Annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum Asia
Accelerate Transformation in the Age of AI, Cybersecurity, and Sustainability

July 2, 2024 – Tokyo, Japan | July 10-11, 2024 – Bangalore, India | August 1, 2024 - Singapore

July 2, 2024 - Tokyo, Japan (Japanese)
July 10-11, 2024 - Bangalore, India (English)
August 1, 2024 - Singapore (English)

Join us at the Annual ARC Industry Forum Asia to speed up your digitalization, sustainability and energy transition initiatives with strategies and stories from your peers.  

For industrial sectors, it is a time of uncertainty. Market disruption abounds, and change is inevitable. For companies that can make fast, effective decisions, change presents significant opportunity and not just existential risk. Industrial leaders deal with this by leveraging transformational technologies such as generative AI to evolve business models, focusing on competitive and operating excellence, anticipating changes to the workforce and work itself, establishing cyber-resilient operations, and driving energy transition and sustainability into core business strategies.   

Accelerate Industrial and Municipal TransformationBy embracing a digital-first mindset, companies can dismantle constraints that limit their capacity to quickly produce the correct goods and services for the marketplace. Through digitally-driven business agility, leaders succeed and grow, embracing goals of competitive excellence and revenue creation, while delivering production efficiency and operational excellence to protect margins. These companies are integrating digital technology, such as AI and cognitive analytics, digital twins, predictive technologies, and other technologies, throughout their value chains. Design and engineering, production operations, maintenance, logistics, supply chain, business systems, customers, products, and organizational structure are undergoing innovative change as companies adapt to increasingly dynamic market conditions. Leaders understand that attaining business agility, enabled by digital technologies, is critical to responsiveness, resilience, and competitive differentiation. 

Technologies like digital twin, cloud, AI, edge computing, IoT, cybersecurity technology, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and more are enabling new business processes and obscuring traditional functional boundaries. OT, IT, and ET teams are growing their skills and capabilities, transforming real-time operations. Executives charged with driving transformation are seizing this moment to innovate and deliver value. Call it digital transformation, smart manufacturing, or Industry 4.0, industrial companies are unlocking business agility to better innovate, transform, and succeed in both the present and future.

Is your organization successfully evolving to be a digital organization?

Join us at the Annual ARC Industry Forum Asia, to learn more about how transforming factories, plants, and infrastructure will benefit technology end users and suppliers alike. The 2023 ARC Industry Forum Asia in-person events in Tokyo, Japan, and Bangalore, India, were a huge success. We are currently in the process of planning a broad set of industry-relevant topics for 2024. The Asia Forum will be hosted in two languages: Japanese (Tokyo Event) and English (Bangalore Event). Discover what your peers and industry leaders are doing today and what steps they are taking to prepare for the future.

Who Should Attend

  • CEOs, COOs, and Presidents
  • CIOs and CTOs
  • VPs and Directors of IT
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Supply Chain
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Manufacturing
  • VPs, Directors, and Managers of Engineering
  • Plant Managers and Supervisors
  • Production Managers and Supervisors

Forum Topics

  • AI and Machine Learning
  • Transforming to 21st Century Operations
  • Energy Transition and Industrial Sustainability
  • Asset Performance Management
  • Automation Innovations
  • Cybersecurity for Digitalization and Sustainability
  • Digital Twins and Connected Smart Machines
  • Digital Workforce and Culture
  • Industrial IoT Platforms, Edge Infrastructure, and End Devices
  • MES End User Success Stories
  • Smart Infrastructure

Bangalore In-Person Event Agenda

Following is the preliminary schedule for the Bangalore Event sessions.  Times and sessions are subject to change.  All times are India Standard Time (IST). Presentations will be made in English.

Wednesday, July 10

8:30 AMRegistration
9:30 AMWelcome Note by ARC Advisory Group 
9:35 AMInauguration - Eco-friendly watering a plant along with Group Photo with all sponsors
 Keynote Presentations
9:45 AMSpeaker 1, ARC Advisory Group
10:00 AMSpeaker 2 
Speaker 3
10:30 AMSpeaker 4
10:45 AMQ&A
11:00 AMTea/Coffee Break
 Digital Transformation and Sustainability Initiatives (Part 1)
11:30 AMSpeaker 1
11:50 AMSpeaker 2
12:10 PMSpeaker 3
12:30 PMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers/Panelists
1:00 PMLunch
 Industrial AI and Analytics (Part 1)
2:00 PMSpeaker 1
2:20 PMSpeaker 2
2:40 PMSpeaker 3
3:00 PMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers/Panelists
3:30 PMTea/Coffee Break
 Advances in Automation: Architectures, Networks, Standards
4:00 PMSpeaker 1
4:20 PMSpeaker 2
4:40 PMSpeaker 3
5:00 PMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers/Panelists
5:30 PMNetworking with Delegates
6:30 PMCocktail Party and Dinner

