Tuesday, November 6, 2018

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1 #EmergingTechWE Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Caesars Windsor Windsor, Ontario In partnership with:

2 SPONSORS Platinum-Presenting Sponsor Gold-Luncheon Sponsor Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation Silver Sponsor Nutrition Break Sponsor Supported by:

3 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 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. MESSAGE

4 SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media AIworx APMA BDC Blackberry QNX Caesars Windsor Canadian Association of Moldmakers FANUC America Corp. National Research Council NRC Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Reko International Siemens Canada SOFII University of Windsor WEtech Alliance Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce WindsorEssex Economic Hashtag #EmergingTechWE #WindsorEssex

5 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. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Ontario Centres of Excellence, Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (OCE AVIN). SPEAKERS

6 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.

7 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. 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

8 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 , 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.

9 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, 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 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. SPEAKERS

10 AGENDA 7:00 AM Registration and Breakfast 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 HALL

11 CONCURRENT 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 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. Infocus AGENDA

12 AGENDA 12:00 PM Lunch MAIN STAGE 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 HALL

13 CONCURRENT 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 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 Corporation AGENDA

14 AGENDA 4:00 PM Presentation to Windsor-Essex FIRST Robotics Door Prize Draws 4:15-5:30 PM Trade Show and Networking EXHIBITOR HALL

15 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN AUTOMATION Conference and Trade Show SAVE THE DATE Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 Caesars Windsor

16 EXHIBITOR LIST Booth # Company Name 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 WindsorEssex