Tuesday, September 11
8:00 - 8:55 a.m. - REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:55 a.m. - Lutze Inc.
VFD Cabling and Changes in NFPA 79
Stefan Grunwald, Product Manager - Cable & Connectivity - Room W196-A
9:00 - 9:55 a.m. - Sercos
Industrial Communication in the Context of Industry 4.0 and in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Peter Lutz, Managing Director - Room W196-C
9:00 - 9:55 a.m. - Kyzen
How the “Right” Chemistry can Help You Improve Your Parts Cleaning and Address Environmental Concerns
Joe McChesney, Global Products Line Manager - Solvents - Room W196-B
10:00 - 10:55 a.m. - Siemens
Reduce per Unit Production Cost with Conditional Monitoring and Machine Tool Analytics
Vinicius Strey, Digitalization Consultant - Room W196-A
10:00 - 10:55 a.m. - Balluff
An Introduction to Smart Manufacturing, IIoT, Industry 4.0 & Why You Should Care
Will Healy III, Marketing Management Director - Room W196-C
10:00 - 10:55 a.m. - Norton | Saint Gobain
Fixed Abrasive Buff (FAB) Technology
Mike Shappell, Senior Application Engineer - Room W196-B
11:00 - 11:55 a.m. - Schunk
How the Future is Held Together with Applied Expansion Technology
Jeff Wills, Applications Engineer – Toolholding- Room W196-A
11:00 - 11:55 a.m. - Rittal
Looking at the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) with the Addition of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Industry 5.0
Herb Villa, Sr. IT Systems Consultant - Room W196-C
11:00 - 11:55 a.m. - Kaeser Compressors
Neil Mehltretter, Engineering Manager - Room W196-B
12:00 - 1:10 p.m. - LUNCH BREAK
1:15 - 2:10 p.m. - Hiwin
Synchronous PM Linear Motors Applied to Laser Motion Systems
Jean-Marie Rennetaud, Engineering Manager - Room W196-A
1:15 - 2:10 p.m. - Kuka
Utilizing IoT Analytics to Reduce Robot Downtime and Optimize Operations Efficiencies
Andy Chang, Director of Product Marketing, Americas - Room W196-C
1:15 - 2:10 p.m. - Bimba
The Role of Intelligent Connected Devices in Reducing Downtime and Improving Efficiency Throughout a Machine’s Lifecycle
Jeremy King, Product Manager for Vacuum and Sensing Technologies - Room W196-B
2:15 - 3:10 p.m. - Block USA
Electronic Circuit Breaker, New Vision of Control
Christoph Wesner, Application Support Specialist-Technical Sales - Room W196-A
2:15 - 3:10 p.m. - ICONICS
To IIOT or Not to IIOT, That is the Question
Russ Agrusa, Founder, President
2:15 - 3:10 p.m. - Acumatica/JAAS Systems
Trends in Manufacturing – 2018
John Schlemmer, Chief Operating Officer - Room W196-B
3:15 - 4:10 p.m. - Elmo Motion Control
The Paradox of Smart Manufacturing
Tomer Goldenberg, Product & Sales Enablement Manager
3:15 - 4:10 p.m. - B&R Industrial Automation Corp.
Beyond the Brownfield: How the Adaptive Machine Makes IIoT a Practical Reality
John Kowal, Director – Business Development - Room W196-C
3:15 - 4:10 p.m. - SMAC Moving Coil Actuators
Achieving 100% Quality
Steve Curtiss, East US Sales Manager
*Speakers, topics, times, and rooms are all subject to change.
IIC Conference Pricing | HannoverMesseUSA.com/education/iic
HANNOVER MESSE USA Integrated Industries Conference – $275
Includes access to the Integrated Industries Conference (Sept. 11)
Includes access to IMTS exhibit floor for all six days
HANNOVER MESSE USA Discount Package – $475
Includes access to the IMTS exhibit floor for all 6 show days
Includes access to the Global Automation & Manufacturing Summit (Sept. 13)
Includes access to the Integrated Industries Conference (Sept. 11)
Includes access to the OPC Foundation Conference (Sept. 13)
Includes access to the IMTS exhibit floor for all 6 show days
Includes access to all 4 days of the I
MTS 2018 Conference (Sept. 10-13)
Includes access to the Global Automation
& Manufacturing Summit (Sept. 13)
Includes access to the Integrated Industries Conference (Sept. 11)
Includes access to the OPC Foundation Conference (Sept. 13)
Includes a lunch voucher for all four conference days (Sept. 10 - 13)

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