Outcomes Roundtable Cement 2025
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Event

Outcomes Roundtable: Cement 2025
Staying Competitive When Every Kiln Minute Counts

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Details

Cement plants today are under real operational pressure: rising energy costs, high equipment load, and the constant risk of unplanned downtime. When the kiln stops, everything downstream is affected — production drops, maintenance gets overwhelmed, and costs rise immediately.

In this 60-minute Outcomes Roundtable, you’ll hear directly from Star Cement and Southern Province Cement Company on how they are staying competitive in 2025 by preventing high-impact failures, stabilising the kiln, and reducing downtime hours using Prescriptive AI built specifically for cement operations— technology delivered through Infinite Uptime’s PlantOS™ platform.

What You’ll Learn

Why Prescriptive AI (Not Predictive Alerts)?

Unlike predictive tools that send generic warnings, Prescriptive AI tells teams:
  • What the issue is
  • Where it is happening
  • What action to take
  • What failure it prevents

This clarity is why cement plants are achieving measurable outcomes in reliability, uptime, and cost per ton.

Speakers

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Maximiliano Scarano

Moderator Regional Marketing Manager (EMEA) Infinite Uptime

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Neeraj Choudhary

Expert Manager - Center of Excellence Infinite Uptime

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Mr. Dhawan Soni

Panel E&I Head Star Cement

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Mr. Alaa Farrag

Panel General Maintenance Director & Corporate Digitalization Manager Southern Province Cement Company - SPCC

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Bonaboyina Vijaya Bhaskar

Expert Senior Technical Manager (EMEA) Infinite Uptime

Speakers

Moderator

Mr. Maximiliano Gonzalez Scarano
Regional Marketing Manager, Infinite Uptime

Expert

Ms. Neeraj Choudhary
Center of Excellence, Infinite Uptime

Panelists

Mr. Dhawan Soni
E&I Head — Star Cement

Mr. Alaa Farrag
General Maintenance Director & Corporate Digitalization Manager — SPCC

Agenda

  • Introduction & Industry Challenges (0:00–5:00)
  • Cement’s Kiln-Centric Challenge (5:00–10:00)
  • Customer Roundtable – Star Cement & SPCC (10:00–40:00)
  • Turning Data into Measurable ROI (40:00–45:00)
  • Audience Q&A (45:00–55:00)
  • Closing Remarks (55:00–60:00)