San Francisco, CA

Opening summary of Day 2 events

Technology Spotlights

Members will highlight their digital twin innovations, capabilities, enabling technologies, and use cases.

Keynote: AROW: Agentic Robotics Orchestration Workflow

In this presentation, Jeremiah will present a forward-looking forecast and market map on how agentic software layers will orchestrate the physical AI and robotics landscape. He’ll explore how AROW, or Agentic Robotics Orchestration Workflow, acts as a coordination layer that connects diverse robots, enforces safety, and enables seamless workflows. Alongside covering the technology stack, key use cases, risks, and opportunities, Jeremiah will also highlight the role of simulations, evaluations, and digital twins in shaping this future. The session will conclude with an interactive discussion, inviting the audience to engage with the vision of agentic robotics.

Jeremiah Owyang, General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures, Founder of Llama Lounge AI events

Hear from the Chairs and Leads of our Working Groups and Subgroups as they share the latest updates on ongoing activities and initiatives. Learn about current projects, upcoming opportunities, and how to get involved.

Regional Branch Organizers (RBOs) Update

Learn from RBOs on latest activities and collaboration opportunities including:
Germany
US Southeast
Australia
Korea
India

Participate in focused meetings for Working Groups and Subgroups, where participants will have the opportunity to collaborate on defining key focus areas, and working towards actionable deliverables.

Academia & Research WG: Soheil Sabri, University of Central Florida
Manufacturing WG: Dr. Antonios Kontsos, Rowan University
Digital Engineering WG: Marlon Rodgers, Lockheed Martin
Composability Framework Subgroup: Pieter van Schalkwyk, XMPro
Other TBD

Keynote: Foundational Models for Physics-AI applied to Robotics and Industrial Automation

This presentation showcases the transformative power of the emerging field of Physics-Based AI powered cognitive manufacturing systems by utilizing a scalable approach that embeds learning, reasoning, and self-programming capabilities directly into industrial equipment, paving the way for the era of cognitive machines, humanoids, and silicon based industrial brains.
Real world use cases will be presented demonstrating a new novel foundational AI platform, xCognition, that bridges the gap between physical manufacturing systems and cognitive intelligence to achieve significant improvements in accuracy, energy efficiency, part quality, deployment time, and overall process robustness and scalability.

Massimiliano Moruzzi, CEO, XABA

Attendees will receive a comprehensive overview of multiple demo implementations, showcasing diverse applications of AI-powered digital twins across industries and use cases.

Interact with real-world implementations that provide insights into various digital twin technologies, building blocks, methodologies, and techniques.

Discover the convergence of digital twins, AI, and robotics, and learn how organizations are leveraging these technologies to transform industries.

Vegard Flovik, Principal AI Researcher, DNV
Nima Bahrami, Product Sales Executive, Ansys
Dr. Antonios Kontsos, Henry M. Rowan Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub), Rowan University