Manufacturing and Transportation Industry Forum | Sponsored by: Deloitte and AWS

Join us for an inspiring forum showcasing how manufacturers and transportation leaders are turning today's challenges into tomorrow's opportunities. From automotive giants revolutionizing product development with generative AI to logistics providers optimizing routes for both cost and sustainability, discover how industry pioneers are reshaping the future of industrial operations. Highlighting this session is an exciting collaboration between Heathrow Airport and Virgin Atlantic, demonstrating how partnership and innovation are transforming the air travel experience. Learn how these leaders and other companies are using Databricks to tackle their most pressing challenges — from smart factory transformations to autonomous systems development — proving that the path to profitability and sustainability runs through intelligent operations. Talk By: Andy Isenman, Head of Technology, Cloud and Data, Heathrow ; Caitlin Gordon, Manufacturing & Energy Marketing Lead, Databricks ; Dr. Andrej Levin, Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group ; Richard Masters, VP Data & AI, Virgin Atlantic Airways ; Shiv Trisal, Global Industry Leader - Manufacturing, Databricks ; Victor Dsouza, VP, Ai and Data, Applied Materials (Sponsor Speaker) Here's more to explore: Databricks named a leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™for Cloud DBMS: https://www.databricks.com/resources/analyst-paper/databricks-named-leader-by-gartner An open, unified approach to your data, BI and AI workloads: https://www.databricks.com/product/databricks-sql See all the product announcements from Data + AI Summit: https://www.databricks.com/events/dataaisummit-2025-announcements Connect with us: Website: https://databricks.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/databricks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/databricksinc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/databricksinc