Actionable AI, cybersecurity and other insights from ARC Leadership Forum

Control editors Len Vermillion and Jim Montague discuss their thoughts on the 2026 ARC Leadership Forum
March 16, 2026

Control Global’s editors came back from the recent ARC Leadership Forum in Orlando, Fla., with several thoughts on how agentic AI, software-defined distributed control, and cybersecurity needs are redefining how process automation leaders are not only thinking about control loops, but also how they deal with just about everything on the plant floor.

Chapters

  • 00:45 | AI and Industrial Storytelling
  • 01:21 | Cybersecurity Strategies
  • 03:00 | Managing IT/OT Convergence
  • 05:08 | Large Language Models
  • 05:52 | How PepsiCo Manages 15PB of Data with AI
  • 07:16 | Digitalization to Humanization
  • 07:46 | Real-World Applications 08:17 | Will AI Replace Workers?

You can also listen to this discussion through Podbean on Control's Control Amplified podcast.

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