Conference Program May 10, 2022

 

09:00 - 09:05

Chairman's Opening and Conference Commencement

Walter Garrison, Advanced Manufacturing Business Integrator, City of Mississauga

09:05 - 09:20

Mississauga's Continued Success as a Manufacturing Powerhouse

Mayor Bonnie Crombie, City of Mississauga

09:20 - 10:00

Panel Discussion: Re-Imagining Global Supply Chains to Meet Today's Industry Challenges

  • Global supply chain models re-thinking
  • What can be done to mitigate the impact of global parts shortages and prevent future crises?
  • How can industry make its supply chains more resilient and sustainable?

Panel moderator:

  Rahul Gangal, Partner, Roland Berger

Panelists:
Sebastian Koper, Principal - Chicaco Office, Roland Berger

  Jason Ball, Vice President & General Manager, Burloak Technologies

 Kathy Bodnar, Director, IoT Transportation & Asset Management, Rogers for Business

10:00 - 10:20

Sustainable Aerospace Together

  Dale Smith, Regional Director, SAF Producers & SAF Policy, Enterprise Environmental Sustainability, Boeing

10:20 - 10:40

Advances in Manufacturing

  Asvin Parsad, Product Manager, Assembly Technology, Bosch Rexroth

10:40 - 11:00

Morning break

11:00 - 11:40

Panel discussion: Remaining Relevant in an Industry 4.0 World

  • How is the Smart Factory helping the manufacturing sector to become responsive and adaptable in shifting markets?
  • What is the role of digitization in addressing current supply chain challenges?
  • Advanced and additive manufacturing developments driving industry growth

Panel moderator:
  Rahul Gangal, Partner, Roland Berger

Panelists:

  Stéphanie Holko, Director of Project Management, NGen Canada

Christina Baker, Director of Additive Manufacturing, PPG Aerospace

Joris Myny, Sr. Vice President Digital Industries, Siemens

Maryam Emami, CEO, AI Materia

11:40 - 12:00

Connectivity and Telematics in Automotive Industry

  Aryan Habib, Manager, Connected Vehicles & Telematics Business, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp.

12:00 - 12:45

Panel Discussion: The Urgency of Cybersecurity for Increasingly Connected Manufacturing Environments

  • Understanding the extent to which cyber threats are affecting manufacturers today
  • What type and level of risks exist in factories?
  • How can manufacturers identify and mitigate risks, and how will they address future risks?
  • Building cybersecurity controls into smart factory initiatives

Panel moderator:

  Jannat Bhalla, Cybersecurity & Privacy Consultant, PwC

Panelists:

Kevin Magee, Chief Security Officer, Microsoft Canada

Sam Cohen, Senior Consultant - Cyber Risk, Deloitte 

  Ludovic Blanchard, Cybersecurity and Network Design Specialist,Thales Transportation Solutions

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch break

Chairman:

Sheldon Williamson, Professor (Electric Energy Storage; Transportation Electrification; E-mobility) and NSERC Canada Research Chair, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

14:00 - 14:30

Managing the Shift to Automotive Electrification

John Laughlin, CTO, NGen Canada

14:30 - 15:10

Panel discussion: Planning for a More Electric World: A Critical Next Step for Aerospace & Automotive

  • Leveraging knowledge-sharing between industry segments
  • How to successfully build partnerships between sectors to drive growth and build resilience for future
  • Delivering on electric vehicle goals: how can supply chains prepare?

Panel moderator:
  Vineeth Purushotham, Automotive Consultant, Frost & Sullivan 

Panelists:
  David C. Adams, President, Global Automakers of Canada

  Michael Nitefor, Founder & President, Air Lab

  Rick Szymczyk, Founder, Upstartz Energy Ltd & VP Engineering, eCAMION Inc

 

15:10 - 15:30

How Electric Aviation is Driving Investment

  Darrell Swanson, Electric Aviation Strategic Advisor, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

15:30 - 15:50

Afternoon Break

Chairman:

 Walter Garrison, Advanced Manufacturing Business, City of Mississauga

15:50 - 16:30

Panel Discussion: Strategies and Tactics for Attracting and Retaining Manufacturing Positions Post-Pandemic

  • Creating agility and flexibility for long-term retention
  • How can we improve spaces for historically marginalized groups within the workplace?
  • Developing innovative training and education programs for emerging job roles

Panel moderator:

Walter Garrison, Advanced Manufacturing Business Integrator, City of Mississauga

Panelists:
  David Ali, Associate Director, Pratt & Whitney

Sheldon Williamson, Professor (Electric Energy Storage; Transportation Electrification; E-mobility) and NSERC Canada Research Chair, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

 Nour Hachem-Fawaz, Founder & CEO, We Build a Dream 

16:30 - 17:00

Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN)’s Talent Strategy

 Aleque Juneau, Project Lead, Workforce Development, OVIN

 Sahra Togone, Project Delivery Coordinator, OVIN

 Heerea Rikhraj, Project Lead for Talent Initiatives, OVIN

17:00 - 17:20

The Outcomes and Benefits of Large-Scale Collaboration for Canada - Enabling Disruptions: Cyber Physical Systems Leading to Light Weighting

Ryan Myers, Research Council Officer, NRC-CNRC

17:20

Conference close

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