Asset Performance Conference Programme
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
- 09:00 - 09:35
Keynote : How to solve the Industrial Data Dilemma?
by Dr. Sebastian OPRIEL, CTO, sovity
- 19:00 - 19:45
Keynote: The future of European industry
by Georges-Louis Bouchez, MR, and Fabrice Brion, I-care Group
- 09:35 - 10:10
1.1.1 Yara's Key to Success for Predictive Maintenance integrated with SAP - Case Yara
Perry Jaspers - Technical Process Owner - Electricity & Automation, Yara Belgium & Madava Vithanga - Product Manager, Yara Digital Core Solutions
- 10:10 - 10:45
1.1.2 Asset Prediction Analytics (APA) Solution for Failure Predictions and Performance Monitoring - Case Saudi Aramco
Tariq Nadeem - Lead Reliability Engineer, Saudi Aramco & Muhannad Alhazmi - Reliability Engineer, Saudi Aramco
- 11:15 - 11:50
1.1.3 How to unlock the full potential of Predictive Maintenance (PdM)?
Fokke van Houten - Sr. Business consultant, MaxGrip EMEA
- 11:50 - 12:25
1.1.4 Driving Operational Insight and Compliance through Integrated Power BI Dashboards – Case ETEX
David Van Hecke, Business Process Manager, Eternit & Thomas Wouters - Sales & Partnerships, Anchr
- 12:25 - 13:00
1.1.5 Optimal Combination of GenAI and Reliability Statistics for Selecting the Most Impactful Improvement Projects
Tom Rombouts, Reliability & Data Driven Solutions Director, I-care Group
- 14:00 - 14:35
1.1.6 Implementation of an AI decision engine for production optimization
Markus Ahorner - CEO, Ahorner & Innovators
- 14:35 - 15:10
1.1.7 Multi-week Rolling Schedule The Foundation of a Sustainable Planned Work Culture in the AI Era
Jean Charbonneau - President, CiM Maintenance
- 15:10 - 15:45
1.1.8 AI-Powered Offshore Wind Maintenance: A Planner's New Optimizer - Case Otary
Didier Stickens - Managing Director, Coteng
- 16:15 - 16:50
1.1.9 Leveraging GenAI to Revolutionize Maintenance and Reliability: A Case Study on Predictive Analytics and Proactive Troubleshooting - Case Saudi Aramco
Muhannad Alhazmi - Reliability engineer, Saudi Aramco & Tariq Nadeem, Lead Reliability Engineer, Saudi Aramco
- 16:50 - 17:25
1.1.10 Scalable CNC Machine Condition Monitoring with Siemens Brownfield Connectivity Gateway - Case Sonaca
Jitse Cammaert - Service Sales Engineer, Siemens
- 17:25 - 18:00
1.1.11 GenAI-Powered Maintenance Data Retrieval & Reasoning Solution
Peter Mees - Solution Architect, Rebatch
- 09:35 - 10:10
1.2.1 DEXPI - Standard Information Model for the chemical industry
Dr. Wilhelm Otten - Member of the board, head of networking group, DEXPI
- 10:10 - 10:45
1.2.2 Asset Administration Shell, the open standard for digital twin
Willem Offermans - Program Manager Digitalisation, Sitech Services
- 11:15 - 11:50
1.2.3 Boosting Manufacturing Efficiency: AI-Powered APM with MQTT and UNS
Ravi Subramanyan - Director of Industry Solutions, HiveMQ
- 11:50 - 12:25
1.2.4 P&ID Migration into ALM-Systems leveraging AI
Frank Hertling - CEO & Founder, Graph-Co & Laurenz Merth - CTO, Graph-Co
- 12:25 - 13:00
1.2.5 Less maintenance and higher performance through a digital central tower - Case Rail Safety
Thomas Brekelmans - CCO, AnyWare - Asset Management Cloud & Jorn Sprangers - Business Development Manager, Dual Inventive
- 14:00 - 14:35
1.3.1 Eye on Data: Transforming Asset Management through Digital Innovation
Lander Dufour - Founder, I-Link
- 14:35 - 15:10
1.3.2 Maximizing Asset Life: How the Asset Health Index Drives Smarter Decisions - Case Aquafin
Joris Dircx - Manager Asset Data, Aquafin & Andreas Mels, Reliability Engineer, Aquafin
- 15:10 - 15:45
1.3.3 Enhance the Inland Waterway Asset Management by integrating Multi-Operator Infrastructure Data through Digital Twins and RIS - Case APDL
