Agenda

Following is the schedule for the Forum.  All times are CET (Central European Time).

Monday, May 15

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Tuesday, May 16

Wednesday, May 17

Featured Speakers

The following executives are featured speakers at the Forum.

Franco Cavadini

Chief Technology Officer   
Gr3n Recycling

Franco is the CTO of Gr3n Recycling. He has supervised the design and realization of several complex industrial automation solutions, bridging the gap between research and industry. He has also served as program manager for the IEC-61499 European Competence Center, a strategic initiative to create and lead a European network of stakeholders, supporting the industrial acceptance of the IEC 61499 standard for distributed automation.

Gabriel Gonzalez-Alonso

Head of Corporate Production Management   
ZF Group

Gabriel is in charge of Industry 4.0, industrial performance management, performance analytics and industrial strategy as well as advanced manufacturing engineering. He has 28 years of manufacturing experience, 25 of which were with Renault-Nissan Alliance. Gabriel went from a supervisor at a body shop and head of a paint shop to automobile and powertrain plant manager, with a high focus on lean manufacturing. In 2012, he took the role of regional industrial director in South America for Renault-Nissan.

Peter Kwaspen

Technology Expert   
Shell Global Solutions International

In his 30+ years career, Peter has worked in various management and consultancy roles in food, manufacturing, and oil&gas. Currently he leads OT, IT and IoT projects and research with the objective of reducing operations and maintenance (human) interventions to improve asset reliability and performance as enablers for asset of the future.

Henning Loeser

Head of Innovation   
Audi

Henning studied physics at the Philipps Universität Marburg and the UIUC in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA and earned his PhD on the topic of high temperature diffusion on single crystal surfaces at the University of Marburg. In 2004 he joined Audi, starting in car development superstructure before moving on to production development. He has been a member of senior management since 2012. Since 2014, Henning has worked on Audi’s future vision of the 360Factory and has been Head of the Audi Production Lab since 2016. In the P-Lab he and his team work on the factory of the future, developing new technologies and production concepts by trying them out and evaluating them in a real production environment.

Jean-Maurice Gimet

Operations and Maintenance Manager   
Hynamics (EDF Group)

Jean-Maurice is in charge of optimizing the performance and improving the safety of assets, troubleshooting equipment, as well as developing, costing and promoting the services and products marketed in conjunction with the business development department. In 2014, he became Electrical and SCADA Manager, where he grew his skills to operational technical support on an international level and continued to develop partnerships in Europe including in the field of battery storage. Jean-Maurice joined the EDF Group's hydrogen project in 2018 as Operation and Maintenance Manager, which led to the creation of Hynamics - the subsidiary responsible for low-carbon and renewable hydrogen. Before that, he was an electrical engineer at EDF Renouvelables specialized in the operation and maintenance of MV/HV substations, wind turbines, photovoltaic farms throughout Europe.

Jens Wiesner

Head, Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems   
Referatsleiter bei Federal Office for Information Security

Jens heads the section 'Cyber Security in Industrial Control Systems' of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). To increase security of critical infrastructures he and his team cover many areas starting with establishing trust and good relations with vendors and asset owners, committee work, baseline security documents, and supporting standardization efforts (ISA99 and DKE 62443) to working with academia to improve research and education. 

List of Executive Speakers

Location

The Forum is held at the Meliã Hotel in Sitges (Barcelona), Spain.

Meliã Sitges  
Joan Salvat Papasseit, 38  
Barcelona - Sitges 08870  
Spain  
www.melia-sitges.com

Overlooking the Sitges marina and the Costa del Garraf, the Meliã is within easy access of Barcelona international airport and walking distance from the historic center of Sitges.  Hotel amenities include complimentary fitness facilities, free WiFi internet in public areas and rooms, and an indoor car park.