Tuesday, May 22

7:00 - 8:00 am	Registration and Breakfast in Expo Area
8:15 – 8:55 am	Keynote: Standardizing Design and Manufacturing Across the Supply Chain Presented by Sid Venkatesh, Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing
9:00 – 9:40 am	Keynote: PLC Lifecycle Management Presented by Chris Wells, ExxonMobil
9:45 – 10:25 am	Keynote: Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act Presented by David Acheson, Managing Director, Leavitt Partners, LLC
10:30 – 10:55 am	Break in Expo Area
11:00 – 11:55 am	Track sessions begin
	Automation & The Manufacturing Renaissance in America Dan Allford, President/Owner, ARC Specialties
	Water/Wastewater SCADA Strategies Kenn Bengtsson, Senior Project Manager, PMP, DC Water
	Combining Lean/Six Sigma with Automation for OEE Improvements Chris Bacon, Production Manager, Pepsi Bottling Ventures
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Buffet Lunch
1:00 – 1:55 pm	Track sessions resume
	Wireless Networks: Funding, Approval and Implementation Management Steve Toteda, VP/General Manager, Cooper Bussmann and Chairman of WINA
	Process Safety & Security Issues Kevin Connelly and Ken Modeste, UL LLC
	Leveraging Controls Technology to Achieve Rapid Changeover Rick Lidington, CEO, FMS Packaging Systems, Inc. Winston Strachan, Maintenance Engineer, Caribbean Food Delights Or choose to attend our packaging standards Workshop, from 1:00 - 5:30 pm on Tuesday, with a break at 3:00 pm. See Workshop details. Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC
2:00 – 2:55 pm	Track sessions continue
	State-of-the-State on Device to Controller Interoperability Tom Burke, President & Executive Director, OPC Foundation
	Wireless Networks: Funding, Approval and Implementation Management Steve Toteda, VP and General Manager, Cooper Bussmann (and WINA Chairman)
	Automation in Secondary Packaging and End-of-Line Operations Steve Stegora, Western Region Sales Manager / Marketing Director – Americas, Langen Packaging Group Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC
3:00 – 3:25 pm	Break in Expo Area
3:30 – 4:25 pm	Track sessions resume
	Machine Safety Standards Impact on OEMs and End Users and on the cooperation between OEMs and Manufacturers Martin Grosser, Technology Manager, Functional Safety, Lenze
	Alarm Management Steve Elwart, P.E. PhD, Director of Systems Engineering, Ergon Refining Inc.
	Trends in Packaging Automation Applications Vice-President, Automation and Information Solutions, Glenmount Global Solutions Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC
4:30 – 5:25 pm	Track sessions continue
	Modeling for Distribution, Assembly and Simulation Prof. Clark Radcliff, Michigan State University
	Remote Diagnostics & Workflow Strategy for Packaging & Production Kai Mariappan, Plant Control Specialist, Coca-Cola
	Machine Vision in Packaging Akram Hossain, Professor, Purdue University Calumet Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack Workshop Dave Chappell, Complete Manufacturing Automation Assoc. LLC
5:30 - 7:00 pm	Cocktail Reception in Expo Area

Wednesday, May 23

7:00 - 8:00 am	Breakfast in Expo Area
8:15 – 8:55 am	Keynote: Getting the Most from Your Interaction with Standards Organizations. Presented by Paul Redwood, R&D Equipment Engineering Manager, Church & Dwight
9:00 – 9:40 am	Keynote: Training for an Automated Company Simon Nance, Manager,Training & Development, STIHL Inc.
9:45 – 10:25 am	Keynote: Packaging Line Automation Presented by Dr. Bryan Griffen, Electrical and Automation Engineering Manager, Nestle
10:30 – 10:55am	Break in Expo Area
11:00 – 11:55 am	Track sessions begin
	Developing a Security Strategy for Discrete Manufacturing Automation Systems Joel Langill, Chief Security Officer and ICS Cyber Security Specialist, SCADAHacker
	Using Automation to Drive Operational Excellence Joe Staples, Head of Manufacturing Systems, NA, Bayer CropScience
	Remote Diagnostics & Workflow Strategy for Packaging & Production Kai Mariappan, Plant Control Specialist, Coca-Cola
12:00 – 12:55 pm	Luncheon announcing The David Harvey Scholarship
1:00 – 1:55 pm	Track sessions resume
	What’s The Difference? An Examination of Ethernet Network Protocol Options Panel Presentation (see track for presenter details)
	DCS Migration Strategies Paul Galeski, MavTech
	Automated Asset Management Streamlines Label Procurement Mark Moorhead, Director of Marketing, WS Packaging Group
2:00 – 2:55 pm	Track sessions continue
	What’s the Difference? Continued Panel Presentation (see track for presenter details)
	Developing a Security Strategy for Processing Automation Systems Joel Langill, Chief Security Officer and ICS Cyber Security Specialist, SCADAHacker
	Packaging Technology Roundtable Produced in cooperation with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
3:00 pm	Adjourn
	NOTE: program subject to change; check back for periodic updates

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Featured Speakers

Sid Venkatesh
Sid is an Associate Technical Fellow, working in the Boeing Research and Technology department since 1986. In this capacity, he develops and supports just-in-time manufacturing, with a focus on emergent machining requirements. Sid is also the Chair of the Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC), a 500-member strong global organization for the support of machine automation and manufacturing.

David Acheson
Dr. Acheson is a former FDA official and now Managing Director at Leavitt Partners LLC. He will talk about coming changes to the Food Safety Modernization Act and other regulatory issues, with an eye toward how they will impact food and beverage processors and packagers, other producers of consumables, and the manufacturers who design and build equipment used in those industries.

Bryan Griffen
Bryan has been an engineer with Nestlé since 1998, where he started as an electrical and automation engineer for a final packing facility. He has gained global experience in both operations and R&D within Nestlé. He is currently the manager of electrical and automation engineering at Nestlé’s global headquarters in Switzerland. Bryan also serves on the OMAC Board of Directors, and as chair of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup.

Chris Wells
Chris Wells is currently a Senior Staff Instrumentation Engineer in the Process Control section, Engineering Specialists, Engineering and Manufacturing Support, ExxonMobil Chemical Company providing instrumentation support and best practice development guidance for the ExxonMobil Chemical manufacturing sites and businesses. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University. He joined ExxonMobil Chemical Company in 1996 and has worked in various instrumentation engineering and supervisory positions at chemical and refining sites working primarily with safety systems, PLCs, and field instrumentation.

Chris Bacon
Bacon is Production Manager at Pepsi Bottling Ventures in Napa, ID and has 13 years of experience in manufacturing and project management, specifically in process, systems, and team-based development and improvements. He also has extensive experience with continuous improvement projects covering frozen, confections, and beverage commodities.