North America's Leading Digital Manufacturing Event

October 14 - 16, 2025 | Hilton Chicago - Oak Brook Hills Resort

2025 Event Schedule

Sponsorship Opportunities

The Connected Worker Advisory Board

Jan Shumate
Engineering & Construction/Corp Manufacturing Automation Transformation
Eastman

Grant Ecker
Chief Enterprise Architect
Ecolab

Brian Perlstein
Digital Manufacturing Innovation Leader
Owens Corning

Tony Papke
Director of Business Development
MxD

Big Ideas Speakers

Jose Pires
Founder & CEO
Global Excellence & Innovation

Todd Buchholz
Former White House Director of Economic Policy, Author, Economist
Keynote Speaker

Industry Expert Speakers

Praveen Moturu
VP Digital Technologies and Chief Enterprise Architect
Mars

Shatender Singh
Principal Enterprise Architect
Sysco Corporation

Mike Brauckman
Head of Focused Improvement
Nestle

Seth Rajeev
Director Operational Excellence & Asset Reliability - US BU
Mondelez International

Tara E Tolly
Global Director of Process Optimization & Transformation
Archer Daniels Midland

Andrey St.Onge
President & CEO NA Baking Business
Lallemand

Mike Tomasco
Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies

John Barnett
Member
Chief Architect Network

Soma Venkat
Chief Information Officer
Cooper Standard

Marlon Rodgers
Software Engineer, IT Lead
Lockheed Martin

Flavio Torres
Head of Global Operations
The Kraft Heinz Company

Leo Rajapakse
Global Head of Platform Infrastructure, Digital & Advanced Technologies
Bimbo Bakeries Usa

Ilker Kalali
Chief Technology Officer
Pirelli Tires North America

Samik Mody
IT Director - Manufacturing & Maintenance Systems
Gallo

Colin Henry
Senior Product Manager
GE Vernova

Frank Shelton
Head of Business Development
Nokia Inc

Drew Martin
Senior Principal Product Manager for Industrial Connected Workforce
ServiceNow

Regina Barcena
Director Global Operational Excellence & Manufacturing Transformation
The Hershey Company

Alex Melton
Senior Director, Consulting & Support
Parsable Inc

Alessea Lane
Associate Director, Product Marketing
SymphonyAI

Tiago Machado
Co-founder
ST One

Craig D Lyjak
Principal Global Smart Factory Leader
EY

Ricardo Narciso Schiochet
Digital Manufacturing Leader - EM
Kimberly-Clark

Adam Prizio
Director of Manufacturing Operations
Electrical Components International

Brandon Leander
Head of IT & Digital - Vegetables
Syngenta

Franziska Lestorti
Business Development Lead
AWS

Niels Helkov
VP Smart Industries & Digital Solutions Americas
Orange Business Services

Robert Greiner
Director Platform Engineering
Cargill

Tiffanie Lewis
Member - Board of Directors
Women in Manufacturing

Catherine Ross
Director – Community Engagement, AMT
The Association for Manufacturing Technology

Monique Reeves
Executive Vice Chancellor, Office for the Future
Austin Community College

Aneesa Muthana
CEO & Co-Owner
Pioneer Service Inc

Brian Perlstein
Digital Manufacturing Innovation Leader
Owens Corning

Darin Powell
Senior Business Architect
Boeing

Hao Dinh
Vice President of Technology
EnPro

Bharathi Rajan
Vice President - Enterprise Data, Insights & Applications
Swire Coca-Cola

Anis Isahak
Global Operational Excellence Leader
Molex

Garith Duncan
Digital Transformation Manager
SNF Holding Company

Sara Clark
VP, Strategic Business Transformation & Execution Excellence
Greif

Mark Prosser
Industrial Mobility Product Manager
ExxonMobil

Robert Schoenberger
Editor in Chief
Industry Week

Keith Parker
Engineering Design Digitization Manager
Eastman

Dennis Scimeca
Senior Editor - Technology
Industry Week

Sugato Bose
Senior Director & Chief Enterprise Architect
Medline Industries, LP

Michael Muilenburg
Former Director - Operational Technology & Connected Manufacturing at 3M, and Se
Manufacturers Alliance – Minnesota

Gary Dunbar
Director of Digital Engineering and IT, Customer Care - North America
ENGIE North America Inc.

Stephen Framil
Chief Accessibility Officer
Merck & Co., Inc.

Vik Kalidindi
Vice President of IT and CIO
Robertshaw

John Dyck
CEO
CESMII

Mike McFarlane
Member Board of Trustees
AI Applied consortium

Martin Gonzalez
Innovation & Technology Principal
BP

Mei King
Senior Director, Global People Insights & Analytics
Mondelez International

Gretchen Moore
Executive Director Education Foundation
Women in Manufacturing

Uma Raghavan Raghavan
Senior Director, People Systems and Experience
Rivian

Jan Shumate
Engineering & Construction/Corp Manufacturing Automation Transformation
Eastman

Michael McDowell
Former Solutions Center Manager
LyondellBasell

Osmair Victor
Director, Talent Management Od
INX International Ink

Dawn Chereton
Director, People Operations
Rivian

Pradhyum Ramkumar
Head of Product Marketing
CELONA

Dave Landreth
Head of Global Sales and Alliances
Augmentir

Doug Stephens
Director of Sales
Detect Technologies

Alex Garilov
CEO
Zello

Tiago Machado
Co-Founder
ST-One

David Frede
Principal IoT Product Manager
SAS

Mike Carroll
Research Fellow
Georgia Pacific LLC

Frank Shelton
Head of Business Development - Corp Strategy and Development
Nokia

Dan Isaacs
Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Program Execution
Digital Twin Consortium

Gary Hill
Chief Innovation Officer
Future Technologies

Scott Griffiths
Manager - Advanced Technology Laboratory
Rockwell Automation

Catherine Gull
Senior Vice President of Sales
Future Technologies Venture, LLC

Craig D Lyjak
Principal Global Smart Factory Leader
EY

John Dougherty
Head of Manufacturing for the Americas
ServiceNow

Alex Melton
Senior Director of Consulting and Support
Parsable

Colin Henry
Senior Product Manager
GE Vernova

Konrad Konarski
Chairperson
AI Applied consortium

Mario DiPasquale
Product Owner, Smart Factory
Rich Products Corporation

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