Our Industrial Life
Episodes
What the energy transition looks like from inside the grid
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From 2007 to 2016, Steve Holliday was the CEO of the UK’s National Grid. In that time, the share of electricity generated by renewables in the UK gr...
How a mine actually works
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Preston Miller, a veteran of the mining industry, explains why mining companies need to invest in a comprehensive digital twin. We also explore the op...
XR training and the future of industrial work
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Attempts to meld virtual spaces and physical reality so far have struggled to take hold. For all the ingenuity behind projects like Google Glass, the ...
How to handle the coming e-waste avalanche
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Critical minerals are key to green technologies, but their supply is dominated by a small number of countries. Recycling could, in theory, open up a n...
Your life is manufactured
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca and Joe talk to Dr Tim Minshall, the Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation and Head of the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of...
“The Victorian Internet”—The world’s first global communication network
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The telegraph system went from speculative theory to a global telecommunications network connecting continents via undersea cables in just 35 years. E...
Dark matter and ghost particles—industrial data helps uncover the secrets of the universe
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SNOLAB is the deepest clean lab in the world. It searches for the most elusive building blocks of our universe: neutrinos and dark matter. The Nobel P...
AI: A sustainability friend or environmental foe?
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI has been helping industries decarbonize for years by making their equipment more energy efficient and helping power grid operators incorporate more...
Green ammonia is decarbonizing food production
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Half the world relies on synthetic ammonia fertilizer to grow its food. But traditional ways of making ammonia produce about 2% of global CO2 emission...
Bridging the skills gap with connected workers
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A whole generation of industrial workers is about to retire, taking extensive knowledge and skills with them. How can companies attract new high-quali...
Industrial data will matter more than ever in the wake of COP28
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial companies will need to change how they think about and interact with data if we’re going to meet the ambitious COP28 targets. We discuss ...
How to turn connected workers into proactive workers
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn what solutions HENN connector group is using to connect its workers to real-time industrial data, digital systems, and each other, helping them ...
The future of the power grid: The challenge of DERs
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of our series, “The Future of the Power Grid,” we talk to three industry experts about how grid operators are incorporating d...
The future of the power grid: Aging infrastructure
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you put more power on an already strained and aging power grid? Our guests today say industrial software—and the data analysis it makes possi...
The future of the power grid: Re-engineering for renewables
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, three experts discuss how technologies like smart grids, DERs and advanced industrial software can help us get renewable power where ...
How digitization is decarbonizing industry
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Rebecca Ahrens talks with Lisa Wee, the Vice President of Sustainability at AVEVA about how AVEVA is helping its customers meet ...
Why should businesses care about COP26?
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Rebecca Ahrens talks with Lisa Wee, the Vice President of Sustainability at AVEVA and Ruchi Shah, a Sustainability Manager at AV...
What can real-time data do in an emergency?
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How would it feel if you could know exactly what was going on with your water and power in the middle of a storm? What about during a catastrophe? ...
Smart water for a changing environment
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Rebecca Ahrens talks with Gary Wong, the Global Water Industry Lead and Expert for AVEVA , about some of the most pressing cha...
City of Riverside PUD on quantifying ROI and digital transformation in the water industry
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The City of Riverside Public Utilities Department has embraced digital transformation by making better use of sensor-based data. Because they work clo...
Your digital transformation is only as good as your data: tips on avoiding ‘shiny object syndrome.’
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Allen Turner, Advanced Analytics Team Lead, International PaperCo-host: Mariana Sandin, Industry Principal, AVEVA.We speak with Allen Turner o...
How White House Utility District uses IIoT to improve operations in water and wastewater
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Pat Harrell, District Engineer, Josh Gregory, Water Loss Analyst, and Kim Klotter, Wastewater Coordinator. Co-host: Gary Wong, Industry Pri...
Innovative use of "golden batch" optimization in discrete manufacturing at Weber Metals
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: David Mitchell, Automation Engineer, Weber Metals. Sean Upson, Systems Engineer, AVEVA. David Mitchell is an automation engineer at Weber Me...
Kellogg's improves quality with sensor-based data
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Emelio Anglés, Information Technology Engineer, Kellogg CompanyTed Combs, Industry Principal for Food, Beverage, and Consumer Packaged Goods ...
Digitization of sensor-based data to reach Cement 4.0
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Berkan Fidan, Performance and Process Director, Oyak CementMartin Provencher, Mining Metals and Materials Industry Principal, AVEVABerkan Fida...
A hosted cloud solution for remote monitoring of indoor air quality.
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Michael Orcutt, Vice President of Sales and Engineering, CosaTronRichard Klein, Senior Product Marketing Manager, OSIsoftDaniel Noonen, Partne...
A discussion of energy management in facilities using sensor-based data
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Brian Hobby, Technical Lead (IT and Engineering)Organization: Griffith UniversityIndustry: facilities. Business Impact: energy management.&qu...
How sensor data brings about org change in exploration and production
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Glen Milne, Production Systems ManagerOrganization: Spirit EnergyGlen Milne, Production Systems Manager at Spirit Energy, talked with us about ...
Maximizing performance of craft beer production at Deschutes Brewery
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Kyle Kotaich, Senior Data AnalystOrganization: Deschutes BreweryKyle Kotaich is a senior data analyst at Deschutes Brewery, a family-owned inde...
More lessons from the sensor-based data business
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy, founder and CEO of OSIsoft, on lessons learned from 40 years in the sensor-based data business. Subscribe to our biweekly new...
MES integration with sensor-based data in life sciences
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
APC (Advanced Process Control) test lead Barry Higgins at Johnson & Johnson Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter. Visit our website. Follow us...
Lessons from 40 years in the sensor-based data business
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy describes the sensor-based data toolset every production engineer needs, what he’s done right and wrong in 40 years in the bu...
What is an edge to cloud IIoT solution for remote asset monitoring using smart sensors?
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of the Industrial IOT means low-cost sensors are in harsh, remote locations collecting data that is critical to an overall real-time data inf...
Using real-time data at a net zero facility
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How better use of real-time data gathered from disconnected systems allows for superior energy and water management at the Jess S. Jackson Winery on t...
The challenge and value of using real-time data during the coronavirus pandemic
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Tereos, the world's second-largest sugar producer, is using real-time data to improve business resiliency amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, wi...
Real-time data visualization and alarms using a wide area network
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The value of real-time data in power station and water station management with regards to network reliability. How Norah Thompson, senior information ...
Saving water and energy with real-time data
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Trombly, engineering supervisor at University of California, Davis on saving water and energy with real-time data. Subscribe to our biweekly ...
Using real-time data at container terminal operator TraPac
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The critical role of unifying real-time data sources at TraPac, with Mark Jensen, Vice President of Asset Management. How data organization can impr...
How to use plant floor data to improve critical operations
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Rank Group Ltd, a leading holding company for packaging companies, is improving operations with real-time plant floor data, with Larry Shutzberg, ...