| Day 1: October 27, 2022 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration and Refreshments |
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening of the Forum |
| Fazleena Badurdeen, Chair 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky | |
I.S. Jawahir, Director, Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing, University of Kentucky |
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| Rudy Buchheit, Dean of College of Engineering, University of Kentucky | |
| Shane Tedder, Campus Sustainability Officier, University of Kentucky | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | "Opportunities for Digitisation in the Transformation of the Foundation Industries in the UK: An Effective Pathway Towards Sustainable Manufacturing" Mark Jolly Professor and Director of Manufacturing University of Cranfield, United Kingdom |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM | "Democratizing Smart Manufacturing" Haresh Malkani Chief Technology Officer Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | "Directions for Sustainable Manufacturing Standards: Towards the Circular Economy" KC Morris Leader, Information Modeling and Testing Group National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| 10:30 – 11:00 AM | Break & Refreshments and Poster Viewing |
| 11:00 – 12:15 PM | Emerging Researchers in Sustainable Manufacturing |
| "An Adaptive Cyber-Physical Sensing, Control, and Optimization Platform for Biofuel 4.0" Amin Mirkouei Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Department of Industrial Technology and Technology Management Program, University of Idaho |
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| "Enhancing the Sustainability of Additive Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0" Yiran (Emma) Yang Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington |
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| "Smart Finishing Testbed: Towards AI-Enabled, Real-Time Physics-Based Modeling and Adaptive Control of Surface Integrity" Julius Schoop Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 PM | "Democratizing Additive Manufacturing Intelligence: a Precursor to a More Sustainable Future" Dean Bartles Chief Executive Officer & President, Manufacturing Technology Development Group |
| 12:45 – 1:45 PM | Lunch and Poster Viewing Judging of 'Sustainable Manufacturing Project' Posters |
| 1:45 - 2:15 PM | "Making the Business Case for Sustainable Manufacturing" David Rummler Managing Director CleanTech Energy |
| 2:15 – 2:45 PM | "Towards Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing: Pushing AI Beyond Machine Learning" Satish Bukkapatnam Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Director TEES Institute for Manufacturing Systems Texas A&M University |
| 2:45 – 3:35 PM | Emerging Researchers in Sustainable Manufacturing |
| “Creating Rapid, Transparent, and Updateable Environmental Impact Models of Manufacturing Systems” Daniel Cooper Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan |
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| “Proclivity of Copper for the Circular Economy: Typical Methods and A Novel Process” Joshua Werner Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky |
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| 3:35 – 4:30 PM | Break & Refreshments and Poster Viewing Judging of 'Sustainable Manufacturing Project' Posters |
| 4:30 – 5:00 PM | "Sustainable manufacturing and towards ‘Net Zero Growth’" Raj Gopalaswamy Global Technology Director (GTD) of New Domains, Novelis. |
| 5:15 - 6:30 PM | Networking Reception, at Grehan Building Atrium |
| Day 2: October 28, 2022 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Arrival and Refreshments |
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | "Decision Support Systems for Eco Design" (Virtual) Asela Kulatunga Senior Lecturer, Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | "IBM and Environmental Sustainability: Making it Part of Our DNA" Bill Green, Distinguished Engineer & Chief Technologist: Supply Chain Optimization, Sustainability and Protection IBM Systems Group, Supply Chain Engineering |
| 9:30 - 10:15 AM | Emerging Researchers in Sustainable Manufacturing |
| "Hybrid Machine Learning for Adaptive Robotic Welding Control" Peng (Edward) Wang Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky |
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| “Smart Manufacturing to Enable Sustainability in the Post-COVID-19 Era” Nancy Diaz El-sayed Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Florida |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Break & Refreshments and Poster Viewing |
| 10:30 - 11:45 AM | Panel Discussion: "Sustainable Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 Era" Moderated by Fazleena Badurdeen |
| Haresh Malkani, CESMI | |
| Raj Gopalaswamy, Novelis | |
| Dean Bartles, MTDG | |
| Mark Jolly, Cranfield University, UK | |
| KC Morris, NIST | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 PM | Awards Presentation and Wrap up |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Boxed Lunch |