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Expo Conference

The FACTORY 4.0 Expo Conference 3rd Edition is an event dedicated to digital transformation with a special focus on digital skills and Industry 4.0.

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Investment Forum

Join top experts and the biggest technology companies, investors, innovative start-ups, governors and representatives of professional associations who together will shape the future.

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Masterclass - Strategic Doing

It is a new strategy discipline that is lean, agile and fast—just what companies, organizations, communities and regions need to survive and thrive.

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Awards & Gala

Welcome to the 2022 FACTORY 4.0 Digital Excellence Awards – recognizing companies, products and services that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in digital transformation.

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The first 2 editions in numbers

The first 2 editions of FACTORY 4.0 EXPO CONFERENCE were a real success.Over 500 people were present in the hall and over 2500 people watched the event online in the first 2 editions. Over 100 companies were partners or sponsors of the event and over 60 Romanian and international speakers took the stage of the event.

FACTORY 4.0 EXPO CONFERENCE Why you should Join Event

The FACTORY 4.0 Expo Conference 3rd Edition is an event dedicated to digital transformation with a special focus on digital skills and Industry 4.0.

Networking

During the FACTORY 4.0 CONFERENCE you have the chance to meet key people in the technological and industrial field. Thus, you can lay the foundations for future collaborations.

Great Speakers

The speakers invited to give presentations at the FACTORY 4.0 CONFERENCE are important top management people with extensive professional experience gained in world-renowned companies.

Accessibility

Whether you want to be physically present in the conference room or you want to participate online, it is very easy to have access to this event. Just make sure you book your ticket in advance.

Matchmaking

Find your perfect digital transformation match. Our conference is the perfect place for networking and collaboration for digital enthusiasts.

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Participants (Hybrid)

Industry 4.0 conceptual stands

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Teodora Tompea

Moderator

Nicolae Ciucă

Prime Minister of România

Ed Morrison

Agile Strategy Lab

Ed Morrison

Agile Strategy Lab

The founder of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab and now the Director of the Lab at the University of North Alabama, Ed’s work emphasizes the strategic value of focused regional collaborations and open innovation, network-based models in today’s global economy. He is co-author of Strategic Doing: 10 Skills for Agile Leadership.

Ed developed a new discipline called Strategic Doing to accelerate these collaborations that is now widely used across the U.S. and is now gaining attention internationally. His work won the first Arthur D. Little Award for excellence in economic development presented by the American Economic Development Council.

Prior to starting his economic development work, Ed worked for Telesis, a corporate strategy consulting firm. In this position, he served on consulting teams for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Volvo, and General Electric. He conducted manufacturing cost studies in the U.S., Japan, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Sweden, and France.

Ed started his professional career in Washington, D.C., where he has served as a legislative assistant to an Ohio Congressman, staff attorney in the Federal Trade Commission, and staff counsel in the US Senate. He holds a BA degree cum laude with honors from Yale University, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Virginia, and a PhD degree in economics from the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Mujdat Tiryaki

Site Director Ford Otosan Craiova

Mujdat Tiryaki

Site Director Ford Otosan Craiova

Mujdat started in Ford Otosan Craiova as Site Director responsible from Powertrain Operations and Non-Manufacturing Organizations after the acquisition of the plant by Ford Otosan. Mujdat had held the position of Manager in manufacturing between 2010 and 2012 to support Ford transformation, so he is a known person in Craiova Plant.

He started his career with Ford Otosan in 2000 right after university graduation, and has been one of the core team members during the growth of the ompany. Before coming to Romania as Site Director in 2022, Mujdat served as Director Plant Manager, where he was leading Golcuk Plant with more than 6000 employees. During his service in Golcuk Plant, Mujdat had got the chance of launching the first electrified products of Ford Otosan, Plug in Hybrid Electric 1T Ford Custom and Battery Electric Transit 2T, respectively. In 2019, under his leadership, Golcuk Plant has been recognized as Lighthouse Plant by McKinsey and World Economic Forum, indicating that Industry 4.0 applications and use cases in Golcuk Plant are sample to all other industriescin the world.
Mujdat is married and has a son. He was a decent football, basketball and table-tennis player in his youth, enjoys watching sports, he is inspired by reading and listening to bios, and likes travelling and observing social life and culture all around the world. He holds a BS degree from Industrial Engineering Dept, and MS degree from Science Faculty.

Cornel Tascu

Groupe Renault, Dacia

Sabin Turcu

Dell Technologies

Romeo Dumitru

ARILOG vice president

Jan-Remi Fromentin

ifm electronic

Markus Kick

Phoenix Contact

Dominik Tischmacher

KUKA

Horia Todoran

Bosch Rexroth

SCHEDULE DETAILS Agenda

08:30-09:30

Registration

9:30- 9:45

Teodora Tompea

Nicolae Ciucă

Romanian Officials

Opening message from Nicolae Ciucă, Prime Minister of România

09:45-10:00

Teodora Tompea

Mujdat Tiryaki

Ford Otosan Craiova – on its journey to Enhanced Operational Excellence driven by Innovation, Digitalization and Data Analytics

Ford Otosan’s Craiova plant plays a key role in Ford’s electrification plans in Europe. The Romanian factory benefits from Ford Otosan’s extensive experience and expertise in new generation technologies such as electrification, commercial vehicle design, engineering and manufacturing. Ford Otosan’s expertise and know-how in Industry 4.0, as seen in the recently launched flagship E-Transit model, is reflected in all activities of Craiova plant.