Thursday, July 11

8:30 AMRegistration
 Industrial AI and Analytics (Part 2) 
and 
Digital Transformation and Sustainability Initiatives Including Digital Twins (Part 2)
9:30 AMSpeaker 1
9:50 AMSpeaker 2
10:10 AMSpeaker 3
10:30 AMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers/Panelists
11:00 AMTea/Coffee Break
 Advanced Automation Enhancing Operational Excellence
11:30 AMSpeaker 1
11:50 AMSpeaker 2
12:10 PMSpeaker 3
12:30 PMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers/Panelists
1:00 PMLunch
 Open Process Automation Developments
2:00 PMSpeaker 1
2:15 PMSpeaker 2 
Speaker 3 
Speaker 4
2:45 PMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers/Panelists
 Plant Asset Management Advances / Enabling the Energy Transition / Digital Twins
3:00 PMSpeaker 1
3:20 PMSpeaker 2
3:40 PMSpeaker 3
4:00 PMPanel Discussion and Q&A    
Moderators with Speakers
4:15 PMVote of Thanks
4:20 PMTea/Coffee

Singapore In-Person Event Agenda

Following is the preliminary schedule for the Singapore Event sessions.  Times and sessions are subject to change.  All times are Singapore Standard Time (SST). Presentations will be made in English.

Thursday, August 1

8:00 AMRegistration
9:00 AMWelcome Note by ARC Advisory Group 
9:05 AMKeynote Presentation
 Future Automation: Architectures, Networks, Standards
9:30 AMSpeaker 1
9:50 AMSpeaker 2 
10:10 AMSpeaker 3
10:30 AMPanel Discussion
11:00 AMMorning Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit
 The Age of AI: Opportunities and Solutions for Industry
11:30 AMSpeaker 1
11:50 AMSpeaker 2
12:10 PMSpeaker 3
12:30 PMPanel Discussion
1:00 PMNetworking Lunch and Exhibition Visit 
 Enabling the Energy Transition and Industrial Sustainability
2:00 PMSpeaker 1
2:20 PMSpeaker 2
2:40 PMSpeaker 3
3:00 PMPanel Discussion
3:30 PMAfternoon Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit
 Meeting the Industrial Cybersecurity Challenge
4:00 PMSpeaker 1
4:20 PMSpeaker 2
4:40 PMSpeaker 3
5:00 PMPanel Discussion
5:30 PMClosing Remarks
6:00 PMEvening Dinner and Networking Reception by the Singapore River

Attendee Perspectives

“I am very happy with the way the Bangalore forum 2023 turned out on the topic of Open Process Automation (OPA). In the keynote session ExxonMobil and Petronas discussed OPA as an innovation enabler and making the case for ‘learning through doing’. We had an OPAF workshop with Reliance presenting their advancements on OPA; and a session on OPA Ecosystems Development with our partners. There was a lot of interest from folks wanting to know more about OPAF at the OPA booth.”

Mohan Kalyanaraman
Technology Acquisition Advisor, Strategic Planning
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering
exxonmobil

“The ARC India Forum 2023 in Bangalore provided the right platform for industry to collaborate on optimizing the green hydrogen value chain through Open Process Automation, Enterprise Metaverse, Integrated Safety and Collaborative Sustainability Monitoring. We look forward to making a Green Energy value chain with digital collaboration.”

Pulak Upadhyay
General Manager, Digital Consulting
Schneider Electric Process Automation (India Hub)
schneider electric

"Many thanks for giving me an opportunity to speak regarding one of our core expertise areas - solar plants. I truly appreciate ARC’s meticulous efforts in organizing this event and covering trending topics of automation and instrumentation. I am so glad that I attended this Forum and enriched my knowledge base.”

Latha D S
Discipline Head,  Power Business Unit - Instrumentation and Controls
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE)

“It was a good event and very important companies participated and attended the sessions. It was great for OPC HUB INDIA to be a part of it.”

Rajkiran Patil
Director Measurement Intelligence, Siemens
Site Leader, OPC Hub India
opc

“The forum was well planned and managed and the topics quite relevant. Enjoyed interacting with different speakers and delegates.”

