Technical Track
Digital manufacturing at Realize LIVE Americas
Broaden your digital manufacturing knowledge and perspective alongside industry leaders. Join fellow customer speakers, experts, and Siemens executives at Realize LIVE 2025 for a unique opportunity to gain insights that will empower you to meet tomorrow's manufacturing needs today.
Featured digital manufacturing speakers
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John Pastor, Vice President of Technology
John joined Optime in 2016 and has played a key role in its growth from startup to industry leader. With 30+ years in tech leadership from space to subsea, he drives innovation and strategic system development.
Steffen Bangsow, simulation expert
Completing hundreds of projects and customer trainings, Steffen Bangsow has been working in the field of plant and production simulation since 1999. Since 2008, he has published five books with a focus on plant simulation.
Sibo Chou, Extended Reality Engineer
Sibo Chou started his career as an aerospace systems engineer, and he soon started to focus on digital transformation with emphasis on immersive technologies that allow users to validate designs using the digital twin.
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Caroline Lange, Continuous Improvement Manager
Caroline leads operational excellence initiatives at Dana, driving efficiency and innovation. Her expertise includes project management, process optimization, and strategic planning to support continuous improvement.
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Hope Vaughn Brown, SPS Quality Leader
Hope joined Honeywell in 2022 and leads the global quality management system across 83 sites and 5 business units. She brings broad quality leadership experience from roles at DuPont, Huntsman, and Federal-Mogul.
Digital manufacturing featured training sessions
Digital manufacturing
Explore the featured Digital Manufacturing training sessions. To view a full list of trainings offered, visit the session catalog.
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Easy Plan - successes at Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman
Dive into successes Northrop Grumman has had using Easy Plan. Learn how we are using engineering bill of materials (EBOM) and manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM) alignment, high-level planning and work instruction authoring.
Manufacturing precision racing engines
Hendrick Motorsports/Swoosh Technologies
Michael and John partnered to implement NX CAM and Run MyVNCK, creating a digital twin to boost precision and efficiency in racing engine manufacturing.
Process simulate VR motion capture integration
Stellantis
Since merging virtual reality (VR) with our human simulation team, half of the static posture studies have been completed with motion capture.
Efficiency unleashed: Manufacturing optimization
Brose
Ryan leverages Tecnomatix Plant Simulation to optimize assembly, value streams, and logistics. He applies data-driven methods and genetic algorithms to drive efficiency and reduce costs in manufacturing.
Growth via Agent-Driven Processes
Siemens / Salesforce
Siemens and Salesforce show how integrating Product360 and Customer360 boosts revenue. Combining PLM and CRM enhances customer focus, drives asset monetization, and uses AI to support business growth.
Digital Twin for Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing
Lam Research Inc
Lam Research uses Siemens’ digital twin, Opcenter, and Mendix to streamline semiconductor manufacturing, reduce silos, integrate AI, and enable agile, data-driven operations across design, production, and service.
Accelerating NPI with Opcenter MES
Teradyne / Intelizign
Teradyne adopted Opcenter MES to modernize NPI, integrate Teamcenter for data control, enable real-time analytics, and improve scalability—boosting product maturity, cycle time, and efficiency across global sites.
The Importance of NX CAM in Battery Manufacturing
Our Next Energy / Designfusion
Our Next Energy and Designfusion show how NX CAM, paired with NX CAD and partner support, standardizes processes, integrates digital threads, and boosts manufacturing efficiency using AI, post-processors, and G-code simulation.