Connected Manufacturing Forum 2026

June 15 - 16, 2026

Ritz-Carlton St. Louis

Bernhard Kratzwald

Bernhard Kratzwald

Founder and Co-CEO Ethon
Bernhard Kratzwald

Monday, June 15, 2026

10:20 AM Innovative Tech Demos

Technology demos give attendees a hands-on look at cutting edge tools, turning complex innovations into clear, memorable experiences. Each demo is designed to spark curiosity, inspire new ideas, and show exactly how these solutions can elevate real world performance.

@10:30: Same Process, Different Outcomes. Let's Find the Why - Live.

Every factory runs the same process and gets different outcomes. Operators improvise, engineers chase ghosts, and dashboards show what changed without ever explaining why. In this techno demo, Bernhard shows how Causal AI closes that gap; reasoning about cause and effect to pinpoint the parameter actually driving variation, recommend the corrective set point, and make the fix repeatable across lines and plants. Stop chasing problems. Start controlling them.

Bernhard Kratzwald, Founder and Co-CEO, Ethon

@10:45: Presented by Asset Watch 
Steve Gierden, Condition Monitoring Engineer, AssetWatch 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Bernhard.

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