Talks & Panels
What was said on stage at trade fairs, conferences and webinars, with the speakers named.
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Jay Lee names the three barriers stopping manufacturers from scaling AI, in the keynote of IMTS's first Industrial AI Conference
Finding usable data, choosing the right tool, and deciding whether intelligence runs at the edge or in the cloud. A case study showed low-cost edge devices monitoring CNC machines through a stream-of-quality method.
Jay LeeRyan Kelly University of MarylandAMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology -
IMTS opens in Chicago with a dedicated Industrial AI Arena: 32 exhibitors, one new conference and 1.2 million square feet of show floor
The machine-tool show has given industrial AI its own pavilion for the first time. Around it, the launches point the same way: more productivity per machine, and more software and data between them.
AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology -
IMTS 2026 adds a one-day Industrial AI Conference on 16 September, with Jay Lee of the University of Maryland as keynotePreview
The Association For Manufacturing Technology has created the practitioner-focused event to move manufacturers 'beyond experimentation'. It is one of nine conferences at the Chicago show, which runs 14–19 September.
Jay LeeRyan KellyBonnie Gurney AMT – The Association For Manufacturing TechnologyUniversity of Maryland -
Volkswagen's Florian Lechner joins AWS and NEURA Robotics on the Hannover Messe stage to discuss industrial AI at scale
The 21 April keynote 'Realizing Industrial AI at Scale with AWS' put a carmaker's head of digital production alongside a hyperscaler and a robotics founder.
Florian LechnerOzgur TohumcuDavid Reger VolkswagenAmazon Web ServicesNEURA Robotics