SPEAKER

PRESENTATION

Polish Aluminium Industry Overview
Mikolaj Szeptycki, President, Poland Smelting Technologies (POLST)

Accelerating the Journey to Industry 4.0 for Aluminium Enterprises
Manish Chawla, Global Industry MD, IBM

AI+AL: Optimising Aluminium Production with Machine Learning
Emeli Dral, Chief Data Scientist, Mechanica AI

Reveal Treasure with Digital Twins
Gunther Schober, Sales Manager, PSI Metals Non Ferrous GmbH

Bringing Autonomous Decision Making and Human-Machine Interaction to Core Processes: A Case Study involving AGVs and Mixed Traffic
Kevin Sipin, Director - Technology, Quantillion Technologies

Upstream and Downstream Digitisation
Marc Gillis, Metals & Mining Industry Manager, Rockwell Automation

Intelligent Running of your Smart Assets
Stefan Koch, Global Leads for Metals, SAP SE & Markus Krabel, Business Solution Director, Industrial Machinery, SAP SE

Towards a Digital and Real-time Supply Chain
Simon Sebergsen, Head of Sales & Marketing, Klaveness Digital

Selecting and Substituting Materials in the Digital Age
Melissa Albeck, CEO, Matmatch GmbH

Using Industry 4.0 to Reduce Potroom Emissions
Dr Mark Dorreen, Vice President - Technical, Energia Potior

Using Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Augmented Reality in an Industrial Environment
Remco Dumortier, Business Development Manager, Aluro

Robotisation in the Smelter: Challenges, Solutions and Possibilities
Jean-Francois Desmeules, Vice President, Technologies & R&D, Dynamic Concept

Digital Transformation Applied to Bauxite and Alumina Business System - BABS 4.0
Israel Oliveira Rocha, Quality Specialist, Hydro Paragominas

Benefits of Digital Project Delivery: From Improved Project Execution to Optimised Operations
Carlo Cristofari, Managing Director Technical Services, Hatch

Pretium Plant Optimiser Application
Michael Missalla, VP New Business Opportunities, Outotec

Aluminium Industry Digitalisation: An Example of Digital Solution Bringing the User and Supplier Organisations Closer
Serge Despinasse, Aluminium Technology & IT Director, Fives Group

Use of Digital Twins in Optimisation of Aluminium Production
Hans Erik Vatne, Chief Technology Officer, Hydro

Digital Twin in Smelters
Ioannis Karnachoritis, Potlines Manager, Aluminium of Greece
Laith Al-Hindawi, Global Sales Manager, Digital Smelter, GE Power

EGA Road Map for Industry 4.0 Abdalla Alzarooni, VP Technology Development and Transfer, Emirates Global Aluminium

Aluminium Smelter Process Optimisation Through the European Monsoon Project
André Augé, Senior Data Scientist, Rio Tinto

Case Study: Applying Digitalisation to Processes at RUSAL’S Aluminium Smelters
Viktor Buzunov, Director, AI Technology and Technical Implementation

Harnessing the Power of Accumulated Data for Rule Based Continuous Quality Monitoring
Hans Peintinger, General Manager, QuinLogic GmbH

Through-Process Optimisation (TPO), an integrated Solution for Aluminium Production with Best Quality and Highest Productivity at Lowest Cost
Bernhard Wessling, Sales Director, Primetals Technologies

Smart Industry 4.0 Assistant and Machine Learning in the Aluminium Sector, Hassle Free and Easy to Implement: A Case Example
Mart Althuizen, Data Scientist, Bright Cape

European Aluminium - Innovation Hub Session: Digitalisation and Automation for Circularity

Speakers included:

• Hans Erik Vatne, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Norsk Hydro
• David Bastin, University of Liège, Laboratory of Minerals Engineering and Recycling
• Gregory Lewis, R&D engineer, Comet treatment
• Magdalena Garczyńska, Recycling Director, European Aluminium

Moderator: Christian Leroy, Manager Innovation Hub – European Aluminium

The Evolving Nature of Cyber Threats for the Aluminium Sector
Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Reader in Cyber Security Management, Centre of Business in Society of Coventry University

Materials and Process Technologies for the Lightweight Vehicles of Tomorrow - Latest Developments from the ALLIANCE Project
Marcos Ierides, Innovation Consultant, Bax & Co

Aluminium Rolling Prediction Models Optimisation by Large Quasi-real-time Database Process Exploration
Francesco Cuzzola, Director Danieli Automation, Flat Products & Dan Miller, Senior Process Consultant, Innoval Technology

The Initial Steps on the Road to Digitalisation of Impol
Dr Varužan Kevorkijan, Managing Director, Impol Group

Circularity and Sustainability Leveraging Blockchain
Bala Seshank, Global Metals Lead, IBM

The Power of i4.0 on Heat Treatment
Claudio Goldbach, Business Development, Termica

Enhancing Efficiency in Aluminium Tilt Rotary Furnaces using Data-Driven Control Strategies
Dr Martin Lawrence, Combustion Development Specialist, Air Products

Existing Technology to Optimise Performance of the equipment and Improve Working Processes
Surya Romero, International Business Developer, GHI Hornos

Aluminium Processing Furnaces 4.0
Sławomir Wachowski, Director of Automation Department, Seco Warwick

The Future of Forging
John McBain, Chief of Forging, AFRC