Manufuture 2017 Brought Together over 600 Leading Figures from Industry and Academia
This international conference brought together over 600 leading representatives from industry and academia as well as political figures from all over Europe with the aim of imagining the future of European industry and prioritizing the ways forward form technological development towards the year 2030.
This was the 9th time since 2001 that we have imagined the future of manufacturing. ‘Moving up the Value Chain’ was in the spotlight at Manufuture 2017: we analysed the 4th industrial revolution in practice, discussed sustainable manufacturing and circular economy topics, shared experience of collaborative technological innovation in manufacturing and much more besides.
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Presentations
Day 1
Heinrich Flegel
Moving up the Value Chain – ManuFuture 2030 Strategic Vision
Maurizio Gattiglio
Realising Europe’s Industrial Potential
Ergin Tuganay
Capturing the Silent Knowledge of Machine Whisperers
Claudio Kantner
Becoming a Digital Industrial Company –
The Brilliant Factory initiative
Hans Michael Krause
Turning Ideas into Reality: The Journey of One Leading
Manufacturer into the Industrial IoT
Cecilia Bonefeldt-Dahl
Has Europe Lost the B2C Revolution &
Will Europe Win the B2B Digital Industrial Revolution?
Joost van Iersel
Industry 4.0 – Where to Go
Johan Stahre
Future Work and Social Sustainability of
Manufacturing in the Age of Digitalisation
Dr. Pedro-José Arrazola Arriola
Adapting Education and Continuous Training to Industrial Needs
Doris Schröcker
European Initiatives to Support Skills in Manufacturing
Luisa Coutinho
Industry 4.0, Jobs for the Future Versus a Future with no Jobs
José Carlos Caldeira
ManuFUTURE-EU Vision 2030
Seán O’Reagain
Perspectives on Industrial Technologies in Horizon 2020 and Beyond
Cecilia Warrol
Produktion2030 – A Swedish Platform to
Strengthen Innovation in Production
Thomas Bauernhansl
ManuFUTURE-DE 2030
Toomas Kärner
Telia Eesti Approach to IoT and Manufacturing
Oliver Väärtnõu
Building Secure Data Exchange in Industries According to
Estonian X road Model
Dr. Albrecht Ricken
How the Internet of Things Inspires New Ways to
Do Business and Run Companies
Adam Gąsiorek
Using the Concept of Industry 4.0 in Modern Factories. Factories 4.0.
Urmo Sisask, Andres Kostiv
Industry 4.0 – Digitalisation and Co-operation in
Process Automation
Dr. Björn Sautter
Personalised Manufacturing from an Automation Point of View
Kay Matzner
Industry 4.0, Industrial Data Space and the Need for Transforming Manufacturing in Emerging Economies
George Chryssolouris
Circular Economy and the Digilization of Industry:
The FUTURING Project
Dr. Odd Myklebust
To What Extent Can Digitalisation Change Collaborative Innovation?
Renno Veinthal
Exploring University-Business Partnership and Identifying the Best Fit to Maximise Research Impact
Harri Kulmala
How Can Europe Increase the Impact of RDI-investments via P4.0?
Filip Geerts
The Digitisation of Manufacturing: Challenges and Opportunities for European Advanced Manufacturing
Ilmari Veijola
Turning Data into Business Value with MindSphere IoT
Dr. Jan Michael Mrosik
On the Way to Industrie 4.0: Driving the Digital Enterprise
Hando Sutter
Digitalization – the Way to Survive for Energy Sector
Day 2
Lauri Väin
Innovation Collaboration Between Start-ups and Established Players
Dr. Gustaf Winroth
Factories of the Future – Manufacturing in Horizon 2020 and Beyond
Helena Almqvist
Estonian Case Study About Product Innovation Through Clustering
Enrico Callegati
Regional Collaborative Innovation for
Meeting Global Manufacturing Challenges
Vidmantas Janulevičius
Renewable Energy: How You Can Save and Make Money
Riikka Virkkunen
Use-It-Wisely: Innovative Continuous Upgrades of
High Investment Product-Services
Dr. Georg Muntingh
CAxMan: Computer Aided Technologies for Additive Manufacturing
Aleš Ude
ReconCell: A Reconfigurable Robot WorkCell For Fast Set-up of Automated Assembly Processes in SMEs
Chris Decubber
ConnectedFactories: Industrial Scenarios for Connected Factories
Manuel Oliveira
HUMAN: Human-Centred Manufacturing
Giuseppe Lucisano
CTC Project – Local Flexible Manufacturing of Green Personalized Furniture Close to the Customer in Time, Space and Cost
Dr. Lina Huertas
Digital4Industry in the UK
Mathea Fammels
EIT Innovation Community on Added Value Manufacturing
Johan Stahre
I4MS Initiative and Futher Perspectives
Dr. Géza Haidegger
INDUSTRY 4.0 Giving New Opportunities for Innnovative Cooperation
David W. Bergman
IPC Smart Factory Standards
Dr. Riikka Virkkunen
Strategic Development of Innovation Policy in Finland
Marco Sacco
EuroVR Initiative and VR&AR Opportunities in Personalised Product/Services/Manufacturing
Andrzej Soldaty
Poland on the Way to Industry 4.0. Existing Preconditions and Measures Undertaken
Dr. Minna Lanz
Collaboration as a Driver for Success in the Digital Era
Philippe Montfort
Renault’s Interest in Collaborative Projects
Dr. Jun Ni
Future of Manufacturing – China and USA Perspective
Prof. Reijo Tuokko
Rapporteurs’ Reports from the Different Programme Streams
Programme

