Sessions - Wednesday, 26th April 2023

10:40

Quality Assurance: Solutions for manufacturers

Wednesday, 26th April 2023 10:40 - Auditorium Blue Cube

Moderator: Nikos Nikolakis - Research Engineer at Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Process quality is critical to modern complex systems in manufacturing and service operations. Cloud Computing, Big Data, Analytics and Machine Learning technologies have been used to process and extract value from the huge amount of data produced on the shop floor. This session will discuss different approaches and solutions for enabling quality assurance and control for manufacturers.

• Data-driven Continuous Process Qualification

   Speaker: Jan Mayer - Researcher Associate at Technical University of Berlin

• Zero Defect Manufacturing an approach towards manufacturing sustainability

   Speaker: Foivos Psarommatis - Senior Researcher at University of Oslo

• 100% Inline Inspection of Carbon Fibre surfaces with the FScan

   Speaker: Daniela Kirchberger - Project Manager at PROFACTOR GmbH

• Predictive Solutions as a game-changer for the automotive industry

   Speakers: Patrícia Narciso - Data & AI Director at Habber Tec , and Martin Mikoleizig - Digital Transformation Manager at Volkswagen

• Can the digitalization of a Kaizen manufacturing line be the step ahead?

   Speaker: Paolo Galli - Product & Innovation Manager at HSD S.p.A.

Human-centric Future Factories

Wednesday, 26th April 2023 10:40 - Assembly Hall Red Cube

Moderator: Wael M. Mohammed - Researcher at Tampere University

With the advancements of digital transformation technologies in smart manufacturing, special attention must be given to the adoption and integration of these technologies with the workers, a topic that is one of the main pillars in the transition to Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0. Such undertakings could be related to consideration of Human Factors in the design and implementation of software solutions, having dedicated Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) interfaces, and developing competency skills and technical knowledge to collaborate with those systems, amongst other topics. This session aims to describe some of the latest Human-centric trends in the smart manufacturing domain.

• The role of Human Factors in Industry 5.0

   Speaker: Leire Bastida - Head of Advanced Interaction Platform at TECNALIA

• Psychology and Human Factors for Human-Robot Collaboration

   Speaker: Dr. Sarah Fletcher - Senior Research Fellow at Cranfield University

• XR in the human-centric industrial metaverse

   Speaker: Gerardo Beruvides - CEO at Xymbot Ltd.

• The next generation of human-robot interactions: the power of non-verbal communication

   Speaker: Pablo Malvido Fresnillo - Doctoral researcher at TAU

• Introduction of Industry 5.0 technologies for manufacturing operators: physical and cognitive assistance

   Speaker: Angel Dacal-Nieto - "Factory of the Future" Area Manager at CTAG - Automotive Technology Center of Galicia

• Round Table discussion around the topic: Human-centric Future Factories

   Moderator: Wael M. Mohammed - Researcher at Tampere University

14:00

Manufacturing Data Spaces

Wednesday, 26th April 2023 14:00 - Auditorium Blue Cube

Moderator: Roberto Rocca - PhD Researcher at Politecnico di Milano

This session is aimed to explore how data spaces can be leveraged to achieve greater efficiency, transparency, and sustainability in the manufacturing industry. During this session, innovative solutions and case studies on how to optimize data management and analytics in the manufacturing industry will be presented.

• Data Spaces for Manufacturing: challenges and opportunities

   Speaker: Sergio Gusmeroli - Research Coordinator at Politecnico di Milano

• Challenges and approaches for a common European Data Space in Manufacturing

   Speaker: Lucía Castiñeira - Research Assistant at Innovalia Association

• AI-enabled Production-Product-Human Digital Twins for Circular Data Spaces

   Speaker: Cinzia Rubattino - Senior Researcher at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.

• Data spaces for supporting the optimization of resources consumption in the time-critical bio-production industries in Europe

   Speaker: Roberto Rocca - PhD Researcher at Politecnico di Milano

• Towards a European Framework for the Digital Product Passport

   Speaker: Eneko Rada Martin - R&D Consultant at Innovalia Association

• Machine Passport: Multimodal indexing and fusion of machine-generated data and metadata

   Speaker: Ilias Gialampoukidis - Senior Researcher at Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

Large-Scale High-precision manufacturing and Standardisation

Wednesday, 26th April 2023 14:00 - Assembly Hall Red Cube

Moderator: Asif Mohammed - Digital Manufacturing Lead at AIMEN Technology Centre

The future of the EU manufacturing sector competitiveness is in rethinking the relationship and finding the balance between increasing production performance, quality and accuracy while ensuring workers’ safety and resource efficiency. Large-part manufacturing plays a key part in finding this harmonization, as until now it has been a sector characterized by the high customization required, but a different way it is possible. In this session, experts from Large Organizations, academia and RTOs will present state-of-arts publications and will discuss the advances foreseen with the members of the audience to create a fruitful environment for knowledge-exchange and networking.

• Introduction to Large-Scale High-precision Manufacturing and Standardisation

   Speaker: Ana Rodríguez Vidal - Project Manager at AIMEN

• Digital thread enabling a seamless dataflow in the product lifecycle

   Speaker: Asif Mohammed - Digital Manufacturing Lead at AIMEN Technology Centre

• Valorization of Project Results by Standardization and latest achievements in ZDM

   Speaker: Christian Grunewald - Project Manager at DIN e. V.

• PathML for DED manufacturing, Welding and Gluing

   Speaker: Mihail Babcinschi - Researcher at University of Coimbra

• Human-centric hybrid production cells in large-scale high-precision manufacturing

   Speaker: Zoi Arkouli - Research Engineer at Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation

• The future of the EU manufacturing sector competitiveness is in rethinking the relationship and finding the balance between increasing production performance, quality and accuracy while ensuring workers’ safety and resource efficiency

   Speaker: Gabriele Ridolfi - Principal Research Engineer at GKN Aerospace

• The value of standardization for fast time to market industrial solutions

   Speaker: Andreas Böttinger - CTO, software development at EVT

• Round Table discussion around the topic: Challenges of manufacturing of large components

   Moderator: Asif Mohammed - Digital Manufacturing Lead at AIMEN Technology Centre

AI for assisting humans

Wednesday, 26th April 2023 14:00 - Assembly Hall Yellow Cube

Moderator: Kosmas Alexopoulos - Senior Researcher at Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS)

Manufacturing companies are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to modernize the way they take decisions and increase efficiency, resilience and sustainability. AI technologies such as Machine Learning, Digital Twin, Multi-Agent-Systems and more have been developed in the context of manufacturing applications. This session will present and discuss a number of industrial pilot cases that showcase how AI can support people in manufacturing.

• AI Systems for Supporting Production Managers in Scheduling

   Speaker: Vasilis Siatras - Researcher at LMS

• Energy-Agents for Energy Profile Creation and Usage in modular skill-based Production Environments

   Speaker: William Motsch - Researcher at DFKI GmbH

• A Human Holon for Improving Interaction between a Worker and a Technical System on the Actions Level

   Speaker: Aleksandr Sidorenko - Researcher at DFKI GmbH

• Production optimization through a Multi-Agent System

   Speaker: Imanol Echeverria - Researcher at Tecnalia

• AI based solutions applied on steel plants and mechanic shop floors to support Human production tasks

   Speaker: Alessandro Liani - CEO at Video Systems Srl