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Industrial Automation at Realize LIVE Americas

At Realize LIVE Americas, hear from leading experts about the transformational technologies and ideas shaping our future through industrial automation.

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Automation and digitalization

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Successful digital transformation in practice at Realize LIVE

  • Experience thought leadership from powerhouse companies like Intel, Dow, Magna and Air Products.
  • Attend a dedicated Industrial Automation track that covers real world challenges, approaches and outcomes.
  • Visit the Solution Center to walk through combined software and automation use cases.
  • Stop at the Trial Lab for hands-on interaction with the latest technology.
  • Get a first peek at what’s new and upcoming from the Siemens automation portfolio: Innovations in Sustainability, The Power of Industrial Data, Innovations in Cybersecurity and Software Defined Automation (SDA)

Featured 2024 Industrial Automation Speakers

From industry trends to thought leadership our Realize LIVE keynote speakers will present how their companies addressed industry business or technical challenges or provide an inspiring perspective on trends that are moving the needle.

Christine R Boles, Intel, will be a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Intel

Christine Boles

Learn how industry trends such as digitalization and artificial intelligence are changing the way large companies like Intel and Siemens work together to innovate the way we manufacturer and bring products to market.

Christine R Boles, Intel, will be a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Intel

Christine Boles

Learn how industry trends such as digitalization and artificial intelligence are changing the way large companies like Intel and Siemens work together to innovate the way we manufacturer and bring products to market.

Christine R Boles, Intel, will be a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Intel

Christine Boles

Learn how industry trends such as digitalization and artificial intelligence are changing the way large companies like Intel and Siemens work together to innovate the way we manufacturer and bring products to market.

Todd Deaville, Magna International, is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Magna International

Todd Deaville

What will the factory of the future look like? The trends that will take us there? The hurdles we must clear to ensure success? Magna International offers a valuable perspective from the automotive industry.

Todd Deaville, Magna International, is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Magna International

Todd Deaville

What will the factory of the future look like? The trends that will take us there? The hurdles we must clear to ensure success? Magna International offers a valuable perspective from the automotive industry.

Todd Deaville, Magna International, is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Magna International

Todd Deaville

What will the factory of the future look like? The trends that will take us there? The hurdles we must clear to ensure success? Magna International offers a valuable perspective from the automotive industry.

Mark Holzhauer, Dow, Inc., is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Dow, Inc.

Mark Holzhauer

Dow has increased visibility to its PCS 7 assets and improved the “micro-lifecycle” management of its systems with PCS myExpert. A collaborative approach with Siemens has further enabled risk reduction and continuous improvement.

Mark Holzhauer, Dow, Inc., is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Dow, Inc.

Mark Holzhauer

Dow has increased visibility to its PCS 7 assets and improved the “micro-lifecycle” management of its systems with PCS myExpert. A collaborative approach with Siemens has further enabled risk reduction and continuous improvement.

Mark Holzhauer, Dow, Inc., is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
Dow, Inc.

Mark Holzhauer

Dow has increased visibility to its PCS 7 assets and improved the “micro-lifecycle” management of its systems with PCS myExpert. A collaborative approach with Siemens has further enabled risk reduction and continuous improvement.

Yako Wijnands, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company, is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
NEOM Green Hydrogen Co.

Yako Wijnands

NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. is building the world's largest green hydrogen plant, transforming the clean energy landscape and making a significant contribution to a carbon-free future.

Yako Wijnands, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company, is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
NEOM Green Hydrogen Co.

Yako Wijnands

NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. is building the world's largest green hydrogen plant, transforming the clean energy landscape and making a significant contribution to a carbon-free future.

Yako Wijnands, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company, is a featured speaker at Realize LIVE Americas 2024.
NEOM Green Hydrogen Co.

Yako Wijnands

NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. is building the world's largest green hydrogen plant, transforming the clean energy landscape and making a significant contribution to a carbon-free future.

Featured 2024 Industrial Automation sessions

Find out how to accelerate your digital transformation - whether it is through stories from others who have done it, a unique perspective on solving a problem, practical advice from experts or via live demonstration.

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Presentation

Leveraging the power of recipe-driven execution

CSL Behring's manufacturing execution system (MES) is a recipe-driven manufacturing process that facilitates seamless integration between enterprise and manufacturing systems. Learn more about this adaptable and scalable approach.

A man wearing a blue glove and face mask handles a deep-frozen glass vial.
Presentation

Leveraging the power of recipe-driven execution

CSL Behring's manufacturing execution system (MES) is a recipe-driven manufacturing process that facilitates seamless integration between enterprise and manufacturing systems. Learn more about this adaptable and scalable approach.

A man wearing a blue glove and face mask handles a deep-frozen glass vial.
Presentation

Leveraging the power of recipe-driven execution

CSL Behring's manufacturing execution system (MES) is a recipe-driven manufacturing process that facilitates seamless integration between enterprise and manufacturing systems. Learn more about this adaptable and scalable approach.

Woman standing with a white hard helmet on in a factory.
Presentation

Evonik's secrets to drive change in chemical operations

Digital technologies have changed the way chemical companies operate, enabling instant availability of information, virtual simulation, remote connectivity, and more. Find out how to start when building a new plant.

Woman standing with a white hard helmet on in a factory.
Presentation

Evonik's secrets to drive change in chemical operations

Digital technologies have changed the way chemical companies operate, enabling instant availability of information, virtual simulation, remote connectivity, and more. Find out how to start when building a new plant.

