Luiz Alberto Barberini

Head of External Manufacturing, Latin America Bayer Consumer Care

MBA, mechanical engineer, CQE and APICS CPIM certified, with three post-graduations, has worked for more than 20 years in activities related to Supply Chain , Procurement and Logistics, and for few years had coordinated the dangerous goods’ transports’ comitee at ABIQUIM – Brazilian Chemical Industries Association.

Ford Motors Co., Rhône-Poulenc , British American Tobacco, Pfizer Laboratories, Takeda Pharmaceutical and Merck, Sharp & Dohme are some companies where he worked for and contributed adding value with his knowledgement  and experience .

Currently works as Operations Manager for Latin America External Manufaturing Operations , Consumer Care, at Bayer and teaches Negotiation and Demand Management for some major post graduation schools in São Paulo – Brazil.  

Day One - 18 May 2021

10:00 AM Fireside chat: Bridging the gap between IT and OT


Q1. Common approaches to cover Cyber Security – how it’s driving your road map from a theoretical to practical standpoint?


Q2. What are the main challenges faced with shifting from IT to OT and making the decisions?

  • Technical challenges – addressing and mitigation
  • Organisational challenges


Q3. Movement from IT systems to OT space and how do we bridge that gap! What are the challenges with OT and how to implement?

  •   How to overcome the challenges


Q4. Verification of systems. Defining what verification means to you, when to reverify, what’s the process for you?