Objective: Review the strategies aimed DIRECTLY at how the OT and IT communities can engage to strengthen your industrial data foundations and accelerate high-value initiatives. This is how we significantly reduce the cost and complexity of implementing manufacturing systems.

Who Should Attend: OT and IT business leaders, architects, implementers, and practitioners — including developers, engineers, systems integrators, consultants, and machine builders with hands-on software experience in manufacturing environments.

Opening Session: The Strategic Role of OT and IT in Strengthening the U.S.’ Competitiveness Through Smart Manufacturing by John Dyck & Jonathan Wise

Demonstration: Interoperability in Action – by Suellen Lorkowski, CESMII

SM Imperative #1 Panel: Open, Standards-Based Information-Modeling Strategy for Manufacturing Ops
Facilitated by Olivia Morales & Jonathan Wise, CESMII

• Pal Roach, Rockwell Automation, Sr. Principal Industry Consultant
• Travis Cox, Inductive Automation, Chief Technology Evangelist
• Andreas Faath, VDMA, Managing Director, Machine Information Interoperability
• Arlen Nipper, Cirrus Link, President & CEO

SM Imperative #2 Panel: A Clear Set of Requirements for SM Interoperability Platform Compliance
Facilitated by Jonathan Wise, CESMII

• Doug Lawson, ThinkIQ, Chief Executive Officer
• John Harrington, HighByte, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
• Mark Besser, SymphonyAI, Sr. Vice President

SM Imperative #3 Panel: An open, common API for Manufacturing Systems
Facilitated by Matthew Parris, GE Appliances, Director Industry 4.0

• Aron Semle, HighByte, Chief Technology Officer
• Caleb Eastman, Siemens, Principal Key Expert
• Erich Barnstedt, Microsoft, Senior Director & Architect, Industrial Standards
• Jonathan Wise, CESMII Chief Technology Architect