, Senior Manager – Supply Chain & Network Operations, Deloitte Consulting GmbH
THINK TANKS
We kick off the summit with our NEW ‘Think Tanks,’ delivered over three separate 25-minute sessions. The sessions consist of 10 tables of 8-10 attendees, including sponsors and industry leaders.
The 10 tables will be labelled with a specific industry challenge. Pre-event, all guests will choose 3 out of the 10 challenges that are most interesting and relevant to them. During each session, the group of like-minded attendees will work together to find a solution and potential business impact.
09:15 - 09:40
Think Tank Challenge 1
TABLE ONE:
Cybersecurity: planning for operational risk & threat detection.
TABLE TWO:
Implementing digital twins & IoT for manufacturing operations.
TABLE THREE:
Will the technology bring ROI? Scaling from pilot to plant.
TABLE FOUR:
Integrating legacy infrastructure with new digital systems.
TABLE FIVE:
Human-machine teaming: evolving technology with your workforce
TABLE SIX:
From Process Insights to Autonomy: How can you automate your manufacturing lines with AI and what stands in the way?
TABLE SEVEN:
Delivering valuable digital twins for supply chain resilience in a VUCA world.
TABLE EIGHT:
Are You Ready to Turn Off the Lights? Designing the fully autonomous, digitally integrated factory.
09:45 - 10:10
Think Tank Challenge 2
Think Tanks Challenge topics repeated as above
10:15 - 10:40
Think Tank Challenge 3
Sven Seipp, Senior Manager – Supply Chain & Network Operations, Deloitte Consulting GmbH
10:45 - 11:10
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:15 – 11:40
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The 3 Digital Transformation Mistakes You Can’t Afford – And the Playbook to Avoid Them
- People: The heart of transformation is trust. Without it, your entire initiative is in danger. Shared goals, clear KPIs and management buy-in turn it into a foundation that scales ROI across sites.
- Processes: Point-to-point connections are a liability, they tend to break under pressure. Decoupling OT and IT keeps operations resilient – and makes ROI measurable beyond a single plant.
- Technology: PoCs are everywhere, but without a unified foundation they stay pilots. With a central data layer and UNS, organizations advance to Agentic AI in live production– the leap from proof to practice.
Peter Sorowka, CEO Cybus GmbH
Meeting session 1
11:45 – 12:10
CASE STUDY
Digital leadership and workforce evolution
Key takeaways:
- How to bridge the skills gap for a digital-ready workforce through practical training examples?
- Real-world strategies for overcoming employee resistance and managing change during digital transformation initiatives.
- How to use human-AI collaboration to enhance decision-making and empower human operators on the shop floor?
- How can AI-powered platforms be leveraged to deliver measurable ROI for a future-ready workforce through continuous learning?
Johan Majlov, Executive Director of Operations, Nature’s Sunshine Products
Meeting session 2
12:15 – 12:40
CASE STUDY
Secure IT/OT integration with legacy systems
Key takeaways:
- Best practices for modernising outdated OT to enable secure and resilient IT/OT convergence.
- How to ensure the integrity and reliability of data streams from integrated legacy and OT systems for accurate insights and automation?
- What proven cybersecurity protocols mitigate escalating risks in interconnected IT/OT environments, considering evolving regulations?
- What network segmentation architectures are critical for a disruption-ready factory, safeguarding converged IT/OT systems?
Shashank Sharma, Senior Product Marketing Manager, HiveMQ
Meeting session 3
12:45– 13:50
NETWORKING LUNCH
13:55 - 14:30
HEADLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
AI & IoT are transforming operations—but how do we separate hype from real value?
Key takeaways:
- Implementation: What are the biggest benefits and hurdles in making AI/IoT work?”
- Evolution: When does AI truly add value—and when is traditional automation / coding enough?
- Cybersecurity: How do we ensure AI systems are secure, ethical, and trustworthy?”
- Data Management & Antipatterns: What are common mistakes or cases where AI should not be used?
Panelists:
Hand Ramdani, Head of Global Digital Workforce, Sanofi
Zviadi Jeiranash, Head of AI & IOT, Norican Group
Sounavo Dey, Sr Solutions Architect Manufacturing, AWS Industry
Sven Seipp, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Meeting session 4
14:35 - 15:00
CASE STUDY
Danone’s digital transformation and deep dive into AI and data analytics as key
Key Takeaways:
- How to leverage advanced analytics and AI to optimise end-to-end manufacturing processes
- Real-world challenges and enablers in scaling AI-driven decision-making across production sites
Practical strategies to integrate human-machine teaming (HMT) for smarter, real-time operations - What foundational digital capabilities are needed to unlock value from AI and data in manufacturing
- How to build trust in AI systems through transparency, experimentation, and operational wins
Simon Levinson, Head of Digital Manufacturing Innovation, Danone
Meeting session 5
15:05 - 15:30
CASE STUDY
Sustain your Growth in Challenging Times: Innovation in Digitalization
Key takeaways:
- Sustain your growth in challenging times with innovation in digitalization
- Strategic Evolution: Prioritizing People, Product, and Profit in the Digital Manufacturing Landscape
- Efficiency Unleashed: Harnessing Automation and Smart Technology for Optimal Performance
- Remote Precision: A Deep Dive into Cutting-Edge Technologies Facilitating Seamless Operations
- Showcasing the Transformation of Factories into Intelligent and Resilient Production Centers
Laurent d’Izarny-Gargas, Senior Director Digital Sales, GE Vernova
Meeting session 6
15:35 - 16:00
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
16:05 - 16:30
CASE STUDY
Master the art of scaling smart manufacturing using AI, digital twins and real-time data
Key takeaways:
- How to connect AI, digital twins and real-time data to enable agile, intelligent operations at scale?
