Agenda – USA
| Time | Program Process Insights USA 2026, Oct 7th at Walsh College Troy, MI | Company | Name | Job Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 AM | Registration & Morning Buffet | |||||||||
| 09:00 – 09:10 AM | Welcome & Introduction | UL Solutions | Dr. Erich Meier | Director Strategic Initiatives and Product Development | ||||||
| 09:10 – 09:50 AM | Product development transformation – Stellantis SWE | Stellantis | Bhasker Tiwari | Principal ELM Solution Architect | ||||||
| 09:50 – 10:20 AM | Networking & Peer Exchange | |||||||||
| 10:20 – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 10:30 – 11:10 AM | Turning Product Development Process Governance into Business Value | Dana | Suresh Kumar Chadalavada | Methodologist | ||||||
| 11:10 – 11:50 AM | From Software to Mechatronics: Evolving STAGES as a Process Backbone for AI | Nexteer | Rahul Gupta | Process Capability Coach | ||||||
| 11:50 – 01:00 PM | Lunch Break | |||||||||
| 01:00 – 01:40 PM | Process Management in the Age of AI - Stages Roadmap | UL Solutions | Dr. Erich Meier | Director Strategic Initiatives and Product Development | ||||||
| 01:40 – 02:20 PM | Requirements Management in the Age of AI | Jama Software | Conner McNeil | General Manager, Automotive & Vehicle Engineering | ||||||
| 02:20 – 02:50 PM | Networking | |||||||||
| 02:50 – 03:00 PM | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 03:00 - 03:40 | Panel Discussion: AI and beyond - the future of Processes in Product Development | Raytheon Technologies, LeonardoDRS Land Systems, L&T Technology Services, UL SIS | Sean Conley, Eric Stewart, Srikanth Balijepalli, Dr. Erich Meier | Associate Director Systems Engineering, Chief Systems Architect, Process Architect, Director Strategic Initiatives and Product Development | ||||||
| 03:40 - 04:20 | Turning Change from Disruption into a Disciplined Value Delivery System | BorgWarner | Deepa Sajjan | CoE Lead - Change Management, Configuration Management, Problem Management | ||||||
| 04:20 – 04:30 PM | Closing Remarks | UL Solutions | Dr. Erich Meier | Director Strategic Initiatives and Product Development | ||||||
| 04:30 – open End | Buffet, Drinks, and Networking | |||||||||
Sean Conley
Associate Director, Systems Engineering
Eric Stewart
Chief Systems Architect
Srikanth Balijepalli
Process Architect
Bhasker Tiwari
Principal ELM Solution Architect
Rahul Gupta
Nexteer
Suresh Kumar Chadalavada
Methodologist
Deepa Sajjan
CoE Lead - Change Management, Configuration Management, Problem Management
Conner McNeil
General Manager, Automotive & Vehicle Engineering
Dr. Erich Meier
Director Strategic Initiatives and Product Development