The Era of the Adaptive Factory and Connected Worker
Smart Manufacturing World Summit
"Where Human Ingenuity, Connected Workers, and Machine Intelligence Unite to Outperform Change."
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BY GLOBAL LEADERS
Meet Our Esteemed Speakers
ams OSRAM Group
IAC Group
Schneider Electric
Bonfiglioli
Fortrea
JLR
ASML
Rolls-Royce
Ypsomed AG
BSH
Barry Callebaut Group
VELUX
About the Summit
Welcome to the Smart Manufacturing World Summit 2026 (18–20 March, Stuttgart) – where the future of manufacturing is engineered, not imagined. This is not another conference. It’s a three-day revolution for leaders building factories that learn, adapt, and outpace change.
Join Europe’s top manufacturers to operationalize 2026’s most critical strategies: scaling AI plant-wide in 12 months, turning regulations into €2M+ profits, and creating cyber-resilient, circular factories. Expect zero fluff. Only actionable blueprints from Siemens, Bosch, and pioneers redefining industrial performance.
You’ll leave with:
– A personalized implementation roadmap
– Your toughest challenges solved
– A coalition to future-proof your operations
The revolution starts here. Will you lead it?
What You'll Learn
AI Scaling: Pilot to plant wide in 12 months across multi site brownfield operations
Predictive Maintenance 2.0: Slash downtime 40% on critical assets and bottleneck lines
Human Centric Automation: Reduce turnover 25% in high churn frontline and operator roles
Cyber Resilient Factories:Practical frameworks for significantly reducing OT cyber risk
Circular Manufacturing: Unlock €8M plus from waste in process heavy and batch production environments
Self Optimising Production: How leading plants are pushing uptime towards 99% on high-volume lines
Change Leadership for Industry 5.0: Build adaptive future proof teams in unionised and legacy plants
Scope 3 Decarbonisation: Embed full ESG into your supply chain from tier one to tier three suppliers
SME Smart Implementation: Achieve ROI with lean budgets in sub five site manufacturing groups
Data Driven Service Revenue: Monetise your operational platform with outcome based and as a service models for customers
Agenda Focus Areas
Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
Supply Chain in Manufacturing
Lean & Operational Excellence
Advanced Manufacturing
Integrated Digital Factory/Smart Factory
Advanced Production Strategies
Predictive Maintenance 4.0
Cyber Security
FREE PORSCHE & MERCEDES VIP TOUR
Unique Tour with A Special Focus On Smart Factory Used Cases
Reasons to Attend
See how real factories are scaling AI — beyond the proof of concept.
Get ahead of the EU Digital Product Passport, before it gets ahead of you.
Learn from leaders who turned disruption into operational advantage.
Explore tools that elevate people — not just automate them.
Connect with those who are executing, not just exploring.
Sponsors
Align with Industry leaders. Explore sponsorship benefits.
DIAMOND SPONSOR
GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 140+ countries around the world.
GE Vernova’s Digital business is focused on providing a suite of software products and services to customers aiming to accelerate a new era of energy by electrifying and decarbonizing the energy ecosystem through intelligent and efficient data analytics, monitoring, and management.
Website: https://www.gevernova.com/
DIAMOND SPONSOR
HiveMQ
GOLD SPONSOR
Cornerstone
SILVER SPONSOR
mithryl
Website: www.mithryl.co
SILVER SPONSOR
Factory Soft | Aveva Select
Die Factory Software GmbH ist der größte AVEVA Distributor in Europa und Ihr Partner für zukunftsweisende Lösungen im Bereich industrielle Software. Mit Sitz in Deutschland unterstützen wir Unternehmen bei der digitalen Transformation ihrer Produktions- und Geschäftsprozesse. Unser Portfolio umfasst die führenden Lösungen von AVEVA, darunter MES, SCADA, Edge Computing, sowie das AVEVA PI System für Echtzeit-Datenanalyse und Betriebsoptimierung.
Wir bieten maßgeschneiderte Softwarelösungen für Branchen wie Fertigung, Energie, Lebensmittel und Chemie. Unser Ziel: Maximale Effizienz, Transparenz und Nachhaltigkeit für unsere Kunden. Mit unserer Expertise helfen wir, Daten zu vernetzen, Prozesse zu optimieren und Innovationen voranzutreiben – für eine smarte und wettbewerbsfähige Industrie. Factory Software GmbH – Ihr Schlüssel zur digitalen Zukunft.
Factory Software GmbH is the largest AVEVA distributor in Europe and your partner for future-oriented solutions in the field of industrial software. Based in Germany, we support companies in the digital transformation of their production and business processes. Our portfolio includes the leading AVEVA solutions, including MES, SCADA, Edge Computing, and the AVEVA PI System for real-time data analysis and operational optimisation.
We offer customised software solutions for industries such as manufacturing, energy, food and chemicals. Our goal: Maximum efficiency, transparency and sustainability for our customers. With our expertise, we help to connect data, optimise processes and drive innovation – for a smart and competitive industry. Factory Software GmbH – Your key to the digital future.
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Industry leaders know that they need to adapt to rapid changes and need to learn from their peers.