Filipe Martins - Head of Innovation, APDL-Administração dos portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo
- 16:15 - 16:50
1.3.4 How AI helps the waste management industry to operate safe and efficient
Jan Meynen - CEO, Viu More
- 16:20 - 17:25
1.3.5 Force Multiplier: Artificial Intelligence Enables Municipal Water Utilities
Keith Hays - Vice President, Bluefield Research & Chloé Meyer, Senior Research Director, Bluefield Research
- 17:25 - 18:00
1.3.6 Improve the Planning of Technicians with a Mobile Solution on Smartphone - Case SWDE
Henri Pecheur, Directeur Optimisation Maintenance, SWDE & David Vernaillen - Sales Director, sqli & Alain Renault, BU Manager, sqli
14:00 - 15:45
Industrial Dataspaces in Action: Enabling Secure Data Sharing for Smarter Maintenance - Sovity
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
- 09:00 - 09:35
2.1.1 Multi Site Maintenance Excellence - Case DS Smith
Gareth Morgan - Group Head of Engineering, DS Smith & Remco Jonker - Partner, Mainnovation
- 09:35 - 10:10
2.1.2 Optimizing Maintenance Operations: How De Lijn Transformed Technician Efficiency with a Mobile-First Approach - Case De Lijn
Yentl Wynants - Consultant, Emixa
- 10:10 - 10:45
2.1.3 Human-Centric Maintenance Processes with the Ready4AssetManagement Integration
Mathias Hertecant - Account Manager, SOA People
- 11:15 - 11:50
2.1.4 Achieving Maintenance & Reliability Excellence Through Asset Reliability, Digitalization, and Human Reliability - Case Saudi Aramco
Abdulaziz Alzahrani - Engineer, Saudi Aramco
- 11:50 - 12:25
2.1.5 Human Centric Approach in Asset Data Management using Immersive Technologies (XR, MR, VR, AR)
Koen Penneman - Co-founder, CHENEXT Technologies
- 12:25 - 13:00
2.1.6 SkillsUpp: Evaluation & Monitoring Safety and Maintenance Procedures - Case Evonik
Werner Van Acker - Manager Technical Governance, Evonik Antwerpen & Deborah Hilderson - Lecturer, KdG & Geert Van De Weyer - Lecturer, KdG
- 14:00 - 14:35
2.1.7 RUL prediction and maintenance optimization using Bayesian networks
Erik Hostens - Senior Research Engineer, Flanders Make
- 14:35 - 15:10
2.1.8 Empowering People through Model-Based Predictive Maintenance supported by AI: A Human-Centric Approach to Asset Reliability
Marco Ferreira - CEO, Enging
- 15:10 - 15:45 Coming soon
- 09:00 - 09:35
2.2.1 RCM in EAM
Bram van Laeken - Senior Sales Consultant, IFS Ultimo
- 09:35 - 10:10
2.2.2 Optimising Reliability and Availability in Acetic Acid Production: A Data-Driven Approach
Qiying Yin – Founder, ProAIM
- 10:10 - 10:45
2.2.3 Smart Lubrication Integration: Leveraging Basic Level Data for Maintenance Efficiency
Rienk Minderman - Business Leader Software, Van Meeuwen Lubrication
- 11:15 - 11:50
2.2.4 Digitalization in lubrication – Future proof standards and concept implementation using state of the art technology and AI support
Wojciech Majka - President of the Board, CEO, Ecol
- 11:50 - 12:25
2.2.5 Smart Greasing for Reliable Assets: Digitalizing Lubrication with Greaseboss
TBC
- 12:25 - 13:00
2.2.6 Driving equipment reliability with advanced varnish removal technology in lubrication system - Case Saudi Aramco
Majed Al-Muallem - Sr. Reliability Engineer, Saudi Aramco
- 14:00 - 14:35
2.2.7 Context is Key: Enhancing Electric Motor Reliability and Maintenance through Comprehensive Diagnostics
Bram Vervisch - Innovation Manager, ORBITS
- 14:35 - 15:10
2.2.8 How to keep track of transformer fleet health
Tom Dilen - Business development, Laborelec
- 15:10 - 15:45
2.2.9 Fiber Optic Sensing for Bearing Health Monitoring
Steven Michiels - Senior Research Engineer, Flanders Make
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