Fusion 4.0 Redefining Enterprises and Entrepreneurs Engagement

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Source: Team Pro MFG Media

NASSCOM CoE presents 3rd Edition of FUSION 4.0- Redefining Enterprises and Entrepreneurs Engagement to be conducted on 4 June, 2021 from 3-6 PM IST. Pro MFG Media is proud to be a media partner of this virtual conference that will perceive the possibility of enhancing the efficiency, productivity, and safety in factories with technologies that are developed through the synergistic effort of government leaders, deep-tech startups, and researchers.

NASSCOM CoE is proud to announce its 3rd Edition: FUSION 4.0 - Redefining Enterprises and Entrepreneurs Engagement on 4 June, 2021 from 3-6 PM IST. It had witnessed tremendous success in accelerating the pace of industry and its transformation on achieving digitalization globally in its 1st and 2nd edition. Pro MFG Media is proud to be associated as a Media Partner. With the key objective of leveraging the adoption of advance technologies in the manufacturing sector of our country, this initiative will build collective capabilities between large enterprises and entrepreneurs.

NASSCOM CoE partnered with: NBC Bearing, Mondelēz International, Titan Company Limited, Tata Steel Ltd., IIT Gandhinagar.

Amit Saluja, Sr Director & Head of Manufacturing Vertical, NASSCOM CoE; asserted: “Enabling greater technology adoption in the manufacturing sector, through FUSION 4.0, NASSCOM CoE has built an ecosystem where manufacturers, while working with startups, technology companies, researchers and policy makers, can co-create solutions using AI and IoT based digital technologies. At the conference we will also announce the winners of the 3rd Edition of Manufacturing Innovation Challenge 2021 for the four use cases nominated by our industry partners.”

Benefits

Embracing Industry 4.0, digital manufacturing, and the interconnectivity comes with a myriad of benefits for manufacturing enterprises, including greater agility, flexibility, and operational performance.

The manufacturing industry is seen to embrace this digital culture quite positively to meet the challenges existing in the space. In the current market scenario, where quick implementations of innovative solutions have become the need, collaborative models are going to be the new trend in the Industry. The enterprises need to adopt such ready-made platforms to speed-up their digital transformation. The Enterprises will leverage to kick start its Digital Transformation Journey with a know-how of new and disruptive technologies through start-ups.

Agenda

Time - 3:00 – 3:15 PM
Speaker - Sanjeev Malhotra, CEO – NASSCOM CoE
Topic - FUSION 4.0, Innovation Platform for Building Smart Factories

Collaborative development is the way forward to drive innovation. Learn how NASSCOM CoE is building an ecosystem for the manufacturing industry to solve the complex challenges that leaders are facing today.

Time - 3:15 – 3:45 PM
Panelists - Vinit Thakur, President and CDO - LafargeHolcim India
Bangla Bose, Head of FFP Production – Asia Pacific, Bayer
Sheenam Ohrie, VP, Dell Digital Services Online
Moderated by- Amit Saluja, Senior Director and Head of Manufacturing Vertical, NASSCOM CoE
Topic - Paradigm Shift for Manufacturers through Industry 4.0

The panel discussion will have senior executives dwell upon, "how difficult or easy is it to embrace Industry 4.0, especially when it involves process changes and capital investment?" What are the apprehensions while embracing change and spending on new technologies?

Time - 3:45 – 4:00 PM
Speaker - Jayanta Banerjee, Group CIO - Tata Steel Limited
Topic - Industry Keynote - Roadmap to Advance Digital Technologies in Manufacturing

Strategy for faster adoption and greater integration of Industry 4.0 technology in the sector needs a new business model. Building a roadmap for technology adoption is not straightforward considering multiple factors come into play while making decisions. This session will bring in experiences of going through this process of planning and prioritizing digital initiatives.

Time - 4:00 – 4:20 PM
Speaker - Hareet Shukla (IAS), Secretary- DST, Government of Gujarat
Topic - Chief Guest Address - How Pandemic is Accelerating the Technology Adoption

Pandemic has redefined operating models and manufacturing is no different. Gujarat being the industrial state of India has enterprises from diverse sector and includes large and MSME manufacturing organizations. Gujarat’s industries have taken a lead in managing current crisis through adoption of AI & IoT based solutions working with startups & technology companies

Time - 4:20 – 4:30 PM
Manufacturing Innovation Challenge, 3rd Edition Award Ceremony

3rd Edition of MIC had four very complex use cases from Tata Steel, Titan, Mondelez and NBC Bearings which were given as a challenge to deep tech startups in the country. Announcing the Winners across four categories who will get opportunity to work on doing PoC / deployment for these use cases

Time - 4:30 – 5:00 PM
Panelists- Sachin Gusia (IRS), MD, GIL - Govt of Gujarat
Ashish Ranjan, Chief Digital Officer - National Engineering Industries Ltd
Sumant Sood, Head Innovation, Titan Company Limited
Amit Kumar Chatterjee, Chief Analytics Officer, Tata Steel Limited
Sandeep Talgaonkar , Supply Chain Excellence Lead, Mondelēz India Foods Pvt Ltd.
Moderated by- Suneel TS, General Manager Open Innovation- Tata Group
Topic - Co-creation – Evolving business model for Digitalization

CXO panel discussion on the current challenges being faced by the manufacturing industry, areas that needs to be prioritized for digitization and how can we leverage the startup ecosystem for co-creation. Some of the example use cases and platform like MIC will get discussed as means to bridge the gap in digital adoption.

Time - 5:00 – 5:45 PM
MIC Winners Use Case Solution Presentations

Winning startups will present their technology proposals and ideas on how digital solutions can help to solve the industry challenges given to them.

Time - 5:45 – 6:00 PM
Conference Takeaways

Summarize the point of views shared by industry leaders and startups in the conference

To Register for the Event

Registration Link: https://rb.gy/yauanu

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