Woman standing with a white hard helmet on in a factory.
Presentation

Evonik's secrets to drive change in chemical operations

Digital technologies have changed the way chemical companies operate, enabling instant availability of information, virtual simulation, remote connectivity, and more. Find out how to start when building a new plant.

A man talks on a cell phone as walks along a factory floor.
Presentation

Exxon Mobil: moving OPA to commercial reality

Insights on how through the deployment of open-process-automation-based systems (OPA), end users are beginning to demonstrate capability, unleash innovation and deliver bottom line benefits for their companies.

A man talks on a cell phone as walks along a factory floor.
Presentation

Exxon Mobil: moving OPA to commercial reality

Insights on how through the deployment of open-process-automation-based systems (OPA), end users are beginning to demonstrate capability, unleash innovation and deliver bottom line benefits for their companies.

A man talks on a cell phone as walks along a factory floor.
Presentation

Exxon Mobil: moving OPA to commercial reality

Insights on how through the deployment of open-process-automation-based systems (OPA), end users are beginning to demonstrate capability, unleash innovation and deliver bottom line benefits for their companies.

For Industrial Automation Realize LIVE
Presentation

Virtual commissioning: digital twin to realization

Revolutionize your production process through virtual commissioning. Longterm Technology Services introduces a real-life case study demonstrating how time-to-market can be reduced through virtual commissioning.

For Industrial Automation Realize LIVE
Presentation

Virtual commissioning: digital twin to realization

Revolutionize your production process through virtual commissioning. Longterm Technology Services introduces a real-life case study demonstrating how time-to-market can be reduced through virtual commissioning.

For Industrial Automation Realize LIVE
Presentation

Virtual commissioning: digital twin to realization

Revolutionize your production process through virtual commissioning. Longterm Technology Services introduces a real-life case study demonstrating how time-to-market can be reduced through virtual commissioning.

For Industrial Automation Realize LIVE
Presentation

Avoid gambling with an executable digital twin

Siemens Xcelerator can be used to take the value of the digital twin to the next level via the executable digital twin (xDT). Maya HTT shows how xDT can improve operational effectiveness and manufacturing process in real-time.

For Industrial Automation Realize LIVE
Presentation

Avoid gambling with an executable digital twin

Siemens Xcelerator can be used to take the value of the digital twin to the next level via the executable digital twin (xDT). Maya HTT shows how xDT can improve operational effectiveness and manufacturing process in real-time.

For Industrial Automation Realize LIVE
Presentation

Avoid gambling with an executable digital twin

Siemens Xcelerator can be used to take the value of the digital twin to the next level via the executable digital twin (xDT). Maya HTT shows how xDT can improve operational effectiveness and manufacturing process in real-time.

A digital illustration of a computer network is overlaid onto a manufacturing field of tanks and pipelines.
Presentation

Midrex: from digital vision to digital transformation

Whether you're at the helm of setting a visionary digitalization roadmap or on the front lines using tools, this session provides practical strategies and actionable takeaways to lead your organization through digital evolution.

A digital illustration of a computer network is overlaid onto a manufacturing field of tanks and pipelines.
Presentation

Midrex: from digital vision to digital transformation

Whether you're at the helm of setting a visionary digitalization roadmap or on the front lines using tools, this session provides practical strategies and actionable takeaways to lead your organization through digital evolution.

A digital illustration of a computer network is overlaid onto a manufacturing field of tanks and pipelines.
Presentation

Midrex: from digital vision to digital transformation

Whether you're at the helm of setting a visionary digitalization roadmap or on the front lines using tools, this session provides practical strategies and actionable takeaways to lead your organization through digital evolution.

A woman wearing safety glasses visualizes a digital image overlaid inside her laboratory environment.
Presentation

Fast-track drug development by digitalizing R&D

Digitalization and master data management start in the lab and continue throughout the entire drug lifecycle. Learn how Novonesis accumulates data with purpose and precision in the highly competitive pharma and biotech space.

A woman wearing safety glasses visualizes a digital image overlaid inside her laboratory environment.
Presentation

Fast-track drug development by digitalizing R&D

Digitalization and master data management start in the lab and continue throughout the entire drug lifecycle. Learn how Novonesis accumulates data with purpose and precision in the highly competitive pharma and biotech space.

A woman wearing safety glasses visualizes a digital image overlaid inside her laboratory environment.
Presentation

Fast-track drug development by digitalizing R&D

Digitalization and master data management start in the lab and continue throughout the entire drug lifecycle. Learn how Novonesis accumulates data with purpose and precision in the highly competitive pharma and biotech space.

Freshly molded from molten glass, bottles are dropping onto the production line.
Presentation

O-I: partnering with Siemens on digitalization

O-I Owens Illinois shares how it partnered with Siemens to help define, implement and accelerate its digital transformation.

Freshly molded from molten glass, bottles are dropping onto the production line.
Presentation

O-I: partnering with Siemens on digitalization

O-I Owens Illinois shares how it partnered with Siemens to help define, implement and accelerate its digital transformation.

Freshly molded from molten glass, bottles are dropping onto the production line.
Presentation

O-I: partnering with Siemens on digitalization

O-I Owens Illinois shares how it partnered with Siemens to help define, implement and accelerate its digital transformation.

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