The Future-Ready Podcast: Industry & Beyond

Siemens

A podcast series exploring the future of industry and the ideas, technologies, and transformations shaping what comes next. In each episode, industry leaders and experts discuss how they bridge the physical and digital worlds to accelerate change. The podcast explores how AI, software, and data are reshaping the design, production, and operation of complex products - and how organizations can turn complexity into opportunity and stay future-ready.

  1. How Industrial AI will Transform Industrial Operations

    1 Jul

    How Industrial AI will Transform Industrial Operations

    Artificial Intelligence has come to dominate conversation in consumer and industrial spaces. The recent explosion in AI capabilities and applications is a confluence of factors, producing an exciting landscape of innovation, new challenges and immense opportunity.In this special episode, listen to the complete discussion between host Conor Peick and guests Matthias Loskyll and Samir Desai as they discuss why Industrial AI has taken off today, how it is being deployed in engineering software and production hardware, how AI agents are already factoring into the future of industry and more!In the episode you’ll learn about:(00:00) Why Industrial AI has exploded now(10:02) Many types of Industrial AI, from predictive to agentic(24:25) Breaking down data silos through the data fabric(47:34) The future of agents as autonomous systems under human supervisionAbout the voices:Matthias Loskyll is the Senior Director of AI and Robotics at Siemens Digital Industries with a PhD in Production Automation.Samir Desai is the Senior Director and Global Program Head for Data and AI at Siemens Digital Industries with more than 30 years’ experience developing and managing industrial software suites.Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software.

    1hr 1min
  2. How AI Agents and Humans will Shape the Industrial Future

    26 Jun

    How AI Agents and Humans will Shape the Industrial Future

    Agentic AI is emerging as a transformational paradigm across industries, with the potential to reshape how companies design, manufacture and manage operations. Yet, transformations take time and, especially in the case of AI agents imbued with a level of autonomy, require careful planning and robust infrastructure to ensure human experts maintain final review and approval authority.In this episode, host Conor Peick is joined by guests Matthias Loskyll and Samir Desai to discuss how AI agents are already factoring into the future of industry, and how companies can best approach their adoption.In the episode you’ll learn about:(00:00) Introduction and the future of AI agents in industry(03:51) A brief explanation of Model Context Protocol(07:23) How humans and machines may work together in the future(09:18) Potential developments and how to approach AI adoptionAbout the voices:Matthias Loskyll is the Senior Director of AI and Robotics at Simens Digital Industries with a PhD in Production Automation.Samir Desai is the Senior Director and Global Program Head for Data and AI at Simens Digital Industries with more than 30 years’ experience developing and managing industrial software sweats.Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.

    14 min
  3. Faster Decisions, Safer Operations with Industrial AI

    26 Jun

    Faster Decisions, Safer Operations with Industrial AI

    New technology is, without a doubt, cool. However, for that technology to have value it must be practical as well, offering real benefits to end users lest it be relegated to niche novelty status. Currently, copilots are working to move out of the realm of cool technology and into the realm of real value, offering strong user benefits and real, practical improvements to the way people do their work.In this episode, host Conor Peick is joined by guest Theo Papadopoulos, senior consultant and head of the Metaverse Lab at Siemens to explore what it takes to bring AI copilots to the shop floor, how that benefits users and what the copilot itself needs to succeed.In the episode you’ll learn about: (0:20) What an Industrial Copilot needs to know.(1:14) The importance of user experience.(2:04) What it means to use an Industrial Copilot.(5:27) The important role of the Digital Twin.About the voices:Theo Papadopoulos is a senior consultant and head of foundational technologies for Siemens Metaverse Lab responsible for bringing cutting edge technologies to reality. Theo has a background in both business and mechanical engineer as well as a long history at Siemens. Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.

    9 min
  4. Why Trust is Critical to Industrial AI Adoption

    18 Jun

    Why Trust is Critical to Industrial AI Adoption

    As artificial intelligence transforms industrial operations, companies face a critical challenge: how to build trust in AI systems while scaling them effectively across global operations. The path forward requires transparency, careful data stewardship, thoughtful implementation strategies, and a commitment to augmenting rather than replacing human expertise.In this episode, host Conor Peick is joined by guests Matthias Loskyll and Samir Desai to examine how companies can build trust with users and customers and to explore the key challenges that hamper scaling AI from pilots to full adoption.In the episode you’ll learn about:(00:00) Introduction and how to build trust in Industrial AI(07:03) Challenges that impede scaling(10:44) Managing cultural transition and educating usersAbout the voices:Matthias Loskyll is the Senior Director of AI and Robotics at Siemens Digital Industries with a PhD in Production Automation.Samir Desai is the Senior Director and Global Program Head for Data and AI at Siemens Digital Industries with more than 30 years’ experience developing and managing industrial software suites.Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software.

