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With great insight and signature wit, Beane conveys his innovative, winning style of management and leadership, which involves identifying undervalued assets to create and sustain a competitive advantage. By striking parallels between baseball and business, Beane inspires audiences across industries (including health care, insurance, finance, etc.) with his unforgettable winning underdog story.

In an era marked by the resurgence of US manufacturing, multibillion-dollar investments are focused on creating new, state-of-the-art facilities. At the same time, the vast majority of domestic production will persist within the walls of decades-old operations. As the largest and longest-lasting industrial technology company in the world, Siemens brings a unique point of view to this topic.  Del Costy, President and Managing Director of Siemens Digital Industries, will spotlight the path forward in this dynamic period. Supported by new customer use cases, Del’s presentation will showcase how growing companies can harness cutting-edge technologies while also revealing how these innovations can be seamlessly integrated into existing, or brownfield, operations. Following this path, manufacturers can unlock unprecedented value from their existing asset bases, significantly enhancing results and prolonging the operational lifespan of their facilities. Join this session to explore how leveraging advanced automation and digitalization strategies will revolutionize American industry, ensuring a more efficient, sustainable, and competitive U.S. manufacturing sector.

The digitization of practically everything coupled with advances in machine learning, the automation of knowledge work, and advanced robotics promises a future with democratized use of machines and wide-spread use of AI, robots and customization. While the last 60 years have defined the field of industrial robots and empowered hard-bodied robots to execute complex assembly tasks in constrained industrial settings, the next 60 years could be ushering in our time with Pervasive robots that come in a diversity of forms and materials, helping people with physical and cognitive tasks.

The biggest robotics shift in the 21st century will be AI-driven. Machine learning, training with synthetic data, foundation models, automated computer vision, adaptive applications, data management and infrastructure will accelerate innovation in the coming decades. In industrial manufacturing, robots are incredible tools but remain costly and complex to program and reprogram—even for today’s experts. With historical barriers to entry like deep domain expertise and specialized skill sets required for programming, these incredibly valuable systems have rarely made sense—economically or operationally—for the vast majority of businesses. With the ubiquitous rise of AI, the potential for innovation and growth across entire industries is being reimagined. 

Intrinsic, a robotics software and AI company at Alphabet, has been building a software and AI-enabled platform to accelerate the integration of AI in robotics. Working with key industry partners, they’re empowering developers to design and deploy sophisticated applications that generate new value.