Asset Performance Conference Programme 2024
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Track overview
Wednesday 13 November 2024
- 09:00 - 09:35
Sustainable Asset Management as a key driver in reaching the European climate and energy targets
Mark Haarman, Founder & Managing Partner, Mainnovation
- 18:00 - 18:45
Boosting Basketball Team Performance with Data and AI
by Ann Wauters, Inspirational Speaker
- 09:35 - 10:10
Create Value with ESG: Transforming Industrial Asset Performance
by Karine Vandenberghe, CEO, Avvision
- 10:10 - 10:45
How to capture, consolidate, analyse and manage sustainability data?
by Jackie Yun, Sustainability Tech Specialist, IBM
- 11:15 - 11:50
Continuous emission monitoring through IoT - Case Umicore
by Martijn Samaey, Digital Transition Manager, Umicore PMR and Nelson Matthys, CEO, VersaSense
- 11:50 - 12:25
Embracing Circularity and mitigating emissions Through Lifecycle Management
by Oswald Deuchar, Global Head of Modernization Services, ABB Motion Services
- 14:00 - 14:35
Reducing Energy Consumption, while enhancing Asset Performance; and Reliability and Delivering Increased Pistachio Quality
by Filip Popov, Digital Expert, Wizata & Xavier Simon, Plant Director, IRECO Trading & Production
- 14:35 - 15:10
Simulation toolbox to validate Energy Management Systems: Application to some ENGIE use cases
by François-Xavier Bouchez, Head of Sales & Bertrand Haut, Senior Expert and Mathematics Cluster Manager, Laborelec
- 15:10 - 15:45
EnergiCare: AI for Energy Sustainability in the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Matthieu Decoux, Business Developer, Coceptio
- 16:15 - 16:50
Combining electrical condition with energy monitoring to optimise asset efficiency - case pump efficiency and grid power quality
by Eric Delvaux, Account manager industry, Schaeffler Belgium and Richard Haagensen, Smart Energy Solutions Industrial LS, Schaeffler Finland
- 16:50 - 17:25
Maximizing your asset energy performance with Smart Heat Exchanger
by Guillaume Germain, Business Development - Digital Services, Alfa Laval
- 17:25 - 18:00
Full restoration of steam and gas turbines efficiency by removing deposits from their flow paths with deep chemical foam cleaning
by Wojciech Majka, President of The Board & CEO, Ecol Sp. z o.o.
- 09:35 - 10:10
GenAI in maintenance: what really works
by Tuur Steffens, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
- 10:10 - 10:45
Use-cases of generative AI for asset management
by Olivier Ruttiens, Global asset reliability leader, Barry Callebaut Group
- 11:15 - 11:50
GenAI in Maintenance and Quality management
by Koen Van Kerckhoven, Manager, PwC and Wim Bijnens, Senior Manager, PwC
- 11:50 - 12:25
Using generative AI to assist RCM and the creation of maintenance plans & BOM's
by Jonathan Arys, Senior Maintenance Engineer, CoCEPTIO
- 12:25 - 13:00
Generative AI and Predictive Analytics to Improve Asset Reliability
by Ben Engels, Reliability Manager Europe, Nippon Gases and Nishanta Samal, Manager - AI Products & Services, SymphonyAI Industrial
- 09:35 - 10:10
The Journey to Maintenance Best Practice, Changing The Culture - Case Pharmaron Biologics
by Andrew Evans, Head of Engineering, Parmaron Biologics and Roy Davis, Director, MPI Limited & MCP Consulting Group
- 10:10 - 10:45
World Class Maintenance 5.0, synergy between Human Expertise and AI
by Rudi Frederix, General Manager, AMOTE
- 11:15 - 11:50
Is installing a sensor for predictive maintenance always the right answer: How to make the hype work?
by Jonas Vancauwenberghe, Business Expert Asset Performance Management, Dexis
- 11:50 - 12:25
"The Digital Transformation Journey of AGC: Digital Transformation in Maintenance & Reliability as a Strategic Choice in a fast-changing company
by Tom Rombouts, European Engineering, Capex and Maintenance manager, I-care Group
- 12:25 - 13:00
What does Digital Transformation Really Mean for Maintenance & Reliability?
by Tor Idhammar, President & CEO, IDCON
- 14:00 - 14:35
Anomaly Detection on Predictive Maintenance Data in a dynamic production environment - Case Unilin
by Tom Rombouts, European Engineering, Capex and Maintenance manager, I-care Group & Mathieu Vroman, Data Scientist, Unilin
- 14:35 - 15:10
Advancing Predictive Maintenance for Rotating Equipment - Case OCP
by Abdenour Jbili, CEO, OCP Maintenance solutions
- 15:10 - 15:45
Combining Route-based condition monitoring and IIoT - Case APM Terminals
by Oussama Lemma, CBM/PdM Lead, APM Terminals
- 16:15 - 16:50
Optimization of Turnaround Maintenance using a 5G mobile private network - Case fire surveillance at BASF
by Peter Verheyden, Maintenance Manager, BASF Antwerp and Steven Werbrouck, Expert Connectivity, BASF Antwerp
- 17:25 - 18:00
Predictive maintenance of a Steam Dryer using a Machine Learning - Case Nordic Sugar
by Anders Jørgensen-Juul, Head of Projects, Nordic Sugar A/S Nakskov
- 14:00 - 14:35
Achieving Long-Term Success with Reliability-Centered Maintenance
by Virve Viitanen, Global Head of Modernization Services, ABB Motion Services
- 14:35 - 15:10
RCM Base Development of a Diagnostic Strategy for Equipment Assessment & Monitoring
by Anoop Saxena, Plant Asset Management, Super Smelter Limited
- 15:10 - 15:45
How to use RCM & FMEA for effective smart Asset Monitoring & predictive maintenance
by Lien Brusselaers, Innovation coördinator, Agidens and Martin Van Den Hout, Senior Managing Consultant, Agidens
- 16:15 - 16:50
How to create a robust model for predicting failures with limited training data?
