The Industry Forward Podcast

By Siemens Digital Industries Software

Join industry experts to explore the key trends, transformative technologies and real-world innovations that are reshaping fields from aerospace, industrial machinery and semiconductors to pharmaceuti... more

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

The Industry Forward Podcast episodes:

August 07, 2026Powering humanoids: the promise and reality of solid-state batteries
The future of batteries for humanoid robots will depend on
close collaboration across the entire ecosystem and greater use of AI-driven, data-centric manufacturing approaches. Solid-state batteries stand out as a key enabler for humanoids. Solid state batteries boast higher energy density and improved safety, but successful deployment requires advances in battery management systems and thermal management.
In today’s episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, host Dale Tutt, Global Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software, interviews Puneet Sinha, Global Head of Battery for Siemens Digital Industries Software, discuss how the Digital Twin helps companies address challenges as the importance of designing and scaling batteries grows.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The importance of battery management systems

The major benefits of solid state batteries as they come
into development

The complexity of battery design and thermal management

How to leverage the Digital Twin to navigate these
challenges
...more
20min
July 31, 2026The foundation of financial AI: data, governance, and trust
Financial institutions have historically been early adopters
of technologies such as analytics, machine learning, and AI. However, many organizations are burdened by large, complex legacy systems and strict regulatory requirements, which can slow modernization efforts. Before organizations can fully deploy advanced AI and agent-based solutions, they need clean and contextualized data.
In this Industry Forward podcast episode, host Kate Eby
interviews Dylan Tancill, Vice President of Sales and Global Head of
BFSI at Siemens Digital Industries Software, about the current state of AI
adoption in the banking, financial services, and insurance industries.
This episode will cover:
Major challenges in the BFSI industry

Best practices for implementing more advanced AI models

The importance of knowledge graphs and clean data to AI
integration
...more
22min
July 29, 2026Get with the program: Industrial AI won't suddenly vaporize
Industrial AI is here. The genie is out of the bottle. Those that adapt and embrace this new reality are setup to benefit from the technology’s force multiplication abilities. Those that cling to the way things were will be left in the dust. But AI is not a panacea, it pays to know what it can and cannot do.

In this episode of the Industry Forward podcast, host John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software, talks to Fred Husman, Senior Program Manager at SkyIO. The pair discuss the impact AI will have and—perhaps more importantly—not have on the process industry over the next three to five years.

In this podcast you will learn:
01:10 – The importance of AI to keep up with the competition

02:14 – What the process industry will look like over the next three to five years

05:46 – The future impact of AI on plant operations and industry

08:25 – How to know what you can and cannot do with AI

Read the transcript here.

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John Nixon - Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software
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Fred Husman – Senior Program Manager at SkyIO
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14min
July 24, 2026Powering the future of humanoid robotics
Humanoid robots must operate untethered and move freely in
factories, making battery performance essential. To make humanoids practical for large-scale industrial deployment, the industry must improve battery runtime, charging speed, energy density and safety.
In today’s episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, host
Dale Tutt, Global Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital
Industries Software, interviews Puneet Sinha, Global Head of Battery for
Siemens Digital Industries Software, discuss how batteries are a major
constraint and enabler for humanoid robots.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The critical improvements batteries need

How batteries need to address AI computing

The importance of collaboration between battery and humanoid
manufacturers
...more
25min
July 23, 2026Thanks for the reactor, now where is the digital twin?
It would be absurd if manufacturers delivered industrial equipment without operational manuals. Unfortunately, these “paper twins,” though helpful initially, decline in accuracy after years of operation, maintenance and wear.
What if, however, equipment came packaged with a digital twin? One tailor made to the equipment delivered, down to every weld? Now imagine the benefits if said twin was physics informed, able to predict (in seconds) asset performance, maintenance and wear. This is the future Latticept delivers with its Boltzmann reactor.
In this podcast you will learn:
00:35 – The shift from experience-based to physics-first equipment.

01:51 – What is the Boltzmann reactor and why it includes a digital twin.

