Agenda

Day 1

November 8

Wednesday

8:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Jeff Stukenborg

Chair, Remanufacturing Industries Council

Nabil Nasr

Director, RIT Golisano Institute for Sustainability & CEO, REMADE Institute

8:45 AM

Welcome to Missouri

Mike Kehoe

Lieutenant Governor, Missouri

9:00 AM

Opening Keynote

Jack Stack

CEO, SRC Holdings

9:40 AM

Carbon Accounting and Reporting Journey

Jeff Gowdy

Director, Sustainserv

Simon Fischweicher

Head of Corporations and Supply Chains, North America, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

10:40 AM

Networking Break

10:55 AM

Executive Panel

Sustainability and Industrial Decarbonization Executive Conversation

This moderated session brings together a panel of senior sustainability professionals to share insights on the role remanufacturing has to play in industrial decarbonization.

Brian Mormino

Executive Director – Technical & Environmental Systems, Cummins

Dhanashree Kad

Head of Sustainability ZF E-Mobility Division, ZF Group

Mark Buckley

Founder, One Boat Collaborative

Natalia Vieira

Lead of Sustainability, Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing

Moderator

Nabil Nasr

Director, RIT Golisano Institute for Sustainability & CEO, REMADE Institute

11:50 AM

Lunch & Networking

12:50 PM

Generating Environmental & Financial Returns

Phil Graves

CEO, Wild Idea Buffalo

1:35 PM

Concurrent Track Session 1

Business Track

Solving Challenges in Remanufacturing with Digital Intelligence and Blockchain

Panelists

Sunil Cherian

CEO and Co-Founder, Copperwire Systems

Harsh Koppula

COO & Co-Founder, Tada Cognitive Solutions

Jeff Sutherland

Chief Engineer – Cat Reman, Caterpillar

Jeff Stukenborg

Reman Engineering Leader, ZF Group

Moderator

Ramesh Subramoniam

Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas – Dallas

Technical Track

Emerging Innovations and Technologies in Remanufacturing

Core Collection & Management – The Backbone of Reman

Tom Hilmes

VP of Sales & Marketing, SRC Logistics

Salvage Methods

Josh Allen

Salvage and Machining Supervisor, CNHi Reman

Ball Grid Array Reman Process

Chris Appleby

Product Engineering, John Deere Reman Electronics

Flexibility in Repair Processes

Raj Chandramohanan

Director, Engineering & Quality, Turbochargers, BBB Industries

Robotics Supporting Remanufacturing

Sarah Rogers

Manager, Southwest Research Institute

Moderator

Sarah Rogers

Manager, Southwest Research Institute

3:00 PM

Developing Guidance on Core Accounting

3:30 PM

Day 1 Closing Keynote

Brian Mormino

Executive Director – Technical & Environmental Systems, Cummins

4:10 PM

Networking Break

4:30 PM

Leave Hotel for Ozark Technical Community College

4:45 PM

Tour of Robert W. Plaster Center for Advanced Manufacturing at OTC

Networking Reception

Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres in this reception running concurrenty with staggered tours of OTC’s facility.

6:45 PM

Return to Hotel from OTC

7:00 PM

Conference Dinner & RIC Distinguished Service Award

Dinner will be served alongside the awarding of the RIC Distinguished Service Award – a ceremony honoring an individual that has created positive change for the remanufacturing industry.

Day 2

November 9

Thursday

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome Back

Jeff Stukenborg

Chair, Remanufacturing Industries Council

Nabil Nasr

CEO, REMADE Institute & Director, RIT Golisano Institute for Sustainability

8:45 AM

Day 2 Opening Keynote

Jill Sanchez

Director of Sustainability, John Deere

9:30 AM

Panel Discussion

What Not to Do in DEI

Learn how to overcome the most common barriers to a successful DEI program.

Debbie Jackson

Global DEI Program Manager, John Deere

Dr. Lyle Foster

Facing Racism Institute at Missouri State

Lindsey Bain

Co-Leader of Women in Operations, John Deere Reman

Moderator

Tricia Judge

Executive Director, International Imaging Technology Council

10:20 AM

Networking Break

10:35 AM

Concurrent Track Session 2

Business Track

Marketing Environmental Benefits

Bill Davies

Founder, Davies Office

Tricia Judge

Executive Director, International Imaging Technology Council

Theo Lamperis

Circular Economy Analyst, BBB Industries

Mike Schmit

Director, Remanufacturing Technology, GE Healthcare

Casey Blevins

Vice President of Marketing, Integrated Power Services

Moderator

Tricia Judge

Executive Director, International Imaging Technology Council

Technical Track

REMADE Projects

Remanufacturing of Surface-Hardened Steel Components by Ultrasonic Surface Modification

Joha Shamsujjoha

Assistant Research Professor, Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Insititute of Technology

Condition Assessment of Used Electronics

Nenad Nenadic

Research Faculty, Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Insititute of Technology

Rapid Damage Identification to Reduce Remanufacturing Costs

Paul Kremer

Iowa State University

Gül Kremer

Iowa State University

Development of a Design for Remanufacturing Software Plugin for CAD

Brian Hilton

Sustainable Design, Technical Program Manager, Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute for Technology

Moderator

Mike Thurston

Technical Director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology & Remanufacturing Node Leader, REMADE Institute

11:50 AM

Lunch & Networking

12:50 PM

Reverse Logistics Presentation

Nikos Papaioannou

Senior Business Manager, Amazon Devices Reverse Logistics

1:30 PM

Panel Discussion

Remanufacturing the EV

This panel will discuss the EV components that are best-suited for remanufacture, as well as the anticipated policy, market, technical and logistical opportunities and barriers that lie ahead.