10:00 - 10:30

Teodora Tompea

Ed Morrison

Elizabeth Nilsen

Strategic Doing

It is a new strategy discipline that is lean, agile and fast—just what companies, organizations, communities and regions need to survive and thrive.

10:30-11:00

Teodora Tompea

Cornel Tascu

Renault Group a frontrunner in Industry 4.0 and digital transformation [Renault Group]

Our production system is future-focused, undergoing a major transformation in response to the changing challenges of the automotive industry and the expectations of our customers. The 4.0 revolution is ushering in new business functions, new skills and new tools. It is the driving force behind a connected, agile and competitive production base.

11:00-11:20

Teodora Tompea

Markus Kick

Cătălin Lepinzean

The way to a net zero factory – Smart utility metering, reporting and modular open automation. [Phoenix Contact]

How brownfield factories in resource-intensive industries can meter, analyze, and report their utilities through a holistic digitalization and automation concept, but also how standardized, flexible, and agile automation, without having to intervene in the inventory process, can increase condition-based maintenance or productivity.

11:20-11:40

Teodora Tompea

Jan-Remi Fromentin

MONEO – the Toolbox for the digitalisation of the factory [ifm]

As an IIoT platform, ifm moneo combines the level of operation technology with the level of information technology. The sensor data generated in the production plants can be read and processed easily and used as a basis for sustainable corporate decisions..

11:40- 11:55

Break

11:55 - 12:05

Teodora Tompea

Cristian Erbașu

Digitization in an important economic sector... the construction sector

12:05 - 12:15

Teodora Tompea

Horia Todoran

Industry 4.0 needs a system approach

12:15-12:40

Teodora Tompea

Sabin Turcu

Serghei Fraseniuc

Implementation and Benefits of Technology [Dell Technology & EasyPay System]

Go from ideas to outcomes faster with a simple and consistent cloud experience, AI-based laptops, proactive storage solutions and automated servers that outmaneuver threats.

12:40-12:55

Teodora Tompea

Dominik Tischmacher

Connectivity – How connected robots will make the production more efficient? [KUKA]

KUKA is a global automation corporation with sales of around 3.3 billion euro and roughly 14,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Augsburg, Germany. As one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions, KUKA offers customers everything they need from a single source: from robots and cells to fully automated systems and their networking in markets such as automotive, electronics, metal & plastic, consumer goods, e-commerce/retail and healthcare.

12:55- 13:10

Teodora Tompea

Mihai Mladin

Regulatory support measures for smart grids and promoting flexibility [Romanian Energy Center]

The main objective of CRE is to promote the active participation of Romanian state-owned and private energy companies in European partnerships, in European co-financed projects and, more importantly, in the European decision-making process. CRE advocates for the interests of the Romanian energy sector.

13:10 - 13:30

Teodora Tompea

Catalin Ivana

People and technology in operational activities. [Total Technologies]

Our experience demonstrates that the introduction of new technologies does more than eliminate jobs. If implementation is managed well, it can change the way work is done. It can increase both productivity and the level of service provided by making the tasks that people perform easier.

13:30-13:50

Teodora Tompea

Radu Vunvulea

Leveraging Microsoft Azure in automotive and port-to-port shipping [Microsoft]

The session covers the journey of two Endava manufacturing customers that embraced Microsoft Azure and decided to leverage their business. We discover how renting and tracking cars was remodelled using the cloud and the technical hicaps during this journey. We continue the journey with one of the largest shipping companies that adopted the cloud and aligned ISA 95 with their vision of automated ports.

Expo-Conference

Manufacturing Investment Forum

Awards & Gala

Masterclass

FACTORY 4.0

Expo Conference

Investment Forum

Masterclass - Strategic Doing

Awards & Gala

The first 2 editions in numbers

FACTORY 4.0 EXPO CONFERENCE Why you should Join Event

Networking

Great Speakers

Accessibility

Matchmaking

LISTEN TO THE Event Speakers 2022

SCHEDULE DETAILS Agenda

November 8

Registration

Romanian Officials

Ford Otosan Craiova – on its journey to Enhanced Operational Excellence driven by Innovation, Digitalization and Data Analytics

Strategic Doing

Renault Group a frontrunner in Industry 4.0 and digital transformation [Renault Group]

The way to a net zero factory – Smart utility metering, reporting and modular open automation. [Phoenix Contact]

MONEO – the Toolbox for the digitalisation of the factory [ifm]

Break

Digitization in an important economic sector... the construction sector

Industry 4.0 needs a system approach

Implementation and Benefits of Technology [Dell Technology & EasyPay System]

Connectivity – How connected robots will make the production more efficient? [KUKA]

Regulatory support measures for smart grids and promoting flexibility [Romanian Energy Center]

People and technology in operational activities. [Total Technologies]

Leveraging Microsoft Azure in automotive and port-to-port shipping [Microsoft]

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