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Automation CEO Round Table
Topic: Sustainability through Automation — Building South India’s Intelligent Industrial Future
12th March | 03:30 PM Onwards | New Exhibition Hall, CTC, Chennai
India’s manufacturing is scaling amid tight energy, water, and emissions constraints. Export buyers demand verifiable low-carbon, traceable products. Boards seek measurable efficiency in brownfield plants. Automation—sensors, controls, MES/APS, analytics—delivers quick payback with digital proof. Secure OT/IT convergence and human-centric design boost safety and productivity, while phased, standards-based upgrades avoid lock-in.
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South India hubs (TN, KA, AP, TS, KL) power key sectors; export clusters demand end-to-end traceability.
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High renewables/tariffs reward real-time energy optimization; water/coastal risks drive monitoring, reuse, effluent automation.
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Brownfield retrofits lift uptime and yield without disrupting multi-shift ops.
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Dense OEM/SI network enables rapid pilots and multi-site rollouts; logistics automation cuts waste/delays.
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Skilled talent supports edge/AI/remote ops; state/utility incentives favor measured efficiency—best driven by a CEO-led roadmap.
Key Takeaways
A CEO Action Agenda
Walk away with a signed 2026–2028 roadmap that links automation directly to sustainability KPIs, from OEE and energy intensity to CO₂e per ton.
Get a proven, vendor-neutral path for upgrading existing plants without disruption. From sensors and control upgrades to MES/APS and analytics, the blueprint is built for fast payback and repeatability across multi-site operations.
The round table aligns board priorities, plant realities, and partner capabilities into one executable plan.
Board-ready metric stack: OEE, kWh/unit, CO₂e/ton, scrap%, uptime
Cyber-resilient OT/IT governance for connected assets
Vendor-neutral reference architectures to avoid lock-in
Partner map: OEMs, SIs, and ecosystem introductions
CEO Communiqué with milestones and next steps
Who Should Attend?
CEO Leadership
Managing Directors
Group COOs, CTOs, CSCOs
Plant Heads
BU CEOs
Operations Chiefs
Sustainability Heads
ESG Leaders
Capital Projects
Digital/AI Leaders
OT/IT Heads
Automation Buyers