Event Agenda

Location: Stewart Center Rm 214, 123 Memorial Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907 8:00 am: Check in and Breakfast 8:30 am: Purdue & CESMII Welcome Ragu Athinarayanan, Professor & Session Lead & John Dyck (CEO, CESMII) 9:00 am: Morning Keynote: Michael Halsband, President & CEO, Roberts Sinto Corp. Smart Digital Business Transformation 9:30 am: Presentations: Optimizing Casting Quality & Harnessing the Power of Smart Technology Foundry Analytics & Enhancing Casting Quality Management – Jim Wenson (Sinto America) Harnessing Vision AI for Casting Quality Excellence – Michael Walton (BCD iLabs) Digital Twin Innovation: Casting Quality Modeling & Prediction – Dr. Ragu Athinarayanan (Purdue University) 10:45 am: Break 11:00 am:  Tour of Purdue Smart Foundry and Manufacturing Facilities 12:00 pm:  Lunch 1:00 pm: Afternoon Keynote: Derek Fogle, Environmental Coordinator, Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Building the Green Foundry: Sustainability Initiatives at Waupaca Foundry, Inc. 1:30 pm: Presentations: Foundry Safety & Harnessing Smart Technology Solutions Vision AI for Monitoring Safety Compliance – Michael Walton (BCD iLabs) Smart Connected Wearable Sensors for Human Fatigue Detection – Dr. Gaurav Nanda & Dr. Sunghwan Lee (Purdue University) 2:20 pm: Break 2:35 pm: Moderated Panel Discussion: Brian Lewis, Session Moderator Smart Technology Deployment in Foundries: Opportunities and Challenges Leveraging Partnerships & Forging Linkages for Foundry Advancement: Panelists: Susan Bear, Chief Technology Officer, Grede Mike Molfenter, Digital Program Manager, Caterpillar Inc.  3:20 pm: Q&A and Open Discussion 3:30 pm: CESMII Membership Benefits and Resources Dr. Ragu Athinarayanan 3:45 pm: Program Close & Adjourn CLICK HERE TO REGISTER