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April 17-18, 2023
Atlanta, GA
featuring A&D Raw Materials
#ADMFG

Monday, April 17
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Monday, April 17:  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday, April 17
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM
  • Monday, April 17:  1:00 PM - 1:05 PM
General
Carol Wilkins
Conference Producer
Aviation Week Network
Moderator
Joe Anselmo
SVP of Content, Editorial Director
Aviation Week Network
Monday, April 17
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM
  • Monday, April 17:  1:05 PM - 1:35 PM
  • Room:   401
Look back at 2022 and ahead to 2023 from the viewpoint of Airbus. Join us for a concise presentation on aircraft delivery, supply chain challenges, and raw materials supply and demand in 2022 as well as the outlook for raw materials and the supply chain in 2023, as seen by...

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    Keynote
    Oliver Dreier
    Senior Vice President Material & Parts Procurement and Chairman of the Airbus Material Board
    Airbus
    Monday, April 17
    1:40 PM - 2:10 PM
    • Monday, April 17:  1:40 PM - 2:10 PM
    • Room:   401
    As aircraft production rates have risen, the pace of industry recovery has been dictated more by supply availability rather than demand. What does this mean for the shape of the recovery going forward, both for the industry and aerospace raw materials? This session will analyze the airframe and engine raw...

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      Speaker
      Peter C. Zimm
      Principal
      Charles Edwards Management Consulting
      Monday, April 17
      2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
      • Monday, April 17:  2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
      • Room:   401
      A panel of leading industry professionals will discuss the outlook for production rates and implications for aerospace raw materials in the metal sectors. The discussion will address navigating supply chain constraints, geopolitical risks, inflation, and interest rates in the raw materials market. Panelists will explore the most pressing challenges, best...

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        Panelist
        Frank L. Perryman
        President & CEO
        Perryman Company
        Panelist
        Miguel Pinedo
        Director, Strategy & Marketing Aerospace & Transportation
        Constellium
        Panelist
        Paul Barborka
        COO, Aerospace Platform
        Voestalpine High Performance Metals
        Moderator
        Peter C. Zimm
        Principal
        Charles Edwards Management Consulting
        Monday, April 17
        3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
        • Monday, April 17:  3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
        Monday, April 17
        3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
        • Monday, April 17:  3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
        • Room:   401
        The aerospace industry is evolving and adapting to a sustainability framework that includes scores on emissions, recycled parts, and overall environmental measurements across the supply chain. International Air Transport Association (IATA) has an ambitious target to make flying net zero by 2050. According to Accenture, 98% of aerospace and defense...

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          Panelist
          Iyer Vidhyashankaran
          Global Vice-President and General Manager
          Honeywell Aerospace Trading (HAT)
          Moderator
          Joe Anselmo
          SVP of Content, Editorial Director
          Aviation Week Network
          Panelist
          LeAnn Ridgeway
          Chief Sustainability Officer
          Collins Aerospace
          Monday, April 17
          4:20 PM - 5:00 PM
          • Monday, April 17:  4:20 PM - 5:00 PM
          • Room:   401
          The last few years have seen large fluctuations in material pricing and availability. This has necessarily impacted almost every supplier, manufacturer, and end-user client within the aviation industry. This session will explore real-world strategies and action items to address these impacts from multiple perspectives within the industry, including suppliers, manufacturers,...

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            Panelist
            Chad Theriot
            Partner
            Jones Walker
            Panelist
            William E. Underwood
            Partner
            Jones Walker
            Monday, April 17
            5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
            • Monday, April 17:  5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
            Tuesday, April 18
            8:00 AM - 8:55 AM
            • Tuesday, April 18:  8:00 AM - 8:55 AM
            Tuesday, April 18
            9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
            • Tuesday, April 18:  9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
            General
            Carol Wilkins
            Conference Producer
            Aviation Week Network
            Tuesday, April 18
            9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
            • Tuesday, April 18:  9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
            • Room:   401
            Join us for an industry overview of Boeing’s strategy for supply chain management for raw materials and their global operations. With increasing demand, how will they avoid any choke points to avoid delays in delivery?  What are the current challenges being faced and the outlook for 2023? ...

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              Keynote
              Jeffrey Carpenter
              Senior Director, Contracts and Category Leader - Materials and Standards
              The Boeing Company
              Tuesday, April 18
              9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
              • Tuesday, April 18:  9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
              • Room:   401
              Manufacturing Analytics, or Factory Analytics, yields amazing insights into complex operations. Power BI or Tableau for 'as is' or descriptive analytics is commonplace in North American aerospace shops. However, only a few visionary shops are taking the lead in harnessing the power of predictive and prescriptive analytics. A case study...