Anup Dubey
Senior Analytics Practice Lead, Group Data & Analytics
Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd.
aditya birla

“Open Process Automation (#OPAS) is becoming a reality. We just concluded our presentation about Open Process Automation as a part of OPAS. Thank you very much ARC Advisory Group for giving us this amazing opportunity to be part of this Forum on Driving Sustainability, Energy Transition and Performance through Digitalization.”

Vishal Kumar
Manager, BU Automation System, Industry Management and Automation
Phoenix Contact India Pvt Ltd.
Phoenix Contact

“This was my first visit to India and to the Silicon Valley, Bengaluru. It was exciting to meet industry leaders and experts and learn about digital transformation at industrial levels. The ARC Forum provided a good networking platform to share ideas, solutions, and discuss the progress being made on the digital transformation journey. Collaboration on this journey is extremely important.”

Jack Li
CEO
SUPCON Singapore
supcon

To Register

Forum Fee

There is no fee to attend for ARC Advisory Service Clients, Digital Transformation Council (DTC) members, Speakers, Panelists, and Sponsors of this Forum.  Technology End Users including Manufacturing, Energy, Supply Chain, Logistics and City Leaders are also welcome to register at no cost. Please select the appropriate ticket type when you register to receive your complimentary ticket.

If you are a technology end user, we encourage you to become a DTC member to receive your free ticket.  Please visit the Digital Transformation Council page to learn all the benefits of becoming a member of this thriving community.

For the Tokyo In-Person Forum fee, please contact ARC Japan, citoh@arcweb.com, +81 4 2991 1685. For the Bangalore In-Person Forum fee, please contact ARC India, Ganapathiraman G. RamanG@arcweb.com, (0)9632330000. For the Singapore In-Person Forum fee, please contact ARC Singapore, Bob Gill, bgill@arcweb.com, +65 97709566.

Registration Methods

Cancellations and Substitutions

Substitutions may be made at any time at no additional charge. The registration fee is fully refundable up to 7 days prior to the Forum date minus a $75 administration fee. A 50% cancellation fee will be assessed after that date. In place of the registration fee refund, attendees may choose to receive access to all session video recordings for 1 month. All cancellations must be received in writing.

Location

The Tokyo Forum is held at KFC Hall & Rooms.

KFC Hall & Rooms  
6-1, Yokoami-1,  
Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0015  
Japan  
+81-3-5610-5801

The Bangalore Forum is held at Radisson Blu Hotel.

Radisson Blu Hotel  
1 Palace Road  
Bengaluru, 560001  
India  
1 800 1080 333

The Singapore Forum is held at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.

Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
392 Havelock Road
Singapore 169663
+65 6733 0880

Speaking Opportunities

For information on nominating a speaker for the forum, please visit our Speaking Opportunities page or contact Chiaki Itoh, citoh@arcweb.com, +81 4 2991 1685; G. Ganapathiraman, ramang@arcweb.com,  +91 96 3233 0000; Bob Gill, bgill@arcweb.com, (659) 770-9566; Rita Liu, rliu@arcweb.com, +8618501687629; or Steve DePaola, sdepaola@arcweb.com, +1 781-471-1120. 

Sponsorship Opportunities

For information on opportunities for sponsoring the forum, please contact Chiaki Itoh, citoh@arcweb.com, +81 4 2991 1685; G. Ganapathiraman, ramang@arcweb.com,  +91 96 3233 0000; Bob Gill, bgill@arcweb.com, (659) 770-9566; Rita Liu, rliu@arcweb.com, +8618501687629; or Steve DePaola, sdepaola@arcweb.com, +1 781-471-1120 .

Previous Attendees

The following companies have attended previous ARC Forums.

