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Swiss Leaders Dialog Industry 4.0 connects pioneering CxOs in the fields of corporate strategy, digitalization, technology, R&D, IT and production, as well as scientists and solution providers to discuss ideas and projects on the road to industrial IoT and new digital business models
Leading Industry 4.0 summit in Switzerland. Key players discuss digitization and business models. Smart factories, connected products and intelligent supply chains revolutionize the economies. From product to service? From bulk production to customization and batch size 1? From owned to shared resources? From humans to robots? You'll find answers at Swiss Leaders Dialog. Train yourself and your organisation for Industry 4.0. Swiss Leaders Dialog is not a typical conference. It’s all about personal meetings with peers, consultants and experts. You may select meeting partners in our internal matchmaking platform, or be selected. The matchmaking shows the overleaps between interests and competencies. A very efficient exchange of experiences, ideas, solutions and strategic aspects. Our networking format delivers business knowledge and relevant contacts in the shortest possible amount of time.
Topics
- Connecting customer, product, production and supply chain intelligently
- Digital business models and future competition
- Positioning in the platform economy / Competing or cooperating with startups?
- From product to service – what are the implications of this paradigm shift?
- Hunt or being hunted – anticipate and implement digital trends quickly
- Big Data, Smart Analytics and Machine Learning
- Digital Factory
- New production methods and decentralization
- Intelligent supply chains
- Connected products (advantages, business models)
- Customer centricity and batch size 1
- Efficiency gains in the value chain through Industry 4.0 and IoT
- New credit models in the IoT world (also future trends)
- HR challenge: Which skills are needed?
- Management concepts for more innovation and creativity (design thinking, agile, holacracy etc.)
- Integrating IT legacy into the IoT world (existing ERP, MES, BI, DWH etc.)
- Product data, standards, interoperability
- Blockchains in IoT
- Digital twins
- Cyber-physical systems / autonomous systems / robotics
Format
- Best practices: Selected business cases
- Matchmaking: Interests and competencies of all attendees
- Networking: Matched and pre-arranged one on one meetings
- Workshops: Confidential peer discussions
- High level: Colleagues in similar positions
- Decision support: Knowledge of an elite network for your projects, strategies and ideas
- Ultra efficient: Personal agenda – optimal time invest
- Chill out: Informal networking at after-event bar meeting
- Online community: Access new contacts and knowledge after the event
Great setup and organisation enabled high level networking and an open-minded exchange. Exciting presentations showed new perspectives.
Axel Vogelbruch, Global Head of Digitalization (CDO), BYK-Chemie GmbH
Very meaningful and relevant for me as a speaker as well as in the delegate role. In a relaxed atmosphere and a flexible setting I was happy to meet a lot of interesting new contacts during networking time. Thanks a lot.
Katharina Uribe Casillas, VP Global Business Development Automotive & Industrial, Kuehne + Nagel
Thank you for two exciting days in Zurich. Perfectly organized with an ideal number of attendees which allowed many inspiring meetings among decision makers.
Dr. Axel Thoma, Lecturer, University of St.Gallen
Outstanding opportunity to network with like-minded. Excellent Organization. Very interesting topics.
Domonkos Gaspar, Digital Solutions Leader, Roche
Very well organized event with practice-oriented, relevant presentations and time for extensive networking
Thomas Röttinger, CEO, Pewatron AG

Philipp Elkuch, Global Head Digital Strategy & Transformation, Sulzer AG
Using Analytics to Complement Business Models in Industrial Services
- Proposing a digital transformation strategy in a diversified group
- Reference framework for industrial digital twins
- BlueBox – from sensors readings to outcome based business models

Astrid Borgmann, Chief Procurement Officer, Swiss Post
Digitalization of Procurement – Make the Right Choices
- One suite or best of breed?
- Speedboats and backend
- How to avoid pitfalls

Corrado Iorizzo, Domain Architect OPS Manufacturing, Philip Morris International
How Industrial IoT and Cloud Technologies are Accelerating Philip Morris International Manufacturing Transformation
- Challenges and Lessons learned in Transitioning from OT and legacy technology to Industrial IoT
- Seamless Cloud Computing: From IoT Gateway to Public Cloud via Edge Computing
- How PMI’s Industrial Cloud is underpinning Manufacturing Use Cases for Machine-Learning, Real-Time Process Control and Paperless Factory

Winfried Rockensteiner, Vice President Divisional Logistics (PS/LO), Robert Bosch GmbH
Strategy and Implementation of an Industry 4.0 Supply Chain Concept
- Why do we need a digitalization strategy in SCM at Bosch
- Processes vs. IT – what comes first?
- Key enablers / action fields for digital SCM models
- Lighthouse project examples
- Benefit of digitalization in crisis time

Camilla Valeria Cavaliere, Development Lead Blockchain Based Services, Bühler AG
Blockchains in IoT and Intelligent Supply Chains
- Track and trace along supply chains
- Industrial producers’ need evolution: pre- and post-Covid-19
- Blockchain-based industrial applications and the role of IoT
- An example for food/feed at Bühler AG

Pascal Hulalka, CTO, Protectas SA
Digital Transformation in the Security Industry
- From product to service – what are the implications of this paradigm shift?
- Cyber-physical systems / autonomous systems / robotics / IoT

