Expo Schedule

Day 1 - April 4, 2023

Time	Pavilion	SmartMTX Main Stage	Red Deer Polytechnic Presentation Salon	Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce Presentation Salon	Servus Credit Union Subconference Stage
9:00 - 9:30am	Exposition Hall Exhibition opens at 9:00am
9:30 - 10:00am		Expo Opening Remarks Brian Jean, KC Minister of Jobs, Economy, and Northern Development
10:00 - 10:30am		Keynote Address What is Advanced Manufacturing and Where is it Headed?" - Jayson Myers, CEO, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen)
10:30 - 11:00am		Discussion Panel Women in STEM: Inclusion and Overcoming Hurdles
11:00 - 11:30am
11:30am - Noon		Alberta IoT A Virtual Science Park: Efficiency to Innovation	Tech Talk From Simulation Driven Design to Data Driven Engineering and Beyond - Julien Chaussee, Altair Engineering Canada *Includes Lunch*	Tech Talk How to target your first AI project -Hugues Foltz, Vooban *Includes Lunch*
Noon - 12:30pm		BREAK			Trade Accelerator Program Manufacturing Cohort Information Session - Calgary Economic Development
12:30 - 1:00pm		Tech-Access Canada Technology Access Centres: Canada's Innovation Intermediaries
1:00 - 1:30pm		Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) Overview Get Grants to digitalize your business and implement new technologies	Tech Talk Why Your Corporation Needs a Zero Trust Cybersecurity Strategy - Darrell Christensen, Cybertech360 & Miles Walker, DATTO/KASAYA	Tech Talk Using Signature Analysis to help Small to Medium Sized Manufacturers Transform their Legacy Machines into Smart Assets - Ananth Seshan, 5G Energy Ltd.
1:30 - 2:00pm		BREAK			Solving the Labour Shortage through Industry 4.0 Stephen Wong, Automation Experts
2:00 - 2:30pm	Tech Showcase 3D Printing with Earth by 3D Space Terraform Demo Area	Discussion Panel How to Finance your Digital Transformation
2:30 - 3:00pm	Tech Showcase AI based autonomous logistics robot by Aro Robotic Systems Demo Area				LEAN SUB-CONFERENCE Why Western Canada Needs Lean - Bruce Ennis, MEE Cluster
3:00 - 3:30pm		Canada's Global Innovation Clusters Gov. of Canada (ISED/ISDE)	Tech Talk Vodka, Electronics, and Toilet Repair – Make Human Decisions Consistent with AI - Ed Goffin, Pleora Technologies	Tech Talk How to Begin Your Machine Learning and Data Science Journey - Graham Sucha, Jordan Swanson, and Dr. Byron Chu - Cybera	LEAN Comes ALIVE Using simulation tools to illustrate how unintended business factors can be minimized -RIVR Solutions
3:30 - 4:00pm		Prairies Economic Development Canada Diversification Opportunities for Manufacturer's in Canada's Defence Sector
4:00 - 4:30pm		Startup Panel Hosted by Startup TNT
4:30 - 5:00pm	Exhibition Closes at 5pm	Startup Panel Hosted by Startup TNT
5:00 - 5:30pm
5:30 - 6:00pm
6:00 - 6:30pm			Industry Gala Network over live music, food, and drinks!
6:30 - 7:00pm
7:00 - 7:30pm
7:30 - 8:00pm
8:00 - 8:30pm
*Schedule is subject to change without notice

Day 2 - April 5, 2023

Time	Pavilion	SmartMTX Main Stage	Red Deer Polytechnic Presentation Salon	Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce Presentation Salon	Servus Credit Union Subconference Stage
9:00 - 9:30am	Exposition Hall Exhibition opens at 9am				Additive Manufacturing Sub-Conference (10:00am - 4:30pm)
9:30 - 10:00am		Welcome Remarks Ken Johnston, Mayor City of Red Deer
10:00 - 10:30am		Artificial Intelligence - Humanity's Greatest Opportunity Vooban			Industrial Hack-A-Thon Overview Project Results by Project Teams
10:30 - 11:00am		Discussion Panel Smart Manufacturing Solutions for the High Mix/Low Volume Manufacturing Setting
11:00 - 11:30am
11:30am - Noon		BREAK	Tech Talk Robotics in Construction and Off-site Manufacturing - Transforming the Industry - Steven Powney, ABB Robotics *Includes Lunch*	Tech Talk Using Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning and AI, to Prevent Downtime of your Critical Equipment - Oscar Cruz, Bow River Solutions *Includes Lunch*	Industrial Hack-A-Thon Overview Lessons Learned
Noon - 12:30pm		BDC Economic Outlook: What's in store for 2023? Pierre Cleroux, Vice President, Research and Chief Economist, BDC			BREAK
12:30 - 1:00pm					BREAK
1:00 - 1:30pm		International Trade Promotion - Support for Alberta SMEs -Government of Alberta	Tech Talk How do you leverage your existing IT investments to bring people and technology together so that you can focus on your most valuable work? - Ryley Bauer, Bauer Automate	Tech Talk Getting your people excited about change! Using technology to get everyone on the same page. - Paul Hogendoorn, MEE Cluster	Accelerating the Move to Net Zero with Additive Manufacturing - Exergy Solutions Inc.
1:30 - 2:00pm		BREAK			Fireside Chat #1 Up and Coming Companies using AM in Alberta
2:00 - 2:30pm	Tech Showcase 3D Printing with Earth by 3D Space Terraform Demo Area	Discussion Panel State of Technology: Concrete 3D Printed Homes in Canada
2:30 - 3:00pm	Tech Showcase AI based autonomous logistics robot by Aro Robotic Systems Demo Area				Fireside Chat #2 What you need to know in AM about standards and regulations
3:00 - 3:30pm		Legal Considerations of the Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Donna Purcell, Donna Purcell QC Law	Tech Talk Five Tasks in Your Business You can Automate Today - Stephen Wong, Automation Experts	Tech Talk TBA
3:30 - 4:00pm		The Importance of Cybersecurity in Industry 4.0 Cybertech360		Tech Talk TBA	Fireside Chat #3 Unique capabilities in AM in Alberta
4:00 - 4:30pm					Fireside Chat #3 Unique capabilities in AM in Alberta
4:30 - 5:00pm	Exhibition closes at 5pm
*Schedule is subject to change without notice

Day 1 - April 4, 2023

Day 2 - April 5, 2023

Event Sponsors

Smart manufacturing
is the future.

Expo Schedule

Day 1 - April 4, 2023

Day 2 - April 5, 2023

Event Sponsors

Smart manufacturing is the future.

Smart manufacturing
is the future.