TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 - #EMERGINGTECHWE - WINDSOR ESSEX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ...
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#EmergingTechWE
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Caesars Windsor | Windsor, Ontario
In partnership with:
SPONSORS
Platinum-Presenting Sponsor
Gold-Luncheon Sponsor
Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation
Silver Sponsor
Nutrition Break Sponsor
Supported by:
Stephen MacKenzie
CEO, WindsorEssex Economic
Development Corporation
It is my pleasure on behalf of the
Board of Directors and staff of the
WindsorEssex Economic Development
Corporation (WE EDC) to welcome
the delegates and speakers to the
fourth annual Emerging Technologies
in Automation Conference and Trade Show presented by
WE EDC and in partnership with the National Research
Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) and
the Canadian Association of Mold Makers (CAMM).
I also want to acknowledge our supporters at WEtech Alliance,
the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce and to
thank our sponsors who have helped make a conference of
this caliber possible – the University of Windsor, Southern
Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII), Ontario
Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Business
Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
As automation has become the driving force of Industry 4.0
in today’s manufacturing world, the goal and design of this
MESSAGE
conference and trade show is to showcase and promote the
hundreds of local companies that make this region known as
an international hub for automation.
We hope you enjoy the conference and trade show we have
planned. I hope you are as excited as I am to hear, learn, see
and meet the leaders in innovation who are helping to change
the face of manufacturing not only in the Windsor-Essex region
but throughout the world.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Social Media
AIworx @Alex_AIworx
APMA @APMACanada
BDC @bdc_ca
Blackberry QNX @QNX_News
Caesars Windsor @CaesarsWindsor
Canadian Association of Moldmakers @CMoldmakers
FANUC America Corp. @FANUCAmerica
National Research Council – NRC @NRC_CNRC
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers @O_S_P_E
Reko International @Reko_Intl
Siemens Canada @SiemensCanada
SOFII @WesternOCFDCA
University of Windsor @UWindsor
WEtech Alliance @WEtechAlliance
Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce @WERCofC
WindsorEssex Economic Development Corp. @Weecdev
Hashtag
#EmergingTechWE
#WindsorEssex
Grant Courville Vice President, Product Management and Strategy Blackberry’s QNX Software Systems Grant Courville is responsible for managing QNX’s global product portfolio and strategy for the automotive and general embedded markets. Mr. Courville has over 25 years of experience in the embedded industry and is a recognized leader and spokesperson for connected and autonomous car technology and trends. In his 20+ years with QNX, he has held a variety of leadership roles in engineering, marketing and strategy. SPEAKERS He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Ontario Centres of Excellence, Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (OCE AVIN).
SPEAKERS
Alexandre Vallières
Co-Founder and Vice President
AIworx (Artificial Intelligence at Work)
Holder of a Master’s degree in physics and an MBA,
Alexandre Vallières cumulates more than 15 years
of experience in project management and systems
engineering and has participated in the development
and commercialization of numerous high-tech products.
Mr. Vallières co-founded AIworx in 2011 and is now the
Vice President of this AI service firm.
His expertise and creativity are integrated in the team
effort to generate novel and ground-breaking artificial
intelligence solutions for the industrial and defence
markets.
Chris Blanchette
Executive Director, Global Accounts
FANUC America Corporation
Chris Blanchette is responsible for large assembly and
aerospace accounts, Mr. Blanchette has worked at
FANUC America Corporation for more than 12 years and
has been involved with robotic automation in assembly
processes for over 25 years, and aerospace specific
processes for over 15 years. He has worked at various
system integrator companies, robot manufacturers
and metrology companies in a development, sales,
and management role over the course of his career.
SPEAKERS
He has vast experience in intelligent based robotic
manufacturing using vision, force sensing and other
adaptive processes for use in a variety of markets
including aerospace, automotive, auto components,
micro-electronics, medical device, semiconductor,
and consumer electronics manufacturing.
SPEAKERS
Dr. Peter Frise, FCAE, FEC, P.Eng.
Professor of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering
University of Windsor Director
Centre for Automotive Research & Education
Professor of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering at
the University of Windsor, Dr. Frise holds degrees in
Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s and Carleton
and worked in the petroleum industry in West Africa
and manufacturing in Canada and the U.S. He founded
Canada’s first university Automotive Engineering program
in 1998 at Windsor while serving as Chrysler Canada/
NSERC Sr. Industrial Research Chair in Mechanical Design.
In 2000, he was elected to lead AUTO21 which became
Canada’s largest research network. Between 2001-15,
AUTO21 did more than $150M worth of applied R&D for
the auto industry and helped to train more than 2,500
students at 48 Canadian universities.Flavio Volpe
President, APMA
Flavio Volpe is a champion of Canada’s globally relevant
automotive sector and is dedicated to the growth of Canada’s
automotive innovation, the development of new markets and
the leveraging of its international leadership. Representing
the interests of suppliers at home and abroad, he proudly
leads the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association
(APMA) - Canada’s national association representing OEM
producers of parts, equipment, tools, supplies and services
for the worldwide automotive industry.
Flavio speaks regularly on behalf of industry interests,
SPEAKERS
opportunities and challenges in Canada and abroad and is
a sought-after voice by leading global publications including
The Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC and
CGTN. Flavio was recognized as Industry Leader of the Year
by Automotive News Canada for 2017.
