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Join us at the Annual ARC Industry Forum Asia online to learn more about how digitizing factories, cities, infrastructure and supply chain will benefit technology end users and suppliers alike. Discover what your peers are doing today and what steps they are taking in their respective journeys. ARC Industry Forum Asia for up to date information on the speakers and agenda.
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| Time Zones | Track 1 – English |
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| English Session 1 Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) Session |
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| 8:00 AM-9:30 AM(IST) 10:30 AM-12:00 PM(SGT/China) 11:30 AM- 13:00 PM(JST) 12:30 PM- 14:00 PM(AUS) |
Open Process Automation: End User Perspectives on Open Process Automation “Delivering Value Using Open Process Automation”by Mohan Kalyanaraman, Technology Acquisition Advisor, Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering. “PETRONAS Update on the Test Bed Connected to the Training Plant” by Sharul Rashid, Group Technical Authority, Instrument & Control, Petronas. “Open Process Automation in Shell” ” by Jacco Opmeer, Principal Automation Engineer, Shell Global Solutions “Open Process Automation Updates – RIL” ” by Divyang Shah, Group Lead – Instrument Reliability in Center of Excellence, Instrument Department, Reliance Industries Limited. Moderator:Harry Forbes, Director Research, ARC Advisory Group. |
| English Session 2 Digital Transformation Initiatives |
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| 10:00 AM-11:30 AM(IST) 12:30 PM-14:00 PM(SGT/China) 13:30 PM-15:00 PM(JST) 14:30PM- 16:00PM (AUS) |
“Cracking the Code for Digital Transformation - Smart Manufacturing” by Matt Teng, General Manager, Head of Digital Industrial Solutions, Yokogawa Engineering Asia “Digital Transformation for Sustainability, Reliability, Production, and Safety” by Jonas Berge, Senior Director, Applied Technology, Emerson Automation Solutions “Digital Operations to Unlock the New Battery Materials Plant’s Productivity” by Dai Yuanshen, Head of Operations Integration, BASF Global Battery Material & Kim Hock Teo, Vice President of SUPCON Technology responsible for International Business. |
| English Session 3 Sustainability Initiatives |
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| 12:00 PM -13:30 PM(IST) 14:30 PM-16:00 PM(SGT/China) 15:30 PM-17:00 PM(JST) 16:30PM- 18:00PM(AUS) |
“Technology Selection in Hydrogen Value-Chain Demonstration Plants” by Martin Kolos, Industry Specialist – Energy Solutions, Emerson Automation Solutions. “How to Use Digital Technologies to Increase Energy Efficiency and Curb CO2 emissions in Industries” by Riccardo Martini, Product Portfolio Manager, Sustainability, ABB Energy Industries “Zero-Emission Flight: Using Twin Technology to Accelerate Innovation”by Jordan Amir-Hekmat, Senior Project Analyst, Protium Green Solutions & Jorge Aguerrevere, Director of the Electrochemical Cells & Reactors Practice, Siemens Process Systems Engineering |
| English Session 4 Automation Architectures and Advances |
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| 14:00 PM -15:30 PM(IST) 16:30 PM-18:00 PM(SGT/China) 17:30 PM-19:00 PM(JST) 18:30 PM- 20:00PM(AUS) |
“How Cargill is Working to Achieve a More Sustainable Lifecycle for Automation Software” by Dominic De-Kerf, Plant Systems and Controls COE Lead, Cargill and Greg Boucaud, Chief Marketing Officer, UniversalAutomation.Org “Eldorado Celulose Brazil: Implementing an All-in-One Hardware-Independent Automation Platform in a Paper Mill” by Clemens Mann, Vice President Marketing, Andritz Automation and Hermann Obermair, Senior Vice President, Andritz Automation “Roadmap for Practical Use of Continuous Manufacturing System‘iFactory’ by 2030, Phase Ⅲ” by Joji Tsurumoto, Manager, Process Development Dept., Takasago Chemical Corporation ” |
| Time Zones | Track 2 – Japanese |
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| Japanese Session 1 Digital Transformation and Sustainability |
