Future Factories Summit Mena 2021
DAY 1 | 22 MARCH 2021, MONDAY
10:00 – 17:00
10:00 AM
WELCOME NOTE & OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
- Nimbhorkar P.S., Chief Operating Officer, Dolphin Manufacturing LLC – UAE
10:05 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE | ACHIEVING ZERO HARM IN SAFETY CRITICAL ORGANISATION THROUGH AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
- Salman Dawood Abdulla, Executive Vice President, EGA EHSSQ and Business Transformation, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
10:20 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION | CEO PANEL: THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR – STEMMING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ECONOMY
- Digital transformation transitioning to ‘urgent-priority’
- Identifying opportunities for resilience in a post-pandemic world?
- Role of Manufacturing sector in National Development plans of the regional governments
- Nimbhorkar P.S., Chief Operating Officer, Dolphin Manufacturing LLC – UAE
- Steen Hadsbjerg, Chief Executive Officer, The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) – KSA
- Rajeev Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Al Maha Ceramics SAOG – OMAN
- Hassan Al-Hazeem, Chief Executive Officer, Intercoil International – UAE
- Ismail Abdulla, Chief Executive Officer, Strata – UAE
11:00 AM
DIGITALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY – BOSCH TOPIC
- Swati Vats, Regional Manager – Middle East, Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, Bosch – UAE
11:10 AM
NETWORKING BREAK, MEETINGS & CONTESTS
11:25 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION | MIDDLE EAST: Unlocking the region’s manufacturing potential
- An end to oil dependency – Can Middle East become a manufacturing hub?
- Will Saudi Arabia and UAE going to be the world’s next big manufacturing destinations?
- Building Future Factories: Gearing Up local manufacturers for the new era of Manufacturing
- Khamis Metwaly, Country Logistics and International Trade Manager, Procter & Gamble – EGYPT & NORTH AFRICA
- Iyad Jaber, Head of Supply Chain, United Foods Company – UAE
- Dr. Abdelqader Abusafieh, SVP Technology & Advanced Materials, Strata – UAE
- Emmanuel Uppinivalsa, Director / Owner, Paris Perfumes Ind LLC – UAE
- Martyn Gill, EMEA Business Development Director – EMEA, LightHouse Systems – UK
11:55 AM
HOW TO BEGIN YOUR DIGITAL JOURNEY – KEY STEPS TO CONSIDER
- Phil Lewis, Vice President, Solution Consulting EMEA, Infor – UK
12:05 PM
NETWORKING BREAK, MEETINGS & CONTESTS
12:20 PM
DECLUTTERING THE CONCEPT OF IIOT / INDUSTRY 4.0 / SMART FACTORY IN 15 DAYS
- Balaji Nambi, Channel Market Director, PTC Inc. – UAE
12:30 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION | SHAPING SKILLS AND CULTURE FOR THE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE -NURTURING & ENGAGING LOCAL TALENT
- Youth development & skill building – is manufacturing & engineering being given the significance it deserves in our schools?
- Importance of necessary skill shift to explore the full potential of digitalization
- Is there a workforce management strategy in place? Placing emphasis on succession planning for business continuity
- Walaa Maher, General Manager Logistics & Supply Chain, RAK Ceramics – UAE
- Eng.Naif Aladhyani, Vice President, , Arasco – KSA
- Mohamed Fayez Monir, Head of Third Party Manufacturing, Boehringer Ingelheim – UAE
- Dr. Swapan Kumar Jana, Director – R&D and Manufacturing, Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. – INDIA
01:10 PM
Q&A | CLOSING REMARKS
01:20 AM – 05:00 PM
SCHEDULED NETWORKING MEETINGS
DAY 2 | 23 MARCH 2021, TUESDAY
10:00 – 17:00
10:00 AM
WELCOME NOTE & OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON
- Chellam Sankar, Head -Manufacturing, Pharmax Pharmaceuticals FZ LLC – UAE
10:05 AM
OPENING SPEAKER – THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRY 4.0 IN THE POST COVID-19 PARADIGM
- Dr. Nancy W. Gleason, Director of the Hilary Ballon Center for Teaching and Learning and an Associate Professor of Practice in Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi – UAE
10:20 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION | CIO PANEL: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION – THE MANUFACTURING METAMORPHOSIS
- How to Start the Smart-Manufacturing Journey: Creating a Digital Backbone
- Exploring how digital transformation is helping companies move from mass production to customized production
- Digital servitization: Crossing the perspectives of digitization and servitization
- Yaser Al Jughaiman, Group Chief Information Officer, Riyadh Cables Group Company – KSA
- Raahil Burhaani, Chief Information Officer, Essar Oil (UK) Limited – UK
- Sridhar Rajagopal, Principal Solution Engineer, Epicor – UAE
11:00 AM
NETWORKING BREAK, MEETINGS & CONTESTS
11:15 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION | COVID19: THE VALUE OF A SUPPLY CHAIN CONTINGENCY PLAN
- Identifying business continuity planning strategies
- Adaptation of a long-term supply chain strategy
- Reimagining the design of supply chain
- Iyad Jaber, Head of Supply Chain, United Foods Co. – UAE
- Yasir Jamal, Vice President Supply Chain, Unilever – UAE
- Dr. Hanna Gomma, Director Middle East and Pakistan Integrated Supply Chain, Mondelez – UAE
- Walaa Maher, General Manager Logistics & Supply Chain, RAK Ceramics – UAE
- Khamis Metwaly, Country Logistics and International Trade Manager, Procter & Gamble – EGYPT & NORTH AFRICA
11:55 AM
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION
- Vikram Kumar, General Manager Europe, Middle East & Africa, OnRobot – DENMARK
12:05 PM
NETWORKING BREAK, MEETINGS & CONTESTS
12:20 PM
WHAT WILL BE THE RISK TO YOUR BUSINESS IF YOU RESIST IN INVESTING IN DIGITAL MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
- Martyn Gill, , EMEA Business Development Director – EMEA, LightHouse Systems – UK
12:30 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION | THE FUTURE OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL INNOVATION
- Industry 4.0 and the evolution of operational excellence & lean strategies
- Driving sustainable innovation and operational excellence: the benefits of integrating core improvement programs into the company culture
- Implementing the Manufacturing Operational Excellence Plan with the alignment of people, process & technology
- Chellam Sankar, Head – Manufacturing, Pharmax Pharmaceuticals FZ LLC – INDIA
- Nimbhorkar P. S., Chief Operating Officer, Dolphin Manufacturing LLC – UAE
- Luc Roesems, Vice President Manufacturing, Samsonite Europe NV – BELGIUM
- N.C. Chakrabarti, Vice President & Head- Smart Manufacturing, Reliance Industries Limited – INDIA
01:00 PM
Q&A | CLOSING REMARKS
01:10 AM – 05:00 PM
SCHEDULED NETWORKING MEETINGS