2024 Reverse Trade Show Educational Seminar

9th Annual PEP Reverse Trade Show Education Seminar

OCTOBER 17, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fort Whiting Auditorium
1630 S. Broad Street
Registration 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Free and Open to the Public, but registration is required. Register by emailing Lindsey at lindsey@pepmobile.org

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Topic: AI for Industry: Driving Productivity and Sustainability

9:00 Welcome and Introductions Steve Stewart, President,  PEP Board of Directors  

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Dr. Aviv Segev, Professor of Computer Science, University of South Alabama
What are basic terms in AI? Where did all this AI come from and why now? Who are the big players in AI and what are they trying to do? Should I be scared of AI?

Real World Examples of AI Improving Daily Tasks
John Shoemaker, BASF
John Shoemaker will outline how BASF is utilizing AI to improve everyday tasks, such as procedural GAP analysis, clear messaging, and configuring tools such as Power BI and other common IT tools

How Today’s Industrial Digitalization Tools Improve Sustainability
Heath Stephens, Hargrove Controls and Automation
Heath Stephens will outline the current landscape of AI/ML and other tools available for industrial plants to improve reliability and efficiency to help you achieve your sustainability goals.  He will cover the state of the application marketplace, some common pitfalls, and winning strategies.

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Harnessing AI at the Factory Floor: Autonomous Control using Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimization and Savings
Phillip Hansel, AI-OPS
Phillip Hansel will demonstrate how AI can seamlessly integrate into existing control systems, delivering powerful optimization and energy savings directly to the factory floor. Key capabilities include anomaly detection, time series forecasting, soft transmitters, and deep reinforcement learning for autonomous control actions. Real-world manufacturing case studies will be presented, showcasing ROI achieved within 2-6 months.

Powering the Future with AI
Thomas Cihota, Plant Barry, Alabama Power
Tom will discuss how AI and digital transformation are streamlining job tasks and preparing the next generation of power industry employees

AI in Wastewater treatment
Virginia Szepietowski, NYAD  
Nyad is an early-stage startup based in Alabama on a mission to improve the economics of wastewater treatment and reduce effluent water pollution settleability issues within the biological treatment process are driving operational inefficiencies for wastewater treatment plants and bulking and foaming events are the leading cause of effluent non-compliance. Virginia will discuss how the application of computer vision and machine learning can maximize treatment plant capacity and reduce polluting events.

How to protect your company from AI Cyber Security Threats
Phillip Long, Business Information Solutions, Inc.
Phillip Long will provide key tips and strategies to prevent breaching your company’s security

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