Conference Agenda

Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room 245

8:30–9:00 a.m. — Breakfast 


9:00–9:30 a.m. — Opening Remarks 

Valery Yakubovich, Executive Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management 

John Paul MacDuffie, Professor of Management, The Wharton School; Director of the Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation, Mack Institute for Innovation Management

Rahul Mangharam, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Director, Safe Autonomous Systems Lab at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania; Penn Director, US DoT National University Transportation Center For Improving Mobility (Safety 21)


9:30–10:30 a.m. — Session 1: Digital Twins for Industry 4.0 

Yan Lu, Deputy Division Chief, System Integration – National Institute of Standards and Technology  

Paris Perdikaris, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania 

Rajat Prakash, Senior Director of Technology, Qualcomm 

Moderated by Prof. John Paul MacDuffie


10:30–11:00 p.m. — Fireside Chat 1: Supply Chains  

Morris Cohen, Panasonic Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing & Logistics; Professor Emeritus of Operations, Information and Decisions, The Wharton School 


11:00 – 11:30 p.m. — Coffee Break


11:30 – 12:00 p.m. — Fireside Chat 2: Smart Buildings

Tim McCain, Director, Americas Channel & Industry Development, Americas – Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions 

In conversation with Vanessa Chan, Vice Dean of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Penn Engineering


12:00 – 1:00 p.m. — Session 2: Automotive and Mobility 

Rajeev Chhajer, Chief Engineer / Research Domain, Honda Research Institute USA 

Zain Khawaja, Managing Director of Product, Autoware Foundation 

Erick Guerra, Professor, City and Regional Planning; Associate Dean for Research, Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania

Moderated by Prof. Rahul Mangharam


1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. — Networking Lunch


2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. — Session 3: Digital Twins for Enterprise

Chris Bradshaw, Chief Sustainability and Education Officer, Bentley Systems 

Paul Dooner, Engineering Fellow – Honeywell Process Solutions  

Alex Stevens, President, Warehouse Automation – OPEX 

Moderated by Prof. Lynn Wu


3:00 – 3:15 — Closing Remarks