ABB
Abhijeet Industries
Accenture
Ace Micromatic
Adani Group
Aditya Birla
Aeronautical Development Agency
Amar Radio Corporation
Ametek
ASAPP Info Global Media Group 
AspenTech
Avadooth Automation
AVEVA
Azbil
Baldota Control and Equipments Pvt Ltd 
Beckhoff Automation
Belden
Bentley Systems
Bharat Bijlee
Bharat Electronics Limited
Bharat Forge
Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd
Bharat Petroleum Corp
BHEL
Bhilai Steel Plant
Biocon
Blueripples Technologies 
Bosch
Calligo Technologies
CAPGEMINI
CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA)
Central Power Research Institute
Chemical Industry Digest
Chiyoda Corporation
Cisco Systems
Cochin Refineries
Control Infotech
Coromandel International Ltd.
Cosmo Oil
Creative Cyberservices
Cyient
Dalmia Cement
Danfoss
DCM Shriram Ltd
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
Dover Corporation
Dow 
DQS
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
DRDL
Dynam Electro Controls
EIL
Emerson
Engineers India
Engineers Innoventures
Eoxys Systems India Pvt Ltd
EQUATE Petrochemical Company
ESGxPartners
ESSAR
EtherWAN Systems
Everything Recycle
EVTransports
Exec Technologies
ExxonMobil
Ezaki Glico
Farabi Petrochemicals 
FATHOM
FieldComm Group
Finolex Industries Ltd.
Flowserve
Flsmidth pvt Ltd
Fluid Control Research Institute
Focus-On Vof
Forbes Marshall P Ltd.
Fortinet
Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.
Fuji Oil Co. Ltd.
Fujion Technica Pvt Ltd. 
Fujitsu Limited
Gadgeon Systems
GE
Gila Electric
GISPL
GNP Automation
GPM Ltd
GreenAct Innovations
GSMA
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Happiest Minds
HCL Technologies
Hemofarm
Hengli Group
Heritage Foods Ltd
Hexagon
HHLA Sky GmbH
Hibiscus Petroleum
HIMA China
Hindustan Aeronautics
Hindustan Petroleum
HINO SYSTECH 
Hitachi
HMEL
HMT
HOCL
Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
Honeywell
Hong Kong eCommerce Supply Chain Association (HKeCSC)
Hpcl Mittal Energy Limited
HTS
Huawei
HY Crossing pte Ltd
IBM
ICC
Icore Automation Resources
Idemitsu
IDEXX Laboratories
IED Communications Ltd.
IME
Indian Institute of science
Indian Oil Corp
Indorama Ventures Limited
Indus Technologies Advisory 
IndustriConnect Technologies pvt Ltd. 
Infosys
INGREDION
INPEX
Intel Corporation
Intergraph Process Power And Offshore Pte Ltd
ISA - International Society of Automation
ISMT LTD
ISRO
ITC Bhadrachalam
ITC Infotech
ITI Limited
Janaagraha 
Japan Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association
Japan Petroleum Energy Center

Jasubhai Media Pvt Ltd
JFE Plant Engineering
JFE Steel Corporation
JGC Corporation
JGC Holdings
Jindal Steel and Power
JK Paper Ltd
JNC Petrochemical Corp.
Joshi Consultants
JP Steel Plantech Co.
JPCERT/CC
JSW Energy Ltd.
KANEKA Corporation
Karnataka Power Corporation
Kaspersky
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
KCL Limited
kesoram Industries Ltd
K-Lite Industries
Knowledge Lens
KNPC
Koerber Pharma
Kogyo Gijutsu Sha
Konishi Automation Consultant
KPCL 
KransuQb Solutions
KVR Consulting
Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc.
L & T
Leagle Inc.
Linak Actuator Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Linde PLC
LTTS
LykiQ Labs Pvt Ltd 
Lyondellbasell
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals
Marubeni Information Systems Co. Ltd.
Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd.
Masibus
Matricesgroup
Matrix Global Resources 
Maynilad Water Services Inc
Mcdermott
MDQuality Apps Solutions LLP
Mechatronica Cluster 
Media Wings Digital Solutions LLP & MOFPC Ltd 
META Engineering Technology Sdn. Bhd.
MHI Engineering
Micronel Global Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
LTI Mindtree
Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsui Chemical
Modec Offshore Production System Pte Ltd
ModeliCon InfoTech LLP
Monodzukuri.jp Inc.
Mons Royale
Moon Iron and Steel Co.
Mottainai Africa
Mpro Technologies 
MPW India
M-system Co. Ltd.
Mtechnix Sdn. Bhd.
Nabha Power Ltd.
NASSCOM
National aerospace laboratory 
National Thermal Power Corp
Navtat Solutions
Nayara Energy Ltd
NEC Networks & System Integration Corp.
Neepa Systems
Neles
NetObjex India Private Limited
NFAPost Communications Pvt Ltd
NFC
NIC
Nippon Fisher Co. Ltd.
NNE Ltd.
NS Solutions Corporation
NTU
Nuclear Fuel Complex
Oasys Energy & Applied Technologies Pvt Ltd
OBDE Technologies Private Ltd.
Omega Simulation Co. Ltd.
OMRON
ONGC Ltd
OnRobot
Ontime Engineering and Services
OPC Foundation
OQ
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Organo Corporation
Orient Cement
Osaka International Refining Co. Ltd.
OSIsoft
Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Berhad
PCCW
Pepperl+Fuchs
Petrobras
Petroleo Brasileiro S A
Petroliam Nasional Berhad
Petronas
PGO
Phoenix Contact 
Physmark Inc
Pi Datacentres 
Pi Japan
Pioneer Corporation
Planet Aerospace 
PRANAV3V
Precimac Engineering Enterprises
Preferred Computational Chemistry, Inc.
Prime Polymer Co. Ltd.
Project IM Section
PT Kaltim Prima Coal
PT NEC INDONESIA
PT Sisindokom LintasBuana
PT South Pacific Viscose
PT Tiara Vibrasindo Pratama
PT Anggarkasih
PT KPC
PT Yokogawa Indonesia
PTT Global Chemical
PTTES
PTTGC
Putrajaya Corporation
PWC
Pyrotech
QUALIDELS
Quality Solutions and Services
Quantumpointllc
R Stahl
RCF 
Re sustainability limited 
Realtime Automation Pvt ltd
Reliance
RENAULT