    17 min
  5. Empowering Shop Floor Workers with Industrial AI

    16 Jun

    Empowering Shop Floor Workers with Industrial AI

    The promise of future technologies is always exciting yet the reality can sometimes fail to live up to the dream. While technologies like mixed reality and Industrial Metaverse may have had a rocky start, today, they are now capable of offering tangible benefits to frontline workers with the promise of very real advancements in the future. In this episode, host Conor Peick is joined by guest Theo Papadopoulos, senior consultant and head of the Metaverse Lab at Siemens to explore the ways mixed reality and artificial intelligence can help leverage the Industrial Metaverse into a real tool for workers today and tomorrow.In the episode you’ll learn about: (0:30) Why now for the Industrial Metaverse?(3:33) Solving real problems with cutting edge technology(4:47) Working smarter with smart technology(6:32) Developing machine understanding(8:55) How AI can provide trusted guidanceAbout the voices:Theo Papadopoulos is a senior consultant and head of foundational technologies for Siemens Metaverse Lab responsible for bringing cutting edge technologies to reality. Theo has a background in both business and mechanical engineer as well as a long history at Siemens. Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.

    14 min
  6. Industrial AI is already on the shop floor

    15 Jun

    Industrial AI is already on the shop floor

    Tradeshows often coalesce around high-level topics for a few years at a time from the initial development of underlying technologies and through to the challenge of scaling those solutions in across a business. To add a little more weight to what was on display at Hannover Messe 2026, our moderator Conor Peick sat down with Rainer Brehm – the COO of the Siemens Automation Business and CTO of Digital Industries – and David Humphrey – Director of Research at ARC Advisory Group. The goal was to define what is really happening in industry and what is happening to bring the goals outlined across the show floor to fruition for even more businesses.In this episode you’ll learn about:(00:00) Hello from Hannover 2026(02:15) Real changes on the floor(06:17) Taking insights to executionAbout the voices:Rainer Brehm is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) for the automation business and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Siemens Digital Industries. In these roles, he drives the strategic advancement of Siemens’ automation portfolio and leads the development of technologies such as Industrial AI and Software-Defined Automation to unlock the full potential of automation. His focus is on making production more adaptive, resilient, and sustainable. His vision is an automated automation that solves unknown tasks independently.David Humphrey is an analyst at ARC Europe. And is a member of ARC’s hybrid manufacturing, packaging and industrial networking teams. He has over 25 years experience in industrial automation across specification, design and programming in a variety of industries.Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.

    14 min
  7. How Data and the Digital Twin are Building the Future of Industry

    5 Jun

    How Data and the Digital Twin are Building the Future of Industry

    Though well established in industry discourse, Digital Twin technology still has room to grow and add value as a powerful tool for industrial companies. As it matures and synergizes with other key technologies, such as Industrial AI, the Digital Twin will expand into a connected, intelligent, and real-time representation of entire industrial enterprises.In this episode of the Future Ready Podcast from Siemens, we are joined once again by one of our resident experts on the Digital Twin, Dominik Zettler, Vice President of Simulation for Industrial Systems at Siemens. The discussion examines how the Digital Twin supports the construction of a connected and organized data ecosystem, and looks at how the Digital Twin and Artificial Intelligence can combine to deliver greater value in the future.In this episode you’ll learn about: (00:00) Introduction(03:28) Data orchestration(08:38) Bringing the Digital Twin to the edge(11:37) Looking ahead to the Industrial Metaverse(18:17) Key points to rememberAbout the voices:Dominik Zettler is Vice President of Simulation for Industrial Systems at Siemens. Over more than 20 years in the industry, Dominik has experienced the growth of digitalization technology from early 3D modeling to the advanced digital twins in use today. Now, Zettler focuses on go-to-market strategies and the development of new business models. Zettler also has experience in project management and general contracting from prior positions, where responsibilities included managing large-scale automotive projects and P&L accountability.Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.

    22 min
  8. Managing the adoption of Industrial AI

    29 May

    Managing the adoption of Industrial AI

    AI has the potential to address many challenges in the industrial world, however, making that dream a reality involves more than just developing a new AI tool or addon. With an Industrial AI model in hand, finding the best way to bring that model to both tools and physical assets represents a challenge of its own.In this episode, host Conor Peick is joined by guests Matthias Loskyll and Samir Desai to examine what it takes to bring AI to both software tools and factory systems. Industrial AI is not a one-size-fits-all tool but, rather, a collection of methods and approaches that Samir and Matthias examine from both a design and manufacturing perspective.In the episode you’ll learn about:(0:22) Using the right AI tool for the right job(5:45) How Industrial AI is integrating with existing systems(11:47) Understanding the need for industrial data fabricsAbout the voices:Matthias Loskyll is the Senior Director of AI and Robotics at Simens Digital Industries with a PhD in Production Automation.Samir Desai is the Senior Director and Global Program Head for Data and AI at Simens Digital Industries with more than 30 years’ experience developing and managing industrial software sweats.Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.

    19 min
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A podcast series exploring the future of industry and the ideas, technologies, and transformations shaping what comes next. In each episode, industry leaders and experts discuss how they bridge the physical and digital worlds to accelerate change. The podcast explores how AI, software, and data are reshaping the design, production, and operation of complex products - and how organizations can turn complexity into opportunity and stay future-ready.

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