by Pradeep Kundu, Assistant Professor, KU Leuven
- 16:50 - 17:25
Combining asset monitoring techniques in one CM-System - best practices and real-world examples
by Christian Reinbrecht, Product Manager, Trainer Condition Monitoring, iba AG
- 17:25 - 18:00
Data fusion and physics-supported AI models for early detection and contextualisation of upcoming failures in critical machines
by Yves Van Ingelgem, CEO, Zensor
Thursday 14 November 2024
- 09:00 - 09:35
Leveraging data systems and modeling for fast decision taking in maintenance
by Kasper Barslund Hansen, Researcher, Technical University of Denmark
- 09:35 - 10:10
Importance of Asset Data
by Joris Dircx, Manager Asset Data, Aquafin
- 10:10 - 10:45
Data strategy for remote online monitory - Case EÜAŞ & EDF
by Mete Emin Atmaca, Manager of Maintenance Management System, Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. (EÜAŞ)
- 11:15 - 11:50
Use of an AI Decision Machine, ERP Data and Big Data Technology to Derive, Implement, Monitor an Control an Integrated Plant Maintenance Strategy
by Markus Ahorner, CDO, Ahorner & Innovators
- 11:50 - 12:25
Benefits of the Open Standard MQTT in enhancing Asset Performance
by Ravi Subramanyan, Director of Industry Solutions, HiveMQ
- 12:25 - 13:00
Critical Asset Health Assessment of air compressors based on large scale data sources
by Nezar Baaqeel, Reliability Engineer, Saudi Aramco
- 09:00 - 09:35
How to overcome shortage of technical talents by digitalizing the maintenance workflow
by Bart Depuydt, Plant Maintenance & engineering manager, Terumo Europe
- 09:35 - 10:10
Technical employees of the future: hr solutions to tackle ageing - Case Sitech
by Rob Gülickers, Director Technology & Innovation, Sitech
- 10:10 - 10:45
Authentic Intelligence: a human-centric approach to AI the potential of Artificial Intelligence in order to increase an organisation's performance
by Tom Rombouts, European Engineering, Capex and Maintenance manager, I-care Group
- 11:15 - 11:50
Transforming Asset Performance: Humans and Autonomous Robots Working Together
by Patrik D'Allens, Head of Technical Services, dsm-firmenich
- 11:50 - 12:25
Smart glasses for efficient asset observation and inspection
by Kirby De Jode, CEO, Iristick
- 12:25 - 13:00
Augmented Reality Platform for process & maintenance operator training and plant design communication
by Koen Penneman, CEO, PipeXperts
- 09:00 - 09:35
Six new ISO standards for asset management
by Boudewijn Neijens, CMO, Copperleaf
- 09:35 - 10:10
Asset Management 5.0: combining expert knowledge and AI to reach better decisions
by Boudewijn Neijens, CMO, Copperleaf and Michiel Ooms, Solutions Consultant, Copperleaf
- 11:15 - 11:50
Enhanced asset management performance based on Big Data in Civil Engineering
by Alvaro Vale E Azevedo, Head of Buildings Department, LNEC and Filipa Salvado, Research Officer, LNEC
- 11:50 - 12:25
Improving health and reliability insights for your most critical assets - Case water sector
by Jan-Willem Steur, Manager Business Development | Asset management SME - IBM Maximo, ZNAPZ
- 12:25 - 13:00
The use of Vibration Sensing for a rail condition assessment - Case South African Railway
by Motlalepule Machitje, Junior Mechanical engineer, Transnet Freight Rail
- 14:00 - 14:35
Smart Grid in wastewater treatment - Case Aquafin
by Bart Van Eygen, Asset Management Director, Aquafin
- 14:35 - 15:10
How fit are your steel structures? (cranes, crane girders, moving gates,..)
by Jeroen Van Wittenberghe, Seniro Expert Fatigue & Structural Health Monitoring, OCAS and Marc Vanderschueren, Head of Development R&D Partnerships, OCAS
- 15:10 - 15:45
Sustainability impact of data-driven asset management on civil infrastructure
by Theodoor Van Der Klaauw, Managing Consultant Asset Management & Sustainability, IBM
- 14:00 - 14:35
Unlocking the Metaverse: Pioneering Digital Twins in Industry
by Diego Galar, Professor / R&D Director, Lulea University of Technology / SISTEPLANT
- 14:35 - 15:10
Photogrammetry and Pixel & Feature matching for reading and maintaining digital twins
by Adrian Merkel, R&D, Framence
- 15:10 - 15:45
Massive automated visual inspections in 3D: a whole new world
by Benjamin Bex, Project engineer LiDAR, Infrabel and Rein Lemmens, CEO, Kapernikov
- 14:00 - 14:35
Servitization - A journey from OEM perspective
by Patrick Houbraken, Service Program Manager, Marel
- 14:35 - 15:10
Improving spare parts availability - case Belgoprocess
by Jürgen Donders, Parner, Gordian Logistic Experts and Jurgen Gommers, Maintenance Supervisor, Belgoprocess
- 15:10 - 15:45
Additive Manufacturing & Asset Performance
by Erik Van Der Garde, CEO, Oceanz