08:27 – Why this digital twin technology is coming to us now.
Thiago Ribeiro - Global Head of Energy, Chemicals and Infrastructure at Siemens Digital Industry Software
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Benjamin Turner – CEO and Principal Consultant at Latticept
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15min
July 15, 2026A devastating surprise industries see with AI integration
The artificial intelligence (AI) transition in the process industry is here. Soon, competitive advantages of AI will separate adopters from the pack. But to collect the data needed for AI, organizations must join operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT).
In today’s episode of the Industry Forward podcast, John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software, [ET1.1]interviews Fred Husman, Senior Program Manager at SkyIO. They discuss how SkyIO customers, like Constellation Brands, can collect data from dozens of programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and similar systems, to create AI-enabled comprehensive digital twins.
In this podcast you will learn:
03:09 – How the comprehensive digital twin helps industry prepare for AI integration

06:16 – The benefits of virtual controllers

12:59 – The need to have an OT-IT approach when working with production data
Read the transcript here.
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John Nixon - Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software
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Fred Husman – Senior Program Manager at SkyIO
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16min
July 10, 2026Expert predicts the digital future of the green process industries
The energy sector is going green. This, like any previous energy transition, is understood to be inevitable. But what will that future look like? And, more mysteriously, what paths must green process industries take to make alternatives of traditionally petrol-based products?
In this podcast, John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software and Thiago Ribeiro, Global Head of Energy, Chemicals and Infrastructure at Siemens Digital Industry Software shed some light on these questions.
In this podcast you will learn:
01:19 – Why green energy producers are born digital

08:42 – How green process industries make traditionally petro-based products

11:33 – What future generations might think of today’s society burning oil for energy
Connect with John Nixon on LinkedIn.
Connect with Thiago Ribeiro on LinkedIn.
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20min
June 26, 2026Bottom line, people can't ditch oil. Is going green doomed?
Industry can not fully abandon crude oil. The number of derivative products made from petroleum are too vast and vital to survival. The food industry relies on fossil-derived fertilizers. Meanwhile, products from textiles to medications rely on ingredients and feedstocks isolated from oil.
So, is the concept of industry “going green” even possible? This is the central focus of the latest episode of the Industry Forward Podcast. It features host John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software and his guest Thiago Ribeiro, Global Head of Energy, Chemicals and Infrastructure at Siemens Digital Industry Software. Their solutions will define the future of industrial environmentalism.
In this podcast you will learn:
01:10 – Why oil and gas is still needed in a green future

04:47 – How going green is still possible for industries that need oil and gas

09:24 – Why industrial environmentalism has oil and gas companies rebranding

14:12 – What PLM and comprehensive digital twins can teach environmental causes
Connect with John Nixon on LinkedIn
Connect with Thiago Ribeiro on LinkedIn
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24min
June 19, 2026AI is powering smarter, safer human-aware humanoids
The future of humanoid robots depends on combining AI-driven
continuous learning and powerful semiconductor architectures that ensure humanoids can react instantly to the environment around them.
In today’s episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, host
Dale Tutt, Global Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital
Industries Software is joined by Michael Munsey, Vice President of
Semiconductor Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software. The experts delve into how humanoid robots operate safely around humans, how they learn and share knowledge and the next generation of semiconductor technologies enabling them.
This episode will cover:
Safety challenges when it comes to human-humanoid interactions

How AI drives continuous learning

The semiconductor’s importance to humanoid intelligence
...more
21min
June 17, 2026How to fully leverage digitalization in automotive today
For software-defined vehicles in the streets to AI in manufacturing, the automotive industry is set to undergo significant transformation in the next few years. Yet there are plenty of opportunities for automotive companies to get an early start on that transformation now. The data to drive change already exists across the product lifecycle, but only with digitalization can companies collect and leverage it in an impactful way.
In this episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, Royston Jones, Global Head of Automotive and Transportation for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Ryan Martin, Senior Research Director at ABI Research. Together, they discuss the accessibility of data for automotive companies today and how they can use digital tools such as the comprehensive Digital Twin can increase availability and use it to redefine automotive processes.
In this episode, you will learn:
How many companies can access data and use it for prescriptive analytics

How the comprehensive Digital Twin uses data for deeper analyses

The importance of context and connecting across the product lifecycle
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13min

FAQs about The Industry Forward Podcast:

How many episodes does The Industry Forward Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.