Conference Agenda

2025 Agenda

7:30 a.m.

• Registration and networking breakfast

8:00 a.m.

• Welcome and opening remarks
  • Mayor Drew Dilkens, City of Windsor
  • Deputy Warden Joe Bachetti, County of Essex

8:10 a.m.

• PRESENTATION: Rowda Mohamud, Director, Business Development, BDC Advisory Services

8:20 a.m.

• PRESENTATION and introduction of opening plenary speaker by Kevin Culp, Technical Services & Solutions Manager, Electrozad

8:30 a.m.

• PLENARY PRESENTATION: Chris Cunningham, Vice President, Major Projects Small Modular Reactors, Ontario Power Generation
  PRESENTATION: ELECTRIFYING LIFE IN ONE GENERATION

9:00 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

• Automation and the Human Element – Saturni Room
• AI’s Impact on Modern Automation – Luna Room
• Injecting Automation into Mold-making – Solis Room
• Mobility Transformation – Mercuri/Martis Rooms

10:00 a.m.

• TRADESHOW AND NETWORKING

10:45 a.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION: BUILDING THE BATTERY ECOSYSTEM: INSIGHTS FROM NEXTSTAR ENERGY AND SIEMENS

• Joris Myny, Senior Vice President, Digital Industries, Siemens Canada Limited
• Danies Lee, Chief Executive Officer, NextStar Energy
• Moderator: Ed Dawson, Executive Director, Automobility and Innovation, Invest WindsorEssex

11:25 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

• Automating the Automotive Industry – Luna Room
• Growing Agri-business Through Automation – Solis Room
• IT Meets OT: Strategies for Success – Saturni Room
• Mobility Transformation – Mercuri/Martis Room

12:25 p.m.

• BUFFET LUNCH AND NETWORKING

1:15 p.m.

• PRESENTATION: Dave Fortin, Chair, Automate Canada

1:20 p.m.

• PRESENTATION and introduction of keynote speaker: Jason Eighmey, Vice President, Sales and Business Development, AVL

1:30 p.m.

• KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Lisa Lortie, Vice President of RAM LD Product Planning, Stellantis
  PRESENTATION: STELLANTIS MOBILITY EVOLUTION

2:00 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

• Robotics: Shaping the Future of Automation – Saturni Room
• Efficiency in Construction: Harnessing Automation – Solis Room
• Automation at Work in Defence and Aerospace – Luna Room
• Mobility Transformation – Mercuri/Martis Rooms

3:00 p.m.

• TRADESHOW AND NETWORKING

3:45 p.m.

• PLENARY PRESENTATION: Cory Garlick, Industry Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Rockwell Automation
  PRESENTATION: CREATING THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRIAL OPERATION: HOW ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING THE MOBILITY INDUSTRY

4:10 p.m.

• EMERGING TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR PRESENTATION

4:15 p.m.

• CLOSING REMARKS

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

• POST-EVENT RECEPTION