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                Panelist
                Gail Gruener
                Director of Supply Chain
                Moeller Aerospace
                Panelist
                Joseph DeMartino
                CEO
                Precision Holdings
                Moderator
                Dr  Vivek Saxena
                CEO
                FactoryTwin
                Tuesday, April 18
                10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
                • Tuesday, April 18:  10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
                Tuesday, April 18
                11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
                • Tuesday, April 18:  11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
                • Room:   401
                Why is aluminum expected to play a crucial role in a sustainable economy? Along with its low density and its remarkable set of properties, aluminum’s exceptional recyclability makes it a material of choice for the future. Aluminum is presented in many applications linked to the “green” transition, in particular BEVs....

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                  Speaker
                  Miguel Pinedo
                  Director, Strategy & Marketing Aerospace & Transportation
                  Constellium
                  Tuesday, April 18
                  11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
                  • Tuesday, April 18:  11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
                  • Room:   401
                  2023 will be a year of business transformation for many companies. If you are looking for your company to become more efficient and stay competitive, attend to hear insights on the fundamentals of good business practices and various challenges experienced by business leaders across the industry. You will get a...

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                    Speaker
                    Alex Krutz
                    Managing Director
                    Patriot Industrial Partners
                    Tuesday, April 18
                    12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
                    • Tuesday, April 18:  12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
                    Today’s supply chain is bedeviled by several chokepoints, and perhaps for the first time in history, those chokepoints are governing the growth of the industry as a whole. But what exactly are the bottlenecks, and what is the scope of each? Are they global or regional? What caused them, and...

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                      Speaker
                      Mike Stengel
                      Principal
                      AeroDynamic Advisory
                      Tuesday, April 18
                      12:55 PM - 1:00 PM
                      • Tuesday, April 18:  12:55 PM - 1:00 PM
                      • Room:   401
                      Enhance your sales and training with Eclipse AR, a powerful product recognition app that transforms the way product features and technical specifications are presented.  This interactive sales, marketing, and training solution showcases interior and exterior product features, with the ability to view technical specifications conveniently on a tablet or smartphone....

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                        Speaker
                        Bristel Strauch
                        Business Development
                        Pacmin
                        Tuesday, April 18
                        1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
                        • Tuesday, April 18:  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
                        • Room:   402
                        Tuesday, April 18
                        2:05 PM - 2:50 PM
                        • Tuesday, April 18:  2:05 PM - 2:50 PM
                        Your customers expect you to handle more procure-to-pay data than ever before. From increasing numbers of firms and forecasts to releases through stock and WIP levels to shipment notifications full of rich data, the old manual data-entry methods are struggling to keep up. A case study will look at how...

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                          Panelist
                          Brian Smith
                          ERP Administrator
                          Morris Machine Company
                          Moderator
                          Emmeram Morning
                          CEO
                          Robot Morning
                          Panelist
                          Kevin Foulkrod
                          IT Systems Administrator
                          Morris Machine Company
                          Tuesday, April 18
                          2:55 PM - 3:40 PM
                          • Tuesday, April 18:  2:55 PM - 3:40 PM
                          Labor is scarce, and when found, it is expensive. Meanwhile, international supply chain logistics are less reliable than in the past. What are the possibilities of using automation to improve productivity and potentially source near shore? Where can success be found? What are the potential pitfalls? Join us for a...

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                            Panelist
                            Bubba Long
                            Executive Vice President
                            AIT
                            Moderator
                            Cliff Collier
                            Principal
                            Charles Edwards Management Consulting
                            Panelist
                            Phillip Alaniz
                            Executive Vice President - Sales & Product Strategy
                            Novaria Group
                            Tuesday, April 18
                            3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
                            • Tuesday, April 18:  3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
                            Composites are a critical component of the development and transformation of the aerospace industry. What are the latest trends in this raw material crucial in fuel efficiency and emission reductions? Engage with several composites suppliers as they discuss the latest technology trends....

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                              Panelist
                              Clark Miller
                              Business Segment Manager
                              Hexcel
                              Moderator
                              Dr. Kevin Michaels
                              Managing Director
                              AeroDynamic Advisory
                              Panelist
                              Stephen Heinz
                              Head of Composites and Adhesives Research & Innovation
                              Solvay
                              Panelist
                              Tim O'Dey
                              Strategic Initiatives Engineer
                              Royal Engineered Composites
                              Tuesday, April 18
                              4:30 PM - 4:35 PM
                              • Tuesday, April 18:  4:30 PM - 4:35 PM
                              General
                              Carol Wilkins
                              Conference Producer
                              Aviation Week Network