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| 10:00 AM-11:30 AM(JST) 6:30 AM-8:00 AM(IST) 9:00 AM-10:30 AM(SGT) |
【Keynote】 “Sumitomo Chemical's Initiatives Toward Achieving Carbon Neutrality -‘Obligations and Contributions’ By Junpei Tsuji, Executive Officer, Secretary General, Carbon Neutral Strategy Council, General Manager, Research Planning & Coordination Dept., Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. “Technology Selection in Hydrogen Value-Chain Demonstration Plants”By Martin Kolos, Industry Specialist, Energy Solutions, Emerson Automation Solutions “Mitsubishi Chemical's DX Promotion Case Study – Challenges and Issues for Establishing a Digital Plant” By Hajime Okutsu, Production Technology Dept., Technology Management Div., Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Q&A(30 min.) |
| Japanese Session 2 Plant Data Management and AI/ML Utilization |
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| 13:00 PM-14:30 PM(JST) 9:30 AM-11:00 AM(IST) 12:00 PM-13:30 PM(SGT) |
“Introduction of Advanced Technology in Chemical Plants and Challenges for the Future” By Naoto Yasaka, General Manager, Advanced Production Technology Promotion Div., Production & Technology Center, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. “Daicel Method Production Innovation Evolves with AI to Approach Autonomous Production System” By Fumihiro Miyoshi, General Manager, Office of the President/Head of Monozukuri Production Innovation Center, Daicel Corporation “Innovation and Advancement of Plant Operation with Data Utilization” By Miharu Sasaki, Data Science Director, Digital Product Dept., Frontier Business Div., Chiyoda Corporation Q&A(30 min.) |
| Japanese Session 3 Digital Twin and Predictive Maintenance with Robotics |
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| 15:00 PM-16:30 PM(JST) 11:30 AM-13:00 PM(IST) 14:00 PM-15:30 PM(SGT) |
“Development of Robotics Technology in the Field of Next-generation Plant Operation and Maintenance in a Digital Twin Environment” By Shizuka Ikawa, Associate Director, Assistant to Division Director (Digital Transformation, DX), Frontier Business Div., Chiyoda Corporation “How Drones and Robots Empower Automation and Inspections” By Matthias Gronstedt, Managing Director, HHLA Sky GmbH (Introduced by David Humphrey, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group) “Hexagon’s Smart Digital Reality for Manufacturing” By Hiroshi Osaka, Representative Director, Asset Lifecycle Intelligence Div., Hexagon Q&A(30 min.) |
| Time Zones | Track 1 – English |
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| English Session 1 Digital Manufacturing Driving Growth into the Future |
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| 8:00 AM-9:30 AM(IST) 10:30 AM-12:00 PM(SGT/China) 11:30 AM- 13:00 PM(JST) 12:30 PM- 14:00 PM(AUS) |
“Development Strategy of Petrochemical Smart Manufacturing” by Shaoyong Wang Technical Expert of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Distinguished Expert of Industry and Information Technology Department of Guangdong “Digital Transformation Practice and Exploration of Jinchuan Group” by Jun Liu General Manager of JINCHUAN Information and Automation Engineering Company “Introduction of Advanced Technology in Chemical Plants and Challenges for the Futures” By Naoto Yasaka, General Manager, Advanced Production Technology Promotion Div., Production & Technology Center, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc |
| English Session 2 Operational Excellence |
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| 10:00 AM-11:00 AM(IST) 12:30 PM-13:30 PM(SGT/China) 13:30 PM-14:30 PM(JST) 14:30PM- 15:30PM (AUS) |
“DX Solutions for Plant Operation Problems” by Hideki Sato, Data Science Director, Digital Product Department, Frontier Business Division, Chiyoda Corporation “Digital Operational Excellence in Manufacturing” by Ashish Bajpai, Global Solutions Sales Leader – MOM, ABB Energy Industries |
| English Session 3 Industrial Cybersecurity |
