digital transformation and AI integration.
About this Event
Impact AI is coming to Chicago.
After six sold-out editions across Canada, Impact AI crosses the border for its first U.S. edition. You get half a day with executives who are already running AI in production, and they will walk you through what actually worked, what they would skip if they started over, and how they got their teams on board.
The room brings together leaders from manufacturing, industrial products, aerospace and distribution, so whichever industry you are in, someone in that room is working through a version of your problem.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
- You will see use cases that are already running in production, not pilots still waiting for budget.
- Speakers share the ROI numbers they are actually hitting, along with what it cost to get there.
- You get direct access to the leaders working through the same problems you are.
Every session is led by someone who has put AI into production and who will break down how they did it, what it cost and what they would do differently. You will not leave with inspiration, you will leave with a playbook you can put in front of your team on Monday.
WHO'S ON STAGE
The first confirmed speakers:
- Jeff Slater — VP Operations, Eaton
- Pat Quint — CIO, Parts Town
- Andrew Mullen — AI Site Leader, Cleveland-Cliffs
- Ujwal Chejerla — Global Director, AI/ML, Digital, PPG
- Vino Kingston — AI Transformational Leader, Lockheed Martin
- Shawn Eads — CIO, PennEngineering
More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Presale is open and seats are limited.
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Agenda
Late to Start, Fast to Scale: PennEngineering’s AI Journey
Info: PennEngineering wasn’t first out of the gate on AI — and that might have been its advantage. CIO Shawn Eads walks through the company’s accelerated journey: choosing democratized adoption over a centralized model, rethinking the role of ERP and CRM interfaces, and building a custom software capability a mid-sized manufacturer “wasn’t supposed to have.” An honest conversation about what worked, what didn’t, and how to move fast without breaking trust.
Escaping Proof-of-Concept Limbo: How Cleveland-Cliffs Picks AI Projects That A
Info: Most industrial AI programs die the same death: a scatter of disconnected pilots, duplicated spend, and no line of sight to the P&L. Cleveland-Cliffs chose a different path: multi-site value stream assessments before writing a single line of code, an upstream-first strategy where each project funds the next, and the discipline to build foundations before attacking decades-old physics black boxes. Andrew shares how they select, sequence, and govern AI projects across facilities, and what he'd do differently.
Event venue & nearby stays
Morgan MFG, 401 North Morgan Street, Chicago, United States
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