The sponsors of the World Manufacturing Forum, the European Commission and IMS International, are pleased to announce the Executive Committee for this year’s event. Selected from leading global institutions, the members will have oversight responsibilities for the program and act as liaison to stakeholders of the manufacturing community.

Fred-Holger Günther (EU)

IMS Chairman

Executive Board Chairman, World Manufacturing Forum 2012

Miguel Amado (Mexico)

Director of Engineering and Innovation

Katcon

Pat Gouhin (USA)

Executive Director and CEO

International Society of Automation

Giancarlo Grasso (Italy)

Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President

Finmeccanica

Masahiro Kitano (Japan)

Vice President and Executive Officer

Hitachi

Romain Lavault (France)

Vice President in charge of strategy for all Dassault Systèmes Manufacturing

DELMIA/3DS

Susan Smyth (USA)

Chief Scientist for Global Manufacturing and Director of the GM R&D Manufacturing Systems Research lab

General Motors

Werner Struth (Germany)

President of Chassis Systems Control Division, Member of Management Board

Robert Bosch GmbH

Josè Talamantes (Mexico)

Director of Research and Development

Nemak

Engelbert Westkämper (Germany)

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

Jo Doo Yearn (Korea)

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Doosan Infracore