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
• 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