Overall Conference Program
November 3, 2021 (Wednesday)
8:00 – 8:30 am Welcome Address: Prof. José Benito Flores Juárez, Director de la División de Ingeniería y Tecnologías, Universidad De Monterrey, Mexico and Past President – American Society for Quality – Ballroom
8:30 – 9:15 am Keynote I (Opening Keynote): Dr. José Ignacio Huertas, Professor, School of Engineering and Sciences, Postgraduate Director in Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico – Smart Mobility and Smart Cities – Ballroom
9:15 – 10:00 am Keynote II: Dr. Manuel Montoya, Presidente de la red nacional de clústeres de la industria automotriz – Ballroom
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 11:00 am Keynote III: Dr. Michele Roccotelli, Assistant Professor, Politécnico de Bari, Italy – Ballroom
11:00 – 11:45 am Keynote IV: Dr. Patrick Dallasega, Professor, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
11:45 – 12:30 am Keynote V: Eduardo Caballero Terrazas, Customer Experience Manager, Logrand Entretainment Group – Ballroom
12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:45 pm Plenary – Cintermex Ballroom 1a
1:00 – 2:45 pm Panel 1 – Cintermex Ballroom 1b
1:00 – 2:45 pm Parallel Sessions Onsite – Breakout Rooms 1-4
1:00 – 2:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
3:00 – 4:45 pm Plenary – Cintermex Ballroom 1a
3:00 – 4:45 pm Panel 2 – Cintermex Ballroom 1b
3:00 – 4:45 pm Parallel Sessions Onsite – Breakout Rooms 1-4
3:00 – 4:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
5:00 – 6:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
7:00 – 8:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
9:00 – 11:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
November 4, 2021 (Thursday)
6:00 – 8:00 am Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
8:15 – 8:30 am Welcome Address: Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon and The Automotive Cluster of Nuevo León (CLAUT) – Ballroom
8:30 – 9:15 am Keynote VI: Raul Mendez Escalera, Plant Manager & North America Actuation Portfolio Lead, ZF Group, Querétaro y alrededores, México – Ballroom
9:15 – 10:00 am Keynote VII: Eric Ayanegui, CPMM, CRL, Director Operations Engineering, Cintas Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA – Ballroom
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:00 – 11:00 am Keynote VIII: David Pistrui, Ph.D., Industry Liaison, Director, Graduate Recruiting, Clinical Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering & Science, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA – Ballroom
11:00 – 11:45 am Keynote IV: Prof. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor of Operations Management, Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, College of Business, Law and Social Sciences – Ballroom
11:45 am – 12:30 pm Keynote X: Franco Omar Ramos Langer, Channel Technical and Business Enablement Manager, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Digital Software Division, Querétaro, Mx – Ballroom
12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:45 pm Plenary – Cintermex Ballroom 1a
1:00 – 2:45 pm Panel 3 – Cintermex Ballroom 1b
1:00 – 2:45 pm Parallel Sessions Onsite – Breakout Rooms 1-4
1:00 – 2:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
3:00 – 4:45 pm Plenary – Cintermex Ballroom 1a
3:00 – 4:45 pm Panel 4 – Cintermex Ballroom 1b
3:00 – 4:45 pm Parallel Sessions Onsite – Breakout Rooms 1-4
3:00 – 4:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
5:00 – 6:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
7:00 – 8:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
9:00 – 10:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
November 5, 2021 (Friday)
6:00 – 8:00 am Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
8:15 – 8:30 am Welcome Address: Tecnológico de Monterrey and RELIEVE (Latin American Network of Energy Efficiency in Vehicles)
8:30 – 9:15 am Keynote XI: Prof. José Benito Flores Juárez, Director de la División de Ingeniería y Tecnologías, Universidad De Monterrey, Mexico and Past President of American Society for Quality – Ballroom
9:15 – 10:00 am Keynote XII: Dr. Josep Miquel Piqué Huerta, HVAC at Carrier, President of Technova Barcelona – La Salle Innovation Park, Manager of Internationalization and Innovation – La Salle URL, Barcelona, España – Ballroom
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 11:00 am Keynote XIII: Marco Antonio Vildoso Flores, Secretary for Advance FIT Engineering Studies, San Sebastian University – Ballroom
11:00 – 11:45 am Keynote XIV: Dra. Natalia Navarrete. Chassis Technologies for EVs – Manager – Commercial Vehicles – Ballroom
11:45 am – 12:30 am Keynote XV: Frank Nagorschel. Director Marketing, Crystal System Group Ltd – Ballroom
12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:45 pm Plenary – Cintermex Ballroom 1a
1:00 – 2:45 pm Panel 5 – Cintermex Ballroom 1b
1:00 – 2:45 pm Parallel Sessions Onsite – Breakout Rooms 1-4
1:00 – 2:45 pm Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
3:00 – 4:45 pm Plenary – Cintermex Ballroom 1a
3:00 – 4:45 pm Panel 5 – Cintermex Ballroom 1b
3:00 – 4:45 Parallel Sessions Onsite – Breakout Rooms 1-4
3:00 – 4:45 Parallel Sessions Online – Breakout Rooms 5-9
7:00 – 10:00 pm, November 5, Friday CONFERENCE AWARDS DINNER – Cintermex Ballroom