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I got a degree in chemical engineering from the University Maribor  (Slovenia) in 1995. Degree work was nominated as the best faculties’s work of the year (sponsored by Henkel) and dealt with Cinkarna’s problem in the field of titanium dioxide production (importance of seeds for calcination). In 1996 I started my first working position asRead more

Veit Hora is COO at eschbach. He is managing operations at eschbach headquarters and growing business for eschbach’s digital Plant Process Management (PPM) solution throughout the European market: Strategy Execution Lead eschbach’s German and European Market Activities Software Product Management Oversee Daily Operations Enterprise Solution SellingRead more

Liran Akavia is a serial entrepreneur and a thought leader in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and manufacturing. He is the co-founder and COO of Seebo, an Industrial AI start-up that helps tier-one manufacturers around the world to unlock the full potential of their production processes, by increasing efficiency and reducing losses in areas suchRead more

Forogh Askari is AI Industry Expert at Canvass AI, a software provider that makes AI accessible to industrial engineers. In her role, Forogh enables and educates users on the benefits of using AI in industrial operations, thus bridging the divide between industrial process engineers, d ata science and machine learning. Prior to joining Canvass, sheRead more

Maarten Schot is Global CI Lead GBS at AkzoNobel.Read more

Dr. Udo Schneider is Senior Vice President Global Active Ingredient Organization and Head of AI Manufacturing. He leads and directs the Global Active Ingredient Manufacturing Site Network of Bayer’s Crop Science Division towards safety and product supply reliability and is responsible for development of Manufacturing Network Strategies (asset and resource strategy) through continued optimization ofRead more

Dr. Björn Christensen is Plant Manager with 25 years of international experience (China, Germany, South Africa) in the agrochemical industry, leading functions in R&D, QM, IT/SAP and Production as well as Supply Chain. In his current role he drives the safe, compliant, reliable and efficient operation of the plant, integrating it in every aspect intoRead more

A process driven business leader with strong interpersonal skills, a creative eye for detail, and more than 30 years of experience in optimisation of maintenance and reliability services – including; 20 years of providing reliability focused sales, engineering, support, training and business development functions throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. Justin has deep experience inRead more

Nimet is a chemical process engineer with a high affinity for data analysis and process optimization/control, and a huge fan of implementing a so-called “hybrid approach” by combining deterministic “domain” knowledge with data-based approaches.Read more

After finishing his diploma in chemical engineering in 2010 from TU Dortmund, Lukas Pansegrau focused his work in researching the nano-fluidic behavior of gases and liquids in flange-joint-gaskets and their effects on the emissions from chemical plants. These efforts were rewarded with a Phd in 2015. From 2013 onwards he started his professional career atRead more