Flavio holds a Master’s in Business Administration from
the Schulich School of Business at York University and
a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the
University of Toronto.7:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
AGENDA
8:00 AM Opening Remarks | MAIN STAGE
Lee McGrath, Director,
Business Retention and Expansion,
WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation
Stephen Mackenzie, Chief Executive Officer,
WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation
Flavio Volpe, President,
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association
8:30 AM Artificial Intelligence and Automation -
The Now. The Future.
Alexandre Vallières,
Co-Founder and Vice President, AIworx
9:00 AM Factory 4.0 and Beyond
Mark Read, Director, Reko Automation
9:30 AM Realizing your Digital Factory
with Industry 4.0
Shalabh Bakshi, Director Digital Enterprise,
Siemens Canada Limited
10:00 AM Trade Show and Networking Break
| EXHIBITOR HALLCONCURRENT SESSIONS
10:30 AM Manufacturing Automation
| ROOM: MERCURI
PRESENTERS:
Tessonics Inc. - Controlling Spot Welding
SPM Automation (Canada) Inc. - Controlling
Plastic Welding
Brave Control Solutions - Machine Maintenance
Radix Inc. - An Eye On the Future:
Vision Systems in Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing | ROOM: MARTIS
PRESENTERS:
CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd. - Cold Spray Technologies
OLT Footcare - 3D Printed Custom Sandals
True Phantom Solutions - 3D Printed Phantoms
Kelcom – 3D Division - Overview of 3D Printers
Moldmaking Discussion Panel
| ROOM: LUNA
AGENDA
Moderator: Laurie Harbour, President and CEO,
Harbour Results
PANELISTS:
Michael Thiessen, Regional Sales Manager -
Tebis America Inc.
John Bradford, DM Automation Manager
(VMC, EDM) - Makino
Roger Bassous, President - R.E.R. Infocus12:00 PM Lunch | MAIN STAGE
AGENDA
SPEAKERS:
Andrew Zaikov, Portfolio Administrator,
Southern Ontario Fund for Investment
in Innovation (SOFII)
Dr. Bill Anderson, Director, Cross-Border Institute,
University of Windsor
1:00 PM On the Road to Autonomous Cars –
Trends and Technologies
KEYNOTE ADDRESS PRESENTED BY:
Grant Courville, Vice President,
Product Management and Strategy
Blackberry’s QNX Software Systems
Introduction:
Dr. Peter Frise, Professor of Mechanical
and Automotive Engineering and Director –
Centre for Automotive Research & Education,
University of Windsor
1:45 PM Q & A
2:00 PM Trade Show and Networking Break
|EXHIBITOR HALLCONCURRENT SESSIONS
2:30 PM Mobility | ROOM: MERCURI
Introduction:
Vic Havelev, Global Automotive Mobility Innovation
Challenge (GAMIC)
Colin McKillop, GAMIC Canadian Ambassador
GAMIC PITCH PRESENTATIONS:
Kylee Guenther, CEO, Spectalite Americas
(Detroit, MI)
Shiva Bhardwaj, CEO, PitStop (Waterloo, ON)
Greta Cutulenco, CEO, Acerta Analytics Solutions
(Waterloo, ON)
Norman Kutemperor, CEO, Scientel (Novi, MI)
Moldmaking Technologies | ROOM: MARTIS
PRESENTERS:
Altair Engineering: - Mold Engineering
Cornerstone IS – Automated Estimating
Conformal Cooling Solutions - Fast Cycle Large
AGENDA
Injection Molds
Jesse Garant Metrology - Industrial CT Inspection
for 3D Printed Metal Part
3:30 PM Robotics - Collaborative Applications,
Human/Non-Human | MAIN STAGE
Chris Blanchette, Executive Director,
Global Accounts, FANUC America Corporation4:00 PM Presentation to Windsor-Essex
AGENDA
FIRST Robotics
Door Prize Draws
4:15 - 5:30 PM
Trade Show and Networking | EXHIBITOR HALLEMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES
IN AUTOMATION
Conference and Trade Show
SAVE THE DATE
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019
Caesars WindsorBooth # Company Name
EXHIBITOR LIST
E20 Altair Engineering Canada
E11 Anubis 3D Industrial Solutions
E22 Beckhoff Automation
E30 CAD MicroSolutions Inc.
E33 Canam Bullion & Currency Exchange
E36 CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd.
E14 Contents Processing Centre
E23 Control Systems International
E44 Demand Power
E17 Electrozad Supply
E43 EPICentre
E9 FANUC
E24 Flexible Industrial Solutions
E16 FLT
E46 GAMIC
E42 Gojen Recruitment Solutions
E29 Green Sun Rising
E15 Integral HR Solutions
E37 Kelcom 3D Division
E19 Lambton College
E12 Laval Tool
E25 Lomar Machine/FCS America
E2 Mobility Day Challenge Winner
E31 Monsoon Networks Inc.
E27 Next Dimension Inc.
E34 OLT Footcare
E35 OSPE
E39 Performance Machine LLC
E41 Proax Technologies Ltd. & Omron Automation Americas
E38 Proto 3000
E10 Proto Manufacturing
E28 R.E.R. Software Inc.
E32 Radix Inc.
E7, E8 Reko Automation
E13 SharePoint 411
E18 Shelley Automation
E21 Siemens Canada Ltd.
E3 St. Clair College
E40 St. Clair College - Zekelman School of Business
E45 United Way
E4, E5, E6 University of Windsor
E26 Vox ISM
E37A Windsor-Essex FIRST Robotics
E1 Workforce WindsorEssexYou can also read
