Wednesday, November 5 2025 1:30 pm | Location:

Human centered leadership

Wednesday, November 5 2025 5:40 pm | Location:

Czechia on the Global Manufacturing Map: Perspectives and Reality – Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 5 2025 1:40 pm | Location:

Intelligent Manufacturing: Where It Remained a Vision and Where the Vision Became Reality

Wednesday, November 5 2025 5:40 pm | Location:

Czechia on the Global Manufacturing Map: Perspectives and Reality – Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 5 2025 2:10 pm | Location:

Human Aspects of Digital Transformation

This presentation focuses on the human aspects of digital transformation at PUREM Rakovník. Based on a strategic analysis of legal, environmental, external, and internal factors, the company’s leadership decided to follow the Industry 4.0 trend to remain competitive. The company engaged the consulting firm EY (CZ) to support the development of its digital strategy (DS).

The presentation highlights management’s involvement in assessing digital readiness, communicating results, and formulating the digital strategy. The CEO was directly and personally engaged as the initiator, contributor, and sponsor of the DS. Various aspects of implementation were identified, including the involvement of HR, defining digital transformation as a priority, establishing a Digi Team, identifying digital professions, training internal staff, and promoting the DS among employees.

During the formulation and implementation of the DS, the company learned the importance of engaging a professional firm or individual to design the strategy, involving management in the process, defining digital transformation as a top priority, creating a change coalition (the Digi Team), identifying and hiring digital professionals, training internal staff, and promoting digital transformation on a daily basis.

Between 2019 and 2025, the company implemented 22 robotics/automation projects with an average return on investment of 1.5 years, as well as 20 digitalization projects. Improved competitiveness of the plant led to the nomination of new customer programs, ensuring full capacity utilization for the next 10+ years.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 5:40 pm | Location:

Czechia on the Global Manufacturing Map: Perspectives and Reality – Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 5 2025 2:50 pm | Location:

Strategic and Day-to-Day Decision-Making in a Global Manufacturing Enterprise

Thursday, November 6 2025 9:10 am | Location:

Low Cost Automation

Thursday, November 6 2025 1:00 pm | Location:

From IT to Value: CIO Priorities Today – Panel Discussion

Thursday, November 6 2025 12:25 pm | Location:

Digital Bridge Between IT and OT: From Data to Business Value

The integration of IT and OT has opened new opportunities for managing both production and the entire enterprise. IT is becoming a key tool for planning, optimization, and production forecasting, while the digital ecosystem transforms data into decisions and decisions into competitive advantage.

At the same time, the importance of cybersecurity and NIS 2 requirements is growing. Only secure and resilient IT-OT integration can deliver real business value over the long term.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 4:00 pm | Location:

Reliable People, Reliable Technologies

Digitalization today is not only about technology—it profoundly affects how people work, collaborate, and create value. How can we navigate the complexity of information and data, and how can technologies be effectively implemented and scaled within a multinational company? Does the deployment of artificial intelligence lead to a loss of knowledge, or rather to its reinforcement? We will also address the connection between innovation, long-term sustainability, and corporate resilience.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 4:25 pm | Location:

Robotics as the Essence of Pure Productivity

Robotics has played a significant role at Škoda Auto for many years, and its development impacts not only production productivity but also broader economic and social aspects, including employment. This presentation will explore robotics as an investment tool – from questions of lifecycle and return on investment to its strategic importance for business. Special attention will be given to human–robot collaboration: where humans are indispensable, where robots excel, and how the two can complement each other effectively. Finally, we will highlight the most compelling trends in robotics that, in my view, are shaping the future of the automotive industry.

Thursday, November 6 2025 10:25 am | Location:

All Shades of AI – Panel Discussion

The goal of this panel is to demystify artificial intelligence and move the discussion from theory into practice. The panelists will share their real-world experiences with implementing AI projects in manufacturing companies. We will speak openly about what truly works, the biggest challenges—whether technological, data-related, or human—and the unexpected benefits that can emerge. Instead of broad visions, the focus will be on concrete use cases, return on investment, and the key success factors in both pilot and fully scaled projects.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 4:55 pm | Location:

AI ambassadors program in Witte Automotive Group

A story about how the idea of AI Ambassadors for integrating AI into everyday processes was born, and how a local initiative grew into a company-wide strategy.