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| 11:30 AM -13:30 PM(IST) 14:00 PM-16:00 PM(SGT/China) 15:00 PM-17:00 PM(JST) 16:00PM- 18:00PM(AUS) |
“Shifting Behaviors – a How-To Plan for Secure Operations” by Ikshvakoo Vaid, Global Sales Leader – OT Security, ABB Energy Industries “Aligning OT Cyber Risk with Business Strategies” by Michael Murphy, Head of Critical Infrastructure, Fortinet “Optimizing ICS Defense with OT Zero Trust” by Terence Liu, Chief Executive Officer, TXOne Networks, Inc. and Chaoyang Hsu, Senior Solution Architect, TXOne Networks, Inc. “Gain Clarity into Your XIoT” by Jamie Rossato, Information Security Director, Lion & Vijay Vaidyanathan, Regional Vice President – Solutions Engineering, APJ, Claroty |
| English Session 4 User Experiences - Going Digital |
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| 14:00 PM -15:30 PM(IST) 16:30 PM-18:00 PM(SGT/China) 17:30 PM-19:00 PM(JST) 18:30 PM- 20:00PM(AUS) |
“Digitalisation-Organisation readiness for scaling up & Challenges” by by Vivek Gupta, Joint Vice President and Head of Instrument & Digital, DCM Shriram Ltd “Digital Initiatives in Power Stations by NTPC”- by R. Sarangapani, General Manager, NTPC “Digital Transformation in Discrete Manufacturing” by Madhusudan N Kestur, Director, AceMicromaticMIT (AmiT) |
| Time Zones | Track 2 – Japanese |
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| Japanese Session 4 Next Generation Plant Control and Autonomous Operation |
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| 10:00 AM-11:30 AM(JST) 6:30 AM-8:00 AM(IST) 9:00 AM-10:30 AM(SGT) |
【SICE Sponsorship Special】 “Expectations for AI and Advanced Control in the Evolution of Automated Driving Systems” By Yuji Yasui, Executive Chief Engineer, Innovative Research Excellence, Computer Science Domain, Honda R&D Co., Ltd. “Roadmap for Practical Use of Continuous Manufacturing System ‘iFactory’ by 2030, Phase Ⅲ” By Joji Tsurumoto, Manager, Process Development Dept., Takasago Chemical Corporation “Data Utilization in Intel Semiconductor Manufacturing” By Yuko Kohmura, Director, Solution Technology Div., Business Consumption Group, Intel K.K. Q&A(30 min) |
| Japanese Session 5 Digital Twin and Smart Plant Operation |
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| 13:00 PM-14:30 PM(JST) 9:30 AM-11:00 AM(IST) 12:00 PM-13:30 PM(SGT) |
“Driving Maximum Operational Optimization by AVEVA Digital Twin” By Yasushi Sugie, Senior Business Value Consultant, APAC, AVEVA K.K. “Moving Towards Sustainable & Open Asset Digital Twins” By Peter Reynolds, Contributing Analyst, ARC Advisory Group, & Michael Hotaling, Operations Excellence Digital Manager, ExxonMobil “Workforce Transformation (WX) Realized by ‘SeeQ’ Advanced Analysis” By Yutaka Ishidate, Sales Manager, Industrial Solutions Sales Div., DX Sales Unit, Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd. (MKI) Q&A(20 min) |
| Time Zones | Track 1 – English |
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| English Session 1 Open Asset Digital Twins |
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| 8:00 AM-9:30 AM(IST) 10:30 AM-12:00 PM(SGT/China) 11:30 AM- 13:00 PM(JST) 12:30 PM- 14:00 PM(AUS) |
“Moving Toward Sustainable Asset Digital Twins” Peter Reynolds, Contributing Analyst, ARC Advisory Group, USA Michael Hotaling, Operations Excellence Digital Manager, ExxonMobil Manoj Dharwad Ker, Digital Workflow Leader, Dow Binay Anand, Lead Segment Architecture, Shell Seth Taylor, Smart Facilities and Digital Twin Product Owner, Chevron |
| English Session 2 Asset Management Advances |
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| 10:00 AM-11:30 AM(IST) 12:30 PM-15:00 PM(SGT/China) 13:30 PM-15:00 PM(JST) 14:30PM- 16:00PM (AUS) |
“Smart Asset Management” by Ganapathiraman GM & VP ARC Advisory Group “APM Enabled Autonomy; Digital Dependencies and Tomorrow’s Augmented Operator”- ABB by Cody Falcon, Global Product Manager – Digital, ABB Energy Industries and Karl H. Watson, Global Asset Performance Management and Safety Digital Leader “Industry Agnostic Asset Management Excellence” by Kevin Price, Technical Product Evangelist, VP Portfolio Strategy and Enablement EAM Segment, Hexagon and Supratim Mukhopadhyay, Director of Sales (EAM), Hexagon |
