Speakers 2025

Building AI-driven smarter factories

Many manufacturers are embracing digital transformation yet often focus on localized digitisation. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a powerful leap, moving beyond isolated task-based digitisation towards unlocking large-scale benefits across the entire manufacturing value chain.

This session will explore AI’s transformative potential, showcasing its ability to boost productivity at various stages of production. Through real-world case studies, we’ll demonstrate that AI adoption is feasible for organizations at all levels of digitization, regardless of their current digital maturity. Discover how AI can elevate your manufacturing operations.

Key Learnings

• Benefits of AI across manufacturing value chain
• Real-world AI case studies in manufacturing
• AI adoption is feasible, regardless of the digital maturity of manufacturers

About Vikram

Vikram Sachdeva brings 28 years of experience in the manufacturing space spanning operations management, operational excellence and digital transformation.  In his current role, he led the development & successful delivery of a government funded, unique Industry 4.0 program catalysing multi million dollar investment in Industry 4.0 technologies, contributing to onshoring, new jobs creation and establishing Industry 4.0 as a key enabler to any manufacturing transformation. Swinburne’s “AI Readiness and Transformation program” is helping manufacturing businesses adopt AI through awareness and experience workshops, AI Readiness in-depth assessments, hands-on training for manufacturing senior leaders and delivering AI projects.