Dr. Martin Freundt, Technical Director Business Unit Electronic Devices, Manz AG
Product Configuration for Industry 4.0
- Pragmatic digitalization of the product definition and the generation of platforms and building block systems
- Implementing an assisted product configuration (BOM, Cost, Software, Visualisation etc.)
- Backbone to collect product and processing data for upcoming big data, IoT and digital twin applications

Vincenzo De Rosa, Group Head of Data Science, Adecco Group AG
AI Enabled Pricing


Jean-Paul Duperron, VP Corporate Internal Audi & Risk Management, Swiss Steel Holding AG
Digitalization of Internal Audit Processes

Jürg Meierhofer, Koordinator Plattform Industrie 4.0, ZHAW
The Digital Twin as a Service Enabler: From Service Ecosystem to Simulation Model
- Derivation of appropriate simulation models
- Service value proposition as analytic starting point
- Digital twin as service enabler in a multi-layer architecture
- Hybrid simulation models
- End-to-end development approach
Time | Activity | November 17, 2020 | |
8:30 | Start of registration | ![]() |
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9:00 | Digitalization of Procurement – Make the Right Choices![]() Astrid Borgmann, Head of Methods, Processes and Systems, Deputy CPO, Swiss Post | ||
9:30 | AI Enabled Pricing![]() Vincenzo De Rosa, Group Head of Data Science, Adecco Group AG | ||
10:00 | Coffee Break / Networking | ![]() |
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10:15 | Networking Session 1 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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10:45 | Networking Session 2 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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11:15 | Networking Session 3 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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11:45 | Networking Session 4 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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12:15 | Networking Session 5 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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12:45 | Lunch / Networking | ![]() |
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13:45 | The Digital Twin as a Service Enabler: From Service Ecosystem to Simulation Model![]() Jürg Meierhofer, Koordinator Plattform Industrie 4.0, ZHAW | ||
14:10 | Using Analytics to Complement Business Models in Industrial Services![]() Philipp Elkuch, Global Head Digital Strategy & Transformation, Sulzer AG | ||
14:35 | Blockchains in IoT and Intelligent Supply Chains![]() Camilla Valeria Cavaliere, Development Lead Blockchain Based Services, Bühler AG | ||
15:00 | Coffee Break / Networking | ![]() |
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15:15 | How Industrial IoT and Cloud Technologies are Accelerating Philip Morris International Manufacturing Transformation![]() Corrado Iorizzo, Domain Architect OPS Manufacturing, Philip Morris International | ||
15:40 | Digitalization of Internal Audit Processes![]() Jean-Paul Duperron, VP Internal Audit & Risk Management, Swiss Steel Holding AG | ||
16:05 | Digital Transformation in the Security Industry![]() Pascal Hulalka, CTO, Protectas SA | ||
16:30 | Product Configuration for Industry 4.0![]() Dr. Martin Freundt, Technical Director Business Unit Electronic Devices, Manz AG | ||
17:00 | Strategy and Implementation of an Industry 4.0 Supply Chain Concept in SCM at Bosch ![]() Winfried Rockensteiner, Vice President Divisional Logistics (PS/LO), Robert Bosch GmbH | ||
17:25 | Wrap-up Discussion | ![]() | |
17:30 | Apéro an der Hotelbar | ![]() |
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Time | Activity | November 17, 2020 | |
8:30 | Start of registration | ![]() |
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9:00 | Digitalization of Procurement – Make the Right Choices![]() Astrid Borgmann, Head of Methods, Processes and Systems, Deputy CPO, Swiss Post | ||
9:30 | AI Enabled Pricing![]() Vincenzo De Rosa, Group Head of Data Science, Adecco Group AG | ||
10:00 | Coffee Break / Networking | ![]() |
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10:15 | Networking Session 1 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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10:45 | Networking Session 2 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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11:15 | Networking Session 3 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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11:45 | Networking Session 4 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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12:15 | Networking Session 5 (parallel activities) | ![]() |
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12:45 | Lunch / Networking | ![]() |
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13:45 | The Digital Twin as a Service Enabler: From Service Ecosystem to Simulation Model![]() Jürg Meierhofer, Koordinator Plattform Industrie 4.0, ZHAW | ||
14:10 | Using Analytics to Complement Business Models in Industrial Services![]() Philipp Elkuch, Global Head Digital Strategy & Transformation, Sulzer AG | ||
14:35 | Blockchains in IoT and Intelligent Supply Chains![]() Camilla Valeria Cavaliere, Development Lead Blockchain Based Services, Bühler AG | ||
15:00 | Coffee Break / Networking | ![]() |
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15:15 | How Industrial IoT and Cloud Technologies are Accelerating Philip Morris International Manufacturing Transformation![]() Corrado Iorizzo, Domain Architect OPS Manufacturing, Philip Morris International | ||
15:40 | Digitalization of Internal Audit Processes![]() Jean-Paul Duperron, VP Internal Audit & Risk Management, Swiss Steel Holding AG | ||
16:05 | Digital Transformation in the Security Industry![]() Pascal Hulalka, CTO, Protectas SA | ||
16:30 | Product Configuration for Industry 4.0![]() Dr. Martin Freundt, Technical Director Business Unit Electronic Devices, Manz AG | ||
17:00 | Strategy and Implementation of an Industry 4.0 Supply Chain Concept in SCM at Bosch ![]() Winfried Rockensteiner, Vice President Divisional Logistics (PS/LO), Robert Bosch GmbH | ||
17:25 | Wrap-up Discussion | ![]() | |
17:30 | Apéro an der Hotelbar | ![]() |
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