• Internet of Things / Industry 4.0• Cybersecurity • Big Data / Operational Safety • Operational Excellence• IT/OT Integration Around HMI/SCADA

May 22-23, 2018Chicago Marriott O‘Hare

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ACCELERATING INNOVATION THROUGH AUTOMATION

Tom Doney, Expert Engineer, Nestlé

In this session, Tom Doney from Nestlé’s Development Center in Marysville, Ohio, will share details about how the world’s largest food company is approaching the technological innovation surrounding the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. Doney will explain Nestlé’s development of a path for machine condition monitoring, their interest in applying augmented and virtual reality, and optimizing the transmission of conditioned data from the factory to the cloud.

Tyler Robertson, Automation Engineer, Taylor Guitars

Tyler Robertson, a self-diagnosed ‘guitar nut’ and Automation Engineer at Taylor Guitars will share how his company—renowned for its handcrafted instruments—is finding a fit for a variety of automation technologies. Learn how Taylor has deployed robotics for buffing, spraying, electronics assembly, adhesive dispensing, drilling, sanding and more. And see how machine vision technologies are able to identify and measure guitar components, determine wood grading and assess variation and defects.

Jim Lagrant, Vice President of Engineering, Palmer Foundry

Big Data delivers at Palmer Foundry. Engineering VP Jim Lagrant will share his success in modernizing the foundry’s operations with better data insights, while positioning the entire company for the future. Lagrant has connected the company’s production operations and enterprise business functions around the same set of data collection and analysis tools. Session attendees will learn how Palmer Foundry:

• Collects time-based data from non-automated equipment• Implements methods for upgrading manual

processes to increase control and data collection• Automates the collection and analysis of transactional data• Standardizes and automates data charting• Applies production process analysis tools to the

business side of the company’s operations.

Surfing the Internet of Things/Industry 4.0 Tsunami

Uniting the Business Around Process Analysis Data

Robotics and Machine Vision Challenges at Taylor Guitars

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Matt Tyler, President/CEO, Vickers Engineering

Vickers Engineering is a supplier to Toyota, Lexus and Honda, as well as companies in the oil & gas, agriculture and defense industries; it’s also the parent company of Red Rabbit Automation. CEO Matt Tyler will share how his company expanded its capabilities and reach through greater use of automation technologies. Based on experience at Vickers, Matt will explain why the impact of robots and advanced automation in your facility is not a job killer and how the embrace of automation has enabled Vickers to double its payroll, increase it revenues by a factor of five, and increase the safety of its production operations. He’ll also share how to leverage training from industry suppliers to upskill your workers and what the increasing use of automation around the globe means to the average U.S. manufacturer.

Rebecca Taylor, Senior VP, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)

This session will address top cyber risks for manufacturers of all sizes. Attendees will learn why manufacturers’ growing reliance on automation, Big Data, and the Internet of Things has elevated the importance of cybersecurity. Rebecca Taylor will provide firsthand insight on how the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is helping their member companies develop a culture of cybersecurity awareness and how to protect themselves, their customers and their supply chains.

How Automation Can Expand Your Business and Your Profits

Hitting Production Targets with Visible Data

A Report from the Frontlines of Manufacturing Cybersecurity

KEYNOTES FROM THE WORLD’S LEADING MANUFACTURERS

Steve Perry, PE, ELEC, IT Team Analyst, Tyson Foods

Most data collection discussions today focus on the analysis of data in the cloud or the edge for future operations improvement. But did you know that, by making data visible to operators, the same technologies used to collect and analyze data for future improvements can be used to drive process improvements on a day-to-day basis? In this presentation, Steve Perry of Tyson Foods will show how he’s helping keep food production processes on target via the continuous collection, analysis and display of key metrics that operators can act on directly.

Registration and Breakfast in Expo Area

Keynote: Surfing the Internet of Things / Industry 4.0 Tsunami Tom Doney, Expert Engineer, Nestlé

Keynote: How Automation Can Expand Your Business and Your Profits Matt Tyler, President/CEO, Vickers Engineering Inc.

Keynote: Remote Equipment Monitoring OpX Leadership Network

Refreshment Break

Production System Upgrade Leverages Wi-Fi Network John P. Peterson, General Manager of IT, AW North Carolina, Josh Humphrey, Chief IT Architect, AW North Carolina and Dan Wiggins, VP, Industry Solutions Group, Cisco

Uniting the Business Around Process Data Analysis Jim Lagrant, VP of Engineering, Palmer Foundry

The Evolution of Automation Donna Ritson, President, DDR Communications

Lunch

Panel Discussion on SafetyExperts from SMC Corp., Pilz, Steute Wireless and other companies

Overcoming Operating System ObsolescenceAlan Stanfill, MES Group Manager, Stone Technologies and Huck Bales, Senior MES Engineer/Analyst, Stone Technologies

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS (Topics at right)

Workshops A, B, C-1, DWorkshops E, F, G, H

Refreshment Break

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS (Topics at right)

