Industry Forum Life Sciences

7 - 8 June 2022 | Katowice, Poland

The Facility of the Future: Smart, Fast and Flexible

How smart, fast, and flexible is your Life Science production?

Technology is reshaping how Life Science manufacturers bring products to market. Personalised medicine requires new flexibility and worker skills. Improved data integrity and cybersecurity are critical. With cost and regulatory compliance pressures increasing, getting your product to market faster and more reliably than the competition is more challenging – and important – than ever.

Our Industry Forum equips you to meet these challenges head-on. Through engaging presentations, demonstrations, and the opportunity to collaborate and share with peers, you will discover smart manufacturing technology, trends and best practices that can help improve the efficiency, profitability and competitiveness of your production.

What to expect at the conference

Learn how to maximise performance, advance innovation, and drive growth

This two-day event offers valuable insight from thought leaders and domain specialists into how you can digitally transform your operations into a Connected Enterprise and improve almost any aspect of your performance.

Life Science People on meeting with tablet

Discover your competitive advantage

Digitised automation, IIoT connectivity. Single-use equipment and flexibility can become your competitive advantage. Hear from your Life Sciences peers about how they are using these technologies to maximise performance, advance innovation, and drive growth.

Get practical advice from digital transformation leaders

Learn directly from the organisations such as Polpharma, leading the industry’s digital journey.

Build relationships throughout the industry

Connect with and learn from peers, system integrators and machine builders – a robust network of expertise for the future.

Are you ready for the Life Sciences facility of the future?

Discover your next competitive advantage.

Discover new opportunities through smart manufacturing

Lukasz Niesluchowski

OEM Sales Director, Rockwell Automation

Billy Sisk

Sales Director, Strategic Accounts EMEA, Rockwell Automation

Connect:

Alberto Rossi

Senior Commercial Portfolio Manager, Rockwell Automation

With 25+ years’ experience in manufacturing and logistics IT solutions, Alberto is within the FactoryTalk MES Product Management Team as a Sr. Commercial Portfolio Manager. He supports our worldwide sales force with direct consulting as well as in the production of multimedia informational content.

Pierre Paterni

Connected Services Sales Executive, Rockwell Automation

Connect:

Dominik Buca

Key Automation Expert, Polpharma Group

Kamil Garbera

Acting Operations Director at Tarchomin Pharmaceutical Works „Polfa” S.A. (TZF S.A.)

Robert Chabros

Project Manager, Tarchomin Pharmaceutical Works „Polfa” S.A. (TZF S.A.)

Paul Irving

Managing Director, Member of ISPE Gamp Steering Committee EU

Mateusz Hanisz

EMEA Build and Deploy Leader, Rockwell Automation

Jerry Van den Berg

EMEA Business Development Manager, Rockwell Automation

Jerry van den Berg started his career over 30 years ago where during the first years he held several engineering positions mainly in Motion Control. After these years he developed himself more in European sales-oriented management positions of which the last 17 years at Rockwell Automation. During the last 5 years he has focused on Business Development of a new and fast upcoming product group, Independent Cart Technology, revolutionizing material transport within and in between machines.

Neil Pickett

Deputy Senior Commercial Officer, US Embassy

Agenda

Day 1

12.30 – Welcome and registration

13.00 – Introduction from Neil Pickett, US Embassy (25 min)

13.25 – Introduction from Łukasz Niesłuchowski, Rockwell Automation (10min)

13.35 - Exploring Life Sciences Industry Trends: New Technologies to Reshape the Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – Billy Sisk, Rockwell Automation (45 min)

14.20 – New role of MES in the Facility of the Future – Alberto Rossi, Rockwell Automation (60 min)

15.20 – Coffee Break

15.35 – Growing threats – Cybersecurity; are you protected? - Pierre Paterni, Rockwell Automation (45 min)

16.20 - Intelligent Conveyance Technology – Game changer for Life ScienceS - Jerry Van den Berg, Rockwell Automation (35 min)

19.00 – Networking Dinner

Day 2

09.00 – From conventional to digital. A journey guided by energy efficiency and digital transformation at Polpharma Group - Dominik Buca, Key Automation Expert, Polpharma Group (45 min)

09.45 –A new sterile manufacturing facility at TZF Polfa S.A. – construction of unique center of excellence designed of research, development and production - Robert Chabros, Kamil Garbera, TZF Polfa S.A. (15 min)

10.00 – Data Integrity by design. Computer System Assurance - Paul Irving, ISPE Gamp Steering Committee EU (45 min)

10.45 – Coffee Break

11.00 – The routeway to digitalisation: The Connected Enterprise at Rockwell Automation Katowice Plant – Mateusz Hanisz, Rockwell Automation (60 min)

12.00 – Shop floor visit & plant tour

13.00 – Closing day & Lunch

Location

Rockwell Automation Plant
Roździeńska 49
40-382 Katowice
Poland

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Are you ready for the Life Sciences facility of the future?

Discover your next competitive advantage.