2009 Conference Program

Safety Automation Forum: Safety Strategies for Sustainable Manufacturing

8:00am to 4:00pm
November 10, 2009 - Anaheim, CA
Anaheim Convention Center

Continental Breakfast
8:00am

Kick-off
8:30-8:45am
  • Gary Mintchell, Automation World
  • Elik Fooks, Rockwell Automation
  • Best Practices and Innovation for Safety Solutions
General Presentation 1
8:45-9:30am
  • Keynote Address: How Safety Impacts Sustainability
  • New design techniques and sustainable technologies make equipment more efficient. Learn how to protect people, product and the environment to increase profitability.
General Presentation 2
9:30-10:15am
  • How Safety and Security Work in Tandem
  • Learn how to leverage the convergence of manufacturing and commercial technologies to build an integrated solution that addresses safety and security needs.
BREAK
10:15-10:30am

General Presentation 3
10:30-11:30am
  • Functional Safety Solutions Optimize Performance
  • This two-part session provides an overview of changing standards for functional safety and presents how a leading OEM deployed an integrated safety architecture based on new functional safety standards to improve equipment efficiencies and optimize plant results.

General Presentation 4
11:30-12:00pm
  • Safety and Sustainability Impacts on Next Generation Manufacturing
LUNCH
12:00pm-1:00pm
Educational Breakouts
1:00-2:00pm
  • Breakout Session 1: Choose one session from the three offerings below.
Educational Breakouts
2:00-3:00pm
  • Breakout Session 2: Choose a second session from the three offerings below.
Note: Each educational breakout will include ample time for a moderated Q&A session with the industry speakers and audience.

  • Educational Session A: Functional Safety Readiness Panel
    Are you ready for EN ISO 13849? Join a panel of experts to understand the transition of EN 954 to EN ISO 13849 and what you need to do to meet the European Directive

  • Education Session B: Business Considerations for Safety
    ARC Analysts map out the industry trends in machine and process safety to prepare machine builders for the economic upswing.

  • Educational Session C: Safe System Design and Risk Assessment
    This session will walk you through the steps of designing a safety solution for an application incorporating a risk assessment, risk mitigation, planning, component selection and actuation, defining functional requirements - then identifying the solution, designing the circuit and performing verfication.
General Presentation 5
3:00 – 4:00pm
  • Technology to Enable Safety
  • Be among the first to learn Rockwell Automation’s technology roadmap and migration strategy for safety solutions.
Post Event Closing and Reception
4:00 – 8:30pm
  • Dromo One Indoor Karting Facility

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Presenters Include:

Michael J. Douglas is the Senior Manager/Consultant in Global Health & Safety, Design, Standards and Technologies for General Motors.

John Christiansen is the Automation Manager for Gram Equipment in Denmark.

Michael B. Miller is the Marketing Safety Business Manager for Rockwell Automation, North America.

George Schuster is the Solutions Development Manager for the Rockwell Automation Automotive Team.

Sal Spada is the Research Director for Discrete Automation at ARC.


Sujeet Chand is the Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for Rockwell Automation.


Bryan Singer is the Principal Consultant for the Kenexis Consulting Corporation.


Mike Duta is the Manager of Safety Services at Rockwell Automation.


Elik Fooks is the Vice President and General Manager of Sensing, Safety & Connectivity Business Architecture and Software at Rockwell Automation.

Larry O'Brien is the Research Director for Process Automation at the ARC Advisory Group.

John Brandt is the CEO and Founder of MPI.