| English Session 3 AI and Machine Learning |
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| 12:00 PM -13:30 PM(IST) 14:30 PM-16:00 PM(SGT/China) 15:30 PM-17:00 PM(JST) 16:30PM- 18:00PM(AUS) |
“World First AI Autonomous Control” by Dr Darius Ngo, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Enterprise Solution, Yokogawa Engineering Asia “Tracking India’s Sectoral Progress on AI Adoption” ” by Achyuta Ghosh, Senior Director & Head- Insights, NASSCOM “The Power of 3 – AI, IOT and Cloud – Transforming Manufacturing and the Workforce of the Future” by Sunil David, Advising and Consulting AI and IOT Start-ups |
| English Session 4 Smart Cities: Initiatives and Technologies |
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| 14:00 PM -15:30 PM(IST) 16:30 PM-18:00 PM(SGT/China) 17:30 PM-19:00 PM(JST) 18:30 PM- 20:00PM(AUS) |
“A Holistic and Collaborative Approach to the Putrajaya City Command Centre in Malaysia” by Kamil Mohd Arshad, Principal Engineer (Instrument and Control), Group Technical Solutions, Petronas and Mohd Musabri Shaharom, Head of Smart City Section, ICT Division, Perbadana Putrajaya “Integrated and Sustainable Infrastructure Planning and Development to Achieve Liveable and Environmentally Sustainable Smart Cities” by Latha D.S, Discipline Head, Instrumentation and Controls (Power Business Unit), TATA Consulting Engineers “How to Satisfy Consensus Based Smart City Needs, Using a Structured Systems Engineering Process” by Jim Frazer, Vice President, Infrastructure and Smart Cities, ARC Advisory group |
| Time Zones | Track 2 - Japanese |
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| Japanese Session 6 OPA－Development of Next Generation Plant Control System |
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| 10:00 AM-11:30 AM(JST) 6:30 AM-8:00 AM(IST) 9:00 AM-10:30 AM(SGT) |
“Delivering Value Using Open Process Automation” By Mohan Kalyanaraman, Technology Acquisition Advisor-Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil “Open Process Automation in Shell” “PETRONAS Update on the Test Bed Connected to the Training Plant” By Sharul Rashid, Group Technical Authority, Instrument & Control, Petronas Rasidi Mohamed, Custodian, Instrument & Control, & Zhafran Abdul Aziz, Staff Engineer, Instrument & Control, Petronas “Open Process Automation Updates – RIL” By Jacco Opmeer, Principal Automation Engineer, Shell Global Solutions |
| Japanese Session 7 Industrial Cybersecurity |
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| 13:00 PM-14:30 PM(JST) 9:30 AM-11:00 AM(IST) 12:00 PM-13:30 PM(SGT) |
“Optimizing ICS Defense with OT Zero Trust” By Takayuki Imano, Director, Marketing Div., TXOne Networks Japan GK “Protecting the Perimeter of the Industrial Control Systems ” By Ricky Eckhart, Industrial IT-Cybersecurity Manager, ExxonMobil Q&A (20 min.) |
| Japanese Session 8 SICE-ARC Joint Panel Discussion |
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| 15:00 PM-16:30 PM(JST) 11:30 AM-13:00 PM(IST) 14:00 PM-15:30 PM(SGT) |
“Current Status and Future of Automobile Driving Support and Autonomous Plant Operation by Utilizing AI and Simulation Technologies” Moderator: Go Suzuki, Member of SICE (The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) Panelists： Takashi Washio, Professor in the Division of Information and Quantum Sciences at the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University Yuji Yasui, Executive Chief Engineer, Innovative Research Excellence, Computer Science Domain, Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Masataka Masutani, Division Director, Production Technology Division, ENEOS Materials Corporation Hiroaki Kanokogi, President & CEO, Yokogawa Digital Corporation Takehito Yasui Technical Specialist AI, Digital Product Planning & Marketing Dept., Frontier Business Div., Chiyoda Corporation |
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