- Common pitfalls in scaling smart manufacturing and how to avoid them
- Real-world strategies for deploying digital twins that deliver measurable impact
- Why integration across IT, OT and business systems is key to sustainable scalability?
Jürgen Friedrich, Managing Partner & Head of Manufacturing & Automotive Consulting Europe, alongside Alexander Linke, Head of IIoT Offering Europe DXC
Meeting session 7
16:35 - 17:00
CASE STUDY
The Daily Haystack: Stop Searching, Start Steering with Time Series Forecast Agents
Most manufacturers still spend their days investigating yesterday’s problems instead of preventing tomorrow’s — but AI-driven time series agents are changing that.
You will learn:
- Discover how time series foundation models enable proactive, real-time quality control.
- See how multivariate forecasting detects process drift before deviations occur.
- Learn how AI agents identify root causes automatically, cutting defect-to-resolution cycles from weeks to hours.
- Understand why language models like ChatGPT can’t solve time series problems — and what specialized models can do instead.
- Get practical steps to start using forecast agents in your operations.
Sounavo Dey, Sr Solutions Architect Manufacturing, AWS Industry
Meeting session 8
17:05 - 17:30
CASE STUDY
From factory floor to cloud: Enabling scalable interoperability through OPC UA
- Discover how OPC UA enables seamless IT/OT integration and supports scalable digital manufacturing architectures.
- Learn how the new OPC UA Cloud Initiative connects factory floor data with major cloud platforms and analytics tools.
- Explore real-world use cases showing OPC UA in action for digital twins, predictive maintenance, and edge-to-cloud deployments.
- Understand the role of open standards in modernizing legacy systems and unlocking long-term interoperability.
Stefan Hoppe, President, OPC Foundation
Meeting session 9
17:30 - 17:35
CHAIR CLOSING REMARKS
17:35-18:35
END OF DAY ONE - DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY TWO – Friday, 21st November 2025
08:00 - 08:55
REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING
09:00 - 09:10
Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:15 – 10:00
HOSTED ROUNDTABLES
Small group discussions tackling your most critical challenges
ROUNDTABLES:
- Cybersecurity: Planning for Operational Risk and Real-Time Threat Detection
- Implementing Digital Twins & IoT: Overcoming the Barriers to Scaled Adoption
- From Pilot to Plant: Will the Technology Deliver Real ROI?
- Integrating Legacy Infrastructure with New Digital Systems — Without Disruption
- Empowering the Connected Workforce: Bridging the Gap Between People, Machines, Data & Service
Hosted by TeamViewer
- AI in Manufacturing: breaking down traditional data silos, enabling seamless data movement and integration
Hosted by NetApp
- Your Data Swamp: Making Reliable Decisions with Messy Data
Hosted by Mithryl
10:05 - 10:30
CASE STUDY
Cyber Resilience in Modern Manufacturing: Key Strategies and Insights for Safeguarding Industrial Operations
Key Takeaways:
- As industries become increasingly interconnected and digitized, cybersecurity is no longer just a technical challenge—it’s essential for business continuity.
- The manufacturing sector has become the most targeted industry for ransomware attacks, accounting for 25% of global incidents in 2024—making compliance with standards like TISAX and ISA/IEC 62443 essential to reduce vulnerabilities.
- Beyond perimeter-, network-, identity-, and data-security, storage stands as the last lane of defense when a cyber threat occurs.
Jean-Christophe Lamodière, Industrial Manufacturing Global Practice Director, NetApp
Meeting session 10
10:35 - 11:00
CASE STUDY
Architecting industrial data for flexibility, efficiency and growth
Key Takeaways:
- How to build a scalable industrial data infrastructure that connects operations, IT and business systems for full visibility
- Real-world examples of harmonising OT data to drive agility, operational excellence and cross-site standardisation
- What data architecture approaches support faster deployment, interoperability and secure data flow across global operations
- How integrated data platforms enable actionable insights, continuous optimisation and sustainable manufacturing growth
Marc Olivé Torralba, Data Solutions Director, AG Solution Group
Meeting session 11
11:05 - 11:35
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:35 - 12:00
CASE STUDY
Apocalypse Now: The end of optimization as you know it? How new trends in AI are changing the conversation about supply chain planning:
Key Takeaways:
- The toolbox: understanding what AI tools are available to take on the challenges of planning and scheduling manufacturing
- The value of classic optimization techniques in contrast to ongoing AI developments in machine learning
- How to pick the right tool for the goals your organization seeks to achieve
- The maturity curve of AI based planning and how to get started
John Rogelstad, Managing Consultant, Logic Factory
Meeting session 13
12:05 - 12:30
FIRESIDE CHAT
Pilot-to-plant: Building adaptive, digitally-driven manufacturing in an age of disruption
Key takeaways:
- Proven strategies to scale digital initiatives from pilot to full-plant implementation for lasting, measurable impact
- How to track and quantify ROI from digital scaling across complex industrial environments
- Practical approaches to build adaptability and long-term value using smart energy and sustainability systems
- Success stories of energy-efficient, scalable technologies that boost resilience and operational performance in high-cost environments
Sven Seipp, Senior Manager – Supply Chain & Network Operations, Deloitte Consulting GmbH
Adel Emam, Chief Operations Officer-MENA, JBS
12:35 - 12:40
Chair closing remarks & feedback
12:45 - 14:00
FAREWELL LUNCH
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