Workshops I, J, K, LWorkshops M, N, O, P

Cocktail Reception

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The Organization for Machine Automation & Control (OMAC) is providing a full day of PackML training and coding prior to the Automation Conference. Register via the same online form, and indicate your preference of workshop. (Concurrent workshops will be led by experts from Siemens, B & R Automation and Beckhoff.) Each workshop will include hands on programming in a small class setting covering:

• History and development of PackML

• PackML Benefits

• Understanding and Applying the PackML State Model

• Coding and Programming with a PackML Library

• Using PackTags for coding and programming

• OPC-UA PackML companion specification

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OMAC Program Kickoff

PackML Coding and Training Workshops Concurrent sessions moderated by technology experts from Siemens, B & R Automation and Beckhoff. (See details below.)

General Session and Annual Meeting

Cocktail Reception

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Implementing IIoT with an Industrial Raspberry Pi: Rugged, Secure, and Made for Innovation - Hilscher

The Digital Twin and its Effect on Automation Efficiencies - Siemens

Want your customers back? The adaptive machine can reinvent your business model.- B&R Automation

Why we aren’t doing IIoT and what you need to do to get us interested. - B&R Automation

Technology Workshop - Kepware

Technology Workshop - Bimba

IIoT 101: Getting Started with MQTT - Inductive Automation

Cloud Convergence at the Network Infrastructure Edge: Where the Rubber Meets the Road in IIoT - Moxa

Adding the “I” to your OT - Iconics

Leverage Your Data to Increase Efficiency and Optimize Profitability - Seeq

Technology Workshop - Universal Robots

Overcoming Obstacles with Edge Computing - Opto 22

Risk Assessments - Your First Step in Machine Safety - Pilz

Increase Productivity and Reduce Cost of Automated Production with new Industrial Communication Standards and the IIoT - Lapp Group

New Tools for Enhancing Production Logistics: Wireless Data Collection Networks - Steute

New Product Intro: Ethernet / IP Wireless Serial Interface IP67 Pneumatic Valve Manifold - SMC Corporation

Smart, Flexible Manufacturing: Advance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Rockwell Automation

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Breakfast in Expo Area

Keynote: Robotics and Machine Vision Challenges at Taylor GuitarsTyler Robertson, Automation Engineer, Taylor Guitars

Keynote: A Report from the Frontlines of Manufacturing CybersecurityRebecca Taylor, Senior VP, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

Requests for Proposals (RFQs) OpX Leadership Network

Refreshment Break

Hitting Production Targets with Visible Data Steve Perry, Tyson Foods

Improving Safety and Productivity with IIoT Jeff Winter, Director, Grantek Systems Integration and Jose Rivera, CEO, Control System Integration Association

Lunch | David A. Harvey Memorial Scholarship | OpX Leadership Network Update

Panel Discussion on Justifying the Value of Automation Investment Experts from Siemens, Lapp Group, Iconics and other companies

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS (Topics at right)

Workshops M, N, O, PWorkshops I, J, K, L

Short Break

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS (Topics at right)

Workshops E, F, G, HWorkshops A, B, C-2, D

Conference concludes

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 PROGRAM

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPSChoose the topics most relevant for your operation; most Workshops are offered twice - see schedule left.

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Caterpillar, IncChevronChobani, Inc.Church & DwightCisco SystemsCoca-Cola CompanyCombi Packaging SystemsComcoCorning Inc. CSIA Cooper BussmannDanaherDart ContainerDC WaterDeere & Co.DelkorDel Monte FoodsDiageoDishaka, LLCDoberDow ChemicalDow CorningDura-PackEcolab Inc.Edwards Life SciencesE & J Gallo WineryEnergizerErgon Refining, Inc.ExxonMobil ChemicalGeneral DynamicsGeneral ElectricGeneral MillsGeneral Motors

Georgia PacificGNP CompanyGOJO Industries, IncHaldor Topsoe, Inc.Highland Brewing Co.HoffmanIlapak Cartoning SystemsIndiana State Univ.Integrated DNA Tech.Iredale Mineral Cos meticsInternational PaperInterstates CompaniesJohn DeereJohnson ControlsKimberly-Clark CorpKollmorgen Kraft FoodsKRONES AGLabcorp AmericaLittle TreesMallinckrodtMarchant SchmidtMars ChocolateMatthews MarkingMWVMESAMettler ToledoMFG.comMichelin NAMicrosoftMonsantoMurata Americas

NASANestléNewport News ShipbuildingNissanNoble EnergyNordson CorporationNorthwire Inc.Nova ChemicalsOmega Design CorpOmniconOPC FoundationOshkoshOssid / ProMachOwens-IllinoisParagon Mfg.Parker HannifinPatti EngineeringPearson PackagingPepsiCoPerrigoPeterson FarmsPhoenix ClosuresPI North AmericaPinnacle FoodsPro Mach Inc.Procter and GambleQuabbin Wire & CableR.A Jones & Co.RedVikingRoviSysSamsungSCADAhacker

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