The largest manufacturing event on the West Coast of America featuring co-located shows Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West, WestPack, Automation Technology (ATX) West, Design and Manufacturing (D&M) West, and Plastec West has announced its two curated keynotes.

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Microsoft global head of autonomous AI co-innovation Brian Evergreen and Gatherverse founder Christopher Lafayette will headline the five-in-one western manufacturing show with specialised sessions on how to utilise today’s cutting-edge technology to further industry-specific innovations within manufacturing and automation.

Adrienne Zepeda, group event director, said: “We look to provide the best expertise and industry insight within manufacturing tech that fuels thought-provoking discussions within the industry. Thought leaders like Lafayette and Evergreen are shaping the future and their perspective will showcase how ever-evolving technologies continue to propel what is to come in medical advancements, artificial intelligence, automation, and other adjacent innovations.”

Lafayette’s keynote, Medical Technology within the Metaverse - The Fundamental Shift, takes place on 7^th February at 9 a.m. The session will highlight how immersive medical technology is developing through the metaverse. Lafayette will review how this impacts businesses, technologists, and medical practitioners and what to expect within the medtech community.

On 8^th February at 9 a.m., Evergreen’s presentation, Clearing the Digital Fog: The First Step of Autonomous Transformation, will highlight the challenges leaders have faced in attempting to harness artificial intelligence and its adjacent technologies for the betterment of their organisation and the world, and how organisations can begin to overcome these challenges in the era of “Autonomous Transformation.”

Evergreen said: “I am honoured at the opportunity to share about Autonomous Transformation with manufacturing leaders. Given the physical nature of manufacturing and its roots in human creativity backed by labour and automation, the manufacturing base presents rich potential for creating a more human future with technology.”

MD&M West and its co-located events take place on 7^th-9^th February 2023 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.