August 20, 2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(a light breakfast and
lunch are included)
Edgeworth Club
511 East Drive,
Sewickley, PA
Innovative industry leaders in both AI and robotics from Amazon Global Engineering and others will present thermal process/heat treating applications and thought-provoking content that you won’t hear anywhere else.
Artificial intelligence is already influencing manufacturing decision-making, process optimization, robotics, and cybersecurity. The question isn't whether robotics and AI will impact heat treating — it's how quickly you'll need to adapt.
Featured Speakers Include:
Jacqueline D. Cook
Director, NA Operations Engineering,
Amazon Global Engineering
Jeff Legault
Associate Director,
Carnegie Mellon NREC
Zachary Menard
Building HRC Labs | AI for heat treatment,
HRC Labs
Beyond Prediction: Taking advantage of Machine Learning in Heat Treatment
Dennis Beauchesne
General Manager,
ECM USA
The Autonomous Heat Treat Shop: AI, Machine Vision & Robotics for Strategic ROI
Sumedha Katarya
Director of GES NA Design & Automation,
Amazon
The Next Generation of Industrial Intelligence Physical AI, Agentic AI, and the Future of Operations
Kyle Bahr
AI Innovation Manager,
Cleary Gottlieb
Sefi Grossman
Founder & CEO,
Combustion OS
Jim Oakes
President,
SSI Supersystems
Feeding the AI Engine: Sensor Fusion & Smart Diagnostics for Bulletproof Data
Raashid Mohammed
Senior Research Scientist, AI Technology,
Amazon Global Engineering
Andrew Orr
VP Management and Sales,
Penna Flame Industries
Twenty years of Robot evolution in a commercial Heat Treat Shop - our experience and outlook
Stephen Deal
President,
InfraGard Pittsburgh
Defending the Metal Processing Supply Chain: Critical Infrastructure, AI, and CMMC Readiness
Plus a closing executive roundtable moderated by Doug Glenn, Publisher of Heat Treat Today.
Register Now!
Seating is limited to senior heat treat leadership


