Driving innovation, productivity & competitiveness in BC manufacturing industries
A thought leadership and call-to-action opportunity for industry
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 8:30 AM PT
Simon Fraser University - Surrey - Room SRYC 2600
250-13450 102nd Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3T 0A3
Join us for this free event of the Smart Manufacturing Summit, where industry pioneers, researchers, and supply chain leaders converge.
Explore cutting-edge digitalization trends, share insights, and drive real-world innovation. Connect, collaborate, and advance British Columbia’s competitive edge in smart manufacturing.
Be part of the transformation!
- ✅ Discover Cutting-Edge Smart Manufacturing Technologies – Gain insights into the latest innovations that industry leaders are using to boost productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness.
- 💡 Engage in a High-Impact Panel Discussion – Join top experts from industry and academia as they tackle real-world challenges, explore emerging trends, and discuss how SFU and businesses can collaborate for greater success.
- 🚀Unlock Innovation & Competitive Advantage – Learn how SFU’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering and Siemens Digital Industries Software are driving innovation, supporting local businesses, and strengthening BC’s manufacturing economy.
Lunch will be served.
Arriving & Registration: 8:30 AM
Event Closing: 2 PM
Agenda:
- Welcome
- Mayor Brenda Locke, City Of Surrey
- Eugene Fiume, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences SFU
- Demystifying Digital Transformation and Digital Twins.
- Guy Dulude - VP Portfolio Development, Siemens
- Smart Manufacturing Principles
- Graham Bartlett; Flavio Arssani, Siemens
- SFU’ School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
- Farshid Najafi – Assistant Professor SFU
- Lab visits (SFU)
- Adopting digital tools to improve productivity
- Stephen Rose – Application Engineer, Designfusion
- Accenture: Discussion on business strategies and digital transformation
- Juan Ossa, Solution & Automation Consultant, Accenture
- Lunch
- Government incentives to support digital adoption to improve productivity
- Dustin Yerdon – Business Relationship Specialist, City Of Surrey
- Aakash Rao, Project Development, NGEN
- TBD, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME)
- Panel Discussion and Q&A – Moderator Farshid Najafi
- Ravi Beach, COO, Valley Bath and Kitchen
- TBD, Longboard Architectural Products Inc
- Collin Sawatzky, Digital Transformation, Designfusion
- Mehdi Gohardehi, Lean Facilitator, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME)
- Closing Remarks