HOST

• Meagan O'Brien, Engineer & Comedienne

Opening Keynote

• The New Geopolitics of Energy - Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute & CEO of the Digital Power Group

Policies Impacting Thermal Processes

• Energy Efficiency - Jay Wrobel, DOE AMO Technical Assistant Program Manager
• Emissions & Environment (Climate Change) - Chris James, Regulatory Assistance Project
• Election Overview and How the Results Could Impact our Industry - David Goch, Partner, Webster, Chamberlain & Bean
• Risk Management - David Walters, Gibson Insurance
  
• Convert a Compliance Energy Audit from an Impediment to Opportunity - John Clarke, President of Diamond Engineering

Regional Economic Drivers and their Global Impact

• United States & Canada - Chris Kuehl, President Armada Corporate Intelligence & IHEA's Economist
• Mexico - Martin Caro, Trade & Investment Commissioner at Promexico & Luis G. Lizcano, Director General, FEMIA
  
• South America - Thomas Kreuzaler, Managing Director, SECO/WARWICK DO Brasil
  
• Global (China/Europe/India) - Timo Wuerz, Managing Director, CECOF
  

Keynote

• The Truth About Leadership, Chief Master Sergeant (Retired) Robert Vasquez, United States Air Force
  

Advanced Thermal Processes for Materials, Techniques & Applications

• The Future of Electrical Power & Emerging Electrotechnologies, Allen Dennis, Technical Director, EPRI
  
• Internet of Things
  • The Brave New World of Thermprocessing, Andreas Seitzer, Managing Director of Himmelwerk
  • How Furnace Controls Will Develop in the Next Five to Ten Years, Patrick Torok, Vice President Sales & Marketing Heat Treat North America, United Process Controls, Inc.
    
• Advanced Materials/Lighweighting
  • Alan Taub, Chief Technical Officer, LIFT
    
• Future Trends in Thermal Process Heating for Manufacturing (ROADMAP Presentation)
  • Danielle Cote, Assistant Research Professor, Science and Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Center for Heat Treating Excellence

Emerging Market Dynamics

• Hot Market Trends in USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil
  Each Speaker will provide a 15 minute overview of trends in their industries followed by a panel discussion that will cover the topics below:
  • Automotive
    • Aquil Ahmad, Chief Metallurgist, Eaton Corporation, Retired
  • Agriculture/Construction
    • Chad Spore, Supervisor Enterprise Materials Engineering, John Deere Waterloo Works
  • Primary Metals
    • Eugene Arnold, ArcelorMittal USA
  • Oil & Gas
    • Speaker TBD
  • Aerospace
    • Dr. David Furrer, Senior Fellow Discipline Lead, Pratt & Whitney
• Panel Discussion of End User Topics
  • What they want/expect from suppliers
  • What thermal processing innovations will enable them to move forward
  • What processes may go away as their processes advance
  • What challenges do they have with current processes
  • Efficiency / Productivity / Quality / Emissions discussion

• Closing Presentation
  • Dan Proft, Radio Host of The Answer on AM 560 in Chicago