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Poka Empower 2022: Accelerating Impact

Save The Date - Sep 13 - Sep 15 | 8AM- 1PM EST

Our 3-day virtual event gives a voice to our extraordinary community of world-class manufacturers. Listen to their stories of success, impact and transformation. It's your best opportunity of the year to connect with manufacturing counterparts from around the globe and grow your knowledge relating to topics including:

  • Connecting and empowering frontline workers
  • Improving productivity and quality
  • Reducing equipment downtime
  • Engaging and retaining employees

Register now for our can't-miss event—we look forward to seeing you!

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Speakers from Best-in-Class Enterprises

Featured Speakers

Day One

Operator Readiness - Ensuring Successful Equipment and Facilities Startup - Groupe Bel

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Day Two

  • Keynote: Beyond the Gemba with Dr. Myrna Flores - Lean Analytics Association 
  • Reducing Production Downtime with Poka - CHG 
  • Driving Productivity with Poka - Bosch
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Day Three

  • Accelerating Impact through Adoption - Poka
  • The Role of the Connected Worker in Your Digital Ecosystem - Mars, Tetrapak
  • Building and Scaling an Operator-Centric Culture - Barry Callebaut
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The BEST Conference I’ve attended. I loved the organization, the punctuality, and the presentations were amazing.

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External Speakers

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Day 1 : Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Sessions Intro Speakers + Time
Welcome & Vision

In addition to giving you exciting updates on Poka, CEO Alexandre Leclerc and CTO Antoine Bisson will share their perspective on the current state of The Connected Factory Worker landscape and how the market has evolved out of the pandemic.

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Antoine Bisson - Poka

Ensuring Successful Equipment and Facilities Startup

Are you opening a new site? Launching a new production line? Discover how Bel Group efficiently onboarded 170 skilled workers and captured expert knowledge from OEMs when commissioning their first Canadian plant.

Serge Vallée - Groupe Bel, Sorel

Deep Dive: Poka for Learning & Development

Poka experts Antoine and Gregory will reveal new and upcoming additions to our platform's Skills & Knowledge management capabilities. Retain and empower workers and maintain a skilled workforce to stay ahead of industry obstacles.

  • Gregory Breidenbach - Poka
  • Antoine-Alexandre Michaud - Poka
Networking Session

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Day 2 - Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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Keynote: Beyond the Gemba

Leadership’s role in promoting a Lean culture can not be overstated. Leaders who effectively listen and engage employees will have more visibility into issues and opportunities for improvement. In our opening session, we will showcase best practices from the Lean Innovation Community.

Dr. Myrna Flores - Lean Analytics Association

Reducing Production Downtime with Poka

In this session we will share tips on how to efficiently reduce production downtime through the experiences of global manufacturers. Discover how CH Guenther saved 40 hours per year on a single piece of equipment.

Tim Angelici - CH Guenther

Deep Dive: Poka for Daily Management

Poka product experts Gaëtan and Gabriel will reveal new and upcoming additions to our platform's Daily Management capabilities. Drive a culture of continuous improvement and lean thinking across all employees, departments and plants.

Gaëtan May &
Gabriel Gohier-Roy - Poka

How to Resolve Production Issues Faster with Poka

Get a ‘virtual tour’ of Bosch Automotive’s issue management process and find out how this Charleston plant has been able to reduce the time to solve problems by half. Replacing the traditional walkie-talkie approach with Poka has helped capture tribal knowledge and increase visibility into issues.

Matthew Bazzle &
Jason Ream - Bosch Automotive Steering

30 Tips in 30 Minutes

Our 30 Tips in 30 Minutes rapid-fire session, designed for Poka owners and administrators, aims to give you quick and easy best practices for improving adoption and daily usage at your plant.

Nela Prolic &
Andreanne Harbec - Poka

6 Essentials for Launching Poka at a New Site

Explore 5 barriers to a successful Poka launch and key success factors for sustainment and driving usage. In this session, we'll discuss why they're critical and walk through some real-life examples and implications.

Bill Blank &
Kevin Grant - Poka

Networking Session
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Day 3 - Thursday, September 15, 2022

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Accelerating Impact through Adoption

Are you wondering how to best scale Poka to multiple lines or plants? Explore proven strategies to help you drive value at scale as well as our resources built to support your journey.

Derek Vollebregt &
Sabryna Caron - Poka

The Role of the Connected Worker in Your Digital Ecosystem

Discover the creative ways customers are integrating Poka into their digital manufacturing technology stack to unlock unprecedented visibility into operations. You don't want to miss this opportunity to hear from Mars and Tetra Pak on how easy and powerful it is to create and visualize data from Poka, in Power BI using Azure and Power Automate.

Andre Owens, Martin Jönsson, Ashish Arora &
Benjamin Tejada Lope - Mars, Tetrapak & Poka

Deep Dive: Poka’s Enterprise focus

Poka product experts Marie-Sophie and Arnaud will reveal new and upcoming additions to our platform's Enterprise capabilities. Get insights on corporate governance, analytics and administrative requirements from customers who've rolled out Poka globally.

Marie-Sophie Côté &
Arnaud Mamias - Poka

Networking Session
Building and Scaling an Operator-Centric Culture

Learn how Barry Callebaut, one of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa producers, has built and scaled a worker-centric culture by leveraging traditional Lean tools and a modern digital connected worker application.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Poka Empower is 100% virtual. You can tune in from anywhere by registering through the virtual event platform, Hopin. (oops)

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There's no cost—it's completely free!

The event spans 3 days from September 13-15, 2022, from 9 AM to 12 PM EST. You don't have to attend all 3 days. You can pick and choose which sessions to attend for a customized experience.

Yes, all sessions will be recorded and uploaded shortly after the live presentations. However, you need to register to get access to the recordings.

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