2024 Presentations

Monday, April 8, 2024 

Keynote: Digital-First Manufacturing: Navigating the Sustainable Future with AI

Tom Kelly CEO, Automation Alley

Cutting Costs, Carbon, and Complexity: The Road to Decentralized Food & Beverage Manufacturing with Autonomous Micro-Factories

Wayne McIntyre, CEO & Co-Founder, Relocalize

Solutions Theater Track A - Essential Belt Drive Design Considerations for Food Processing Conveyors

Alex Kanaris, President, VDG (Van der Graaf)

Solutions Theater Track B - Laser “cold” Oven solutions for the Food Industry

Dr. Toby Strite, Senior Director, Strategic Marketing IPG Photonics

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Keynote: AI, ChatGPT and the Digital Transformation of Manufacturing

Billy Gillispie, Client Delivery Partner, Microsoftc
Andy Daly, Client Delivery Partner, Microsoft

Solutions Theater Track A -The Executable Digital Twin: A Digital Thread Approach to Boosting Machine Productivity

Colm Gavin, Portfolio Development Manager, Siemens Digital Industry Software
Tyler Newcombe, Portfolio Development Lead – Consumer Products & Retail, Siemens Digital Industry Software

FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2024 Plant of the Year Award Presentation

Joe Machetta, Head of Operations, JBS Prepared Foods

Gold Sponsors
Austin Burns & McDonnell Dennis Group Dennis Group IPG photonics siemens siemens Unified Purchasing Group
Van der Graaf

Silver Sponsors
Burns & McDonnell Doral Plex Renix Sani-Matic Whiting Turner