Thursday, November 6 2025 11:40 am | Location:

Catch the digitalisation train while it can still be caught

Thursday, November 6 2025 10:25 am | Location:

All Shades of AI – Panel Discussion

The goal of this panel is to demystify artificial intelligence and move the discussion from theory into practice. The panelists will share their real-world experiences with implementing AI projects in manufacturing companies. We will speak openly about what truly works, the biggest challenges—whether technological, data-related, or human—and the unexpected benefits that can emerge. Instead of broad visions, the focus will be on concrete use cases, return on investment, and the key success factors in both pilot and fully scaled projects.

Thursday, November 6 2025 10:25 am | Location:

All Shades of AI – Panel Discussion

The goal of this panel is to demystify artificial intelligence and move the discussion from theory into practice. The panelists will share their real-world experiences with implementing AI projects in manufacturing companies. We will speak openly about what truly works, the biggest challenges—whether technological, data-related, or human—and the unexpected benefits that can emerge. Instead of broad visions, the focus will be on concrete use cases, return on investment, and the key success factors in both pilot and fully scaled projects.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 1:10 pm | Location:

Thriving in the Unknown: Transforming Manufacturing Through Operational Excellence

In an era of constant disruption, operational excellence powered by AI is emerging as a strategic enabler driving resilience, agility, and innovation across the manufacturing sector. This keynote explores how data-driven, AI-enabled operations empower organizations to adapt, transform, and thrive amid uncertainty.

Thursday, November 6 2025 10:25 am | Location:

All Shades of AI – Panel Discussion

The goal of this panel is to demystify artificial intelligence and move the discussion from theory into practice. The panelists will share their real-world experiences with implementing AI projects in manufacturing companies. We will speak openly about what truly works, the biggest challenges—whether technological, data-related, or human—and the unexpected benefits that can emerge. Instead of broad visions, the focus will be on concrete use cases, return on investment, and the key success factors in both pilot and fully scaled projects.

Thursday, November 6 2025 1:00 pm | Location:

From IT to Value: CIO Priorities Today – Panel Discussion

Thursday, November 6 2025 9:40 am | Location:

Digital Transformation of Manufacturing: When Data Shows the Way

Foxconn builds its strategy on simplifying and standardizing digital tools to respond quickly to new technologies and the rise of artificial intelligence. High-quality data is the key to flexible and competitive manufacturing, enabling business needs to be transformed into smart decisions and efficient processes.

Thursday, November 6 2025 12:05 pm | Location:

Digital Twin in Action at ORLEN Unipetrol

The digital twin has been implemented on the fluid catalytic cracking unit, which is one of the most important technologies in secondary oil processing. It is a highly innovative tool that provides deeper insights into the unit’s operations, enables yield prediction, and helps identify potential problem areas.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 5:15 pm | Location:

The new generation of computer vision in precision agriculture

This talk will explore the real-world applications of artificial intelligence in industry and agriculture, highlighting where AI truly adds value. We’ll discuss the critical importance of data quality for effective machine learning, how we work with data, and share insights into how engineering companies versus agricultural enterprises adopt AI—are there differences in their approaches? We’ll also examine the role of collaboration between startups and corporations, and why such partnerships matter. Finally, I’ll share my personal journey in the field of AI and offer a perspective on the future of machine learning in practical use.

Thursday, November 6 2025 12:50 pm | Location:

SASE: Borderless Enterprise Security Architecture

In the past decade and a half, we have witnessed an unprecedented shift of services to the Internet, driven by massive cloud adoption and a mobile-first focus. The Internet is ubiquitous, users are dispersed, and desktop computers are becoming obsolete. Contemporary application delivery techniques and modern working paradigms are challenging traditional networking and security concepts. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) emerges as a promising solution, built on Zero Trust principles to support and drive this transformation.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 1:55 pm | Location:

5G MPN in action

Wednesday, November 5 2025 3:45 pm | Location:

Real Cases of AI in Manufacturing

Wednesday, November 5 2025 4:15 pm | Location:

Modern Manufacturing Managed from the Cloud with AI Support: Trends and Tools

Opportunities for Efficient Management and Transformation of Manufacturing with the Support of the Modern Cloud ERP System SAP, along with Insights and Experiences from an International Project with Main Production in a Czech Company.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 5:30 pm | Location:

The World Is Accelerating. Can We Speed Up Business Processes Too?

We create quotations using a knowledge base. When registering orders, we configure products and simulate realistic delivery dates. We develop production and procurement plans to ensure timely delivery to customers while maximizing manufacturing efficiency.

