May 2019

Media Sponsors AGENDA BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACES ONLINE www.smartconferences.org.uk 9am: Conference registration/ tea and coffee 9.30am: Introduction: The value of smart manufacturing and the importance of adoption Victoria Montag - Sector head, Industrial Automation, GAMBICA , discusses the huge opportunities that industrial digitalisation presents for the British food & beverage industry over the next decade. 10am: The Future of Food and Beverage Manufacturing Keith Thornhill - head of Food & Drink at Siemens UK looks at how in a landscape of production having to be more productive, efficient and agile to cope with our appetites that require extra choice and multiple buying options, this conundrum can only be solved with greater deployment of digitalisation and automation. With this backdrop Keith Thornhill will share with you a journey to the future of food manufacturing and how companies are understanding how to achieve their vision. 10.30am: Refreshment break/ Exhibition 11am: Making the Fourth Industrial Revolution a reality – the challenges, opportunities, and solutions Steve Sands, Industry 4.0 spokesperson for Festo UK , will pose the challenges faced by the food & beverage industry and examine some of the solutions that new digitalisation technologies can help with. 11.30am: Edge Computing: Achieving operational excellence in the Food & Beverage Industry Syed Naqvi, regional business development manager – IIoT, Stratus Technologies, will highlight the importance of on-premise computing solutions as part of the transition to Smart manufacturing and logistic operations. 12 - 1pm: Networking buffet lunch/ Exhibition 1pm: Implementing the digital experience in the Food & Beverage industry Matt Rayment, chief engineer, Food, Beverage at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) , looks at how Food & Beverage producers can implement automation and digitalisation technologies that give them a competitive edge, and allows them to produce more efficiently and provide insightful information for decision making. 1.30: The Internet of Plants – Agriculture re-imagined Dave Scott, founder & CTO, of Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), presents the journey of the company’s development of viable commercial vertical farming enabled through a fully integrated automation architecture, IoT enabled system for remote monitoring and control, big data analysis of system parameters and variables incorporating AI for process optimisation. 2pm: Technology to make the Food & Beverage industry smarter - a case study. Chris McComb - managing director, iTech –Troon , discusses how the increased prevalence of digitalisation in today’s society means more and more key players in the Food & Beverage industry are looking to embrace technology to deliver fundamental improvements in their businesses. “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” is more widespread now than it has ever been. 2.30pm - 3pm: Refreshment break/ Exhibition 3pm: World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and the Industrial Internet of Things John Roberts, director of Idhammar Systems will discuss that as the manufacturing sector continues to evolve and competition levels continue to rise, organisations are looking to enhance and streamline their processes, with many turning to World Class Manufacturing (WCM) as the solution to remove all inefficiencies and loss in the process. 3.30pm: Efficiency through AI: The story of a dairy factory Aviran Yaacov, CEO of EcoPlant , discusses how innovative technologies are penetrating the production lines. The maintenance approach has changed from fractional or planned maintenance to predictive and proactive. The entry of innovative technologies such as The Cloud, AI, and Edge Computing, which developed in parallel with innovative approaches in operation, maintenance, and control, enable factories to be more efficient and competitive. Aviran will use the example of a world leading dairy which lost 15% of its production capacity in one month without paying attention, and how the "dark room" in the factory, which no one knew about, became a lit room, monitored and efficient as never before. 3.45pm: Conclusions – a panel discussion: The next steps towards transitioning and implementing a digital future in the Food & Beverage industry Victoria Montag, GAMBICA, Keith Thornhill - head of Food & Drink at Siemens, Steve Sands, Food & Beverage Industry sector specialist, Festo, Matt Rayment – chief engineer of Food & Drink at the MTC 4.15pm: End of conference DEMYSTIFYING THE JARGON: HOW TO MAKE THE DIGITALISATION TRANSITION Daily Session £195.00 each Daily session with two or more delegates £160.00 each BCAS & PI Members £165.75 each All booking receive a 10% discount for table sales at the co-located MCIA event the same evening: www.mci-awards.co.uk www.smartconferences.org.uk This is a CPD accredited conference