Rethink! Smart Manufacturing Europe 2025
| Organization | : We CONECT Global Leaders GmbH |
| Location | : Berlin, Germany |
| Date | : September 29 - 30, 2025 |
Rethink! Smart Manufacturing Europe 2025. Multi-complex challenges & all-encompassing digitalization - What will manufacturing look like in the future?
The manufacturing industry is facing the greatest upheaval and change since the advent of mass production. The status quo will no longer suffice. While resilience has remained a key theme, innovations such as AI, IIoT, Advanced Analytics and Automation, and trends such as GenAI, Agentic AI, Digital Twins and Intelligent Automation are creating the megatrend of smart manufacturing.
Rethink! Smart Manufacturing is a 2-day, leadership focused conference designed to address these challenges and to bring global manufacturing, operations, engineering, quality and supply chain leaders together to discuss current trends, strategic insights and best practices in an ever-evolving manufacturing environment.
Key topics include amongst others:
- Descriptive and Generative AI in the Smart Factory: What is the role of descriptive AI in the horizontally integrated production system? How can data from the production network be used to train generative AI systems?
- Automation, MES & Robotics: How can MES, Big Data and Cloud Computing meet the requirements of the integrated manufacturing processes of the future?
- Digital Twin in Production Processes: How to avoid data gaps for improved scenario planning and faster, leaner and safer operations?
- Investments vs. OPEX: How can the balancing act between rationalization, efficiency maximization and cost reduction on the one hand and constant new investments in new technologies on the other be achieved?
- Cost-benefit Analysis of AI systems in Quality Control & typical Areas of Application: How AI is revolutionizing quality assurance by automating inspections and making defect detection much more precise.
- Increasing Sustainability & Energy Efficiency: How can Energy Efficiency be mapped and optimized across the entire value chain?
- Enhancing Shoploor Operations & Development towards a Co-Pilot for value creation: How can intelligent assistance systems integrate people, machines and systems in a manufacturing environment?
Speakers include top manufacturing executives from amongst others BASF, Continental, Dräxlmaier, Kramp, Merck, Osram, Rolls Royce, Takeda and ZF to name a few.
The 2025 Rethink! Smart Manufacturing Europe in Berlin is a great opportunity to connect with BCI Global’s manufacturing footprint expert Managing Partner Johan Beukema. Please contact Johan if you would like to schedule a one-on-one meeting at the event.
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Rethink! Smart Manufacturing Europe 2025 is part of the Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 Event Series.