We receive materials based on supplier notifications, optimize inventory placement, and supply production efficiently. We minimize setups and warehouse movements in manufacturing. We prepare customer orders with minimal effort and automatically inform them about deliveries.

Controlling has online access to information on additional costs and savings.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 2:25 pm | Location:

Total Recovery: When a Cyberattack Stops Production

Everyone would like to live in České Budějovice and work for a prestigious company like Jaguar Land Rover. Well, until September 1, 2025. On the first day of the new school year, JLR was hacked and production at all plants stopped for weeks. The restoration of operations continues even now in November, despite the fact that last year they invested 800,000,000 GPB in Cyber ​​Security and IT Operation Transformation. How to avoid this? We will tell you. Come and listen to our lecture about an organization that can recover quickly.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 2:40 pm | Location:

Dream Big, Start Small

Data are all around us, and AI is fundamentally changing the rules of the game in manufacturing companies as well. In a fast-paced series of ‘lessons learned’ from real projects, we will show you how to move from outdated ways of working with data into the era of AI — without unnecessary investments, costly mistakes, or unpleasant surprises.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 4:40 pm | Location:

Building an AI Platform to Support Manufacturing

Modern manufacturing companies face increasing pressure for reliability, efficiency, and rapid incident response. We will introduce a solution that integrates operational and IT data into a unified analytics platform, leveraging artificial intelligence to automatically identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions. This shortens incident resolution time, reduces manual intervention, and increases the availability of key services.

The platform offers a clear user interface as well as open integration interfaces for connecting to existing systems. For management, this means higher operational resilience, lower support costs, and a stronger digital backbone for the enterprise, enabling faster scaling and innovation growth.

Thursday, November 6 2025 12:15 pm | Location:

Accelerating Manufacturing Transformation with Mendix

Manufacturing companies today face pressure to innovate faster, improve efficiency, and respond flexibly to market changes. We will demonstrate how the Mendix low-code platform accelerates digital transformation in manufacturing – from rapid application development to seamless integration with existing systems.

Thursday, November 6 2025 11:55 am | Location:

Your Path to Autonomous Manufacturing

Helios is not just an ERP system, but a strategic tool for a company’s digital transformation, leading toward management autonomy.
Manufacturing that manages itself is no longer a distant vision, but a reality thanks to the integration of ERP systems with automation and robotics. Using the story of FLEXCON, we will demonstrate how Helios can be used to efficiently manage robots, warehouses, and production processes while collecting real-time data. The presentation will provide inspiration for managers and business owners, showing how digitalization opens the path to autonomous manufacturing without chaos and delivers tangible results for companies.

Wednesday, November 5 2025 5:05 pm | Location:

Optimization of Work-in-Progress Manufacturing: eKanban Based on Location Data

Following lean principles is fundamental, but even so, production can still have efficiency reserves. Through a concrete example, we’ll show you how digitalization can take you even further.

Come listen to a case study from Toyota Motors in Kolín, where they elevated the classic kanban to a digital level using an RTLS system. You’ll learn how this managed to reduce information transfer time from eight hours to just one second, limit safety stock, and get closer to true Just-in-Time production.

Thursday, November 6 2025 9:50 am | Location:

AI as a (In)visible Assistant in ERP

We will demonstrate with concrete examples from the IFS Cloud ERP solution how artificial intelligence supports users and gradually transforms the way we work with ERP systems.

Thursday, November 6 2025 10:15 am | Location:

Connecting People, Data, Machines, and Technologies in Practice. A Strategy for the Path to Success.

At the engineering manufacturing company Kukal&Uhlíř and with the implemented K2 system, we will demonstrate three practical examples of executing a strategy for success. The involvement of people, the use and handling of online data, and the collection of operational information into the system have been running for 20 years on the K2 system.

Thursday, November 6 2025 10:05 am | Location:

The main cause of IT project failure is people

Up to 70% of projects fail to achieve their goals – often because those goals were not properly defined, and above all, not sufficiently communicated. Even more crucial, however, is that we tend to forget the most important fact: the main users of IT systems are people. If these people do not understand and embrace the value of the new solution, then we have simply wasted money and acquired another “toy.”

Thursday, November 6 2025 9:25 am | Location:

An effective path to manufacturing digitalization

The lecture will answer key questions related to the digitalization of manufacturing. We will share best practices that lead to the successful implementation of IT projects and digital strategies. The presentation will conclude with an introduction to the UniManufacture concept, which helps accelerate the digitalization of manufacturing.