Program | Detroit 2020

Overall Conference Program

8:00 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
9:15 am – Break
9:30 am – Conference Co-Chair Remarks – Dr. Leslie Monplasir, Chair and Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
9:40 am – Keynote Speaker I: Dr. Donna Bell, Global Director, Technology and Features Strategy and Planning, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan (Opening Keynote) – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
10:20 am – Keynote Speaker II: Dr. Jiju Antony, Professor of Quality Management, School of Social Sciences, Edinburgh Business School, Operations and Logistics Group, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
12:45 pm – BREAK
1:00 pm – Industry 4.0 – Zoom Meeting Room 1
2:00 pm – Break
2:15 pm – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
3:45 pm – Break
4:00 pm – Global Engineering Education – Zoom Meeting Room 1
5:00 pm – Break
5:15 pm – Panel Lean Six Sigma – Zoom Meeting Room 1
6:45 pm – Break
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3

8:00 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
9:15 am – Break
9:30 am – Industry Co-Chair Remarks – Dr. Saso Krstovski, MBB, Lean Manufacturing Coach /Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Van Dyke Transmission Plant, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
9:40 am – Keynote Speaker III: Dr. Raj Kawlra, Director, Global Manufacturing Methods and Measurements, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA),Auburn Hills, Michigan – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
10:20 am – Keynote Speaker IV: Dr. Seth Guikema, Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA and President of Society of Risk Analysis – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
12:45 pm – BREAK
1:00 pm – Industry Solutions Speakers – Zoom Meeting Room 1
2:00 pm – Break
2:15 pm – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
3:45 pm – Break
4:00 pm – Global Engineering Education – Zoom Meeting Room 1
5:00 pm – Break
5:15 pm – Panel Session – Diversity and Inclusion – Zoom Meeting Room 1
6:45 pm – Break
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3

8:00 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
9:15 am – Break
9:30 am – Industry Co-Chair Remarks – Dr. Wilkistar Otieno, Associate Professor and Chair Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
9:40 am – Keynote Speaker V: Cheryl Thompson, Founder and CEO, CADIA – Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement, Detroit, Michigan – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
10:20 am – Keynote Speaker VI: Dr. Jeffrey Abell, Director, Manufacturing Systems Research Lab, Chief Scientist for Global Manufacturing, Global Research & Development, General Motors Company, Warren, Michigan – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
12:45 pm – BREAK
1:00 pm – Global Engineering Education – Zoom Meeting Room 1
2:00 pm – Break
2:15 pm – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
3:45 pm – Break
4:00 pm – Global Business Management Education Speakers – Zoom Meeting Room 1
5:00 pm – Break
5:15 pm – Industry Solutions – Zoom Meeting Room 1
6:45 pm – Break
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3

8:00 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
9:15 am – Break
9:30 am – Conference Co-Chair Remarks – Dr. Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Professor, Engineering Management, School of Engineering, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
9:40 am – Keynote Speaker VII: Dr. Kannan Govindan, Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management and Head of the Center for Sustainable Supply Chain Engineering, University of Southern Denmark – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
10:20 am – Keynote Speaker VIII: Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz, Executive Director, MIT SCM Blended Master’s Program AND Director, MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
12:45 pm – BREAK
1:00 pm – Global Business Management Education – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
2:00 pm – Break
2:15 pm – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
3:45 pm – Break
4:00 pm – Industry 4.0 – Zoom Meeting Room 1
5:00 pm – Break
5:15 pm – Global Organizational Excellence Assessment – Zoom Meeting Room 1
6:45 pm – Break
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Global Engineering Education – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 2 and 3

8:00 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
9:15 am – Break
9:30 am – Conference Co-Chair Remarks – Steven Sibrel, Senior Supplier Quality Manager, Harman International, Novi, Michigan, USA – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
9:40 am – Keynote Speaker IX: Chris Stevens, VP of Industry Verticals, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Troy, Michigan and John Burns, Director of Sales, Automotive and Transportation, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Troy, Michigan – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
10:20 am – Keynote Speaker X: Noman Husain, Founder, TRANSFORMability, Detroit, Michigan, USA – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1
11:00 am – Break
11:15 am – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
12:45 pm – BREAK
1:00 pm – Global Business Management Education – Zoom Meeting Room 1
2:00 pm – Break
2:15 pm – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3
3:45 pm – Break
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Awards and Recognition – Zoom Meeting Room 1
5:15 pm – Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 2 and 3
6:45 pm – Break
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Technical Presentations – Zoom Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3

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