Conference Schedule
June 8-11, 2025
June 8, 2026 (Monday) – Company Visits
10:00 – 12:00: Visit to CNH, Racine
12:00 – 14:00: Attendees purchase lunch near Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee
14:00 – 16:00: Visit to Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 (Tuesday)
7:00 – 17:00: Registration – New Chemistry Building
Morning Keynotes – New Chemistry Building Auditorium
9:00 – 9:20: Host Welcome Address – Prof. Canan Bilen-Green WM Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
9:20 – 10:00: Opening Keynote: Francisco Sayu, Vice President, Productivity and Sustainability, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
10:00 – 10:20: Coffee Break
10:20 – 11:00: Keynote: – New Chemistry Building Auditorium
11:00 – 11:40: Keynote – Paolo Butti, Regional President, Global Industry in Global Sales & Marketing (GSM) at Rockwell Automation
11:40 – 12:20: Keynote – Jeffrey Wood, VP – Generac Advanced Manufacturing, Waukesha, Wisconsin
12:20 – 13:00: Keynote – Prof. Sangapani- Missouri Institute of Science and Technology
13:00 – 14:30: Buffet Lunch – Foyer of New Chemistry Building Auditorium
14:30 – 16:00: Parallel Breakout Sessions – New Chemistry Building Auditorium (Rooms 1 & 2) and EMS Building (Rooms 3, 4 & 5)
16:00 – 16:30: Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00: Parallel Breakout Sessions – New Chemistry Building Auditorium (Rooms 1 & 2) and EMS Building (Rooms 3, 4 & 5)
June 10, 2026 (Wednesday)
7:00 – 17:00: Registration – New Chemistry Building
Morning Keynotes – New Chemistry Building Auditorium
9:00 – 9:10: Opening remarks: UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science, Associate Dean of Research
9:10 – 10:00: Keynote – Paul Perkins, President, Amatrol, Inc., Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA
10:00 – 10:40: Keynote – Joe Hamman, Executive Director, UWM Connected Systems Institute
10:40 – 11:20: Keynote – Michael Cook, Director of Industry-Academia Engagement-Rockwell Automation
11:20 – 11:40: Short Break
11:40 – 12:20: Keynote – Jason House, Business Unit Manager – Mission Readiness & Protective Systems, Northrop Grumman
12:10 – 13:00: Keynote – Dr. Anthony Rollett, Carnegie Mellon University
13:00 – 14:30: Buffet Lunch – Foyer of New Chemistry Building Auditorium
14:30 – 16:00: Parallel Breakout Sessions – New Chemistry Building Auditorium (Rooms 1 & 2) and EMS Building (Rooms 3, 4 & 5)
16:00 – 16:30: Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00: Parallel Breakout Sessions – New Chemistry Building Auditorium (Rooms 1 & 2) and EMS Building (Rooms 3, 4 & 5)
18:00 – 20:00: Conference Awards Ceremony and Buffet Dinner – New Chemistry Building Auditorium
June 11, 2026 (Thursday)
7:00 – 17:00: Registration – New Chemistry Building
9:00 – 9:30: Keynote – Dr. Chia Youyee Vang, UWM Vice Chancellor, Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity and Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
9:30 – 10:00: Keynote – Rear Admiral Dr. Khandakar Akhter Hossain, VC, Bangladesh Maritime University, Dhaka
10:00 – 10:20: Coffee Break
10:20 – 11:00: Keynote –
11:00 – 11:40: Keynote – Dr. Alejandro Hernández González, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (UJED), Durango, Mexico
11:40 – 12:20: Keynote – Monica L. Davis, Sr. HR Leader and Certified PHR, Delek US Holdings, Inc., Texas, USA
12:20 – 13:00: Keynote: Girish Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Senior Manager – Continuous Improvement – CNH, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
13:00 – 14:30: Buffet Lunch – Foyer of New Chemistry Building Auditorium
14:30 – 16:00: Parallel Breakout Sessions – New Chemistry Building Auditorium (Rooms 1 & 2) and EMS Building (Rooms 3, 4 & 5)
16:00 – 16:30: Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00: Parallel Breakout Sessions – New Chemistry Building Auditorium (Rooms 1 & 2) and EMS Building (Rooms 3, 4 & 5)
June 12, 2026 (Friday)
9:00 – 11:00: Visit to Komatsu Mining