Repsol
RHU Asia Resources
Risk 2 Solution
Rockwell Automation
RoviSys Asia Company Pte Ltd
RTPEPL
Sagar Cements Limited
SAGE Automation Pty Ltd
Saisun Technologies
Salem Steel
Samson AG
Samtex Solutions 
Sangfroid Industry
Sanvi Mobility Consulting
SAP Labs India
Sathvik Engineers
Sati Auto Components Pvt Ltd
Saudi Aramco 
Saviant Technology Consulting & Software Development
SCG Chemicals
SCG Packaging
Schneider Electiric 
Schueco India Pvt. Ltd.
SecurityGate
Seeq
Sensegiz Technologies Pvt Ltd
Servilink Systems
Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemicals Co. Ltd.
Shell
Shinkawa Electric Co. Ltd.
SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Sibintek
SICE
SICK
Siddhatech Engineering Solutions Pvt Ltd
Siemens
Silverline Solutions
Singapore Refining Company Pvt Ltd
Sisindokom Lintasbuana
SK Technologies
SL Japan Corporation
SM Creative Electronics Ltd
Smart Transformations
Sofcon Systems India Pvt Ltd
Sonelgaz 
SREE Engineering Enterprises
SSM InfoTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Stable Business Supplies Pty Ltd
Steag
Steel Authority of India
Steel Plantech
Stella Chemifa Singapore
STQC
Stratus Technologies
Strides Arcolab
Suez
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.
Sun Innovation Systems Pvt Ltd 
Suncor Energy Inc.
Sundac Inc
Sunpower Phils. Mfg. Ltd
SUPCON
Superfyn Techno Engineers Pvt Ltd
Supinco Automation
Surfa Coats India Pvt Ltd
Susan Automations India pvt ltd
Swapcard Ptd Ltd
SWCC
Taiheiyo cement
Takasago Chemical Corporation
Takuma
Tangentia India Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consulting Engineers
Tata Motors
Tata Power
Tata Projects
Tata Steel
Tech Mahindra
Technip Energies
Technobay Solutions Pvt Ltd 
Techsol Energies Pvt Ltd
Tecnimont 
Telatra
The Asahi Kohsan Group
The Heavy & Chemical News Agency
The India Cements Ltd
The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association (JEMA)
The Polyolefin Company (S) Pte Ltd
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
Tianchen Chemical Co. Ltd.
Timesys Corporation
TIS Inc.
TOHO Gas Co. Ltd.
Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.
Toshiba
TOTAL Engineering
Toyo Engineering Corporation
Toyota Industries
Tradex
Trend Micro 
TXOne Networks Inc.
Udyog4
UKG
UltraTech Cement
Uniper
Unisys
United Dynamics
Updater Services Ltd
UPL Ltd/Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Govt.of India
Uranus Info Technologies
URSC
U-Shim Inc.
UST
Uthunga Technologies
Vale
Valmet
Valuex Technologies
Varroc
VBR Technologies Pvt Ltd
VCS
Vector Infotech Pte Ltd 
Vietnam petroleum institute
Vijaya Engineering Works
VIVEC
Vivix Vidros Planos
VMware
Waydotcom 
Western Digital
Wipro Enterprises Pvt Ltd
Worley
YASKAWA
Yokogawa
ZEDEDA
Zhejiang SUPCON Technology Co.