The 29th Annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum: Winning in the Industrial AI Era

Summary

The 29th annual ARC Advisory Group Industry Leadership Forum is just around the corner from Feb. 10-13, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.

Join in for a gathering of the most innovative industrial companies to explore the latest advancements and trends in industrial platforms, industrial AI, industrial data fabrics and industrial cybersecurity and how these technologies can drive sustainability and digital transformation. Connect with industry leaders, share insights and discover new opportunities to transform your value chain and drive your business forward. Don't miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of the next industrial revolution.

Learn how to embrace a digital transformation mindset and leverage transformative technologies to evolve your business model, achieve competitive excellence and integrate sustainability into your core strategies. Become a focused, integrated, digital organization and lead the future of industry.

Forum topics will include:

• Industrial AI, data fabric and metaverses
• Transforming to 21st century operations
• Energy transition and industrial sustainability
• Asset performance management
• Automation innovations
• Cybersecurity for digitalization and sustainability
• Digital twins and connected smart machines
• Digital workforce and culture
• Industrial IoT platforms, edge infrastructure and end devices
• Supply chain sustainability

To read more about the topic areas, see ARC's page.

Featured speakers will include:

• Nico Duursema, CEO, Cerilon: Nico leads Cerilon in key areas to provide energy transition solutions, including lower-carbon technologies such as gas-to-liquid (GTL), renewables, bio-to-liquids (BTL) and downstream petrochemicals. Cerilon specializes in integrating new technologies into adaptive business models and operations.
• ​Henning Loeser, head of Innovation, Audi: 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.
• Michael Carroll, vice president of Innovation, Georgia-Pacific: Mike's groundbreaking work beyond Generative AI to Automated Reasoning and Special Purpose Intelligence has led International Data Corporation (IDC) to create an entirely new domain, named "Deep Automation." He is recognized for his expertise in leadership, innovation, organizational transformation and intellectual honesty.
• Michael Hotaling, Operations Excellence digital manager, ExxonMobil: Michael has over 30 years of manufacturing experience within the refining, chemicals, lubes, supply/trading organizations for ExxonMobil. He has served at 9 different ExxonMobil facilities where his previous roles have included Process Manager, Technical Manager and Maintenance Manager for various operating sites. He has been in the digital and plant computing capacity since 2017.
• Lucian Boldea, president and CEO, Industrial Automation, Honeywell: Lucian is responsible for Honeywell’s IA business, which leverages the company’s deep history in industrial automation to enable process industry operations, create world-class sensor technologies, automate supply chains, make warehouses smarter and improve worker safety. 
• Cyril Perducat, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Rockwell Automation: Cyril and his team of technologists are focused on growing Rockwell’s already broad technology offering and expanding what is possible in the industrial automation space. He is responsible for charting the company’s technology roadmap, our reusable intellectual property library and research related to core technology.

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