Smart Machines Welcome Reception
Energy Discovery Centre
Welcome reception takes place in a historic powerplant that used to power the whole Tallinn. Now a museum, it features 100 years old machinery and a lot other to see. We bring the powerplant back alive with great atmosphere, music, food and of course the wonderful guests.

Karen Coleman
Broadcaster, Journalist & Author
The award-winning Irish journalist, Karen Coleman is one of Ireland’s most accomplished journalists who now specialises in European issues. Karen is the Editor of EuroParlRadio which reports on stories from the European Parliament. A former BBC foreign correspondent, she has been covering international affairs for radio and television for over two decades. She has worked for both the public and commercial broadcast industries including a ten-year stint with the BBC. For many years Karen presented the award-winning international affairs radio show The Wide Angle on Newstalk in Ireland. Karen regularly moderates high-level conferences that cover a wide range of topics from complex EU issues to economic, environmental, health and other topics. She is also a published author.
Karen Coleman, Broadcaster, Journalist & Author
Industry 4.0 in Practice
Sustainability & the Circular Economy
Collaborative Technological Innovation

Becoming a digital industrial company – The Brilliant Factory initiative
- GE’s Digital Thread
- Becoming a Brilliant Factory
- Best practices from Germany and France
Claudio Kantner
Brilliant Factory Leader
GE Power
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Becoming a Digital Industrial Company – the Brilliant Factory InitiativeClaudio Kantner, Brilliant Factory Leader, GE Power
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Future Work and Social Sustainability of Manufacturing in the Age of DigitalisationJohan Stahre, Chair Professor and Head of Division Production Systems, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology
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ManuFUTURE-EU Vision 2030Dr. José Carlos Caldeira, President, ANI Porto
News
Conference registration is open
07.04.2017
We are pleased to announce that registration for the conference “MANUFUTURE 2017 – Moving up the Value Chain” is now open. You can find the topics, program structure and participation terms at the conference website: http://manufuture2017.eu/… READ MORE
Three focus areas of MANUFUTURE 2017 conference
28.12.2016
We met with Mr Tauno Otto, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Tallinn University of Technology to enquire about the topics for the upcoming MANUFUTURE 2017 conference in Tallinn. “We are well underway with content preparation,” said Mr Otto who continued: “After our first brainstorming sessions, we agreed the three main topics that will be pillars of the program. First, Energy and Resource efficient manufacturing. This will look at how the emerging circular economy and energy measures can help reduce costs whilst at the same time potentially creating … READ MORE

News archive:
02.06.2017 President Kersti Kaljulaid met with the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani
16.05.2017 ’Industry 4.0 – Raising Productivity’ seminar on May 23rd
09.05.2017 Palo: Europe’s economic growth can not be achieved without the cooperation of science and industry
07.04.2017 Conference registration is open
28.12.2016 Three focus areas of MANUFUTURE 2017 conference
Contacts
With any information request you might have regarding the conference, welcoming reception or gala dinner, or In the event you can not attend, please contact the conference information desk info@manufuture2017.eu

Tauno Otto
Programme Chairman

Mati Lukas
Conference Project Manager

Doris Põld
Programme Coordinator

Merili Deemant
Contractor Relations

Margot Ots
Communications

Liina Vahaste
Event Management and
Partner Relations

Endrik Randoja
Speaker and Partner Relations

Ragne Kalamees
Volunteers Coordinator
Manufuture 2017 took place in autumn 2017, during the second half of Estonia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and at a time when the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme, Horizon 2020, was reaching its halfway point.
Manufuture 2017 thus served as a forum for stakeholders from industry, universities, research institutions and government to discuss opportunities for better implementation of the EU Framework Programme for research and innovation as well as respective national initiatives.
In the course of its EU presidency, Estonia will be paying attention to how to shape the positions of different stakeholders regarding general and sectoral industrial policies in the context of the European Union.
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